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M/M.’s wool shop, 2 New Market Street, Cahirciveen, Co. Kerry.  Phone 087-6972021. email: margarethvbemmelen AT hotmailcom

A small shop with a reasonable stock of yarns, including the Dutch brand Scheepjes.  Also stocks haberdashery, and does clothes alterations.

Cahirciveen is on the main tourist route in Kerry, the Ring of Kerry, and there are always a lot of tourists and holidaymakers around in the summertime. It’s  on the way into town, from the Glenbeigh direction, and is just before the main shopping street, and might be passed by!

Hickey’s, Savoy Centre, Cork City, Co. Cork

Now selling wool…mainly Patons and Tivoli. They also brought in knitting needles and crochet hooks and other haberdashery for the craft, including patterns. Hickey’s is fabulous for fabric, but now that they’ve added a wool section, even a small one, is just great.

The Hemp Company, Western Road, Cork
Phone: (353) (021) 427 8958
Email: info@hempcompany.ie
Website: www.hempcompany.ie

This company has announced that it will be launching a range of eco yarn in October. Looking forward to anyone giving us an update on this….

The Book Depot, Killarney Outlet Centre, Killarney, Co. Kerry

They sell a very small amount of eyelash yarn only, some knitting and crochet kits, occasionally knitting/crochet books.

It Must Be Dingle, Main Street, Dingle, Co. Kerry

We are not exactly sure of the name of this shop, but there is a craft shop (crafts by local artisans) on Main Street which sells hand spun and hand dyed wool, basic colors in 100 gram hanks. Very expensive!

The Sweater Shop on Green Street, just off Grey’s Lane, Dingle, Co. Kerry

Has a basket or two of balls of Kerry Wool. It’s mostly natural colors but nice stuff.

Cork Crafts, Paul Street Arcade, Cork City.

This shop sells a small selection of crochet thread and a good selection of tapestry wool, mainly for their needlepoint canvases. Also a good bead selection, latchhook rugs kits, notions and some hooks and needles. They’re mainly a great notions shop for add-ons for knitting and crochet.

An Soiga, Green Street (between Grey’s Lane and Main Street), Dingle, Co Kerry.

This is a clothing store that sells mostly original design knitted sweaters and specialty items, but has a small selection of Tivoli yarn in the back of the shop, including a rack of knitting needles and crochet hooks.

Kerry Woollen Mills Ltd, The Mall, Dingle, Co. Kerry
Telephone: 066 9152164

In addition to the factory shop, but they also have a store in Dingle by the same name. They sell mainly garments but also sell their spun wool in the back of the shop. They sell 200 grams hanks at really reasonable prices.

Tivoli Spinners Ltd
Courtestown Industrial Park, Little Island, Cork City
Phone: (21) 435 51 55
Fax: (21) 35 51 60

Only sells wholesale, no shop at the factory…minimum first order is 1000 euro plus freight. This is an ideal way for S&B groups to buy wholesale.

Vibes and Scribes Crafts, Lavitt’s Quay, Cork City

Vibes and Scribes was originally a huge used bookstore on Bridge Street, but they expanded into another location on Lavitt’s Quay. They had a craft section in the shop but needed more room so they opened Vibes and Scribes Crafts next door to the Lavitt’s Quay store. This is a dedicated craft shop with something for most every craft you can think of. There’s a big wall of books on just about every craft imaginable, most books discounted or remaindered, but some new books as well. They have a big beads section, a wide variety of notions for knitting and crochet, and currently stock Artesano and Kilcarra wool. They’re in the process of expanding their yarn selection to stock the hard to find, such as Brown Sheep, Noro and others. They also stock supplies for dying wool and felting tools.

Blarney Woollen Mills, Blarney, County Cork
Our flagship store is located in the picturesque village of Blarney, just six miles from Cork City and 10 miles from Cork Airport.

Website: http://www.blarney.com/blarneyshop.htm
Other locations are listed on their website

Business Hours:
Monday-Saturday 9.30am-6.00pm
Sunday 10.00am-6.00pm

This 30,000 square foot retail store is housed in one of Ireland’s oldest and most authentic Irish woollen mills.
This is a major retail shop now, which used to be one of Ireland’s major spinners and weavers. The shop often has a table with discounted yarn. Usually end dye lots, mostly from Tivoli.

Kerry Woollen Mills, Beaufort, Killarney, County Kerry
Telephone: +353 64 44122
Fax: +353 64 44556
Website: http://www.kerrywoollenmills.ie/

Business Hours:
Monday-Saturday 9:00AM-6:00PM GMT
Monday-Saturday 4:00AM-1:00PM EST
Sun CLOSED
Open all Irish Holidays Except Good Friday & Christmas Day.

This is a small spinner near Beaufort, County Kerry. They have a factory shop and sells wholesale. Their wool is pure Irish…raised in Galway, spun in Kerry.

Knitwell Wools, 34 Ashe Street, Clonakilty, Co Cork
Telephone: 027 36982

Another location of Knitwell Wools from Bantry.

There may be another location in Skibbereen, but we do not currently have any information on that location.

Knitwell Wools, Marino Street, Bantry, Co Cork
Telephone: 027 52640

Lovely friendly place, there was an amazing jumble of all sorts of wool-some Sirdar, some Wendy, lots of Tivoli….a good selection of baby yarns and a mixture of acrylics, cottons and wool blends, and some pure wool. Lots of colours of Kilcarra Aan Tweed.

There were some buttons, ribbons, and trimmings too, and a range of knitting needles and cases. The front of the shop has handknit garments for sale, plus some cross stitch and embroidery kits.

A lot of fun if you like to rummage-the stock is a little jumbled up. The woman working there was very knowledgeable and helpful, and could locate different yarns and brands straight away.

Killarney Wool, Inisfallen Mall, Killarney, Co. Kerry

While there may be a good portion of tourist notions for sale, there’s a good selection of Tivoli yarn and knitting and crochet notions.

We have also been told there is a selection of Sirdar and Tivoli yarns, plus needles, some patterns and general haberdashery.

Kerry Wool Market, Henry Street, Kenmare, Co. Kerry

Small stock of Donegal Aran Tweed knitting wool, and some Aran wool from Kerry Woollen Mills. Not a large stock, but some nice rich shades of the Tweed yarn.

Spin a Yarn Ltd., Henry Lane, Henry Street, Kenmare, Co. Kerry
Phone: 064 79993 Email: info@spinayarn.ie

Cosy little shop off one of the main shopping streets. Stocks Debbie Bliss, Colinette, Noro,Louisa Harding, Rowan, Jaeger and others. Good selection of knitting books, needles buttons etc. Helpful and friendly staff. Loyalty card in operation, for purchases over 20 euro.

The Craft Mills, Main Street, Lismore, Co. Waterford
Telephone: 058 54239 Fax: 058 54239 Mobile: 0877656289
Email: info@craftmills.ie
Website: http://thecraftmillsireland.com

Good news for anyone living in the West Waterford/East Cork area. There’s a new yarn store just opened in Lismore: The Craft Mills, on Main Street. All good yarns and other craft material too. Debbie Bliss, Noro, Rowan, Sirdar, Laines Du Nord, Elle, Drops, FFF, Patons, and Opal sock yarn is on the way!

Féirín, 81 Parnell Street, Ennis, Co. Clare, (065) 684 8765, Theresa Gavin.
Quaint shop with a variety of specialty yarns and also highlighting pottery.