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Tuesday 9:30am - 5pm Wednesday 9:30am - 5pm Thursday 9:30am - 5pm Friday 9:30am - 5pm Saturday 9:30am - 5pm Sunday 10am - 3pm

Sconch Yarn Shop

Name: Sconch Yarn Shop
Address: 12a High Street, Braintree, CO92AP, GB
Telephone: +441376743123
Price range: $$
Rating: 4.5

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Sconch is your friendly Local Yarn Shop and Tea Rooms. Crochet, Knitting, Spinning, Embroidery, Cross Stitch plus more! Also online, shipping same day!
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Sconch is a friendly Local Yarn Shop stocking a huge range of yarn, patterns, notions, and books. We also offer classes and craft groups. You can also shop online with us at www.sconch.com

Founded by Sam Conway at the beginning of 2011, Sconch started life creating bespoke home furnishings and stylish crocheted accessories. After struggling to find a supplier that combined the convenience of onli

ne shopping with the personal service of going to a local store, she decided to set up shop herself. Combining a strong social media presence with the convenience of an online shop ensures Sconch is able to provide a personal service to each of their customers. Whether it is colour matching to an existing project, photographing different yarns together to ensure you get the perfect combination of colours, or just being on hand to discuss your lastest yarn obsession, Sconch is here to help. Sconch stocks products from many of the leading brands of yarns, all available for same day despatch. We are on hand seven days a week to deliver an unbeatable level of personal service. Sconch may not be the biggest (yet!) but aims to be the best for service and price. You can keep up to date with the adventures at Sconch HQ (including the tales of the long suffering Mr Sconch and the little Sconchlet!) on the blog or by following our page, Instagram, Pinterest or Twitter feed. Just click on the tab at the top of the page for the blog or the Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter buttons at the bottom of the page. Or why not pop in and see us? We are open Tuesday to Sunday every week!

23/01/2025

So having said I wouldn't get any more fluffy, novelty, furry or any kind of not yarny yarns in, I might have accidentally ordered this 🙈🤣🤣

In my defence, it is officially the softest thing in the shop.

Which is saying something.

Plus, it's called Velveteen. And my favourite story as a child (aside from Mallory Towers) was The Velveteen Rabbit. So I didn't really have a choice...

There are some cute toy patterns (sheep!) but who cares about those, when you can knit a jumper in the stuff 🤣🤣🤣

Swipe to see patterns!

22/01/2025

Neeeeeeew shades incoming!! 😍😍

Yes, the new shades of Nordic have arrived (bit behind the times with this one, I know, they actually came out before Christmas but we've, er, been a bit busy?! 🙈🤣)

They're on the website, as well as 2 lush new patterns (swipe to see them!) so what are you waiting for? Go, go, go!!

20/01/2025

Boring furniture post again!

Have a look at stories to see what's still available. And please don't enquire unless you're actually going to turn up!! Most of this is still available as people didn't turn up last week... (thank you to everyone who did 🥰)

All are collection from Blake House, and you need to do the lifting yourself! 😊

19/01/2025

A sad unravelled ball of yarn. Not too long ago it was a Sophie Scarf. Made in luxurious cashmere.

Then I realised I'd been following the wrong stitch count because I do most of my knitting half asleep right now. So I frogged it back to the half way point, an easy task, a quick re-knit to get it to the size I wanted.

Only once I frogged it, the i-cord edge wouldn't sit right. The stitches were twisted. I had an odd bar across. I re-knit and re-frogged.

And now it is a sad ball.

And now I start again. Maybe. Or maybe I'll hide it in the naughty corner.

Eugh.

18/01/2025

More SALE goodies!!

This one isn't actually being cleared out, I just have a surplus of stock, as I was clearly having a moment and ordered loads in when I already had full stocks 🙈🤣 what can I say, I've been a bit sleep deprived for the last decade or so.

So we'll be monitoring stocks closely on this one, and once it's back down to sensible levels it will go back up to full price, but for now, Ricorumi Spin Spin has 20% off 😍

So if you love your amigurumi, toy knitting, or just some fun and funky DK cotton, now's the time!!

17/01/2025

Another week, another window!!

We're still learning with this, but I reckon it looks pretty awesome?!

