An absolutely brilliant lttle craft shop selling fabrics, wool, buttons, silks, crafty things to…read moremake cards, kits to do tapestry, make cushions etc. It also stocks a huge variety of unusual beads and charms with which you can make jewellery, as well as all the wire, earring backs and hooks you could possibly need to do this. The staff are lovely and helpful and have a wide range of experience of doing crafts themselves so are very knowledgeable. I could spend hours in here trying to choose between things to buy.

Second time I went to York and I found this place. Amazing! A crafters dream! They sell card making…read morethings, felt, ribbons, beads they have a good selection of felting wool too. This beats Manchester by far!

This is a lovely quaint little shop in a beautiful shopping street. I love wandering around looking…read moreat the beautiful things they sell. They have a full range of sewing and other craft items, with lots of lovely nick nacs. It is a very expensive shop and not somewhere I could afford to shop on a regular basis. The lady that owns the shop is lovely and very helpful when you visit, she is very knowledgeable about many aspects of craft and sewing.

If you like Crafts you're going to LOVE Craftzone! It's not very easy to find so if you haven't…read morebeen before don't worry if you think you're in the wrong place! You park at the side of the building (there are signs saying 'Craftzone Parking') and then walk back towards the road, and go into the building up the steep ramp. When you get to the top of the ramp, turn left and you're there! It's a massive craft shop and they sell just about everything - people travel miles to get here and it really is worth a trip. It's sometimes quite messy and there is so much stuff, so you really need to have some time in your hands to make the most of your trip! the staff are really friendly and will always give advice etc if you need it. They also do workshops, I'm not sure when but all the info will be on the website. Price wise it's pretty good value, but its the range of stuff thats really the best thing about the shop. Prepare to spend a fortune!!!!!!

I used to buy so much from here (it is a store) by mail order. Looking at the web site their…read moreselection seems to have deteriorated unfortunately (mainly card making and other new fads) unless only some stuff is available onlinehope so. Dainty Supplies is a family run business with more than twenty years experience of craft, card, paper, haberdashery, fabric and bridal supplies. They stock Spirelli, Donna 3-D, Scrapitto, Card Art and Anna Griffin, Pergamano and Fiskars Parchamore. For crafters glass, fabric, silk-painting, parchment craft, enamelling, books,jewellery findings, embroidery, cross stitch and stamping etc. They run regular in-store card-making, scrap-booking and craft demonstrations and stock craft and card-making books and magazines. The mail order catlogue used to be free and comprehensive..about to order one if it still exists.

Dainty Supplies has everything! The staff are lovely and prices are reasonable. They have something…read morethere for everybody, I have even got my boyfriend to participate in art and crafts! I would say this is the best place to get art and craft supplies in the whole of the North East. I know people who travel from Cramlington to visit Dainty Supplies.

The store owner was so kind and generous with her time to help me make my decisions. She…read morerecommended local that she thought I would enjoy, and she was right! A wonderful visit!

This is a brilliant venue for all sorts of courses. I was on an experimental water-colour course…read morewith a well known artist today. There was also a stone-carving class on as well as a creative sewing machine class. Great food and very friendly staff. Would highly recommend.

A really cool place which supports people with disabilities whilst also raising money for charity…read more A fairly large arts centre with all sorts of arty activities to do on different days it's open every day apart from Saturday (strangely...when peeps are usually out looking for something to do) There's drop in painting classes for kids, a cafe, shops, a sensory garden which is lovely and a small area for children to enjoy playing kiddy games.

I first went here with my parents and we all came away with a lucky duck…read more You can watch the skilled assistants working, continuing a tradition started by Mr Peter Rantell in 1958, at the workbench, drawing, bending, and fashioning coloured glass into the firm's speciality, the Whitby Lucky Duck, in colours corresponding to the gem stones associated with each month's birthdays. lucky ducks; The first of the company's hallmark Lucky Ducks was originally made at the request of actors from the Whitby Theatre who required a lucky charm in glass. Made at a workbench in the shop, the public can actually watch the creation of ducks. Whitby Lucky Duck, in colours corresponding to the gem stones associated with each month's birthdays. Everyone should have a duck. The work of other hand-craftsmen is assembled here, glass flowers in vases, birds, fish, teddy bears, elephants, dolphins, spun glass tipped with gold and a host of glass novelties. They also sell marbles..the playing sort.and glass sweets.

Whitby Glass not only sells it's famous Lucky Ducks but other wonderful glass items too, like…read morevarious animals. The prices are good because you're paying for quality. If you're at the shop at the right time you can see them making the Lucky Ducks but during the summer it can get very crowded inside.