Sorry for the inconvenience, due to scheduled maintenance work on site, the physical shop on Marchmont Road on Tuesday – 21st October 2025 will open later than usual 2pm – 4pm
Marchmont Shop – Electrical Maintenance – Opening Hours
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House Move and Temporary Opening Times over May Bank Holidays
I am closed Thur 1st and Friday 2nd May 2025, due to a house move and the shop will be closed.
I will hopefully re-open on Sat 3rd May but between 12 -4pm and on Sunday 4th May, 2pm – 5pm. Sorry about the inconvenience, it is such a stressful time!
Just had a delivery of some spindrift colours from Jamiesons of Shetland
SUMMER HOLIDAYS, PARIS OLYMPICS 24 & SHOP CLOSED
SUMMER HOLIDAY ANNOUNCEMENT:
Shop closed between Friday 2nd August – 9th Friday August 2024, re-open on Saturday 10th August.
I will be taking a week off for a summer break and am really excited to be going to Paris for the Olympics.
Knits in Progress
I have a few current works in progress, but I don’t think I will have the luggage space to take them with me. Currently on my needles
I am in love with this sweater. The colourwork is rather addictive. I am using a mixture of sport weight yarns and fingering weight yarns held double in my stash, the main colour is a wool by Wooldreamers, a limited edition Spanish merino.
It was hard to choose the yarns for this, as a lot of colours I originally had in mind, disappeared against the main colour. I have also become very sensitive to a lot of wools and I needed something which was soft but not too slippery.
Jelly Roll Socks by Orange County Knits
This is my favourite trainer sock pattern for the summer. It is a great stash buster also. I like the corrugated rib areas as it grips the foot.
Using socks yeah 4ply as the main colour, and bits of mini and leftovers for the contrast colours.
This is my 3rd Cumulus blouse so far, in this version I used a hand dyed silk mohair by Dystopic Fibres and paired it with a fingering weight silk yarn by BC garn called Jaipur Silk, knitted on 4.5mm needles. I wanted to finish this project, but I got a bit distracted!
Marled Magic Sweater by Westknits
Another stash buster project, which I have in the background. It is getting a bit big now, but I love it as it is such an interesting knit and never boring. I have been using up lots of bits in pieces of single skeins of hand dyed yarns and balls of wool I have collected over the years, mostly fingering weight held with mohair.
Latest shop news and arrivals and closed Friday, 14th June 24
Took advantage of a quiet week to tidy up the back area with some new shelving from IKEA. It has been very busy last year with post COVID interest in learning to knit and crochet, but it has started to normalise.
I found these Elvarli open shelving units provide great storage and also for displaying some of the wool and the books I have in stock.
I don’t sell loads of patterns in the store, but I do get a lot of requests for easy and simple patterns, preferably non digital and also using straight needles!
Recently, I have started stocking Jane Ellison’s patterns for their simplicity, which are perfect for semi-beginner knitters who wish to move onto garments. Jane is based in Yorkshire and has been designing for decades.
I have just received a small delivery of Hedgehog Fibres’s Tweedy DK. They are priced at £25.00
Colours in stock: Noir, Soot, Amethyst, Connemara, Barley, Moonlight, Lullaby, Original and Haze
CLOSED on Friday, 14th June 24, but re-opening around 1.30 on 15th Saturday, as I will be going to St Andrews for my son’s graduation. I can’t believe how quickly the time has flown by.
Stock Counting Beg April 2023 – Shop Closed
Both online and bricks & mortar shop will be closed on Sunday 2nd, Monday 3rd and Tuesday 4th April 2023 for the annual stock counting,
REVISED OPENING HOURS FOR MARCHMONT SHOP
The shop is currently bursting with wool and so much choice. With changing consumer shopping habits, I now need more time to focus and expand on online sales, at the same time managing to cater for a wider audience of walk-in customers.
Please bear in mind that Be Inspired Fibres is a small independent shop and is managed by a single person / worker. It is a well curated yarn shop focusing on high quality yarns from the UK and around the world. Only a selection of the stock is available to view online at the moment. There is a wide choice of fibres and price range in the shop, please don’t hesitate to ask.
