Woolbearers

Woolbearers = My happy place!
Amazing & vast selection of yarn & supplies for yarnoholics. The shop is packed with so many varieties of materials (various wools, alpaca, cashmere, silks, cotton, acrylic & blends) in various weights… so many choices… You could spend the day petting yarn. I always leave with something wonderful. Myra, the shop owner, hand-​dyes her own line of beautiful yarns. The staff is always friendly & helpful. Great selection of classes & guest speakers. There is a awesome & eclectic group of people that attend the monthly knit group. And you are always welcome to sit down & spend time relaxing & knitting. Oasis of yarny goodness in Mount Holly.

Basically everything you could ever want to buy in the realm of knitting, weaving, seeing, etc. It is like a wool lovers Wonderland. The prices are right as well. The staff is very helpful. Knitters are a niche customer clique. If you are going there at all they know you are either already part of the «in crowd» or have an interest in becoming one of the knitters anonymous. They treat you accordingly.

Great variety of yarns and supplies. The owner is quiet but very nice. She dyes a line of yarn for the shop that is yummy. Parking is tricky, but she has a nice selection of classes. One of the best shops in the area!

Woolbearers was voted the best Knitting Store in South Jersey for 2008 and I’ll admit their selection is incredible and for those with yarn-​pedophilia, they actually have the real estate footprint for you to meander and feel up the goods. They carry tons of yarn, needles, books, and back-​issues of knitting mags, but the distinguishing features are really their classes and their affiliation with
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While almost all knitting stores host classes, Woolbearers is the only one in the area that teaches how to spin fiber, machine knit, or work on a loom. I am always threatening to quit my job and buy llamas and angora bunnies to make yarn for a living, and if I take their spinning class, maybe that dream can become reality!
The knitting Meetup group for the Metro Philadelphia area recently disbanded and since nothing has sprung up in its place just yet, Woolbearers offers a nice place to network with other knitters in the South Jersey/​Philadelphia area.
I have a teensy, itsy-​bitsy qualm, without which Woolbearers would have received 5 stars. My skinz are super-​duper sensitive and can’t mess with any woolly business. When I asked an employee what yarns would be good for my fiber allergies, she looked at me as if I had three heads, scissorhands, and vaginas for ears. This isn’t really a unique condition and I felt she should have been able to better direct me to something appropriate.