The Wool Factory Reviews 

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TrustScore 4 out of 5

3.8

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Item as described. Colour description on the website was very accurate. I haven’t used the yarn yet so I cannot comment on the quality.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

On my holidays from Leicester and had heard about The Wool factory on FB. Visited today and I have to say how amazing the store is in particular the staff. Very welcoming and knowledgeable. Highly... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I am addicted to this site. These people are fabulous. Great choice,amazing prices,speedy delivery,great deals on delivery,great communication and exemplary customer service. They reply immediately t... See more

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

As I was new to the area, I was interested to see what it was like inside. Don’t get me wrong there was a very good selection of wools, yarns etc…. but a lot had no prices, and staff seemed not ver... See more

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Knitting Yarns & Wools online


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TrustScore 4 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

NO CUSTOMER SERVICE

Literally cant get hold of them to ask a question so based on this I wont be ordering from them. Ive also tried emailing too - nothing.
So Wool Factory - sort out your customer service these people leaving negative reviews are ALL saying the same thing.
Its not acceptable,.

January 8, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Customer service a Joke

I bought 500 grams of wool to knit two baby shawls. Been knitting this pattern for decades and that’s the amount of wool needed. Not this time, I need another 200 grams to finish. The wool took hours to untangle and was full of knots however I didn’t want to change wool halfway through. I emailed the wool factory attempting to buy more but got no reply. I phoned them 15 times dialling constantly between 2.15 and 3.00 pm but the phone was never answered. I will avoid this company

September 24, 2024
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Sort out your returns

Ordered wool from this 'business' which was fine, but as all REPUTABLE business go, it's an online purchase, therefore the buyer has the right to return the goods in good condition, within set time etc...and should receive a full refund. Either the business creates a free returns postage, or you receive your COMPLETE sale costs, once the item has returned.
These lot want you to pay for delivery and returns cost. If the wool cost you £2, you'd have to fork out £6 approx in postages, just to get back your £2?
Fortunately, there are a few good online wool shops that don't try to shaft you with returns like this.
They've already had £6 off me. Not getting any more.
17.04.24. Since contacting wool factory about this, the sales person had given the wrong information, so as long as I receive FULL refund once this is returned, then my review will reflect this.

April 16, 2024
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Reply from The Wool Factory

Hi, thank you for your review and for providing the information requested so that we could look in to this. It is our Policy that full refunds are issued on full order returns. Our apologies if information received was conflicting of this in anyway. You can view all our returns procedures on our website. A full order refund will be issued on return of order. Thank you

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent Company

I am very impressed with this company. I placed an order for baby wool on a Sunday and received it two days later. I liked the wool so much I decided to buy some more of it and placed another order. The company kindly matched up the dye lot for me as I requested, the order arrived with me the following day! Both orders arrived well packaged.
I will definitely use The Wool Factory again.

February 7, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Wonderful Place to Buy Your Yarn.

I feel really sad reading the bad reviews for this company, especially since I see that they recently moved warehouse, so I just had to come on here and leave a review of my own. I can't recommend this company enough. I ordered a whole load of yarn, and a day later it was shipped, and a day after that I had it in my hands. They had also slipped a cute little gift in the bag. The yarn was clean, smelled fresh (not musty like it sometimes can be), and well packed—brilliant little company with amazing prices. I will definitely be using them again!

December 7, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This company is small and their first…

This company is small and their first nice touch is the email you receive that makes you smile which includes information about which person is handling which part of your order. With respect to other reviewers reviews about delivery. I haven’t experienced anything bad. I ordered on Friday and received it on Monday. It’s worth noting that Royal Mail is a separate entity and it’s in their hands. The prices of the wool are great and very competitive. Always cheaper than the nearest rival. One thing that would be good for them to do is perhaps add a filter for their search results so that you can filter out the patterns if I’m looking for specific wool weights.

September 15, 2023
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Reply from The Wool Factory

Hi, thank you for your review! We do have filters on our patterns product page. If you would like us to guide you through this just send us an email to sales@thewoolfactory.co.uk and we can show you :)
Just to note, we don't use Trust Pilot in general to collect our customer reviews, we use reviews.io where we have over 7900 reviews with a rating of 4.9 out of 5 stars.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Slow dispatch & delivery

Very slow dispatch and no sign of delivery a week after placing an order despite it being a Royal Mail Tracked 48hrs service. Disappointing as orders from other online wool stores arrive promptly.

