A lovely quilting fabric shop with a really good range of material on a well organised website.read more

The Crafts Market is a series of stalls situated outdoors, opposite Trinity College. All in all its…read morepretty small but could add a nice stop off on a tour of the city, and a good spot for buying black and white photos and prints of some of the most beautiful sites in the city to take home. There are quite a few interesting stalls, with a funky leather and other fabric products stall, several crafted jewellery stands, some pottery and a really nice stall selling bowls turned from wood. Its a bit pricey for day to day purchases, but could be a good place to get a one-off or something special

A great little place to visit and it is good to see some local crafts here instead of just mass…read moremarket stuff that you so often see in town craft markets. There are a couple of good jewellery stands that have very nice earring and other bits and the usual pottery stands, one of which often has seconds for sale which make it a bit cheaper. It's not a cheap place to visit as it seems to be marketed largely towards the clientele that Cambridge attracts which is mainly upmarket people but it is always worth a wander around and there are some bargains amongst the expensive stuff. A good place to take the parents if doing the grand tour of Cambridge and seeing all the touristy bits.

I came away impressed: A great shop near central Cambridge. I arrived looking for a knitting needle…read morethat I neglected to bring with me from the US. Seeing the front window filled with sewing machines, I worried that the focus was too much on sewing to have much for knitters -- but I was dead wrong. Most of the back room was devoted to yarn, needles and other knitting notions and patterns. None of the expensive high-end brands (Madelinetosh, etc.) and a lot of baby yarn and blends (not my thing) but loads of solid yarn choices, including a whole case filled with Opal and Trekking sock yarn. And I was blown away to see SPINNING FIBER (roving); not many craft stores carry this! Helpful, friendly sales clerks. Expert advice, too: one of the two clerks was offering a customer some rather sophisticated advice about yarn substitutions for a pattern. I would be delighted to have a shop like this near my home.

From the owner: A crafting hub for Cambridge Sew Knit Craft is friendly,…read morefamily run, local craft shop. Buy sewing machines, fabric, wool, craft accessories and much more! Learn new skills or improve existing ones in our workshops.

I have not bought a frame nor had one made from Frameworks but I know it very well as the workshop…read moreis behind my house! Frameworks offers bespoke framing for all of your framing needs! Whether you want to frame that old oil painting or your child's first drawing then they will find the perfect frame to fit your needs. The pricing isn't too bad for the service offered here and I know that the team work very hard in their workshop to design beautiful frames. If you are a business looking for quantity then Frameworks can accommodate to this too and even give you some pointers of exhibiting and placing. The founder is a very friendly man and you can tell that everyone is passionate.

One half of a framing and picture-selling business, this is the "flagship store" of the mini-Lawson…read moreGallery empire (the other is the framing shop tucked away on Pound Hill). With a fantastic location opposite the entrance to King's College, this is a great place to come in and browse - and for that reason, if you want some buying advice, you may have to wait a while due to the sheer number of people who wander in. However, the staff do really know their stuff and are extremely helpful, even for novices who might feel a little intimidated. I first went in with only a vague idea of the kind of thing I wanted and came away with much useful information. Later, having bought the prints we wanted, we took them to the Lawson Framing Gallery and had them expertly mounted and framed.

From the owner: Artwork and Framingread more