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From lacy cotton to chunky polyester and everything in between, Babes in the Wool is the Number One Yarn stockist in the city of Hull and East Riding.

We curate our selection to showcase the highest quality yarn at the most affordable prices. Our customers value the effort we put towards accommodating all budgets, which is why we stock lines like Crafter DK and Hayfield Bonus DK.

When browsing our online shop, you’ll notice the ‘FILTER’ bar at the bottom of the page.

You can sort by Categories, which include Yarn Material—Acrylic, Alpaca, Cashmere, Cotton, Wool, Pure Wool—and our selection of Yarn Weight, explained below.

4ply

Double Knit

Aran

Chunky

Lace

Crochet Cotton

Amigurumi

Macrame

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Yarn Brands

In addition to Categories, you can also sort by Brand.

We proudly stock local Yorkshire brands King Cole, James C. Brett, and Sirdar, but also pride ourselves on our international collection.

Rico Design (Germany), DMC (France), Knitting Fever (America), and Katia (Spain) provide incredible quality yarn at even more incredible prices.

Below you can scroll through some of our most popular brands.

King Cole
Harvest DK by King Cole
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Double Knit Weight Alpaca Material Acrylic
Harvest DK by King Cole
Double Knit Weight Alpaca Material Acrylic
£6.75

From King Cole: A standard 3-fold yarn which is spaced dyed, with an elongated colour repeating stripe means it can only be balled as a cake to appreciate all the colours in each different colourway.

It is ideal as a one cake project yarn as well as garments, accessories, and homewares.

The beautiful, elongated striping of the yarn makes for an attractive design as well as the yarn having great stitch definition.

With 10% Alpaca in this blend, you have the softest yarn for all your Autumn knits with exceptional length for a standard DK yarn.

  • Material: 90% Premium Acrylic, 10% Alpaca

  • Size: 535 metres / 585 yards

  • Weight: 150g

  • Hook Size: 4mm / US6

  • Needle Size: 4mm / US6

  • Care: Machine Wash up to 30°C, tumble dry low

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Double Knit Weight Alpaca Material Acrylic
Homespun DK by King Cole
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Double Knit Weight Alpaca Material Acrylic Wool
Homespun DK by King Cole
Double Knit Weight Alpaca Material Acrylic Wool
£2.99

From King Cole: A standard spun yarn with neps that gives extra texture and interest. This beautiful fibre blend includes Merino & Alpaca making this yarn ideal for all your Autumn knit projects.

  • Material: 22% Fine Merino Superwash, 22% Alpaca, 23% Polyamide, 23% Acrylic, 10% Viscose

  • Size: 175 metres / 191 yards

  • Weight: 50g

  • Hook Size: 4mm / US6

  • Needle Size: 4mm / US6

  • Care: Machine Wash up to 30°C, lay flat to dry

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Double Knit Weight Alpaca Material Acrylic Wool
Ultra Soft Chunky by King Cole
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Chunky Weight Acrylic Material
Ultra Soft Chunky by King Cole
Chunky Weight Acrylic Material
£3.75

From King Cole: A super soft premium acrylic with a light twist that will give great stitch definition. A great yarn to knit with and the smooth finish is great to crochet with too.

  • Material: 100% Acrylic

  • Size: 145 metres / 158 yards

  • Weight: 50g

  • Hook Size: 6mm / US10

  • Needle Size: 6mm / US10

  • Care: Machine Wash up to 40°C, tumble dry low

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Chunky Weight Acrylic Material
Smooth DK by King Cole
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Double Knit Weight Acrylic Material
Smooth DK by King Cole
Double Knit Weight Acrylic Material
£1.50 £3.39

From King Cole: A luxurious double knit yarn with lovely stitch definition.

On sale to kick off our lockdown reopening!

