Fancy a Crafty Adventure through Scotland and Shetland in October of this year?

Joy of Yarn are hosting our first Craft Adventure which will be a knitting themed tour through Scotland and Shetland.

Enjoy the fun of knitting workshops, yarn shopping, sightseeing and more, all while in the company of other like-minded crafters.

Click here to see the full itinerary and other important information

The Shetland Wool Week 2025 official beanie pattern has been released!

'Aal Ower Toorie'

Kits are available in four different colourways featuring Jamieson's of Shetland Spindrift wool

click here to be tempted

Nau mai, haere mai... Welcome to Joy of Yarn

Where we celebrate our shared love of fibrecraft as well as the diversity of crafters.

Based in the Wairarapa region of Aotearoa we take New Zealand yarns and hand-dye them with harikoa to add additional colour and joy to your crafting life.

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Visit our Greytown store

If you love to fondle yarns in person pop in and visit us. 

Located at 81 Main Street in the heart of the country village of Greytown, our physical shop has everything which is available through the webshop and more.

The shop hours are:

Wednesday/Rāapa to Saturday/Rāhoroi 10am - 4pm

and the 1st Sunday/Rātapu of each month 10am -2pm. 

Check our events page to see what's happening instore.