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Welcome to Busy Pins and Needles

Aberdare's Biggest Little Shop for all your fabric, sewing, knitting and haberdashery needs!

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Busy Pins and Needles - The biggest and best in Haberdashery, Sewing & Knitting!
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Busy Pins and Needles - The biggest and best in Haberdashery, Sewing & Knitting!
DMC Stand
DMC Stand
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Cushions for all occasions here at BPaN
Cushions for all occasions here at BPaN
Descriptive Keyrings at Busy Pins and Needles
From Pronoun Keyrings to Health Warnings, we have them all
Fabulous range of FISKARS Scissors and others too
We stock Fiskars and other quality brands of shears, scissors and cutters.
Felt, Fat Quarters, Interfacing, Craft Kits, T Shirt Printing
All the accessories for all your crafting here at Busy Pins & Needles.
Great Gift Ideas for Crafters at Busy Pins and Needles
Gift ideas for all the family here at BPaN.
Great gift ideas, cushions for all occasions here at BPaN
Give the gift of a cushion, many in stock, bespoke printing available.
Handmade and personalised bookmarks, keyrings, makeup mirrors etc
All handmade in store, bespoke items also made to order.
Ribbon galore, alongside every single colour of DMC thread
We stock EVERY DMC colour and our ribbons go on for miles.
Handmade Bags aplenty at Busy Pins and Needles
Handmade bags and even bespoke printed bags available.
Handmade bags galore at Busy Pins and Needles
Get your handmade tote bags here.
How about a personalised cushion for loved ones
Have a personalised cushion made onsite for a loved one.
Hundreds of Sewing Accessories, trim and haberdashery items
Hundreds of Sewing Accessories, trim and haberdashery items
Knitters delights available at Busy Pins and Needles
Knitters delights available at Busy Pins and Needles
Knitting and Sewing Storage Systems here at Busy Pins and Needles
Knitting and Sewing Storage Systems here at Busy Pins and Needles
Making bags, we've got all your hardware needs
If you're making a bag, we have the clasps, hooks and accessories for it.
Needle Felting Wools and kits at BPaN
Needle felteing supplies here at Busy Pins & Needles
Personalised Items, all available at Busy Pins and Needles
Mugs, T-Shirts, Bookmarks, Coasters and lots lots more all made and personalised here.
Personalised Toys, Gifts, Mugs T Shirts and Notebooks
Personalised Toys, Gifts, Mugs T Shirts and Notebooks all masde here at BPaN.
Plenty of high quality wadding in stock by the metre at BPaN
Wadding is always in stock, choice of weights too.
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How our window looked in Feb 2023. It's always changing, come and see.
Rolls of fabric galore, cut to length, available at BPaN
We have the largest range of roll fabrics in the area.
Sew on & Iron on Patches, trimmings and finishing touches available
All the trimmings you need here in store.
Sewing accessories galore available at BPaN
The largest range of sewing accessories for miles around.
Sewing accessories galore here at BPaN
By far the biggest range of sewing accessories in South Wales.
Trimmings and Finishing Touches here at Busy Pins and Needles
More finishing touches and trims than anyone else in the area.
Trimmings, finishing touches, bag clasps, clips and loops, Zips galore
Huge range of zips, trims, ribbons and other finishing touches.
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Trimmings, hemmings and loads of sewing accessories all in stock at BP
Ribbons, trims, hemmings, bias binding and much more at BPaN.
Trmmings galore and toy stuffing, all available at BPaN
Stuff your handmade toys with our toy stuffing, natural and organic wool variants available.
We're always happy to serve you here at BPaN
A warm welcome awaits all our visitors at Busy Pins & Needles.
Zips, Trim and Elastic all in Stock at BPaN
Zips, Trim and Elastic all in Stock at Busy Pins & Needles.
Assortments of Ribbons, Feathers and every Trimming imaginable
Ribbon bundles and lots of yarns available here.
Baby Teethers, Toys and Descriptive Keyrings
Baby Teethers, Toys and Descriptive Keyrings
Bolts of fabric galore cut to length
Hundreds of fabrics in store, come and feel the quality and see the fabrics close up.
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Bows and Finishing Touches sold individually
Bows and Finishing Touches sold individually come and chooose the right ones for your project.
Buttons for all garments here at BPaN
Buttons for all garments here at BPaN
Fabrics Galore in stock at Busy Pins and Needles, Aberdare
The widest range of fabrics for miles around, we are the biggest and best.
Genuine High Quality Guterman Threads and cottons all in stock
High quality cotton threads from the best manufacturers in stock.
Handmade Baby Teethers, Blankets, Gift Sets, Reusable Makeup Remover K
Lots of handmade baby items in stock.
Huge Selection of fabrics here at Busy Pins and Needles
The widest selection of fabrics for all projects, come and see and feel the items, you can't do that online!
Knitting Accessories and Cross Stitch Equipment at Busy Pins & Needles
Knitting accessories and a large range of cross stitch equipment always available.
Plenty of Fabrics in Stock here at Busy Pins and Needles
Plenty of Fabrics in Stock here at Busy Pins and Needles
Probably the biggest cutting table in the West!
Probably the biggest cutting table in the West! We have a 3metre x 1.8 metre cutting table.
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Our Welsh Gifts Window August 2023
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Everything for the keen needlecrafter
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Busy Pins and Needles is the biggest, best and brightest sewing, knitting, fabric and haberdashery supplies shop in South Wales with the broadest range to suit many crafters.

We offer a wide range of products at competitive prices for all sorts of crafts. Take a look at our online shop for our range of products.

We also specialise in handmade toys, gifts and souveniers, either off the shelf or bespoke made to order and personalised.

Additionally we print bespoke personalised items such as mugs, T-Shirts, Mouse Mats and just about anything else you can think of. Come and see what we can do for you.

We have a beautiful shop situated at the top of the Cynon Valley, in Aberdare, easily accessed from all over South Wales.

We have regular bus and train travel available to the town, as well as easy links from the A465 Heads of the Valleys Road and from the A470 and M4. There is a large stepless accessible council car park behind us with low charges. Electric Vehicle charging is also available in the town.

Come and have a day out in beautiful Aberdare and visit our shop for all your fabric, sewing, wool, haberdashery and printing needs. We would be delighted to welcome you to our store.

There are many cafes and shops to visit in Aberdare, along with our stunning church St Elvan's, immediately behind our shop, so why not make a day trip of it.

Got a design you want printed?

With our advanced personalisation capabilities, we can print your designs onto a range of products, such as T-shirts, mugs, cushions, keyrings, tote bags, mouse mats, compact mirrors and much more.

Our in-store design experts can help with your items.


Please either pay us a visit in-store to view items we can print to, or take a look at our PRINTED ITEMS page.

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