UK people - online yarn shop recs?

[jackandahat]

I moved just before Christmas and the new house is brilliant in every way... except it's not near any yarn shops! I have a John Lewis, and that's it. So I'm looking to order online for the first time.

Do any of the UK knitters here have personal recs for good places to buy yarn online? I've found various options on Google, but I'd like to go with something I know is good. At the moment I'm mostly looking to buy sock yarn. I'm on a budget but willing to save up, and stuff like "Free shipping over £25" is great because I'm willing to buy a bunch at a time.

Thank you.

Comments

[aunty_marion]

Get Knitted has free shipping for orders over £50. Great British Yarns are the same (and very prompt about delivery too! That's where I bought the TimeTraveller sock yarn from). Knit & Sew UK (used to be Knitters & Sewers World) don't seem to do free postage for quantity, but are at least reasonably priced.

That's all I seem to have bookmarked on the laptop - I might have some more on the desktop if you want to wait till later...

[jackandahat]

Thank you very much.

[aunty_marion]

More links, now from the desktop PC:

RKM Wools - good selection, not too pricey, no free shipping.

Mavis of Bushey - varied but limited selection (i.e. they have some of a lot of things, and sometimes a lot of some things!).

SockYarnShop - if you want sock yarn, this is a good place! Reasonably priced, no free shipping but reasonable rates. (This is the place I won the skein of Scrumptious 4-ply from.)

P2tog - they're closing down and having a sale, 25% off with the code. But the shop has been taken over, so will continue under new ownership.

[jackandahat]

Ooo, sales, I like sales!

[katieastrophe]

ditto recommendation for Get Knitted, it's where I get all my yarn online.

I Knit have an online shop too, but their range isn't great.

[jackandahat]

Thank you for the seconding - it's handy to know what people have personal experience with, you know?

[aunty_marion]

Yes, I'm in IKnit regularly ... so I know what they (don't) have! They are, admittedly, quite good at the upper end of the price range. But I can't afford that. Last thing I bought in there was a 100g ball of Austermann sock yarn, which was, I think, £8.

[katieastrophe]

Yes, iKnit is very much a treat for me!

[lullabymoon]

MacAree's. They do free delivery over £10. I've used their online service a couple of times and had no problems. It helps they are my localish shop as well.

[jackandahat]

Ooo, that's great - I was just looking at those, good to know they're good.

[aunty_marion]

Ooh, they look useful! *bookmarks* Ta!

[liseuse]

Oooh, that link is wonderful. Thank you!

[rhivolution]

Thanks for posting this, and thanks to everyone for responding--being fairly new to the UK, it's something I didn't know.

[alfykins]

I definitely second GetKnitted, they're great. I ordered from P2tog the other day and everything arrived within 24 hours of my order.
SockYarnShop is run by a really nice lady, as is Addicted To Knitting: http://addicted2knitting.com/

[pennyplainknits]

I've only used their meatspace shop, but I've heard great things about Stitch Perfect's online shop- they offer free delivery and are supposed to be very fast. They stock Drops yarn which is fantastically cheap and good quality too.

[jackandahat]

I've not tried Drops, I'll have to look into that - thank you.

[aunty_marion]

The Drops yarns are mostly utterly gorgeous and alarmingly cheap for the quality. I've got several balls of the Delight (sock-weight, variegated singles) and have used their Fabel (plain sock yarn, also comes in variegated) and the Alpaca (also sock weight) to knit some of the pairs of Cranford mitts I made.

Kemps is good

[jazzypom]

Most times than not, they actually have good sales on Debbie Bliss, Louise Harding, etc.

I do recommend get knitted, and if your knit pros are dodgy, they do replace them free of charge.

Re: Kemps is good

[jackandahat]

I'll have to check them out, I'd not heard that name before.