Wool Shop

Specialties

We sell Knitting Yarn and Knitting Patterns. Or base is Ireland and we dispatch yarn world wide. We offer free shipping on Knitting Patterns and we dispatch next working day.

History

Established in 1990.

In 1990 I opened my own wool and craft shop in Bray, Co Wicklow. The wool shop was known as the smallest best stocked wool shop in Ireland and got great reviews. My stock of yarns were extensive and as my business grew I introduced more and more crafts into the shop to compliment the yarns.

Through my shop I started giving classes teaching knitting. The Irish Country Women’s Association regularly had me giving talks and advice on the different crafts. In 2006 after being in the retail business for nearly 16 years, I was approached by my landlords with a very generous offer to buy my lease. So in April 2007 The Wool Shop, Main Street, Bray, Co Wicklow closed with a lot of tears and so many well wishes from customers near and far. I have since moved back to the area my family came from, Bunmahon. I haven’t lost my appetite to work for myself, and I am now opening an online shop in what I know best… Wool

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Meet the Business Owner

Brenadette B.

Business Owner

My career in yarns & crafts started when I was in school and trying to earn some money. From the time I could safely hold knitting needles my Granny taught me knit 1 purl 1. I was hooked! I inherited a knitting machine and thus began my introduction in becoming an entrepreneur. I made hat and scarves, a simple straightforward design. I made appointments with buyers & was very successful. I worked long hours after school keeping up with orders. At one point my Granny was on my payroll.

My confidence and appetite for being self– employed grew. I purchased an industrial sewing machine and added bean bags to my tiny home industry. As one thing led to another I began purchasing cones of yarn from a carpet manufacturer. These cones would be end of colour lots and I bought approx 1000 kilos at a time. I rewound the cones into balls, weighed, packed and sold them from my home as knitting yarn. In 1990 I opened my own wool and craft shop in Bray, Co Wicklow. We have now opened an On-​line stors