Retail Members
The following stores are currently Retail Members of the Knitters' Guild of NSW:
24 Mile Hollow Yarn
Indie dyed yarns and top - bases sourced from Australian Suppliers.
Dyed using low impact acid dyes and a mix of immersion, dip dyeing and steaming.
Yarn and top can be purchased online or from selected yarn stores.
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Website: www.24milehollowyarnco.com.au
Instagram: instagram.com/24milehollowyarnco
Ravelry: www.ravelry.com/yarns/brands/the-24-mile-hollow-yarn-co
Adagio Mills
1/58 Lords Place
Orange NSW 2800
Ph: (02) 6362 4679
Mob: 0422 425 424
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Website: www.adagiomills.com.au
Facebook: www.facebook.com/adagioalpacamills
Instagram: www.instagram.com/adagiomills
Adagio Mills processes wool, alpaca fleece and mohair into knitting yarns right here in NSW. Our yarns are available through our online store, from the mill door or select retailers. Contact us to find out more about us, our yarns or our processing services.
All Buttons Great and Small
419A King St
NEWTOWN NSW 2042
Ph: (02) 9550 1782
Mobile: 0429 783 575 or 0427 455 633
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www.allbuttons.com.au
All Buttons Great and Small has been pushing buttons since 1989. From the simple to the exotic, you'll find an extravagant selection of buttons from Europe and the rest of the world. Creatives come to exchange ideas, get inspired, get buttons - you can browse on your own, or ask our friendly, experienced staff help you find the perfect choice.
For best results, bring in your garment or fabric or yarn swatches.
Can't make it to the store? Our store collection is available through our MAIL ORDER SERVICE, via email.
A smaller selection is available through our ONLINE SHOP.
In house button covering service, details on our website - Button Covering Service.
Australian Alpaca Yarn / Alpaca Ultimate
Ph: (02) 6227 3158
Mobile: 0429 783 575 or 0427 455 633
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www.australianalpacayarn.com.au
Australian Alpaca Yarn produces 100% Australian Alpaca Yarn from fleece from their own alpacas and from fleece purchased from the best producers throughout Australia. Our yarn is processed in New Zealand and comprises 1ply - 70% Alpaca/30% Silk, 2, 4 and 8 plys – 100% Alpaca and we have a Boucle range. Our yarn is available in 50gram balls and also on cones. Contact us for a complementary Shade Card.
The Australian Wool Store
The Australian Wool Store is a boutique business that specialises in beautiful, unique hand dyed yarn.
Kathryn is the creator of colour and can be found most days in her dye studio on her 5-acre property at Castlereagh. The Australian Wool Store is an internet-based business but Kathryn and her yarn can be found at many face to face events throughout the year – check the website for details.
Kathryn opens her dye studio once a month for a fun night of knitting, crocheting, eating, drinking and laughter – get in touch on Facebook for details. While you’re on Facebook, join The Yarn Society which is a fun and friendly space for you to share pictures of your yarny projects made using The Australian Wool Store yarn.
Want to join The Australian Wool Store in Japan? Check the website for details.
Website: theaustralianwoolstore.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/theaustralianwoolstore
Instagram:www.instagram.com/theaustralianwoolstore
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Mobile: 0408880441
Batik Oetoro
Selling colour since 1972.
Textile dyes and fabric paints and all sorts of related product to get colour in and onto yarns and fabrics and textiles.Tie dye, screen printing, batik, chemicals, block printing, natural dyes, indigo, marbling, devore, shibori, workshops, kits, instructions and assistance, and so much more...
Unit 3 / 11 Nevin Close
Gateshead NSW 2290
Phone: 02 4943 8808
Hours: Tuesday - Thursday 9am to 4pm. All other times by appointment.
Mail order: Anywhere in Australia, and internationally as well.
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Website: www.dyeman.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/dyewoman
Bendigo Woollen Mills Pty Ltd
4 Lansell Street
Bendigo VIC 3550
Ph: (03) 5442 4600
Fax: (03) 5442 2918
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www.bendigowoollenmills.com.au
Manufacture and sales of quality knitting yarn. Direct to public sales of knitting yarns from 2 - 12ply, on cones, in hanks and balls. Extensive mail order service. Contact for free shade cards.
By Carola Down Under
Erika Sialer
Ph: 0439 367 127
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Facebook: www.facebook.com/bycaroladownunder
Etsy: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ByCarolaDownUnder
By Carola Down Under focuses on hand spun yarns, blend batts and botanical dying, using plants, roots, leaves, flowers, peels, fruits and other objects found in nature. This brings to life small batches of naturally coloured skeins, a unique outcome that cannot be reproduced and that gives fibres a special and distinctive finish.
