The Handspinner Having Fun
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The hand spun wools, hand knits and accessories shop at Broadford, Isle of Skye www.handspinnerhavingfun.com
Twitter & Instagram : handspinnerskye We stock a wide range of yarns, some handspun and some machine spun. Most yarns are hand dyed or hand painted; some are factory dyed and some naturally coloured.
We are always searching out unusual yarns or blends but as a basis stock cashmere, cashmere blends, merino, merino and silk, pure silk, mohair, mohair boucle, alpaca blends, blue faced leicester, jacobs 'humbug', hebridean, corriedale, cotton and some acrylic yarns. Our focus is on natural yarns.
We stock a variety of thicknesses of yarns from 2 ply, double knitting, aran, chunky and various other hand spun thicknesses. The yarn can be used for hand knitting, weaving, felting and other hand craft processes.
We also stock a wide range of hand knit sweaters and cardigans for men and women from patterns exclusive to the Handspinner Having Fun.
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We absolutely love to see your creations!! Check out this beauty by the talented @wallflower_weavings so fresh and lovely!! Thank you for sharing!! #handspun #handspinnerskye #weaving #choosewool #yarn
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That moment has arrived yet again!!!! We are now open and can not wait to see you all visit this year 🎉🎉🎉🎉 Come and see our beautiful selection woolly delights 🐑 we will have old favourites but also lots of new ideas coming soon 🐑 #handspinnerskye #broadford #skye #isleofskye #comevisitus #handdyed #yarn #handspun #scotland #visitscotland #choosewool
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A quick reminder to say that there is NO ewe time tomorrow....but we will be back in the shop as of next week! Where did winter go? Looking forward to catching up with everyone then......
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Happy to say that the position has been filled 😊 thank you for all your enquiries ✨ Do you love all things woolly? Do you love spending time with people who do? If you are a competent knitter and enjoy engaging with others, helping inspire them with our range of fabulous woolly delights - whether it be our beautiful handknit items or items to make their very own creative delights....
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Thank you to all of you for making 2016 such a wonderful year, looking forward to what 2017 will bring 🎄 #handspinnerskye #christmas #thankyou
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Meet Ewean our newest "Ewe time" member and mascot - knit by the lovely Mary one of our knitters and Ewe time regulars. He will be getting in the festive spirit later today as we have our show and tell festive 🎄 get together to wrap up what has been a lovely year here at Handspinner headquarters. Filled with lovely customers. New ideas. New and old friends, lots of fabulous projects and inspiration and of course yummy treats too. Thank you everyone for your support this year 🎄🎄🎄🎄 #handspinnerhavingfun #Ewean #choosewool #wool #thursdaygettogether #broadford #isleofskye
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A beautiful start this morning to our last week open this year ✨ pop in and see us for all your woolly needs Monday - Thursday 10am - 3pm #handspinnerskye #broadfordbay #broadford #mondaymotivation #mondaymorning #mondaymood #wool #choosewool #skyeskiesarethebest
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Thank you everyone who came out to the Christmas shopping event on Friday and made it such a success- so lovely to see so many people supporting local business and enjoying themselves 🎄🎄🎄 also loving the fairy lights @oldpiergallery - feeing festive ✨✨✨✨ #handspinnerskye #shoplocal #oldpier
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Bonnie has settled in and taking advantage of the fact that we are open an extra day this week for the Broadford Christmas shopping event, come in and enjoy 10% off handmade accessories today only ☺️ also pop next door to the bread shed enjoy some of their yummy offers including complementary mulled apple juice - it's delicious 🤗 #handspinnerskye #handspun #shoplocal #choosewool #broadford #skye
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Looking forward to part two of the highland coo and sheep crochet workshop at 'ewe time' tomorrow.... #handspinnerskye #workshop #ewetime #learnsomethingnew #Repost @applejamfibre ・・・ Loads of fun today @handspinnerskye teaching the 'ewe time' ladies how to make these crochet Highland cow's and sheep! #crochet #crochetofinstagram #wool #sheep #highlandcow #cow #loopstitch #notatoy #choosewool #yarn
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Looking forward to part two of the highland coo and sheep crochet workshop at 'ewe time' tomorrow.... #handspinnerskye #workshop #ewetime #learnsomethingnew #Repost @applejamfibre ・・・ Loads of fun today @handspinnerskye teaching the 'ewe time' ladies how to make these crochet Highland cow's and sheep! #crochet #crochetofinstagram #wool #sheep #highlandcow #cow #loopstitch #notatoy #choosewool #yarn
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Another amazing offer for Friday evening......
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