Yes, warmer days are lovely – the sun shining and the gardens & parks looking perfect BUT the milder days of autumn do give me such a thrill so out come the jackets, the scarves & cowls.
Along with the doeful realisation that I should have spent said summer knitting & crocheting myself new accessories. So this week has been all about seeking patterns for quick winter knits. I have to admit to being partial to petiteknits Oslo Hat pattern, it fits me perfectly and I love the double brim. However I fancied myself a crocheted hat and found just the one on the Lion Brand website for free, Take a look at our facebook page for the link to the pattern. It uses SOCK yarn… genius idea, so one of handdyed yarns was swiftly skeined up and I let myself use my new Oasis Interchageable Hook from KnitPro. Needles and Hooks are often treated like your best china, put away until just the right occasion – well for me TODAY is always the right occasion !
Our super popular evening classes are back in full swing, both crochet and knitting. We have also added a DAY class for learning to knit Hats. It is hoped that you will pickup transferrable skills so you will be able to knit sweaters or blankets from what you will learn in this class. Click on the images above to take you to the full information pages.
If you follow any of our social media pages (Facebook, Instagram or Pinterest) you will have already seen the wonderful NEW yarns we are now stocking. We have our favourites here at our shop (CaMaRose Snefnug for one) but have you seen their Lovetand (means Dandelion) yarn ? have a look at these stunners …
Finally I just want to mention how amazing it is to be back in the shop, having our loyal customers popping into see us & meeting so many new ones. The BBC Radio did a piece on us about the flooding from last year, next thing I know we had the film crew here and the newspapers picked up the story too – the best bit about it all was having so many people visiting and saying how pleased they were to find us as they had no idea we were here. There has been real joy & happiness as they now know they have a shop within their local area that offers so many different yarns, needles & hooks – we have a LOT of new hook ranges Beautiful new friendships have been formed and all in all I am extremely happy to be running my shop 6 days a week (9.30am – 4pm) now. Life is Good !!
Reach out if you need help with your projects, pop in if your nearby, let’s make this the best autumn knitting/crocheting season yet.
Much Love
Sharon x