Convent and Chapel Wool Shop
Convent & Chapel Wool Shop offers a curated collection of top independent international and Australian artisan yarns.
Quality brands include Hedgehog Fibres, Three Irish GIrls, Qing, MadelineTosh, Hand Maiden, Fiber Lily and Ozifarmer’s plus many more.
Coveted yarns in an idyllic rural setting.
Bricks and mortar store as well as online.
Bridge View Inn
28-30 Louee Street
Rylstone, NSW 2849
Phone: 0409 564 747
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Website: www.conventandchapelwool.com.au
Facebook: www.facebook.com/conventandchapelwoolshop
Instagram: www.instagram.com/conventandchapel
Fibre Arts Shed
We sell raw materials and tools to fibre artists, including hand-dyed BFL, Merino, Superwash & silk. We also sell camel, yak and alpaca luxury fibre blends.
5 The Knoll
Jilliby NSW 2259 (by appointment)
Mob: 0422 160 506 (Clare)
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Website: www.fibreartsshed.com.au
Facebook: www.facebook.com/feltfine
Instagram: www.instagram.com/feltfine
Specialising in Hand Painted B.F.L, Merino and Silk Yarns
Stocking the following yarns:
B.F.L. - Superwash, Sock, Lace, Aran and Pencil Roving.
Merino – 4 , 8 and 12 ply , Superwash.Blends with other fibres.
Mohair – White and coloured Boucle and Brushed .
Silk - Mulberry, white and dyed, Dyed Duke and Queen.
Eco Yarns – Camel, Qoperfina, Pakucho, Hemp, Muga and Eri Silk
Alpaca - Grown on our farm in Natural colours.
We are open at our Farm Shop whenever we are home, so call and drop by if passing to view our stock. We are also happy to visit your Guild meetings
GlenheavenKnits
GlenheavenKnits - dye it beautiful - a fabulous range of hand dyed and hand painted yarns for the discerning knitter. Home Grown and from across the seas, GlenheavenKnits has something to suit all tastes. Enjoy free domestic shipping and complimentary winding service when requested at checkout. Normally dispatched within 24 hours.
Market Stall: Normally last Sunday of the month at The Hills Upmarket at Castle Hill Pony Club, Gilbert Road, Castle Hill, Sydney NSW
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Etsy: www.etsy.com/au/shop/glenheavenknits
Facebook: www.facebook.com/glenheavenknits
Instagram: www.instagram.com/glenheavenknits
Ravelry: www.ravelry.com/people/glenheavenknits
Glenora Weaving and Wool
P.O. Box 9
Gerringong 2534
Ph/Fax: (02) 4234 0422
www.GlenoraWeaving.com.au
The Mail Order Specialists. Weaving yarn for knitters! Extensive colour ranges of wool, cotton, linen, silk and alpaca yarns, felting and spinning fibres, weaving yarns and equipment. Free online catalogue available.
Great Southern Yarn
Great Southern Yarn is 100% Australian made from the highest quality SRS Merino (non-mulesed) and alpaca fleece. Our yarns are luxuriously soft, a pleasure to knit with and wear and are available in natural, 25 hand-dyed colours and 12 variegated colours.
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Facebook: www.facebook.com/Great-Southern-Yarn-110486630426247/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/greatsouthernyarn/
Hank and Pearl
Hank+ Pearl is a family owned business created to provide tools and bags for makers as well as carefully selected yarns. We make products we love and use ourselves. Bags and tool rolls are made ethically by trusted local Australian manufacturers. A background in fashion and a love of colour has driven the aesthetic of Hank+Pearl. We appreciate the simple joy of making something by hand.
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Website: https://hankandpearl.com
Facebook: hankandpearlstore
Instagram: www.instagram.com/hankandpearlstore
The House of Wool
Specialising in hand spun and hand dyed yarns, quality commercial yarns, accessories, and fibres for spinning and felting.
Hours: Monday and Thursday 10 am to 3 pm
Hours: Friday to Sunday 10 am – 4 pm
1/142 Leura Mall
Leura NSW 2780
0409 458 901
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Web: www.thehouseofwool.com.au
Hunter Valley Wool Store
The Hunter Valley Wool Store is located in the heart of the Hunter Valley in Singleton, NSW. We are a bricks and mortar shop as well as an online store. Yarn brands include Rowan, The Fibre Company, Ridgetop Fibre Studio, Jo Sharp and many more in weights from lace to bulky. Friendly support is available either online, in person or over the phone.
