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Just wondered if anybody had been to Hobbycraft recently?? I'm gonna get hubby to take me there hopefully this week, but I wondered, are they selling dmc threads yet? I don't know if all the Hobbycraft shops are the same around the country, but the shop in Glasgow didn't have dmc last time I was there.. disappointed i was

not sure..but good luck in your stash building!

The one in Leeds sells Dmc - though you can buy much cheaper on-line - They do mail order too.

You can now buy online from hobbycraft, and they list DMC (70p !)
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Midge wrote:The one in Leeds sells Dmc - though you can buy much cheaper on-line - They do mail order too.

There's one in Leeds?! Where??!!

I went the other week to the Stockport one and they seemed to have loads of stitching stuff, could have spent a fortune!

It's at Crown point shopping centre fairly close to the city centre.
Junction 3 off the M621 and follow the signs to retail park.

Gail I don't have a hobbycraft anwhere near me so I get them from one of these, even adding on postage it's so much cheaper
Scroll down and you will see some where you can choose your own colours and buy them in 10, 20, 30, etc
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trks ... Categories" target="_blank

Yes, the Teesside one sells DMC - although they moved it recently because of an Easter display but was still there!

Louise

Northampton Hobbycraft had a huge amount of DMC, including the larger skeins for 99p and some silks as well. Boy, was it hard just getting what I needed and then out of there. (I went in to quickly get more thread for my Serendipity sampler.)

minij wrote:Gail I don't have a hobbycraft anwhere near me so I get them from one of these, even adding on postage it's so much cheaper
Scroll down and you will see some where you can choose your own colours and buy them in 10, 20, 30, etc
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trks ... Categories" target="_blank" target="_blank

I normally buy all my stitchy stuff online because, sadly, it is a lot cheaper than the shops..only wondered what Hobbycraft had as I hope to go and maybe buy something if I see anything I like that is lol...just thought I could pick up a couple off the threads also that I need, even if I am paying a lot dearer for them...thanks to all that answered me post xx

Midge wrote:It's at Crown point shopping centre fairly close to the city centre.
Junction 3 off the M621 and follow the signs to retail park.

I have no idea where that is lol. But I'll track it down whn I go back up there.

The one in Sheffield does, and the one in Crayford does too. (I have friends in Sheffield and in-laws near Crayford and my dearly beloved rolls his eyes and sighs whenever we go to visit because he knows I'm going to make him take me to Hobbycraft!) I'm really surprised that your local one doesn't, Gail!

Newport, and the new store in Cardiff both supply DMC ... although not the cheapest

We don't have hobbycraft up here. I'd probably still buy online but it would be lovely to have a large shop to go and browse round.

~threadbear~ wrote:We don't have hobbycraft up here. I'd probably still buy online but it would be lovely to have a large shop to go and browse round.

That's why I love going to Hobbycraft! The one in Crayford is two floors...the biggest LNS I've found in Leicester is the size of my lounge. It slightly took my breath away the first time I went in there! I don't often buy threads there, as they are so much cheaper online, but to have the opportunity to look at (for example) different types of hoops, and Framecraft things, is great fun and gives a better feel of what they're really like and whether I'd really get on with them!

I must admit to finding Hobbycraft a little disappointing (I went to the Coventry one); relatively little stitching stuff, most of the fabrics packaged up so you couldn't have a good look at them, and not a really big selection of fabrics anyway -- I realise they are a sort of common denominator and they're not the place to carry specialist threads or fabrics, but even so I found the range rather limited; perhaps ours is just not very good at stitching things . I did like the books and leaflets, and the little framecraft things -- nice to be able to have a look at them!

Kute Kitty wrote:The one in Sheffield does, and the one in Crayford does too. (I have friends in Sheffield and in-laws near Crayford and my dearly beloved rolls his eyes and sighs whenever we go to visit because he knows I'm going to make him take me to Hobbycraft!) I'm really surprised that your local one doesn't, Gail!

It's been 2 years since I was last there, so it's possible they do have DMC threads now, but they definately didnt then cos I asked!! lol xx

We had a hobbycraft in our local town but it occupied space in a woolworths store thus closed at xmas when our woolworths closed. They sold threads but I cant remember if itwas dmc or anchor or both.

I regret to report that I found out too late they were selling everything at 50% off

by the time I did know, they had hardly anything left and the gift vouchers I received for xmas had to be refunded.