If you are visiting the physical shop in Marchmont, it is currently 2 customers in the shop, due to space limitations and COVID protocol. Be prepare to wait outside. Please also wear a mask before entering.
If you don’t want to wait, you can also click and collect, send me an email to check on stock and I can photograph options and send you a payment link and you can collect during opening hours.
Plan ahead and come with some idea of what you want to make. The shop is overwhelming and you will need help, so before you come please check that I stock the brand or wool you are looking for or if it is easy to find a substitute from my current stock.
If you are looking for a pattern, do a search on Ravelry or the internet to get an idea. I have very limited stock of single patterns. Also please bear in mind that patterns and wool have changed a lot in the last decade.
- Mondays: CLOSED
- Tuesday: 12.00 – 16.00
- Wednesday: 12.00 – 16.00
- Thursday:12.00 – 16.00
- Friday: 12.00 – 16.00
- Saturday: 10.30 – 17.00
- Sunday: 14.00 – 17.00
Local Yarn Shop – New opening hours!
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Revised opening hours: Closed for lunch 1.00 – 2.00 (Tuesday – Friday, unless by prior arrangement) Monday: Closed by appointments only Tuesday: 10.30 – 4.45 Wednesday: 10.30 – 4.45 Thursday: 11.00 – 4.45 Friday: 10.30 – 4.45 Saturday: 11.00 – … Continue reading
Shop Closed over Holiday Period and New Year
2020 has been an extremely stressful year and I am really exhausted and taking a short break to recuperate. The Marchmont shop is closed from 25th December and will re-open again on Tuesday 5th January.
Due to Tier 4 Covid restrictions in Scotland, the physical shop will not be opened to walk in customers, but the online shop is open for mail orders You can check out the online shop beinspiredfibresonline.com or to check on stock, you can message me via email at beinspiredfibres@gmail.com or contact via facebook or instagram.
Have a safe HOLIDAY SEASON and see you in the NEW YEAR.
Shop Re-Opening Wed. 1st July,
Measures in the Shop to minimise the risk of spreading Covid 19 virus.
- Maximum two customers in the shop, please try to come alone, no pets
- Please wear a face covering/mask in the shop and try to stay two metres
- Please limit your visit to 10 -15 minutes max in the shop,
- Please use hand sanitisers before touching wool and books, contactless payment preferred
- Plan ahead, contact me before your visit to check on stock availability, online orders and contactless pick up available. If possible, please email – beinspiredfibres@gmail.com or contact via facebook / instagram
Pllease check revised opening hours. I will be closed between 1pm – 2pm on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for lunch and for post, will close 5.30 on those days.
Temporary Shop Closure – pick up and mail orders only.
A very huge thank you to all my regular local customers, visitors from around the world and recent new customers, who have been supporting my small speciality wool business which will be turning 7 this year. Your health and well being mean a lot to me, therefore I feel that it is the right decision to close the shop temporarily.
Due to recent Government advisory measures to minimise social contacts and restrict business in order to control the spread of the Coronavirus in the community.
I would like to advise customers that as of end of business on Saturday 21st March 2020, I will be closing the shop to the public. This is not an easy decision to make, I have bills and rent to pay like all businesses, and but we all need to make huge sacrifices to reduce the spread of the Coronavirus and we all need to take this seriously now. We need to all stay indoors and minimise social contact with each other.
For health and safety reasons, I have had to restrict numbers in the shop to 2-3 customers max at any time to ensure that there is sufficient space for safe social distancing at the moment.
I am trying to minimise the time people spend in the shop, so if you have a specific need, please email or call me before you arrive. I never envisaged I would be in this situation, it is an extremely stressful time for everyone.
I have hand sanitizers available should you need to use them in the shop, payment terminals and door handles are constantly being disinfected and I will also be wearing a mask!
Please contact me via email at beinspiredfibres@gmail, Facebook or Instagram, to get the latest stock information and availability, shop information and updates. I do mail order, and I am happy to send photographs and payment link for credit card payments. You may try to call me on 0131 629 2059 between 10am – 12.00 Monday – Friday.
My online shop is currently only limited to special edition books and magazines, but this will change as I will now have more time to work on different distant selling platforms.
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