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yarn accessories 

Welcome to our website!

The date and time of the shop being updated and new products added can be found in the box below.

We will also be adding new blog posts on a regular basis and changing our website content to match the time of year so be sure to keep popping back to keep up to date.

COVID-19

Open and accepting orders online!

Please know that our thoughts and best wishes are with our customers, members of our community and the rest of the world during this time. Please click here see my blog post for more details and how we are navigating through this (updated 20th April)

All orders are now being sent as Standard Delivery (no longer Signed For) as this means I can purchase postage online and then simply drop the parcels into a post box meaning I have no contact with anyone. I can visit the box which is a short walk away from my home as part as my daily exercise which is permitted while the UK is in Lockdown. Please be aware that Royal Mail are currently dealing with a huge amount of parcels and your order may take a little longer than normal to reach you...thank you so much for your patience at this time.

Please do not hesitate in reaching out to me if you need someone to talk, my inboxes are open. Much love x

Virtual Yorkshire Yarn Fest

Virtual Yorkshire Yarn Fest is happening tomorrow! I’ll be live over Instagram @yorkshireyarnfest at 12.05pm BST for 15 minutes sharing lots of lovely things with you! 

✨ A Yorkshire Yarn Fest exclusive will be the Flower Friend Basket. Sophie (the show organiser) has come up with the idea of ‘You’ve got a friend in me...in these uncertain times, I think it is so important to know that we have friends to support around us. Especially yarnie friends!’ Some of the vendors will have special products that you can gift to others to show you’re thinking of them and mine is the Flower Friends Basket. Simply enter a different address at check out and leave a note and I’ll pop in a card to let your friend know you’ve sent them a gift. Or...you could also treat yourself!

✨ Flower Friends Basket will be added to my website www.thimbleandthreadmake.com when I go live at 12.05pm BST (GMT +1, UK time) 

✨ Each Flower Friends Basket will have 10% of the sale price donated to Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund

✨ All orders of Knitters Carry All Backpacks (Light and Original) will have free worldwide shipping - use code ‘yorkshireyarnfest’ at checkout and this code will be valid all weekend

✨All orders over £43.00 will have free worldwide shipping - use code ‘yorkshireyarnfest’ at checkout and this code will be valid all weekend

✨ Gift Vouchers are now available, ideal to send to someone else or to treat yourself with at a later date

Featured products

Stay Home Basket ~ Flower Friends ~ Knitting and Crochet storage basket
Stay Home Basket ~ Flower Friends ~ Knitting and Crochet storage basket
£42.00
Project Bag ~ Peacock ~ Knitting, Crochet and Yarn Storage
Project Bag ~ Peacock ~ Knitting, Crochet and Yarn Storage
£23.00
Knitters Carry All Backpack ORIGINAL ~ rucksack project bag for knitters, crochet and crafters!
Knitters Carry All Backpack ORIGINAL ~ rucksack project bag for knitters, crochet and crafters!
£55.00
Gift Card ~ Purchase as a gift or to treat yourself at a later date!
Gift Card ~ Purchase as a gift or to treat yourself at a later date!
from £10.00
Knitters Carry All Backpack LIGHT ~ rucksack project bag for knitters, crochet and crafters!
Knitters Carry All Backpack LIGHT ~ rucksack project bag for knitters, crochet and crafters!
£43.00
Short Tote ~ Yarn Project Bag ideal for knitters, crochet and crafters!
Short Tote ~ Yarn Project Bag ideal for knitters, crochet and crafters!
£46.00
Notions Pouch ~ Large mirror vinyl
Notions Pouch ~ Large mirror vinyl
£9.00

Gift Certificates now available!

Gift Cards are now available for purchasing! Ideal for purchasing as a gift or treating yourself at a later date.

Simply add to cart and check out as normal, you'll then receive an email with a code to use against your purchases at a later date or to pass on to someone as a gift.

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Short Tote

Our new design of bag has now launched!

The Short Tote is now available in a variety of colours (including the new Grey)

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Canvas Cube Project Bag sewing pattern

Simply click on the image above to be taken over to our (old!) Etsy shop to take a look at and purchase our new sewing pattern!

15 pages of pattern with each step explained, not because it's hard to make (it's actually a really fun project!) but because we want to be totally clear and for it to be easy to follow for any level of sewing skills. 

Please check out our Blog for the reasons why we've popped this into the Etsy store rather than this site.

Sewing Pattern on Etsy

Featured collections

A pile of colourful Canvas Cube Bags, knitting project bag
Canvas
Knitters Carry All Backpack, knitting project bag backpack shown in Vibrant print
New in ~ Recently added
Knitters Carry All Backpack in Biscuit colour and being worn by Tracy thimble and thread make
Project Bags

Knitters Carry All Backpack Original now available new 'Light' version

THE project bag! Perfect for taking out and about, using at Yarn Festivals and taking to Knit Nights. Designed and introduced July 2018, this is our most poplar bag!

This Backpack is full of design features perfect for any crafter...made from waterproof canvas, adjustable straps, leather grab handle (this can be replaced with fabric if you prefer), inside built in zip notions pouch and project bag to separate project from bag contents, clear plastic pocket, stitch marker holder, opening in the lining to allow pin badges to be added with backings touching bag contents and back zip for keeping valuables safe.

Due to popular demand to make a slightly different design, the Backpack is now available to order in a Light version....the outside look is exactly the same but it comes completely empty on the inside without any of the extra components such as the pockets and built in notions pouch.

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Vegan Friendly

All thimble and thread make products are available Leather Free!

If it is a made to order item simply email within 24 hours of placing an order letting us know you'd prefer leather free and we can discuss what you'd like it replacing with (canvas, webbing, etc). If there's an item you've seen thats already made but uses leather then drop us an email and we can either alter the item or make another for you.

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Testimonials

  • I just received the Halloween Kit! I love it! It's funny, it was the same with the Harry Potter Kits, Birthday Kit and now Halloween it really is just like Christmas Eve and opening gifts....thank you!
  • "...my backpack arrived today. It is really lovely, and the attention to design and the detail you have put in it are innovative and impressive. Thank you."
  • "My Cube Bag goes everywhere with me! It's become super squishy and easy to pull the drawstrings with daily use and is definitely my all time favourite go anywhere bag"
  • "...received my backpack and I'm so happy with it, it's beautifully made, just perfection...You've done an incredible job with these, not only creating a fabulous unique design but also they are made to perfection, you should be very proud.'
  • "I use mine EVERY DAY and I LOVE IT, your work is just amazing"
  • "....my Tote Bag arrived today and I love it. Your design works so well! Love the amount of room and the fact that it is travel friendly - I can put my train ticket in the back pocket away from my phone. It's going to get a lot of ue"
  • "I love mine - beautifully made and ingenious features that make it a really unique bag - love it!"
  • "...so well made and the service has been fantastic."

Handmade Yarn Accessories

All products are handmade by Tracy in our new Studio at our commercial premises in the Nottinghamshire countryside

Blog

We have a new Blog!

Here you will find all the chat about knitting and sewing projects, some behind the scenes glimpses of thimble and thread make and announcements of all shop news such as product launches and sales dates.

Visit our Blog