Abakhan

A family rug-weaving business started in the late 1940s became Abakhan. It evolved into fabric retail and established Mostyn, North Wales, as its main location. Today it combines nine British stores with an online catalog for people who sew, knit, or develop home decorating and craft projects.

Fabrics are organized by material, color, print, and use. Cotton, linen, viscose, wool, silk, and synthetics sit alongside denim, lace, tulle, and stretch fabrics. Dressmaking, curtains, upholstery, and quilting have dedicated sections, with brands such as Liberty, William Morris, Tilda, and Rose & Hubble. Stock lots and clearance parcels remain part of its retail tradition.

Sewing supplies include threads, buttons, zippers, ribbons, needles, scissors, and measuring tools. Simplicity, McCall’s, Butterick, Burda, and Vogue patterns are also classified by difficulty. Janome, Brother, Singer, and Silver machines expand the equipment offering, from sewing and overlocking to embroidery or knitting. A project can be connected with its fabric, pattern, and accessories.

Knitting and crochet yarns are grouped by weight and brand, including Stylecraft, Sirdar, King Cole, Scheepjes, and West Yorkshire Spinners. Crafts add felt, macramé, dyes, and toy stuffing. Classes cover dressmaking, crochet, quilting, free-motion embroidery, machine use, and sessions for working on a personal project.

The Mostyn site is on Coast Road, Llanerch-y-Mor, CH8 9DX. It includes Café at Abakhan, classes, events, and free parking. The Abakhan Village brings together independent gift, home, plant, ceramic, and other businesses with their own hours. A visit can cover material shopping and exploring this retail community.

Merseyside stores are at 8–12 Greenway Road, Birkenhead, CH42 0NG, and 34–44 Stafford Street, Liverpool, L3 8LX. Manchester’s shop is at 111–115 Oldham Street, M4 1LN; Bolton’s is at Unit 2B, Burnden Park, Manchester Road, BL3 2NE. Each location maintains its own product and stock mix.

Other addresses are 65 Frodsham Street, Chester, CH1 3JJ; 55 Old Hall Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3AU; Unit 3B, Corporation Street, Preston, PR1 2UQ; and 18 Market Street, Shrewsbury, SY1 1LE. The company also has a separate business in Estonia and Latvia, developed since the early 1990s.

Online shopping offers samples of many fabrics and delivery to different British territories and the Republic of Ireland. Electronic vouchers are for the website and store vouchers for physical locations, two distinct formats. Abakhan maintains a wide selection, with routes to finding a specific fabric, equipping a sewing table, or starting a new technique.