Yarn shop review- Addicted 2 knitting

This week I finally have another shop review as I have been breaking my self imposed yarn purchase ban. This was a little treat for me as I had a fail on a rainbow themed swap- my parcel never turned up. To be honest I was looking for an excuse to try some mini mochi so it all worked out quite well really.

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I will get to the yarn in a minute, the shop first:

I found the appropriately named Addicted 2 knitting via a Google search. I was looking for the specific yarn and they had it at a good price.

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It is perhaps not the most beautiful website, but well worth a look as the prices seems good and the yarns are well illustrated with photos of each colourway. They also carry a good range of tasty yarn, including Zauberballs, Fyberspates, Artesano and Manos del Uruguay. There are also some cheaper options such as Opal. I had to resist the temptation to fill my virtual basket!

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Delivery was great, a reasonably priced £1.60 or free with a spend of over £30. My parcel came first class, so I had it less than 48 hours after ordering. The packaging was good, well wrapped up in a plastic delivery bag so no chance of damage (although I do prefer packaging I can recycle or reuse).

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I would say they are definitely worth a look, good prices and service and tasty yarn, what more could you want?!

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And of course, I couldn't post this without a picture of the yarn. It is delicious, the colours are fantastic and it is soft and even machine washable. I will do a proper yarn review once I have used it to make something (socks of course, in January most likely), but for now here it is in its balled state:

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Shop review- McA Direct

Last week I had run out of things to review, so obviously the answer was to do some yarn shopping! Actually that was not the only reason, I have been charged with the task of making some boot socks that do not wear through in about 4 wears and I thought Regia 6 ply might be the answer.

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Since I do not have a huge amount of LYS access, and what I do have did not stock it I turned to the magical provider of yarn that is the internet (a dangerous place to venture with a credit card in hand).

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I opted for a shop I had used before, McA direct, mainly because they do free shipping if you spend over £10 (good point number 1- I love free shipping!). Also because they had what I wanted in the required sludgy green.

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Price wise is pretty standard, the Regia was £3.95 which I think is a reasonable price, maybe not the best, but pretty good.

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The range stocked is huge, lots of brands and colours, with decent photos and shade cards. There's lots of accessories and things to look at too. Obviously nothing can quite compare to being there in person and having a squish of the yarn, but that's buying online for you.

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The thing that has got me gushing about them the most is this- I (being a bit dopey) didn't order enough yarn to make the socks, I got 2 balls, need three. So yesterday I placed a second order for another ball of yarn (and some other goodies to get over the £10) and it arrived THIS MORNING! Seriously, less than 24 hours for yarn to go from the computer screen to my hot little hand.

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With service like that how could I not give them a big thumbs up?!

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And because I like pictures, here's what I bought- 6 ply Regia in green, a 2.5mm, 100cm circular and some purple beads.

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