LOCAL HEROES

This month, we explore the yarn shops of Kent

The Yarn Dispensary

6 Market Place, Faversham ME13 7AG Housed in an old pharmacy, this beautiful shop stocks a range of brands including Rowan, Baa Ram Ewe, West Yorkshire Spinners, Isager, Fyberspates and CoopKnits. It’s also the exclusive stockist of Longcroft Longwools, and sells KnitPro needles, plus books and magazines. www.theyarndispensary.co.uk

01795 533812

Hoop Haberdashery

92 High Street, Tenterden TN30 6JB

As well as being a Rowan flagship store, this shop offers yarns from Malabrigo, Skein Queen, CoopKnits, Lang, Schoppel Wolle, and West Yorkshire Spinners, along with a selection of KnitPro needles and Sajou notions. www.hoophaberdashery.co.uk

01580 388011

Fibre and Fleece

Saddlesdane Equestrian Centre, Ashford Road, Badlesmere ME13 0NX This shop offers yarns from Sirdar, King Cole, Drops and Stylecraft, plus tops for spinning, and Merchant & Mills notions. www.fibreandfleece.co.uk

07912 530625

Store 104

104 High Street, Rochester ME1 1JT

Along with local Romney Marsh wools, this shop stocks Sirdar, Rico and West Yorkshire Spinners. It’s a book store, too, selling knitting books as well as fiction. www.store104.co.uk

01634 843881

StitchNBintime

16 High Street, New Romney TN28 8BY This welcoming shop stocks Sirdar, Scheepjes, Malabrigo and Rowan, hand-dyed yarns from Lilypond, and essential haberdashery. www.knit1drop1.co.uk

07958 427853

C Wool

17 High Street, Broadstairs CT10 1LP Located in the centre of Broadstairs, this shop stocks popular brands such as Rowan, West Yorkshire Spinners, Katia, Erika Knight and Regia, along with pattern books and leaflets, and KnitPro needles. www.cwool.co.uk

01843 862848

Tell us about your shop!

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