Locally, you can buy materials in shops such as The Works, various locations; Hobbycraft (Team Valley); Rymans in Eldon Square; WH Smith, Northumberland Street; Details on lower Westgate Road; Hatton gallery (Newcastle University, shop in foyer weekdays), Blackwells Bookshop, Haymarket (in the basement); and Boundary Mills, Shiremoor.
Online this is a good site with home delivery, click on this link:
http://www.cowlingandwilcox.com/default.aspx
Shop around all these and others for short term bargains.
