Wool on the Exe

19/10/2026

Exciting new yarn arrivals!
If you fancy adding some fun and magic to your projects we may have just the sparkly/fluffy/colour joy that you're looking for!

New from Rico we have Fashion Wool Alpaca Landscape and Creative Make It Blumchen.

Creative Landscape is a stunning 4ply blend of wool and alpaca lightly spun onto a strand of polyamide. It's a soft and fluffy yarn available in a choice of five glorious colour ways. This versatile yarn could work up as a 4ply or sport weight yarn. You could use it as a light and open DK, or alternatively hold it with a strand of something else for a thicker fabric. One of our customers did this with a strand of Coopknits Socks Yeah and very quickly crocheted a beautiful headscarf. Thank you Anna for letting us share your photos! 💖

Creative Blumchen is a fine strand of Lyocell with tiny sparkly sequins - perfect for holding alongside a thicker yarn to make something special! Our wonderful teacher and volunteer Jackie made herself a cowl with a strand of Blumchen and a skein of silky yarn that was hand-dyed by Debbie for the shop's 10th anniversary - a very special project!

16/10/2026

We've gathered together some of our favourite spooky and autumnal skeins, kits and fiber braids as Halloween approaches, but there is so much in store to inspire and keep things crafty and fa-boo-lous this season! 🧙🔮👻🎃

15/10/2026

Here's the wonderful Jackie who teaches our Professional Finishing Techniques classes. She teaches the details of how to finish your knitting; blocking, seaming, picking up stitches, and ways to keep everything tidy. This workshop is one of our most transformative! Knitters leave the session feeling empowered by their new skills and encouraged to finally sew up their unfinished projects!

Professional Finishing Techniques is one of our most popular and highly rated workshops. We have places available for this workshop on Saturday 24th October from 10-12.30 as well as other options available to view on our website. https://www.woolontheexe.com/products/professional-finishing-techniques

Jackie is such a generous teacher, passing her on her expert knowledge and enthusiasm at these classes, as well as volunteering her time on a one-to-one basis at our Fix Your Stitch sessions. All funds raised from Fix Your Stitch sessions are donated to our local food bank. Thank you Jackie Millichap

12/10/2026

Triangular shawls are so popular right now and you can crochet your very own with us this Wednesday!

We still have places available for our highly rated Journey Shawl workshop. As long as you can confidently crochet the basic stitches, our lovely tutor, Sam will teach you the method to make this beautiful shawl. Once learned you can make multiple shawls using all different yarns - just chose match the hook size for your chosen yarn thickness. These shawls could be ideal for gifting this season!

A full 200g ball of Batik Swirl or Jewelspun will be provided in your choice of colour for the workshop.

Here's a lovely review from our website - thank you Ruth!

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ New found love - Crochet Shawls
Loved the session I joined in Wednesday, learning how to make a crochet shawl. My previous crochet experiences have been granny squares and a cotton face cloth, so I was expecting this to be a challenge! However, our tutor was brilliant - clear with explanations ( " like turning the page of a book" to demonstrate turning your work at the end of a row!) And patiently helping individuals when we made a mistake or lack confidence.
My shawl is not yet complete, but I'm cracking on with it, and it won't be the last one! Thank you! (Tea and biscuits were lovely too!)

The sample shown here was made by Jane using Creative Melange Alpaca.

08/10/2026

Ever wonder what goes into making a magical autumnal window for a yarn shop with a treasure-trove of kits, yarns, patterns and fiber? Well here's a peek behind the scenes of creating our fairytale inspired autumn window. Let us know what you think of the finished result and pop in to find out more about the patterns and yarns used to make the truly magical garments and accessories featured! ✨🧚

03/10/2026

With so many customers thinking about their holiday makes we've had some gorgeous wintery kits come into store just in time for this cold weather.

Each kit comes with the yarn, tools, and instructions to make something beautiful for yourself or a loved one. All that's missing is a warm cup of tea and your favourite biscuits!

02/10/2026

We're honoured to stock these beautiful art brooches from the talented Jackie Cardy! Each one of these textile creations is made by hand with high-quality materials. The sense of colour and level of detail is astonishing!

These little artworks are the most perfect gifts for colour lovers - and they're easy to post too! They do sell quickly so if you have already spotted your favourite then come by soon to claim it! You can also buy online and send us a message to let us know which one you like best!