It's a extravaganza 😍

We need to back the white unit on the left with pink though.🤣

16/01/2025

Our inaugural Thursday Night Craft'n'Cake session in Halstead!! It was so lovely to have our amazeballs Craft'n'Cake tribe in one place this evening 🥰 these ladies are far more than just customers, they are family, and have been with us through the highs and lows of running a yarn shop.

We aren't meeting in the shop currently, as there is much to be organised yet, so we met at which is very handily just opposite!

And it meant I actually had an evening of knitting, which I haven't had in FOREVER!

14/01/2025

The SALE continues! 🧶🧶🧶🧶🧶

(Yes I'm going to keep banging on about this until it's all gone, because I've got to make room, and I *might* have just placed an order today for *new* yarn...)

West Yorkshire Spinners Re:Treat Twist Chunky is a LUSH pure wool, which comes in a fab range of variegated shades - it's the sister yarn to the equally lush Re:Treat Chunky (which isn't in the sale - that's staying!).

It's got a whopping 30% off - making it only £6.25 a ball! 😍

13/01/2025

**ALL RESERVED!!**

Not the most exciting of posts today...but if you're local and looking for Kallax units, or office furniture, we have lots for sale, as we've either changed sizes we're using in the new shop, or couldn't fit stuff in...

Most of it is in very reasonable condition (some have very small holes drilled in which we used for our shelving) but otherwise all fine for more use - really would rather they didn't go to the tip when they could be loved by someone else!

We've got several of each size, ranging from 1x4, 2x2, 2x4, 5x5 plus a really nice office cupboard.

It's all collection only from Blake House, and ideally we'd like to see most of it go this week 😍

I've popped some more details in my stories, so take a look...

12/01/2025

My house is a tip. We've not been home long enough in the last 3 weeks to tidy (yet just long enough for the children to destroy it), and we've also had 12th birthday celebrations (yes, TWELVE. For those of you that have been following since the very early days, do you feel as old as I do right now?).

But I have my knitting, I have some fizz, and we've just had the most AMAZEBALLS first week in the new shop.

Here's to doing it all again next week 🥰

(although I might try and tidy the house)

11/01/2025

We've had a cracking day today, so many happy people coming through the door - lots of whom actually squealed as they saw the yarn!!

The sale continues - including the rather lush Fjord 😍

We still have garment quantities left in quite a few shades - or why not go for a hat and scarf combo?

We'll be open tomorrow (Sunday) 10-3pm so see you then, otherwise have a good mooch on the website! 🧶🧶🧶

10/01/2025

We still have LOADS of yarn in the sale, peoples! Including the rather lovely Harvest 😍

Go shopping, and feel freeeeeee on a Friday night!

09/01/2025

Me yesterday, re-building the window display.

Jo and I thought maybe I could stay in the window and just hold various items, what do you think?! 🙈🤣🤣🤣

07/01/2025

Day One in the new shop, done. BOOM!!

A MASSIVE thank you to everyone who came to see us today. Jo and I had such a fun day chatting to you all, and of course showing you lovely yarn.

We had so many lovely and supportive comments 🥰 it's been such a long 10 days, and we've had some real highs and real lows, but most of the time, lots of laughs with some amazing helpers - you know who you all are. The Sconch Family is strong xx

Yes, the shop still isn't really finished. Yes the warehouse is a tip. No, we haven't quite found everything. But yes, we loves it. And yes, we get to do it all again tomorrow 😍

06/01/2025

We open tomorrow!!

We're not ready to open. It still looks like we've just dumped stuff everywhere. But I'm going over super early to make it pretty(ish).

But we will be open at 10am either way 🤣🤣

This is very much a soft opening. There is still lots of things to make nice. Floor to be laid, lights to be finished, painting still to be done. But we need to get open and back trading fully. So we're going for it and will fix things as we go because this is in theory our forever home. And forever doesn't come straight away, does it?

So if you can't find the stuff you need, it might just have not made its way to the shop floor yet, so just ask. And if you see something not quite as pretty as you'd expect with some floor or walls, then just hold that thought in your head! 🥰

Our normal opening times at our new home will be:

Monday - CLOSED
Tuesday-Saturday - 9:30-5pm
Sunday - 10-3pm

See you all soooooooon!!

05/01/2025

I mean, if you ignore the fact the rest of the shop looks like it's been ransacked/burgled/a small bomb has gone off, *this* small section of the shop looks like we're ready to open on Tuesday, right?!

