Sharp Works

This is a lovely shop filled with really nice yarns, books, tools and more. I could easily spend £100s in here. The shop carries a lot of unusual yarns as well as the expected Debbie Bliss, etc. It’s so refreshing to see a ‘proper’ yarn shop in my neighbourhood: the only thing stopping me from giving it a full 5stars is the fact that they are only open Thurs-​Sat. Well worth a visit if you are a yarn addict (like me!).

This week I am going to quit smoking. I swear. Christmas Eve is my final day dragging fog from a cancer stick. Fortunate for my lungs, but unfortunate for my lips. I’m probably going to chomp on them like a beaver chomps through bark. It is going to be a massacre.
I need to find a new hobby to keep my hands busy. I am going to pick up knitting. Sharp Works has everything I need for my new pastime. Yarn, needles, everything I need to make myself a new jumper for super cheap prices. If you have formidable knitting skills you can probably make yourself two jumpers for a tenner if you buy all of your supplies from this place. This place is a lifesaver on many levels.

A tiny but worthwhile shop to visit selling haberdashery and everything to do with knitting, wools and yarns.
If you can find the shop when it is open (as I have difficulty with) then you are bound to be impressed, this is more or less the only place where you can find wool and haberdashery in the vacinity. The owner, Susan Sharp also organises the local ”stitch ‘n’ bitch”.
A lifesaver for last minute knitting and sewing emergencies.

I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw a knitting shop right on my very own doorstep. I’ve been knitting (and purling) since I was a child and after a few years off for teenage shenanigans got right back in to it again when I found trendier and more flattering patterns for modern ladies like myself via marvellous sites like
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So you can imagine my delight upon discovering a cosy den of materials round the corner just itching to be made in to things by my busy little fingers. For the less experienced or the plain rusty there are classes (details are posted in the window) — owner Susan Sharp is also instrumental in the local Stitch ‘n’ Bitch (
) meetup every Wednesday at The Florence — and for all there is a plethora of wooly loveliness to be purchased. I popped in with Benji the Schnauzer one day and even he was welcome… until he started nibbling on a ball of Rowan Chunky.
I’ll go on my own next time.