I'd been to Copenhagen once before and visited the "must-see" tourist places, so this time, while my husband was busy during the day attending and speaking at a conference, I indulged my fiber-appetite and went exploring. Since my yarn and fabric stash is already bulging, I didn't need to shop, however a little bit of shopping did happen.
Prior to the trip I did some research and made up a list of stores to visit. Sadly I found a few were no longer in business, but I did stumble on one new one. Most importantly, it was a great way to tour the city and see some neighborhoods I might otherwise have never seen. I plotted the addresses using HERE maps and saved them as a collection. But since I don't know how to share this collection, and some of the stores are gone anyway, you should probably use your own mapping software if you want to go on a similar hop. If I can figure out how to share the map, I'll update this blog with the link.
I started with the first location in the lower left on Dybbolsgade since it was closest to the hotel and then went in a clockwise direction to visit, or attempt to visit, the rest. The very first location was, in fact, a bust! I could not locate the store and believe it is gone. I'm listing them here in case someone visiting this blog has found the names of those stores on other sites, like I did.
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GONE! I'm pretty sure I found the right address, but I didn't find a fabric store.
2. Stoff 2000 Vesterbrogade 41
New! - Not on my list but right down the same street from the next store on the list and the one I was intending to find.
The Stoff 2000 stores appear to be a chain in Denmark - there is also one later in my tour and when I was researching stores I came across others that are farther from the city center. I popped in and browsed briefly. This store in particular is fairly small, but they have garment, home dec, and quilting fabrics as well as the usual notions. Overall it's a nice, clean, well presented fabric store, it just doesn't have a large selection. I would probably consider this a "go-to" store for general sewing though.
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| Terrible photo, but at least you can see the sign |
This is a chain store as well, with stores in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Germany (and it turns out there's one a couple hours from me in Cologne). What struck me first about this store was how clean and well lit it was. The fabrics are displayed in rolls by fiber content and color. It's a large store compared to the other fabric stores I visited, but it's still in the city, so maybe not as large as their other chains might be. Thought they looked to have a decent selection of fabrics for garment sewing, including some youthful prints. I browsed but didn't stay long because I had a lot of stores to visit on my list. In the back section they have lots of notions, some craft supplies, and interesting kits with printed fabric panels, which were tempting but I didn't buy any. They also have yarn and a large selection of what look like their own knitting patterns and sewing patterns.
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| Note the long row of shopping carts! |
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| Well lit and very clean! |
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| Lots of knitting patterns |
From here I walked north along the canal. It was a beautiful day!
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| May in Denmark is still spring. |
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| Lovely flowering trees |
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GONE! No sign of this store anymore, however there is a Panduro Hobby at Fredriksborggade 36, which can satisfy some sewing and knitting needs as well as probably every other crafting need.
5. Stoff 2000, Fredriksborggade 26.
This is a larger store of this chain, with two separate sections for garment fabrics and home dec fabrics.
Bonus! Right across the street is the Torvehallerne food market. Perfect for a lunch stop!
6. Uldstedet, Vendersgade 3
This was the first yarn store on my tour. It's a fairly small shop with some nice yarns, some imported (Rowan, Katia) and some Danish (Isager). I browsed but didn't buy anything.
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| Worth stopping by if you're in the area! |
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8. City Sycenter, Rosengården 9
The information I found online had this at number 12 and from the description I think it once was larger than it is today and perhaps occupied buildings on both sides of the street. I could only find the small (very small!) store at number 9. But it was worth stopping. They happened to be having their anniversary sale so fabrics were 20% off. I found some knit remnants I really liked and also some sock yarn that is a mix of wool and nettles. I've never seen yarn made from nettles, so I had to buy it - it's very soft!
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| Knit fabrics with some interesting texture |
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| Yarn from nettles! |
9. Skipper Stoffer, Gammel Mønt 19
This is a dangerous store. Designer fabrics! Oh my. But at about $30/meter (200 DK), I knew that I wouldn't be buying some just to buy designer fabric. There were some beautiful fabrics, but nothing that I had to have, especially since I have quite a backlog of projects and a fabric stash on two continents. I did see names like Pucci and Armani...but I walked away.
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| Designer fabrics! |
10. Handler, Vingårdstræde 19
If you find yourself in Copenhagen and are in need of trim, zippers or buttons, this looks like the place to go.
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| Fairly non-descript building hiding a rainbow of color inside! |
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| Zippers! |
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| Just one small, colorful section of trim. |
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| Only open from 10 am to 4 pm, Monday through Friday, but there is a website...in Danish only. |
11. Sommerfuglen, Vandkunsten 3
This was the one yarn store I had visited when I was in Copenhagen the first time a few years ago. I remembered that they had Hanne Falkenberg kits - she's a Danish knitwear designer and I recall her kits being popular, albeit expensive, purchases among the knitters at the Stitches knitting conventions. Since the kits are about 1/2 the price when you buy them in Europe, I thought maybe I would buy one from this store. But ultimately I changed my mind when I saw an Isager (another Danish designer) sweater sample on display in the store. I purchased the yarn for it and was able to buy the English version of the instruction book online after I returned home. It's from the book "Amimono Room 606", if you're interested.
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| Nice yarn store close to the center of Copenhagen |
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| This is the sweater that caught my eye |
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| Yarn for the sweater |
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| Yarn for the cuffs and bands and back yoke |
12. I.W. Hvidberg, Løngangstræde 25
The last stop on my grand fabric and yarn store tour is actually the oldest fabric store in Denmark and maybe even Europe. It dates from 1780. I was a bit intimidated when I stepped inside, because it looked as if it was only a place for ordering fabrics for suits that they would then make for you. But if you wander in farther you'll find a back hallway stuffed full of fabrics and there's a small basement "maze" crammed with silks, cottons and other fabrics. No bargains here, but the fabrics are nice.
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| The ugly store front certainly doesn't say "1780" |
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| Serious suit fabrics |
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| Beautiful wool |
Whew! It was quite a long day to visit all of these places. I actually did my scouting trip on one day and then returned to City Sycenter and Sommerfglen to buy my goodies.
I hope you enjoyed the tour, and now if you go to Copenhagen, you'll know where to shop!
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