This is what I think about knit fabric shopping in UK via online shop compared to US:
1. Selection is much smaller at each shop.
2. Polyester dominated - because the shops carry small selection, they carry very little non-poly knits.
3. Often all knits categorized under "jersey" so difficult to find other types of knits such as ponte/double knit etc.
4. Fabric content is listed very minimally - I wish all the shops list the fabric contents more (such as % of poly, instead of just say poly/cotton)
5. Rarely list the amount of stretch.
5. More athletic/technical knits are very hard to find.
Having said that, I just got my order of 5 knits delivered 2 days ago from
Sherwoods Fabrics. I got 2 kinds of cotton ponte, one silk jersey, and 2 rayon/Lycra. I am very happy with the fabric I got, except for 1 ponte that is very scratchy on the wrong side. I like that they wrapped the fabric with their wrapping paper and thew Skittles in it. It was like opening a Christmas present.