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We teach you, we equip you

Yarn, fabric, paper and paint in the heart of Tours, and small-group workshops to learn with the right materials.

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Skeins of yarn arranged by colour, from red to purple, on a shelf

Our departments

Everything you need to create

  • Balls of marled, pink and white yarn on a wooden stool

    Yarn and knitting

    Merino, cotton, alpaca: carefully chosen yarns, and the needles to go with them.

    Our yarns
  • Spools of sewing thread in every colour, lined up in rows

    Sewing and notions

    Fabric pieces, threads, loose buttons, zips: an old-fashioned haberdashery.

    Notions
  • Sheets of coloured paper laid out diagonally, like a rainbow

    Paper and card-making

    Coloured papers, card kits, notebooks and everything for collage.

    Paper
  • A well-used watercolour box and its brushes

    Painting and drawing

    Watercolour, brushes, pencils: from student to artist quality.

    Painting
  • Children cutting and gluing coloured paper around a table

    For children

    Painting kits, paper, beads: plenty for rainy Wednesdays.

    For children
  • Hands knitting orange stitches on wooden needles

    Workshop kits

    Each workshop's materials, put together so you can carry on at home.

    The kits

Our favourites

  • A pink ball and a burgundy skein of yarn on yellow knitting

    Yarn and knitting

    €7.90 each

    Merino yarn

    A pink ball and a burgundy skein of yarn on yellow knitting

    €7.90 each

    A soft merino wool that doesn't itch: for everyday hats, scarves and jumpers. Twelve colours in the shop.

    Weight
    50 g, 125 m
    Needles
    4 to 4.5 mm
    Care
    Hand wash
  • Hands knitting orange stitches on wooden needles

    Workshop kits

    €29.00 each

    Knitting workshop kit: the snood

    Hands knitting orange stitches on wooden needles

    €29.00 each

    The beginners' workshop first project: two balls of merino, a pair of 6 mm needles and a step-by-step pattern. Choose your colour in the shop.

    Workshop
    Beginner knitting
  • A small watercolour box and brushes on a wooden table

    Painting and drawing

    €24.00 each

    Watercolour box, 12 colours

    A small watercolour box and brushes on a wooden table

    €24.00 each

    Twelve student-grade half pans in a box that slips into a bag: for painting outdoors.

  • A handmade card decorated with paper roses, lace and beads

    Paper and card-making

    €18.00 each

    Greeting card kit

    A handmade card decorated with paper roses, lace and beads

    €18.00 each

    Everything to make six cards: papers, lace, paper flowers, beads and envelopes.

The whole shop

Why us

A shop where you learn

  • Advice, not just shelves

    Tell us your project: we help you choose the right yarn, fabric or paper for it, and just the right amount.

  • Small-group workshops

    Eight people at most, so everyone works on their own project with a teacher close by.

  • Carefully chosen materials

    We sell what we use in our workshops: threads, colours and tools that make you want to keep going.

This week's workshops

Eight people at most, in the workshop at the back of the shop. Materials for the session are provided; the kit to carry on at home is sold separately.

  1. Tuesday

  2. Wednesday

  3. Thursday

  4. Friday

  5. Saturday

    • – WatercolourAll levelswith Agathe Morin
    • – Sewing: project of the monthIntermediatewith Inès Benali
  • 8 people per workshop
  • Advice in the shop
  • Kits to collect in store
  • Trial session in September

What our customers say

I'd never held a needle. Three Tuesdays later, I was wearing my snood.

Hélène R. · beginner knitting

You leave with the right thread and the right button, and above all the right explanation.

Marc D. · haberdashery customer

My daughter waits all week for Wednesday morning. She painted the whole Christmas tree.

Sophie L. · children's workshop

The shop

Neighbourhood map: the shop on Rue de la Scellerie, in central Tours

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Tours

Rue de la Scellerie
37000 Tours
Directions

Getting there

On foot: five minutes from Place Jean-Jaurès, ten from the station.

By tram: Nationale stop, then a two-minute walk.

By car: city-centre car parks nearby.

The shop is step-free, and so is the workshop at the back.

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