- store: Sew and Tell
- address: Shop 2, 133 Queen Street, Berry, New South Wales, Australia
- website: N/A
- date of visit: December, 2009
Like many other yarn stores in Australia, Sew and Tell sells many things other than yarn, including materials for sewing, needle felting, cross stitch and needle point. Even though the yarn collection takes up only a small percentage of actual floor space, the store hosts quite a collection of wonderful yarns and patterns.
Among the wonderful yarns for sale (displayed on the shelves in bags!) were: Noro (beautifully variegated colors), Tilli Tomas (luxury beaded yarns), sublime (super-soft wool blends), and a selection of sari silk yarns. In addition to yarns, Sew and Tell had a wide range of beautiful patterns, including an entire rack dedicated to lovely Noni Felted bag patterns. And many of the yarns and patterns were displayed in the beautiful samples surrounding the entire store. (I wish I had more photos to show you, but I was told by the owner that I could take a ‘general shot’ of the store, but could not ‘photograph anything specific’… so you’ll just have to imagine lots of lovely knitted samples on mannequins, on top of shelves, and even hanging from a display rack on the ceiling.)
Since the store carries much more than just yarn, you are likely to happen upon many different notions that you may not find in a yarn store in America. The store displays a large variety of buttons (probably mostly intended for sewers, but great for finishing knitted cardigans or bags) and other supplies that would be very useful for finishing your knitted/crocheted objects. However, the down-side to such a multi-faceted stock is that there is no class/meeting space to sit & knit. Also, (as I’ve been to this store multiple times in past years), it isn’t guaranteed that you turn up and meet a staff member very keen on yarn… so be prepared that you may be on your own.
Yarn store aside, I also need to put in a plug for Berry, which is an adorable town, and definitely worth a stop if you’re traveling down the South Coast from Sydney.
I have visited this store on many occasions, in fact, it would be my favourite store, I have always found the staff very helpful, although they don’t have classes, they are always more than happy to assist you if you drop in.
This store first beban as a cross stitch store, many years later they included knitting products.
I would recommend this store to any stitcher.
have you Sirdar Faroe “origin” yarn and pattern for the cardigan?
I don’t own the store, I just visited & wrote a review. You’ll need to contact the store directly for information about the yarns they stock.
Do you have any fabric in store with prints depicting flames of fire, either as an all over print or as and edging print.
Looking forward to your reply
Anne
Hi Anne- you will want to contact the store directly to see what they have in stock.