Ashford Store is a textile supply shop at 427 West Street in Allenton, Ashburton, and it is based at the home of Ashford Wheels and Looms, the makers of spinning wheels and weaving looms. The store stocks the full Ashford range, so visitors can see the wheels and looms in person. It also sells New Zealand knitting yarns, international and specialty yarns, books, patterns, kits and accessories. The website names spinning, weaving, carding, knitting and felting among the crafts it supplies, and it lists a knit and crochet kit among its products.
The store is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 4pm, and Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 3pm. For someone who spins, weaves or knits, a shop that is part of the wheel and loom maker is the most direct place to find the equipment and the yarn that suits it.