Who Are We?
Heavenly Yarns was opened in December 2009 by friends Sue Potter and Jane Stavert, with the intention of offering a relaxed and helpful space in which people could share ideas and skills and enjoy being creative with beautiful and affordable yarns.
Already people are commenting on how friendly the shop is, which is really great, because it’s just the atmosphere we wanted to create. Everyone is welcome whether you buy one ball of bright acrylic, a skein of hand dyed merino or ten balls of fairly traded alpaca.
And, don’t be alarmed when we offer you a cup of tea.
There’s a whole ritual to choosing patterns and yarns so you need to take your time.
‘Just browsing’, is actively encouraged as is bringing in your knitting problems. We can’t guarantee to solve them all but we can try!
What people say about us..
‘Lots of lovely yarns at sensible prices!’ Very friendly staff and lovely tea
and biscuits’, – Sophie.
‘This is the best knitting shop in the area. As a beginner knitter I have been very impressed with not only the range of yarn but all the advice so willingly given when asked. A lovely place to spend time in.’ – Laura
‘A fabulous cornucopia of colour and texture – a delight to the senses and a big encouragement to the knitter.’ – Caroline.
Special interests
We are very keen to support local knitters, dyers and yarn crafters and stock gorgeous hand dyed wool from The Old Piggery, Five Moon Yarns and Juno; as well as pure wool from Fibre Harvest and the scrummy UK Alpaca.
It’s also a way, we hope, of cutting back on carbon footprints.
We are always interested to hear from other Devon spinners and dyers.
Sit and Stitch Groups
Novice and experienced knitters alike are welcome to join our friendly sit and stitch groups on Wednesdays from 2 to 4 or 6.30 to 8.30. There’s no charge and you don’t need to book but a contribution to the tea and coffee fund is appreciated.
We currently stock
Adriafil, Stylecraft, Katia, James C. Brett, King Cole, J. C. Rennie, Opal, John Arbon (Fibre Harvest), UK Alpaca, Lang Yarns, The Old Piggery, Five Moons and Juno.
Who are we?
Heavenly Yarns was opened in December 2009 by friends Sue Potter and Jane Stavert, with the intention of offering a relaxed and helpful space in which people could share ideas and skills and enjoy being creative with beautiful yarns.
Already people are commenting on how friendly the shop is, which
is really great, because it’s just the atmosphere we wanted to create. Everyone is welcome whether you buy one ball of bright acrylic, a skein of hand dyed merino or ten balls of fairly traded alpaca.
And, don’t be alarmed when we offer you a cup of tea. There’s a whole ritual to choosing patterns and yarns so you need to take your time.
‘Just browsing’, is actively encouraged as is bringing in your knitting problems. We can’t guarantee to solve them all but we can try!
Special interests
We are very keen to support local knitters, dyers and yarn crafters and stock buttons hand made in Exeter; Chrissie’s lovely crocheted hats; gorgeous hand dyed wool from The Old Piggery and Five Moon Yarns; as well as pure wool from Fibreharvest at Uffculme and the scrummy UK Alpaca. I have trouble actually selling some of these but Sue’s very good at holding me back and saying ‘Let go, the nice lady wants to buy it’.
It’s also a way, we hope, of cutting back on carbon footprints.
Classes
Jane, a qualified teacher, runs the Learn to Knit classes and Sock Workshops. These are kept small so everyone has plenty of attention and enough home made cake and are designed to take into account the fact that we all learn new skills at different rates and that learning should be fun…
Classes take place in series of six held on Thursday evenings from 6.30 to 8.30, book able in advance and cost £40. There is a 10% discount on all materials bought in the shop during the classes.
‘An enjoyable, inspiring shop to come to, to learn a new skill whilst eating delicious cake and drinking tea’, said Karen, a new knitter.
‘Learning to knit has been so exciting and rewarding. The sessions are designed to take you step-by-step through all the techniques you never realised would be so do-able and fun. I’m hooked and I’m very grateful.’ – Chloe.
Sit and Stitch Groups
Novice and experienced knitters alike are welcome to join our friendly sit and stitch groups on Wednesdays from 2 to 4 or 6.30 to 8.30. There’s no charge and you don’t need to book but a contribution to the tea and coffee fund is appreciated.
We currently stock
Stylecraft, Katia, James C. Brett, King Cole, Shilasdair, J. C. Rennie, Opal, British Breeds, Alpaca Select, John Arbon (Fibrefest), UK Alpaca Fyberspates, Lang Yarns, The Old Piggery and Five Moon yarns and Schoppel Wolle.
Hundred gram Honeys
As someone who is unable to exercise any self control over buying yet one more 100gram skein of something beautiful that begs to go home with me and then looks at me as if to say, ‘And……….?’ I am writing and collating a series of patterns to share ideas of what to do with the little beauties. Some of these can be downloaded free from the Internet and others are available free with yarn bought in the shop.