So if you could all go and buy the rest of the SALE yarn on the website please, that would be *excellent* because we're currently tripping over buckets everywhere I turn 🙈🤣🤣 there's up to 45% off lots of the sale yarns, so it's well worth a mooch!!

04/01/2025

Look how lush this floofy dream of a yarn is when knit up!! 🥰 This is Cloud Tweed (one of my absolute faves) and has been knitted by Pauline 😍

She's used a King Cole pattern (because it knits up great to standard chunky patterns!)

I've actually seen Pauline wearing this, and it looked fab, and is super snuggly, but being a floof yarn, it is really lightweight (think clouds!)

Swipe to see it looking beautiful on the shelf!!

01/01/2025

These have been flying out the door 🥰 (because we're still posting daily whilst we live through what can only be described as the utter carnage of moving...!!)

From the wonderful lady who brought us the Doodle Knit Directory, Jaime from has created these gorgeous card decks (think the viral Granny Square Card Deck, only for colourwork knitting!!). Each deck is packed full of charts which you can then mix and match to make the most wonderful colourwork knitted creations!! 🧶🧶🧶

LUSH I tell you!

Address

12a High Street
Braintree
CO92AP

Opening Hours

Tuesday	9:30am - 5pm
Wednesday	9:30am - 5pm
Thursday	9:30am - 5pm
Friday	9:30am - 5pm
Saturday	9:30am - 5pm
Sunday	10am - 3pm

Telephone

+441376743123

Website

https://www.sconch.com/

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King Cole Toastie is back in stock!! As is Yummy 😍 It's all about the chenille with you lot currently, and we've got it covered with these. If you haven't used Toastie yet, think chenille but super sized 🤣 it's knitted/crocheted on 8mm needles/hooks and is unbelievably squidgy. And not just for amazeballs toys, but CLOTHES! Yes, I kid you not, we have patterns for fab super chunky granny square cardigans, snuggly scarves and amazing jumpers! https://www.sconch.com/collections/king-cole-toastie #SconchYarnShop #KingColeToastie #SuperChunky #Chenille #LocalYarnShop #LYS #LoveYourLYS #LoveYourLocalYarnShop #Crochet #CrochetersOfInstagram #Knitting #KnittersOfInstagram #ShopLocal #ShopSmall #ShopIndependent #BlakeHouseCraftCentre

Special XL from @stylecraftyarns has had a top up in the shop including the amazeballs new neon shades!! There's some fab new patterns to go with the new shades too, all on the website already! 😎 I might have brought some rather bright pink home, to cast on later... I'll tag the patterns and yarn!! 😍 #SconchYarnShop #LifeOfAYarnShopOwner #SpecialXL #StylecraftSpecialXL #SuperChunky #SuperChunkyKnits #LocalYarnShop #LYS #LoveYourLYS #LoveYourLocalYarnShop #Crochet #CrochetersOfInstagram #Knitting #KnittersOfInstagram #ShopLocal #ShopSmall #ShopIndependent #BlakeHouseCraftCentre

We're having a giant sock sale!! 😍 🧦🧦🧦🧦🧦🧦🧦🧦🧦🧦🧦🧦 Jo has made the Sensational Stand of SALE Sock Yarn for the shop floor and it looks AMAZEBALLS!! Click the 'SALE' button on our website to take a look 😍 #SconchYarnShop #LifeOfAYarnShopOwner #SockYarn #SockKnittersOfInstagram #SockKnitting #LocalYarnShop #LYS #LoveYourLYS #LoveYourLocalYarnShop #Crochet #CrochetersOfInstagram #Knitting #KnittersOfInstagram #ShopLocal #ShopSmall #ShopIndependent #BlakeHouseCraftCentre

Yessssssss!! The news is finally out!! I've been having a hard job sitting on this news for this long, but I can finally tell you there are 20 new shades in Special DK! And EVEN MORE EXCITING is that they are being made right here in the UK in Yorkshire!! 😍 Yes that's right, @stylecraftyarns have brought production of their Special ranges here to the UK, which is huge news for the yarn industry. The yarn will be arriving any day now, so you'll be able to get your hands on it *very* soon. Yippeeeeee!! #SconchYarnShop #LifeOfAYarnShopOwner #StylecraftYarn #Stylecraft #StylecraftSpecialDK #BritishYarn #LocalYarnShop #LYS #LoveYourLYS #LoveYourLocalYarnShop #Crochet #CrochetersOfInstagram #Knitting #KnittersOfInstagram #ShopLocal #ShopSmall #ShopIndependent #BlakeHouseCraftCentre