56 Brigadier Hammett Road
Wattle Ponds NSW 2330
Phone: 0418 230 498
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Website: www.huntervalleywoolstore.com.au
Facebook: www.facebook.com/huntervalleywoolstore
Instagram: www.instagram.com/huntervalleywool
I Wool Knit
We stock beautiful quality knitting yarns, needles and accessories from Australia and Europe. Be inspired by our collection of knitting and crochet patterns and Rebecca knit kits.
Fast and secure shipping Australia-wide.
Free local pick-up (Wamboin) and friendly advice available - get in touch via email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or ring Barbara at 0406 886 347.
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Web: www.iwoolknit.com.au
Jeannie Love Yarns
Our focus is on natural and unusual fibres including Australian merino, alpaca, cashmere, silk, mohair, cotton, linen, possum and papyrus to name a few. Our yarns are sourced both locally and internationally and we are dedicated to bringing you not only luxury yarns from overseas but also to support our local producers with yarns grown, spun and dyed right here in Australia.
165a Eastern Valley Way
Middle Cove NSW 2068
Phone: 0435 374 644
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Website: www.jeannieloveyarns.com
Kaalund Yarns
Kaalund Yarns manufactures in Australia luxury knitting yarns, crochet yarns and felting supplies. Our range includes art and bulky yarns, rovings and batts produced from Australian wool and Australian alpaca. Products can be purchased online or from select local yarn stores.
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Marlyn Alpaca
2 Derribong Place
Thornleigh NSW 2120
Ph: (02) 9481 0949
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www.marlynalpaca.com.au
Marlyn Alpaca is Australian Grown. It is then processed in Australia in a mini-mill devoted exclusively to Alpaca. Retailing and wholesaling a range of attractive, naturally coloured alpaca fibre products for use by home knitters and craftspeople with an eye for the luxurious.
Nundle Woollen Mills
1 Oakenville Street, Nundle, NSW 2340
Ph: 1300 686 353
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nundle.store
One of Australia’s last working woollen mills. Hand-knitting yarns in 8, 12 and 20ply in more >than 40 colours
Sip Knit yarn
SipKnitYarn - The Home of Hand-knitted Rugs
* Knitting Pattern Books for Rugs
* Downloadable Rug Patterns
* Rug Making Kits
* Rotating Yarn Butlers
* Knitting Accessories
* Hand-knitted Pure Wool Rugs
54 Merindah Road,Baulkham Hills 2153.
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Web: sipknityarn.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/sipknityarn
Sliver Twisters
We sell fibre blends of alpaca and wool processed in Australia ready to spin, along with being Ashford stockists of fibre, weaving and threads, ChiaGoo stockists, notions etc and have selections of other offshore processes fibres of varying blends.
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Facebook: www.facebook.com/slivertwisters/
Phone: 0402 459 441
Spinners' Cotton
Spinners’ Cotton supplies hand-spinners with premium-quality Australian cotton fibre for hand-crafting yarns and textiles. Our cotton fibre is 100% Australian, grown by Australian farming families and processed wholly in Australia. Our fibre range includes Upland varieties as well as rare Australian-grown Pima, natural brown and natural green cottons, which are no longer grown commercially in Australia. Our cotton fibre is processed in small batches to exacting specifications to create sliver, which is ready and easy to spin on a wheel, spindle or charka. We sell ginned lint for hand processing. All of our fibre is suitable for dyeing and blending with other fibres such as linen, silk, Tencel, wool and bamboo.
Spinners’ Cotton stocks a range of finely-crafted spinning and carding tools, books, DVD tutorials and accessories to enhance the spinning experience and knowledge of our customers. We offer demonstrations and workshops on hand spinning and dyeing cotton. Our products are available online and at selected fibre events and festivals.
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Web: spinnerscotton.com.au
Phone: 0439 408 159
Spunout Fibres
First established in 2002 and located at Hill End NSW, Spunout Fibres specialises in the supply of natural coloured fleece and fibre, tops and yarns made from coloured sheep and alpacas raised on our property. We also supply hand dyed yarns and an extensive range of craft supplies, including Ashford Spinning Wheels and Kraftcolour Dyes for knitters, spinners, weavers and felters.
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Website: spunoutfibres.com.au
Facebook: www.facebook.com/spunoutfibres
"Silent Dale"
3350 Hill End Road Hill
Hill End NSW
Phone: 0409 823 045 (Ann)
Virginia Farm Woolworks
Located in Sydney, Virginia Farm offers everything for the handspinner, felter and weaver. Spinning Wheels from Majacraft, Ashford and Kromski, accessories, carding equipment, looms, dyes. Merino & Corriedale wool tops in natural and dyed colours, silks, selected fleeces and blended fibres. We also conduct spinning classes, social weaving and spinning groups and weekend workshops in fibre crafts. We welcome enquiries.