September 5, 2023
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Reply from The Wool Factory

Hi, thank you for your review and our sincere apologies that there was such a delay in receiving your order. We hope that your order has now been received and if not please contact us at sales@thewoolfactory.co.uk and we will look in to this for you. Most orders are received within 2-3 working days and we apologise if this was not the case, unfortunately sometimes orders do take longer than this, but we do send all items with Royal Mail tracked so you should always be able to track the whereabouts of your parcel.
Please note we do not use Trust Pilot to collect our customer reviews, we use reviews.io if you check out our reviews there you will see that this is not our usual standard and we aim to always provide the best service possible. Thank you

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great every time!

Ordered several times now, for various crochet projects and always impressed with the speed of delivery and choice of yarn. Also packaging is simple and little waste which is always a positive. Thank you.

July 29, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Love this company!!…

I have just received my second order from this company and I will definitely use again.
The prices are competitive and my order was received within a few days. Absolutely can’t fault them!
I love the quirky nature of the emails they send out, they really tickle me!! So refreshing to have a little fun injected into a transaction.
Thank you! See you again soon!

August 11, 2023
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Reply from The Wool Factory

Thank you very much for your review. We collect customer reviews on reviews.io you can see all of our reviews there with over 7900 reviews and 4.9 out of 5 star rating.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

AVOID

I had an order which one month after despatch had not arrived. I was told to check with my sorting office as parcel would be sitting there - which it was NOT. Ignored further communication- customer service terrible has not todate refunded me or sent replacements. I’ve opened a PayPal dispute but todate they have not responded to that either!

April 30, 2023
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Reply from The Wool Factory

Hi Diane, thank you for your review and our huge apologies for the experience you encountered. We was going through quite a transformation here when you ordered and some of our operations were not running as smoothly as they usually would of been. We moved premises beginning of March and setting up our new premises took some time and a lot of hours which took our small team off there usual jobs, which did cause some delays and lack of communication. Our sincere apologies about this. We do not use Trust Pilot to collect our customer reviews, if you check us out on reviews.io you will see we have 7900 reviews with a 4.9 out of 5 stars rating. We are committed to excellent service and we sincerely apologise for the way your order and customer service was handled at the time. We learnt a lot from moving premises and expanding and we will endeavour to not make the same mistakes again.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Avoid

Despite a friendly automated order acknowledgement my order wasn't despatched for 15 days. If you use the online chat expect a 5 day response, email either at least 24 hours before a reply or not at all. Their published telephone number does not accept incoming calls.
Despite confirmation that my order would be sent 8 days after placing, it took a further week.
Really not good enough.

March 28, 2023
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Reply from The Wool Factory

Hi, thank you for your review and our sincerest apologies for the experience you encountered. At the time of your purchase we had just moved to a much larger premises and there was some delays with dispatching orders and communications, we apologise for this, it is no excuse for the lack of customer service received or lengthy delay you encountered. Our phone line was also down during this period while we set everything back up. This is by far not our usual standards and we strive to provide excellent customer service.
We do not use Trust Pilot to collect our customer reviews, we use reviews.io . We have a rating of 4.9 out of 5 stars with over 7500 customer reviews. We sincerely apologise for the delays you encountered at the time of your purchase and we are committed to ensure this kind of event does not happen again. Thank you

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic company to deal with

Fantastic company to deal with
Prices and delivery are excellent
Highly recommend them
Customer service is great very helpful

March 9, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service

This is the first time I have used this company and I must say how impressed I am with their performance. Easy to use website and my item arrived within a week of ordering it. Very satisfied customer. I will definitely be using them again and will recommend them to my friends and family.

February 28, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible customer service

Didnt even want to give this company one star. Customer service appalling. Bought clearance wool wrong label as a experienced knitter adjusted according to correct tension. But when washed on a gentle wash shrunk and matted beyond belief. What a waste of time and money. The yarn not fit for purpose. When I emailed the reply I got was basically so what? Condescending and dismissive from. 'Grant'got it reduced so tough. Beware you have been warned . .I would never buy again from this company. Use wool warehouse instead

January 21, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Something very amiss with this company

I think something has gone wrong with this company. Like the reviewer of the 11th October I ordered a pattern (Order Number: 174591/011122/06)
which they said was sent as a pdf - but charged me for postage and packing! It did not arrive. I had automated messages telling me my item had been found on the shelves, that it was sent - and - final irony - another hoping I was enjoying the product. No ‘phone line, no response to mails - no sign of a refund of course - frankly a disgrace. Strongly advise avoiding the Wool Factory.

November 1, 2022
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