Most dedicated sewers and knitters know Barb and visit her shop at Glenelg often. For more than 25 year,s Barb has dispensed solutions to a myriad of knitting and sewing problems. Barbara has vast experience with knitting and sewing machines and will happily give you any assistance you might need.

Knitting tuition is available using knitting machines with classes filling quickly. Knitting machine sales and service along with sewing machine service is a big part of Barb's business.

The shop is a treasure trove of wools and cottons and yarns and haberdashery and patterns and ideas and advice. American visitors to Glenelg have become mail order customers of Barb's because they say this sort of owner operator service and experience no longer exists in the U.S.

You'll find wool, mohair, cotton, alpaca, merino and haby from Australia, New Zealand, Italy, UK, France and Peru with brands including Anny Blatt, Adriafil, Naturally, Crignasco, Tasman, Shepherd, Thomas B Ramsden, Filatura Di Crosa, Madil, Perendale, Spun Wool and Jo Sharp.