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Yarn Excursions · Shore-day guide

Stockholm yarn-crawl guide

A Baltic yarn stop with strong city shops, as long as you respect the berth before planning the route.

Docking at Frihamnen / Stadsgarden cruise quays — Frihamnen, Stockholm. Sweden.

Shore-day plan

Use Litet Nystan on Folkungagatan for a broad natural-fiber shop on Sodermalm. Choose Wincent Garner near Odenplan for Rowan, natural-fiber yarn, patterns, and accessories.

Distances use Frihamnen. If your ship uses Stadsgarden, Skeppsbron, or Nynashamn, recalculate before leaving the ship.

Bring this project

Bring aDK or Aran-weight sweater project. Nordic and British wool shops are world-class for garment yarn. Pick up a local pattern.

Yarn shops (2)

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    Litet Nystan

    Folkungagatan 100, 116 30 Stockholm

    Taxi · 4.2 mi / 6.8 km · A broad natural-fiber yarn shop on Sodermalm; Frihamnen visitors should use taxi or transit, while Stadsgarden calls may be much easier.

    Known for: natural-fiber yarn, Swedish yarn, hand-dyed yarn, needles, crochet hooks

    Closed Sundays and public holidays; verify same-week hours before routing a cruise call around it.

    https://www.litetnystan.se/

  2. 2.

    Wincent Garner

    Norrtullsgatan 27, 113 27 Stockholm

    Taxi · 3.7 mi / 6.0 km · A long-running Stockholm yarn shop near Odenplan with Rowan and other selected natural-fiber yarns; use taxi or transit from Frihamnen.

    Known for: Rowan, natural-fiber yarn, patterns, needlepoint kits, accessories

    Official hours show Sunday and Monday closure; verify before making this the only yarn stop.

    https://wincentgarner.se/en

Yarn weight & terminology

Swedish yarn uses 'garn' and typically follows UK weight names (4-ply, DK, Aran). Some indie dyers use US names. Pattern translations are usually available.

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