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YA221 WYS Retreat chunky roving shade pure 600x600

West Yorkshire Spinners Re:treat pure wool roving yarn

Some days you look at your yarn collection and feel there’s something missing. In our case this was Re:treat.

About Re:treat yarn

Re:treat is a beautiful British yarn, a blend of Bluefaced Leicester and Kerry Hill fleece, reared, sheared and spun in Yorkshire!

Feltable & knitable

As well as being perfect for dyeing, knitting & crochet (of course!), this chunky weight roving yarn can also be felted.

We are carrying the ‘Pure’ shade but you can match your hand-dyed yarn and knit your projects with any of the other colours in the Re:treat range.

Re:treat patterns

I’m busy working on a refresh and relaunch of some of my earlier design ideas to accompany this yarn and will be launching these as a new collection – my first new designs in a while.

In the meantime, there is a lovely pattern book over on the West Yorkshire Spinners website.

At just £6.50 per 100g ball it’s a fantastic British yarn – you can buy yours here.

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Debbie Tomkies

Debbie is a textile designer, hand-dyer, author and tutor with over 25 years' experience in her field. Debbie has 4 books and over 100 articles published in major magazines and welcomes requests for articles, how-to features, technical and research articles, video tutorials and books.

Making Futures

In addiiton to being a partner in DT Craft & Design, Debbie runs social enterprise Making Futures CIC, delivering a wide range of workshops, classes, Arts Award, Artsmark and City & Guilds accredited programmes. Debbie also offers business mentoring and start-up advice to new creative enterprises.

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It's Holiday Time!

Last posting dates:

We’ll be posting those stocking fillers and last-minute gifts (we’ve all been there!) for orders placed before 12.30pm on 23rd December. However, last posting date is 21st December so it may be that orders may not arrive in time for the ‘big day’. If you need a last-minute gift or you’re not sure what to get we do have gift vouchers in the shop!

Christmas holiday

As it’s Christmas we are then taking a bit of a break and the shop will be closed until 4th Jan 2026.You may still place orders (simply close this window with the ‘X’ or escape to return to the shop) but we will not start dispatching orders until 4th January.

Thank you!

We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone for your support and custom this year. Your support for small businesses like ours is very much appreciated.

Last but definitely not least, we wish you all a peaceful and restful festive break and hope to be able to say thank you in person in 2026!

Love, Debbie & Pete xx