Something Special is Coming... Thursday 17th October, all will be revealed 🥰 #ItsComingHome #SomethingSpecial @stylecraftyarns #SconchYarnShop #Stylecraft #LifeOfAYarnShopOwner #LocalYarnShop #LYS #LoveYourLYS #LoveYourLocalYarnShop #Crochet #CrochetersOfInstagram #Knitting #KnittersOfInstagram #ShopLocal #ShopSmall #ShopIndependent #BlakeHouseCraftCentre

New-to-us lush shades of @itoyarn Sensai have landed! 😍 Perfect for your summer knits! Or you know, just to sit and stroke 🤣🤣🤣 #SconchYarnShop #ITOYarns #ITOSensai #MohairSilk #Mohair #LocalYarnShop #LYS #LoveYourLYS #LoveYourLocalYarnShop #Crochet #CrochetersOfInstagram #Knitting #KnittersOfInstagram #ShopLocal #ShopSmall #ShopIndependent #BlakeHouseCraftCentre

VERY excited that these have arrived at last! 😍 Yes, @itoyarn is in the building! We've got some LUSH garments to show you - expect many posts coming up!! Eeeeeeeeek! 😍 #SconchYarnShop #ITOYarns #Mohair #MohairSilk #Silk #LocalYarnShop #LYS #LoveYourLYS #LoveYourLocalYarnShop #Crochet #CrochetersOfInstagram #Knitting #KnittersOfInstagram #ShopLocal #ShopSmall #ShopIndependent #BlakeHouseCraftCentre

Yesssssssss! A new batch of @trulyhooked yarn has arrived (the hand dyed racks were looking a bit bare!) and I'm a little bit in love 😍 We LOVE Verity's yarn here, and opening deliveries from her is always a little bit like Christmas! Layer after layer of scrumptious colours 🌈 These will be making their way onto the website by tomorrow...! So keep your peepers peeled! 👀 #SconchYarnShop #LifeOfAYarnShopOwner #HandDyedYarn #HandDyed #IndieDyer #TrulyHooked #LocalYarnShop #LYS #LoveYourLYS #LoveYourLocalYarnShop #Crochet #CrochetersOfInstagram #Knitting #KnittersOfInstagram #ShopLocal #ShopSmall #ShopIndependent #BlakeHouseCraftCentre

We've had loads of new books delivered and they're slowly making their way on to the website and on to the shop floor! 😍 We've also had a rejig in the shop and all the knitting books are now on one spinner, crochet on another, and then embroidery, felting, spinning, macramé etc are all on another. Which should make it super easy to find what you're looking for!! #SconchYarnShop #KnittingBooks #LocalYarnShop #LYS #LoveYourLYS #LoveYourLocalYarnShop #Crochet #CrochetersOfInstagram #Knitting #KnittersOfInstagram #ShopLocal #ShopSmall #ShopIndependent #BlakeHouseCraftCentre

New @emmaballltd goodies in the building! There's still more to come, I just haven't managed to unpack all the boxes yet 🙈🤣 I definitely *need* 37 tins to take home with me, right?! #SconchYarnShop #LifeOfAYarnShopOwner #EmmaBall #LocalYarnShop #LYS #LoveYourLYS #LoveYourLocalYarnShop #Crochet #CrochetersOfInstagram #Knitting #KnittersOfInstagram #ShopLocal #ShopSmall #ShopIndependent #BlakeHouseCraftCentre

Had a *very* mini restock of Whirls today, including 2 that somehow I've never had?! We normally carry the entire range (albeit not all at the same time...) so not sure how that happened!! Still, it's like a bonus with new fancy colours 😍 #SconchYarnShop #Scheepjes #ScheepjesWhirl #LocalYarnShop #LYS #LoveYourLYS #LoveYourLocalYarnShop #Crochet #CrochetersOfInstagram #Knitting #KnittersOfInstagram #ShopLocal #ShopSmall #ShopIndependent #BlakeHouseCraftCentre