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Alpaca is one of the softest yarns around so you might be as thrilled as we are to now be able to treat our feet to a luxurious pair of alpaca yarn socks. Our new Superba Alpaca Luxury Sock yarn is the perfect yarn to hand knit a new pair of socks with! This yarn is a lovely blend of virgin wool, polyamide and alpaca. It is strong due to the polyamide, soft due to the alp …

My cousin Jane has always been a voracious reader and the family bibliophile. When she's not walking her dog Pebbles by the sea, she can usually be found with a book in her hands. Over the course of the pandemic, her appetite for books has never diminished and I can always rely on her to recommend interesting new titles for me to read ("I've already read that" is the standard response I …

Keep Cool with Cotton Yarns! If you are anything like us here in the Wool Department, you love to knit and crochet all year round, including the warmer summer months. If you do then you might also find it a little too warm to hold a big wool project in your lap! The solution? A cot …

We buy, sell and exchange used and second-hand books. A huge selection awaits you, including crime novels, literary and genre fiction and Irish interest. We Are Looking For Popular fiction from 2021 onwards Classic and literary fiction Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror History, especially Irish and C …