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Bella Filati: Luxury Yarns

6/16/2017

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Local Yarn Shoppe Review

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​Bella Filati Luxury Yarns
Located in Southern Pines, North Carolina
 

Address:
277 NE Broad St,  Southern Pines, NC
(on the corner of  Connecticut & Broad Sts)
Open Mon-Sat 10-5pm
Open late on Wednesday for social knitting

I just returned from a visit to my parents.  It was long overdue but I was very nervous to make the trip with my two toddlers.  An eleven hour drive with nothing but you, a one-year old, a three-year old and the open road can be quite scary.  My husband and I had kept planning to arrange a time when he could get off work to come with me, but unexpected and unavoidable things kept cropping up, so I put my big-girl panties on, loaded up the car, and ventured forth solo.  Now that it is all done and I have made it back home, I feel quite proud of myself.  High five to me.  It was a lovely visit, too.  My kids got to meet their great grandmother, their great great aunt and spend lots of fun time with their grandparents.  Family is a very special thing.

However, a visit is not a visit without scoping out a local yarn store.  And the Saturday after I arrived at my parents' house was World Wide Knit in Public day, so there was a ready reason to convince my entire family to pile in the car in search of yarn.  (My dad was not thrilled, but he lucked out and found a new guitar store.  So really, everyone was a winner here.)  I did a search on the internet and found Bella Filati was not far off, so it was there that we went.  And I am so glad we did.  That yarn store is so happily situated it is almost unreal.  The street where Bella Filati find its home is filled with the cutest local shops you've ever seen.  In truth, it was all luxury shopping, but it was all very special.  It is not every day you can find a place that has a local book store, local yarn shop, local ice cream parlor, local furniture gallery, local music store...the list goes on.  In the age of big box stores and the internet, it was quite refreshing.  And that was just the knitting store's location; the store itself was lovely, too.  

The inside of the store was well-organized and spacious.  I have commented before that I enjoy a snug knitting shop, but this store clearly was organized with the social aspects of knitting in mind.  The proprietor of the shop hosts multiple social knitting groups a week, offers knitting tutorials and private lessons and also hosts classes from visiting designers. It is important she have space for people to sit and work.  There was a ton of natural light pouring into the store, too, which made choosing yarn colors that much better because you could really see.  

Another thing I liked about the store was that for every sample that was on display, the owner of the shoppe made the yarn that was used in a well-organized display where you could easily find nice color combinations and alternatives to the pattern.  There was not a huge selection of yarn considering the size of the store, but all the yarn that was available was very nice and of high quality.  The prices were very reasonable, too.  

Bottom Line:  This store is well worth a visit if you are in the area.  The shop owner was very knowledgeable and had a very pleasant disposition.  The store was bright, clean, and cheerful.  Perhaps most importantly, the yarn was lovely.
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