Wool on the Exe

Wool on the Exe At Wool on the Exe we stock beautiful yarn, accessories and gifts for the fibre lover.
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Wool on the Exe is a not for profit, community interest company, conveniently located in the St. Thomas area of Exeter, Devon with an online shop (please see our website). We specialise in beautiful British yarn from companies such as Fyberspates, BC Garn, Cambrian Wools, Opal, Hoooked, Regia, West Yorkshire Spinners, and Eden Cottage Yarns, and many local indie dyers as well as stocking Stylecraf

t, Sirdar and Patons. We carry a range of fibre art accessories such as knitting needles, crochet hooks, darning needles, row counters, i-cord makers, pompom makers, and the like. Also on offer are beautiful gifts by British artists such as wooden yarn bowls, felted cushions and wall art, fabric project and notions bags, beaded row counters and stitch markers, and greeting cards. Talented local teachers run workshops for all abilities in knitting, crochet, weaving, felting, and spinning. Our emphasis is on personal and community well-being through the learning and sharing of fibre arts skills, including outreach work. Everyone is welcome to come in and sit with their fibre related work in progress, perhaps treating themselves to a drink and a slice of cake!

31/05/2026

Susie of is here making beautiful music. She'll be here for another hour or so be quick if you'd like to hear her! 😊

is here with her wheel and table of beautiful fibre and yarns! Come and say hi!
30/05/2026

is here with her wheel and table of beautiful fibre and yarns! Come and say hi!

30/05/2026

Our birthday celebrations start today with what is really a celebration of all of you! Thank you so much! With every purchase, and every make you have really kept us going, so this is a celebration of exactly what our customers are capable of! We only wish we could dim this glorious sun just a little to reduce the glare!

It's Wool on the Exe's 10th Anniversary this weekend!We can't wait to welcome our special guests for our 10th anniversar...
27/05/2026

It's Wool on the Exe's 10th Anniversary this weekend!
We can't wait to welcome our special guests for our 10th anniversary celebrations.

On Saturday 30th May Natalie of will be here from 11am to 3pm with her spinning wheel, selling hand-dyed fibre and stunning handspun skeins!

On Sunday 31st May Susie of will be here from 10am to 1pm playing music on her harp. Such a treat!

And of course we can't wait to welcome all our special guests, our fabulous friends and customers! We hope you can join us as we celebrate this special milestone together.

What a glorious long weekend we're having here in Devon! Please remember that we're closed today for the bank holiday Mo...
25/05/2026

What a glorious long weekend we're having here in Devon!
Please remember that we're closed today for the bank holiday Monday. We'll be back in the shop again tomorrow!

This photo is a beautiful order that we packed to send out. Both Dylan and Ella were enchanted by the colour selection!

We hope you're enjoying your projects out in the sunshine! Knitting in beer gardens, crocheting on the beach? We'd love to hear about it!

23/05/2026

Come with us to browse our Big Summer Sale!
We have so many beautiful things to pick up before the sale ends on the 31st. We're so excited to see what you choose, your smiling faces, and all your summer makes!

Can you spot the funny thing about this video? Ella thinks you won't but Dylan thinks you will 👀

Summer Sale!We're starting the summer with a lovely big sale!Starting now we have a shop-wide sale on all of our yarn, k...
19/05/2026

Summer Sale!

We're starting the summer with a lovely big sale!

Starting now we have a shop-wide sale on all of our yarn, kits, books, needles, hooks - pretty much everything we sell! The only items excluded are workshops, membership, gift cards and a few items that we sell on consignment such as hand-made project bags. The sale applies to items that are in stock only.

Everything on sale is 15% off for the next two weeks, from now until the end of Sunday 31st May. For shopping online you can use the code BIGSUMMERSALE

Our wonderful members have an extra treat of 20% off using their usual membership discount code during the same period. So if you're a member use the usual discount code rather than the one above! Just let us know if we can help at all.

This could be an ideal time to plan your Autumn/Winter makes and get the yarn in ready to go! Perhaps even pick out some kits and books for gifting later in the year!

The discount code can be used for multiple orders, so you're welcome to shop a little at a time over the next two weeks and make the most of the sale!

Our next Wet-felting workshop is this Monday afternoon and there are still places available to book here: https://www.wo...
14/05/2026

Our next Wet-felting workshop is this Monday afternoon and there are still places available to book here: https://www.woolontheexe.com/products/wet-felting-for-beginners

It's been a while since we last hosted a wet-felting workshop so we thought we'd share some photos of what we made last time.

Everyone started out by making flat felt pictures. These could be completely abstract or could be anything you like really! This is such a creative way to play with wool and there is no wrong way to do it! The pictures are made by separating and laying lengths of wool fibre tops to create an artwork - at this stage it's almost like playing with fuzzy felt (remember those!?) but a little more free rein. Then comes the felting part; the picture is soaked and manually agitated, mostly using a roller, until the fibres fuse so that the wool becomes felt. This part is quite hands-on and lots of fun!

Next our participants used a resist (a soft piece of plastic cut in a circle shape) to make a 3d item, a little woollen vessel. It's a similar method to making the picture but this time you cut into your felt to remove the resist and form the 3d shape.

The felting process is lots of fun; quite physical and very therapeutic! Overall the whole experience is quite magical! And the finished items always look wonderful. Our fabulous teacher, Ali will guide you through, and inspire you to have fun making something different with wool! https://www.woolontheexe.com/products/wet-felting-for-beginners

Address

2 Okehampton Street
Exeter
EX41DW

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 7:30pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm

Telephone

+441392669015

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