by Nikki Small Nikki Small modelling her Pelydr Tesni wrap on the beach at Llandudno. 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…
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? https://youtu.be/TqZ5oZ9cBkQ 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…
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.
The cost of patterns
Having seen a few discussions on social media recently begrudging or defending the cost of patterns, I thought I would write a blog post about exactly goes into design work.
Sweater-Knitting for Men (and a survey!)
My lovely friend Pitou posted on a mutual Facebook group recently about the frustrations he has had trying to find decent male knitting patterns. Until then I must admit that I had no idea how bad the situation was, trying to find a decent pattern for a sweater designed for men that would also be an enjoyable knit.
Yarn Forwards – how we are trying to support our key workers.
Yarn Forwards – how we are trying to support our key workers. Copyright Corryn Webb Illustration – https://www.facebook.com/CorrynWebbIllustration/ Today we’ve launched our Yarn Fowards campaign, and so I wanted to write a blog post about why we’re doing it. Yarn Forwards is our way of trying to support the mental health of our key workers throughout the coronavirus pandemic. At Ewe Felty Thing, we’re really focused on the mental health benefits of crafting. We know from our own experiences the hugely positive impact that can be had from crafting during difficult times. I (Nikki) started Ewe Felty Thing two years…
Ewe Felty Thing – the small business behind those goats.
Hello, my name is Nikki Small and Ewe Felty Thing is my shop. I utterly love it, and thankfully so do a lot of other people. You might be surprised to hear it, but we don’t just sell yarns and fibres. We provide happiness, support, mindfulness and love too.
Happy New Year!
Hello! Happy New Year from Ewe Felty Thing! Sorry we’ve been a bit slow off the mark, but it’s still January, so that counts right? We’re launching a few new things this year, our monthly yarn clubs, and also our new monthly Knit and Crochet-a-longs! This means that each month we’re focusing on a different design for both knitting and crochet, which can be completed along with other Ewe Felty Thing friends. We’ve even launched our own facebook group just for the purpose! so why not pop over and join us for our online knitting natter and crochet chatter? …
Merry Christmas!!
Merry Christmas! Phew! It’s been a really busy couple of months here at Ewe Felty Thing! We have loved every minute of it, but are looking forward to a few days rest now over the festive season. So what have we been up to? We’ve been given the amazing opportunity to grow our little shop, and have expanded to fill the entirety of 22 Madoc Street!! As you can see, the kids and I were a tiny bit excited when the sign went up over the shop at the start of November! The comments from customers so far has been…
Busy!
Hello! Sorry that it’s been a while since my last post. Things have been busy (good busy!) in the shop recently, with visitors from all over the UK and beyond; the more exotic locations being Tazmania, Louisiana and Cape Town! There have been a few stock updates in the shop… we have had a restock from Truly Hooked, including lots more yarn and now the new Second Drawer Down sock book! Abercairn Yarns has had to expand to three shelves of yarn, and now has some gorgeous hand dyed fibres for spinning and felting too! Knitter Scarlet has dropped over…