The Wool Shop

This is a great wool shop. The owners are super friendly and very helpful.
They have a wide range of wool in all sizes and some of the fashion wools as well. They also have a lot of fantastic patterns… I always end up buying something when I am in there. They also have brilliant kits where they have made the pattern themselves!
Plus they now have a great knitting group on a Thursday evening!

The wool shop is brill. They have a great variety of patterns and wool. I took classes there a couple of years ago as I was a novice and now I’m knitting all sorts .
Sue and John the owners are really helpful as when I get stuck they help me out all I have to do is pick up the phone or call by.
I used to think knitting was for old grannies but this wool shop has made it trendy for all ages due to the rage of modern patterns and wool. Definitely the best in Leeds.
Don’t let the location put you off as there is a bus stop outside with busses stopping around every ten minutes. It’s also easy to get to by car

I’m afraid I can’t admit to knowing much about wool. I’ve recently learned the basics of knitting and have a couple of nice homemade scarves to my name, but that’s it.
However, what I can tell you is that not only does The Wool Shop have an impressive amount of yarn adorning shelves, and examples of knit-​work dotted around the shop floor, but they are cheaper than Samuel Taylor in the City Centre (at least in the yarns that I have purchased in both venues) and the staff are so incredibly helpful!
I’ve been in a few times now, and each visit I have left the shop with both wool and a new knowledge to help my with my knitting endeavours. Last time, I got shown how to make tassels for the end of my scarves — they look ace!
It may be slightly out of the way in it’s location, but it’s right on the Number 4 bus route, and well worth it if you’re serious about your knitting, or learning the skill.
Worth noting it’s not open on a Monday though — that’s caught me out before!

A major drawback to The Wool Shop is its rather random location. On the Whingate Juction, just south east of Armley, I only happened to stumble accross it when I was driving home, and was admittedly, lost!
In the early evening light, it looks like a cozy little haven in the midst of its ominous industrial surroundings. The warm lighting shines out of the windows, enticing whoever it is that walks around there, to have a gander inside. Steps lead down into the shop once you are inside, which I have to say, doesn’t make it particularly disability-​friendly.
Once down the few steps there are, the walls are covered in shelves that are housing a fairly large collection of colour and brand co-​ordinated wools, and knitting ideas sweetly pinned to examples hanging around the shop.
The lady in the shop is very helpful to anyone that enters her shop, giving customers tips and advice. I happened to find the exact brand and colour wool I had purchased from another shop in town, that I had recently run out of, and as there was only one or two balls left, I received a discount.
Another hesitation I have with The Wool Shop, is that the majority of the wool in there are acryllic blends, rather than the real deal. Though there is an excellent selection of colour, it would have been nicer to see more local wool being sold as well, or instead of the cheaper, more synthetic, widely sold brands.