28/09/2026

Those interested in natural dyeing might like to have a look at this artist's talk at RAMM (Royal Albert Memorial Museum)

Illustrated artist talk with Hilde Hauan Johnsen & Amy Shelton
Dates and Times: 4 October 2026 11:00 – 12:00
Price: Adults £10.50, Students £5.50
Location: RAMM

https://rammuseum.org.uk/whats-on/illustrated-artist-talk-with-hilde-hauan-johnsen-amy-shelton/

Sámi artist Hilde Hauan Johnsen has travelled from Sápmi, Norway, in the Arctic region to show her artwork in RAMM’s exhibition Living Labyrinths: Art and Fungi. For Hilde’s first public talk in the UK, she discusses her fungi-dyed textiles alongside a philosophical approach to making and ecology with Exeter-based artist Amy Shelton.

Hilde is a textile artist based in Northern Norway whose artistic practice is rooted in the land where she lives. Johnsen works with natural dyes from foraged plants and fungi. She uses these materials to interrogate the concept of national borders. In Johnsen’s work, natural dyeing becomes a way of holding landscape and memory together.

Amy Shelton is a visual artist and founder of Honeyscribe, a visual arts charity that leads creative projects centred on people, plants, and the natural world. Amy creates botanical artworks of plants which she gathers and preserves. By collaborating with other specialists, each artwork illuminates a specific locality, highlighting the relationships between biodiversity, human and environmental well-being.

You can book tickets here:
https://rammuseum.org.uk/whats-on/illustrated-artist-talk-with-hilde-hauan-johnsen-amy-shelton/

Sámi artist Hilde Hauan Johnsen has travelled from Sápmi, Norway, in the Arctic region to show her artwork in RAMM's exhibition Living Labyrinths: Art and Fungi. For Hilde’s first public talk in the UK, she discusses her fungi-dyed textiles alongside a philosophical approach to making and ecolog...

26/09/2026

New yarn arrivals!
At the end of our last newsletter we briefly introduced some new yarns.

From Stylecraft we have Naturals Pure Wool, a washable DK wool that's perfect for any sort of project. It's soft, durable, and the colours are great! We currently have 13 shades to choose from but we're already thinking about adding some more! https://www.woolontheexe.com/products/naturals-pure-wool-dk

From King Cole we have:
Little Lamb, a DK wool blend that's ideal for baby makes.
https://www.woolontheexe.com/products/little-lamb-dk
Aran Wool, an Aran weight pure washable wool.
https://www.woolontheexe.com/products/wool-aran
Chunky Tweed, a Chunky acrylic/wool blend.
https://www.woolontheexe.com/products/chunky-tweed

Coming soon we will bring you lots of pattern inspiration for these exciting new additions!

23/09/2026

Unleash some Creative Magic with us!

Our workshops are very special. We just love sharing our cosy space with you! Everyone is invited to be our guests and start a learning journey with the expert guidance of our lovely teachers.

We have places on a wide variety of workshops coming soon!
https://www.woolontheexe.com/collections/workshops

Learn the techniques of Amigurumi crochet by making an adorable pumpkin with the inspirational Lizzie ~ crocheter of rainbows

Join Debbie to get confident with cables and knit a gorgeous mini hot water bottle cover. The yarn and mini hot water bottle are included in this workshop - they make ideal gifts for everyone!

Crochet socks with lovely Hannah in this two part evening workshop!

Learn to knit from your very first stitches with Trudi!

Join Sam to make a stunning shawl with a simple and addictive stitch pattern.

Embroider Corrinne Lapierre's beautiful designs with Laura. We have three options available - Professor Hare is proving to be popular!

Another hot water bottle cover but this time crochet! Hannah's design is super neat teaching increasing, decreasing, making button holes and joining with crochet seams. Again the yarn and the mini hot water bottle are included with the workshop price.

One space has become available on Ethel's Estonian Lace workshop and there are currently two places free to learn to make a Shetland hap with Ethel. We still have Ethel's amazing lace on display in the shop - it's well worth a visit to admire her skills!

Ali's wet felting workshops have been so much fun - and now we have a follow-on workshop! Join us to make beautiful autumnal leaves with wet felting and embroidery details.

There are many more workshops to explore on our website - have a browse and see if there's something you'd like to try!
https://www.woolontheexe.com/collections/workshops