9 Serina Avenue
Castle Hill NSW 2154
Phone: 0448 866 789
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Web: www.virginiafarmwoolworks.com.au
Waratah Fibres and Yarns
Specialising in hand dyed fibre and yarn for textile artists. Workshops in skein painting. Open day 1st Tuesday of the month. Open by appointment. Discount to Guild members.
Helen Rippin
Rippindale, 28 Gullies Road
Bundanoon NSW 2578
Ph: (02) 4883 6138
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Web: www.waratahfibres.com.au
Warped & Twisted Creations
We are two like minded fibre artists who have banded together to form Warped & Twisted Creations and are located on the Central Coast. We primarily use fleece and fibre to create wearable art. We use wet and nuno felt techniques, as well as spinning and weaving to make unique and original designs.
Ph: 0407 511 577
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Web: https://hunterartsnetwork.org/artists/warped-twisted-creations/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/warpedntwistedcreations/
Wool 2 Yarn
Wool 2 Yarn is a small bespoke textile mill based on the Mornington Peninsula. We make luxuriously soft alpaca yarn and modern fashionable garments from the fleece of our own alpaca herd. Australian Spun and Australian Made.
21 Virginia Street
Mornington VIC 3931
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Facebook: Wool-2-Yarn
Instagram: @wool2yarn
Web: wool2yarn.com.au
The Wool Inn
Shop 14, N & K Centre
450 High Street
Penrith NSW 2750
Ph: (02) 4732 2201
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Website: www.the-wool-inn.com.au
Facebook:www.facebook.com/TheWoolInn
Instagram: www.instagram.com/TheWoolInn
Trading for over 40 years, The Wool Inn is well known for stocking a wide range of classic to high fashion yarns. Suppliers include: Katia, Patons, Schoppel, Cleckheaton, Lang, Malabrigo, Naturally, Rowan, Filatura Di Crosa, Noro, Shepherd, Heirloom, Sirdar, Panda and Juniper Moon. Bags and accessories from: Addi, Birch, Clover, DMC, Handeze, KnitPro and Ashford. 10% discount to all current Knitters Guild members. Group visits welcome.
Woolshed@Manuka
At the Woolshed we welcome everyone, and share our passion for both knitting and crochet, providing genuine customer service. We love natural fibres for their beauty, adaptability and individual qualities.
Supporting other small businesses who supply specialty yarns and accessories to provide customers with something truly unique. Our shop also offers classes suitable for a range of skill levels
Shop 9, Manuka Court
11-17 Bougainville Street
Manuka ACT 2603
Phone: (02) 6295 0061
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Website: https://woolshed.com.au/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/WoolshedAtManuka
Instagram: www.instagram.com/woolshedmanuka/
The Yarn Bar
12 Chaffey Crescent
AINSLIE, ACT 2602
The Yarn Bar is an Australian on-line yarn business supplying beautiful yarns, knitting needles, crochet hooks, wool wash, tools and project bags. Some of our brands include Brown Sheep, Cascade, Zealana, Knoll, Fleece Artist, Juniper Moon Farn and Noro.
The YarnHub
www.theyarnhub.com.au
Ph: 0401 693 409
YarnHub (previously Rainbow Wools) is an online store supplying unique hand dyed wool and other gorgeous yarns. Our wool yarns are custom spun into beautiful textured yarns that will inspire your creativity. Popcorn, Raindrops and Cloud are our popular slub and boucle yarns that come in a range of hand dyed colours. They are now made from Australian Merino, spun in Italy and dyed by YarnHub owner Sue Walker. Our Australian spun merino in 8 and 12 ply is exceptional as is our range of New Zealand yarns from 4 ply to 20 ply. YarnHub caters for textile artists with a wide range of unique threads and yarns including paper, stainless steel, ramie and sari silk as well as linen fabric and industrial wool felt. Weaving looms, knitting needles, crochet hooks and dyes are also part of our range. YarnHub - textiles to inspire your creativity.
Yummy Yarn and Co
I stock all your favourite yarns such as Patons, Cleckheaton, Panda, Debbie Bliss, Noro, Heirloom, DMC, Vinnis Colours Nikkim, KPC Yarn, Lily Sugar 'n Cream
Rear 138 Macquarie St
Dubbo NSW 2830
Phone: 0431 754 909
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Website: www.yummyyarnandco.com.au
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Yummyyarnandco
Instagram: www.instagram.com/Yummyyarnandco