Tools & Accessories

Because your tool box needs to be as pretty as your yarn stash! Browse our range of tools and notions, knitting needles and crochet hooks. 

Tweed – it’s an Autumn Need!

Let your yarn do the talking! Tweed yarn adds a beautiful texture to plainer projects. Sit back, relax and let our range of tweed yarns do the hard work for you. 

YAK

Est. 2014

So you want to knit and crochet with the best quality and natural yarns?

We do too. That’s why we opened YAK, online and in beautiful Brighton. Our shelves are packed with beautiful natural fibres and hand-dyed yarns. We also have a wide range of quality tools and books.

Team Favourites

top of our list

We change our favourites almost as often as we change our knitted socks. It’s hard not to when such an array of yarns, notions and books keep arriving. Here are some of our current favourites.

Sandnes garn

Brand Spotlight

meet the passionate producers

Sandnes Garn from Norway

Sandnes Garn was first founded in 1888 in the industrial city of Sandnes and has since become an icon of the Norwegian knitwear industry. They are one of the oldest spinning mills in Norway.

Today, Sandnes Garn holds the position as the largest producer of hand-knitting yarn in Europe, one of the world’s most up-to date spinning mills – in one of the oldest factories still running. 

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Free guide

Learn to Substitute Yarn in 5 Easy Steps

You’ve found a beautiful yarn and a gorgeous pattern but will they work together? Follow our guide and learn how to confidently substitute yarn for any pattern. You will open up a world of yarn possibilities.

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A Brilliant Knitting Blog

Be inspired by our abundance of free resources

Sourcing amazing natural yarns is the thing we’re best but talking about our love of yarn and all things knitting and crochet comes a close second. Which means this might be one of the best yarn shop knitting blogs on the web.
You will find pattern inspiration, fibre fact sheets and of course – would it be a knitting blog without? – tips and tutorials.
Get comfy because there is a lot to get through.

Knitted stocking fillers
Knitted Stocking Fillers 2024
Christmas is drawing nearer (yay) and we’ve been searching Ravelry for all the festive inspo…
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Autumn knitting pattern
Autumn Knitting Pattern Roundup 2024
It’s knitting season! And we’ve been busy collecting this gorgeous roundup of autumn knitting patterns.…
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So Many Stripes! 6 Projects To Knit
Stripes for the new season? With Autumn around the corner its time to start thinking…
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Single strand lace
Luxurious Lace: 7 Patterns To Knit With Single Strand Lace
One of my favourite knitted textures is single strand lace combined with a thick needle…
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