A week in Somerset; mostly out on the Levels, but I made it my duty to investigate what sewing related shops there might be in that area.
My shopping list:
1, Next month I am leading a workshop at craft club making Christmas tree fairies, so bits of lace and bling needed.
2, Dark side stuff; no project planned and with a very good shop locally nothing needed unless it was really cheap.
3, Light side stuff; again nothing planned, just whatever might take my fancy.
4, A couple of months ago a TSF newby in Australia wrote about
freeform knitting (she called it scumbling but to me that a painting technique) and I have started doing bits of it for a long-term project and I need lots of different greens and yellows in 4 ply or not too thick DK.
What I found:
In
Glastonbury there's
Sew Over the Moon. There's a fairly good range of knitting yarns but nearly all DK, a modest range of P&Q fabrics, lots of ribbons, laces and blingy bits, a good range of shiny/sparkly fabric (it is Glastonbury) but very little in the way of 'dressmaking' fabric. I bought a ball of
and a couple of bits of sparkly silver fabric from the remnant bin.
In
Cheddar I found
Time Out, a lovely shop with an excellent range of haberdashery including some upholstery bits, embroidery threads, a few bits of cardmaking stuff, buttons in tubes, a smallish range of P&Q fabrics and a good range of knitting yarns. I bought two more
In
Wells I found
Mandy Wools with an excellent range of yarns plus all the habby associated with knitting/crochet including buttons in tubes. I came away with
and a handful of gold and silver pipe cleaners.