Laughing Hens Reviews

Name: Laughing Hens
Address: The Croft StablesStation LaneGreat BarrowCheshire, Chester
Rating: 4.71

4.7 Rating 9,281 Reviews

93 %

of reviewers recommend Laughing Hens

4.7

Based on 9,281 reviews

Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Postal Service
Average Delivery Time	Within 5 Days
On-time Delivery	Greater than 88%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders	98%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Email, Telephone, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In	Under An Hour
Customer Service	4.9 out of 5
Returns & Refunds
Returns Process	Easy

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Laughing Hens 5 star review on 13th June 2025

DR HEATHER R PRSTWICH

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“I have spent hours and hours knitting my friends baby blanket and didn’t notice until it was completely finished that I was sent wool in different dye lots!! I could see it as soon as it had been blocked and pressed. I am so gutted….”

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Posted 1 year ago

Hello, We are extremely sorry you received mixed dyelots, we never send these out without checking with the customer, we can only apologise for this mistake. If you do place another please get in touch with us and we can offer a discount. Kind regards Laughing Hens

Posted 1 year ago

“Hi I am writing in response to your request for feedback. I have not had a problem with Laughing Hens and the service they provide, but I am dissappointed about the quality of the yarn I purchased. The only yarn that I have used so far is the Regia Design Line by Arne & Carlos 03658 Winter Night. I purchased this, along with another regia yarn and a ball of West Yorkshire Spinners sock yarn, in May this year, but did not begin knitting until yesterday. As I used this yarn for knitting a sock, there have been sections that are very thin and fragile. I have included one photo of a section of yarn and another of the yarn on the needle so that you can see the difference between most of the yarn and the thin sections. I cut out and spliced the yarn on the first two occasions that I met a very thin section, but found that there are so many that this is not viable. So far, I have only knitted about 2 inches of the first sock, but I am reluctant to knit any more as I am concerned about the integirty of the final knitted item.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“No communication Had to fight to get 10% discount I was promised. Parcel arrived torn and had to be contained in a post office bag. Will not be trading with this company again.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“The colour of this yarn differed vastly from the website photo and the colour name of almond. I wrote and received a reply as follows. Sorry, the reply has copied first. I never received my promised 10% discount refund. Thank you for your email, I can see there is a difference in the yarn colour from the image on our website to the image you have sent us, I can only apologise for this, unfortunately we are only able to use images that our supplier supplies us with. I have added the 10% to your new order for the cream and have refunded the difference back to you, as soon as we receive the almond back we will issue a refund. Apologies again for this. Kind regards Amanda Customer Service Advisor www.laughinghens.com Laughing Hens The Croft Stables, Station Lane, Great Barrow Cheshire, CH3 7JN Office + 44 (0) 1829 740903 From: ANN McKEAN Sent: 23 March 2023 18:16 To: Sales - Laughing Hens Subject: Order number Dear Sir/ Madam, I have attached two photos of the same yarn one from your website and one taken today with the yarn on my windowsill. You can see that the colour is quite different in both photos. I would add that I think my photo looks lighter than the actual yarn. The difference in colour between your website photo and the yarn is vast. I am returning the yarn and phoned to ask for a replacement. I was told this service is not available to do a return and reorder. I have reordered the yarn in cream however I could not use the 10% discount for being a new customer. I think the almond yarn is more of a camel or sand shade rather than an almond. As a new customer I am disappointed. Thanks for your attention to this matter. Ann”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Hi to all at Laughing Hens. I have to say that my experience with you was not great. In addition to the cost of the wool and post, I had to pay an additional duty charge because the UK is no longer in the EU. Also the pattern I ordered was no. 5342 King Cole and I received no. 5542. Please could you send me on the one that I requested initially. Many Thanks Marian Rogers”

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Posted 2 years ago

Hello Marian, Many thanks for your feedback. Sorry to hear you have been charge an additional duty - you should not of been charge this. We sometimes hear customers are getting incorrectly charged by customs. Please send the receipt for this and we will be happy to reimburse you. Pattern 5342 was incorrectly labelled by King Cole as 5542. We have contacted King Cole to advise them of this error and to request they send us the correct one. Once we receive this we will send you a copy. Kind regards Laughing Hens

Posted 2 years ago

“I havent recieved my parcel yet so I am trying to be patient due to the mail problem”

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Posted 2 years ago

I apologize your order is yet to arrive. Please contact us on sales@laughinghens.com and we will look into this for you.