  • Material: 100% Microfiber Acrylic

  • Size: 216 metres / 238 yards

  • Weight: 100g

  • Needle Size: 4mm / US6

  • Crochet Size: 4mm / US6

  • Care: Machine wash up to 40°C, tumble dry low

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Sprite DK by King Cole
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Double Knit Weight Acrylic Material
Sprite DK by King Cole
Double Knit Weight Acrylic Material
£1.95 £3.95

Gorgeous multi-tonal acrylic yarn in four Mediterranean-inspired shades.

On sale to kick off our lockdown reopening!

  • Material: 100% Premium Acrylic

  • Size: 300 metres / 328 yards

  • Weight: 100g

  • Needle Size: 4mm / US6

  • Crochet Size: 4mm / US6

  • Care: Machine wash up to 40°C, tumble dry low

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Double Knit Weight Acrylic Material
Natural Alpaca DK by King Cole
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Double Knit Weight Alpaca Material
Natural Alpaca DK by King Cole
Double Knit Weight Alpaca Material
£7.99

King Cole’s Natural Alpaca DK is a superfine Alpaca line from Peru. Gorgeous, incredibly soft, and in beautiful undyed natural colours, King Cole’s take on Alpaca is a striking success.

  • Material: 100% Superfine Alpaca Wool

  • Size: 100 metres / 109 yards

  • Weight: 50g

  • Needle Size: 4mm / US6

  • Hook Size: 4.25mm / US6

  • Care: Machine wash delicate up to 30°C, no tumble dry

Alpaca wool is one of the softest yarns you can buy, a guarantee to make the coziest garments—ideal for gloves, hand warmers, scarves and hats.

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Sirdar
Shawlie by Sirdar
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Alpaca Material Acrylic Wool
Shawlie by Sirdar
Alpaca Material Acrylic Wool
£6.95

Sirdar’s Shawlie is a pristine multi-tonal yarn with a soft self-striping finish. With a touch of both wool and alpaca wool, Shawlie comes shiny, soft, and simply luxurious. Six shades inspired by vintage dried flowers. Check out Shawlie’s incredible effect knitted up in the attached pictures.

  • Material: 10% Wool 80% Acrylic 10% Alpaca

  • Size: 450 metres / 492 yards

  • Weight: 100g

  • Needle Size: 3.75mm / US5

  • Hook Size: 3.75mm / US6

  • Care: Machine wash wool cycle up to 40°C, dry flat, may be dry cleaned.

    One ball makes one small shawl.

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Rico Design
James C. Brett
Masquerade Chunky by James C. Brett
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Chunky Weight Acrylic Material
Masquerade Chunky by James C. Brett
Chunky Weight Acrylic Material
£3.99

Masquerade is a 100% Acrylic chunky line by Yorkshire company James C. Brett. Each shade is made of twisted colours that knit/crochet together into wonderfully tinted garments. Being a pure acrylic yarn, Masquerade is perfectly suitable for the washer and dryer.

  • Material: 100% Acrylic

  • Size: 150 metres / 164 yards

  • Weight: 100g

  • Needle Size: 6mm / US10

  • Hook Size: 6mm / US10

  • Care: Machine wash up to 30°C, tumble dry low.

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Chunky Weight Acrylic Material
Katia
Sweet Blanket Jacquard by Katia
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Baby Specialty Double Knit Weight Acrylic Material
Sweet Blanket Jacquard by Katia
Baby Specialty Double Knit Weight Acrylic Material
£12.95

Katia brings us a gorgeous self-patterning line of Baby DK yarn in Sweet Blanket Jacquard. This 200g line is a half-acrylic/half-polyamide blend perfect for knitting baby blankets. In fact, one ball makes a small 50x70cm baby blanket!

Free Pattern (Included): 50x70cm baby blanket in an easy jacquard effect

Download the digital pattern here!

  • Material: 50% Polyamide 50% Acrylic

  • Size: 480 metres / 525 yards

  • Weight: 200g

  • Needle Size: 3.5-4mm / US5-6

  • Hook Size: 4-4.5mm / US6-7

  • Care: Machine Wash up to 30°C, tumble dry low

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Baby Specialty Double Knit Weight Acrylic Material

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