Hello! Ok, so I know that so far this blog has been sporadic at best, but I think the time has come to actually make something of it! So, where shall we start? Let’s go from the very beginning. I hear that it is a very good place to start! Ewe Felty Thing began in 2017 when I (Nikki) started dyeing yarns. I had been knitting, crocheting, felting, and spinning for many years by then, and dyeing seemed to be the next logical thing to add to my wool obsession. I had a small amount of shelf space in a[…]Read More
Crafting with Chronic Illness
by Nikki Small Many of you will know that I suffer with ME (Myalgic Encephalopathy). This is a chronic illness which I’ve had for over 20 years now and affects my day-to-day life in many ways. I am not the only one. There are millions of people all over the world who suffer with different chronic illnesses which affect how they live their lives and for many of us, our crafting has become a huge part of how we cope with that. My journey with crafting started in my teens. I learnt to knit, and then crochet, and then gradually[…]Read More
Craftucation!
I’m so excited! We’ve been working really hard behind the scenes for the last couple of months on a new project – Craftucation. So what is it? Craftucation will be a brand new online art and craft course platform, specialising in high quality in-depth art and craft courses. We have a really fantastic vision of how it’s all going to work, and we want to bring you along for the ride as we get it through to launch. Our idea is to create a whole collaborative craft community, so why not pop over to our holding site at craftucation.com to[…]Read More
We’ve been nominated!!!
Woohoo!! Thank you all so very very much for nominating Ewe Felty Thing for the Best Independent Yarn Shop in Wales category of the Knitting and Crochet Awards 2020.