Posted 2 years ago

“Order hast been shipped, but never arrived”

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Posted 2 years ago

I apologies your order is yet to arrive. If your order is still yet to arrive please can you contact us on Sales@laughinghens.com so we can work to resolve this. Kind regards Laughing Hens

Posted 2 years ago

I apologize your order is yet to arrive. Please contact us on sales@laughinghens.com and we will look into this for you.

Posted 2 years ago

“Unfortunately i have not received yet what i ordered from Laughing Hens. Probably not your fault but certainly BREXIT's! Had to go to the post office and pay exorbitant import duty and it is still in the post. I suppose larger businesses can afford to streamline their exports so the customers are not inconvenienced .”

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Posted 2 years ago

We apologise for the delay. Tracking shows your order has now been delivered. If you need any futher assistance please contact us on sales@laughinghens.com

Posted 2 years ago

“Poor communication, delayed shipping”

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Posted 2 years ago

I apologize you are not unhappy with the service received from us. Please contact us on Sales@laughinghens.com and we will happily to work with you to resolve this issue.

Posted 2 years ago

“You ask me how my project developed? Well, I ordered wool worth 125 € on 9th December and received it 4,5 weeks later, on 11th January, 2 days ago. Surprisingly, the postman demanded another 30€ trade tariff from me when handing over the parcel to me. That was not mentioned when I bought the wool. So I am quite disappointed about my purchase and the bad bargain and will surely not order anything at Laughing Hens again.”

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Posted 2 years ago

Hello Jutta You should not have been charged duty on your orders as we have already paid this, Please contact us on sales@laughinghens.com and we will resolve this for you.

Posted 2 years ago

“Loved the web site but poor communication regarding problems receiving downloadable patterns. No response to my emails; phoning was more successful although one of the patterns sent was not the one ordered.....now resolved but would appreciate an option to have patterns sent by post.”

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Posted 2 years ago

We apologize you are not happy with the service received from us and are glad we have now resolved this for you.

Posted 2 years ago

“no impressed by service. I emailed customer services minutes after ordering to cancel. They did’t respond for a few days after they had sent the order. Not a great apology. won’t be ordering again.”

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Posted 2 years ago

We apologies we were unable to amend you order as it had already been processed.

Posted 2 years ago

“Lovely yarn (Noro Kureyon) but it took an age to be shipped and to arrive. I would have purchased elsewhere if I’d have known.”

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Posted 2 years ago

I apologies you have not yet received your order. Please can you contact us sales@laughinghens.com so we can work to resolve the issue for you.

Posted 2 years ago

“I’m still waiting for delivery of the yarn I purchaset”

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Posted 2 years ago

I apologies you have not yet received your order. Please can you contact us sales@laughinghens.com so we can work to resolve the issue for you.

Posted 2 years ago

“..Never again! Obwohl ich sofort nach der Bestellung die in der Lieferanschrift fehlende Haus-Nr. ergänzt habe, wurde die Korrektur bei Ihnen nicht berücksichtigt. Folge: das Paket war nicht zustellbar und ging ungeöffnet an Sie zurück! Ich habe mich darüber sehr geärgert, denn nun ist die Wolle nicht mehr zu bekommen. Immerhin kam das Geld letzte Woche zurück....mir wäre die Wolle lieber gewesen. Und! Es erfolgte keine Reaktion auf meine diversen Emails.... Yours sincerely, Daniela Hofmann”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Well I did order from you but the order went to the wrong address. Now I’ve been informed by you that you are waiting for it to be returned to you. It’s been way to long and now I’m afraid I’ll never get my order. Or get a refund. Can’t say I’m real happy right now as I would like to order from you in the future. Now I work in a yarn store and I know online sales can be something else to deal with but we at our store go over and above to please the customers. I’m hoping this Elwood be the case with you. I would love to see my order on my doorstep soon. It would be really nice.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Did not honour the discount promised when signing up to the Newsletter with email address therefore my review is poor due to dishonesty on your behalf. I have finished my projects and found the yarn colourful but lacking is softness.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Over a month still no delivery”

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Posted 3 years ago

“The knitting pattern arrived a bit bedraggled and badly printed, to be honest”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Unfortunately I have not, as yet, received my purchased item. I will comment further when the item is delivered.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Laughing Hens is rated 4.7 based on 9,281 reviews