Occasionally has some interesting Italian-made yarn. Otherwise has basic woollen and acrylic yarn.

If you are looking for no-nonsense, hard-wearing yarn then BWM has a good selection. The large balls (usually 200g) are great because you have many many fewer ends to weave in. I love this yarn for blankets, jumpers, long scarves and any large project really. (You do feel as though you are carrying around a football in your knitting bag though!) Postage is free for orders over $30, and you can order a jumper's worth of yarn for under $50.

The colour range can feel limited and a bit old fashioned, but there are nice colours to be found. Many knitters buy lighter shades to overdye (see the Ravelry group Bendigo Woollen Mills Users for heaps of info on dyeing and all other aspects).

Customer service varies from comedy-sketch rudeness to quite helpful. The mill shop is quite basic but well stocked. It is also next to the Bendigo tram depot and museum for the tramspotters among us :-)

Mostly 'own brand' yarns (which I think are pretty poor quality) plus some major brands like Patons and Cleckheaton that are worth a look. The needles and accessories are cheap and cheerful - I wouldn't be buying them, but that's just my opinion.

The Guild has a new shopfront on Nicholson Street to show off the handspun yarn and hand knitted and crochet items for sale. Venture a little further inside for spinning fibre, weaving equipment, dyes and books. Lots of workshops and courses held throughout the year (non-members welcome to attend). Some longer certificate courses are on offer in 2012 for spinning and weaving.

A small, slightly crowded shop. They have Japanese yarn (mostly Noro) plus some major brands like Rowan that I was familiar with, and a lot that I wasn't. Staff are friendly. I think knitting books were behind the counter owing to lack of space so you might need to ask to see them.

I bought some BFL sock yarn from Sue at the Daylesford Makers' Market earlier this year and was very happy with it.