Recently I heard of a new yarn shop opening in my local-ish area. It is The Wool Shop in Spondon, Derby. They do not yet have a website, but they have a Facebook page which can be found here. Naturally I decided to visit it. My knitting mojo may be on holiday, but that does not mean I cannot explore yarn shops!
I went on Saturday, which, I think, was the third day the shop was open. As I am a non-driver, getting there alone looked far too faffy so I engaged the services of my trusty Partner In Crime and he drove me. Which had its downsides, it turned out, because finding somewhere to park was challenging. We don't know the area at all, and the shop is right on the road, so we had to go on a bit of an adventure. We found a car park a few minutes walk away, though, and I abandoned said Partner In Crime reading a book, and I set off to explore.
The shop is oh so small, but is cute, light and airy, has a friendly owner and walls covered with yarn - what more can you want? Yarn shops are an area where size really does not matter. The stock was mostly acrylic and wool blends, which is not for everyone, but there was a pretty good variety of affordable yarn options: Wendy, James C. Brett, etc. There was also some sock yarn, which made me happy: Wendy Roam Fusion and some Regia.
Now, I have yarn snob tendencies. I am upfront about this. I like my wool content and I like my independent dyers (and will be a very happy bunny when a local-ish shop arises that stocks products from smaller producers). But, acrylic and wool blends have their place: knitting for little people; presents for people not mad enough to handwash; charity knitting etc. On the basis of which, this is a yarn shop I would definitely be interested in going back to and trying to support.
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