Romni Wools was founded over four decades ago as the Toronto version of Romni Vancouver (now closed.) The current owner, Marilyn Leonard is one of the original Romni Toronto founders, having seen the store through several locations ranging from the original store in the East end of Toronto, through to the current location near Queen and Spadina. The store manager is her son, Jonathon Leonard - keeping Romni very much a family business, and keeping alive a long tradition of fibre arts knowledge and sales.more...See more text
The selection is incomparable, though I don’t get the same community vibe or customer service as other stores. And when I left the woman that was helping me went for a smoke what if that got in the yarn? Yuck