A-Z of Secret Glasgow: The Yarn Cake


If you’d like to knit one, purl one and sip one, we’ve got the perfect spot.

The Yarn Cake is Scotland’s only dedicated knitting cafe.

Situated on Queen Margaret Drive, just a few clicks from The Botanic Gardens, the small but perfectly formed store is craft and coffee heaven.

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As well as stocking an impressive choice of needles, notions and yarns, it also offers a mouth-watering selection of German home-baking in its bright and colourful cafe. Their speciality hot chocolate with spices and marshmallows are sew, sew good!

The cafe run regular beginners and advanced knitting and crocheting classes and Tuesday is Knitorial night, where they provide a drop-in clinic for any knitting or crochet queries. Whether you are a craft lover or just a cake lover, this place is worth checking out.

Open: Tue & Thurs: 11am – 10pm. Wed & Fri: 11am– 6pm, Sat & Sun: 11am – 5pm.

Address: The Yarn Cake, 148 Queen Margaret Drive, G20 8NY


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