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Birthday parties and pricing your work

Hello! Sorry for not blogging last week, it was the birthday party and (wonderfully) it was really busy! We had a good turnout from our Woolbert’s Flockers as well as many of our lovely regulars and some new customers as well. There are still a few skeins of our ‘Lucky Number 7’ birthday yarn remaining. I may have snaffled a couple of them myself to make a Timeless Twists Hat and some Simple Stay-Put Socks! Pics of both will follow once I am in one place long enough to actually photograph them! The price of handmade As many of you…

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Hello! Sorry for not blogging last week, it was the birthday party and (wonderfully) it was really busy! We had a good turnout from our Woolbert’s Flockers as well as many of our lovely regulars and some new customers as well. There are still a few skeins of our ‘Lucky Number 7’ birthday yarn remaining. I may have snaffled a couple of them myself to make a Timeless Twists Hat and some Simple Stay-Put Socks! Pics of both will follow once I am in one place long enough to actually photograph them! The price of handmade As many of you[…]Read More

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What a load of Wool!

Happy Saturday! Sorry I’ve missed a couple of weeks – I’ll explain further down what’s been happening. For today’s main focus, I want to talk about the difference between different breeds of sheep and how it makes an impact on your knitting and crochet. Sheep Breeds – It’s not ‘all just wool’! So, lets get things started by explaining what wool is. Wool is another name for hair or fur, and tends to refer specifically to the fibre that grows on sheep, as opposed to other animals. As you can see in this picture, there are lots of similarities between…

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Happy Saturday! Sorry I’ve missed a couple of weeks – I’ll explain further down what’s been happening. For today’s main focus, I want to talk about the difference between different breeds of sheep and how it makes an impact on your knitting and crochet. Sheep Breeds – It’s not ‘all just wool’! So, lets get things started by explaining what wool is. Wool is another name for hair or fur, and tends to refer specifically to the fibre that grows on sheep, as opposed to other animals. As you can see in this picture, there are lots of similarities between[…]Read More

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Yarn weight calculations

Happy Saturday! Thank you to everyone who has dropped me messages this week. My eldest got home from hospital late last night after over a week with a diagnosis of FND (Funcitonal Neurological Disporder). They’re still having seizures and needing a lot of support, so I’m not going to be in the shop for a little while yet whilst we get support in place. Wendy, Caro, Andy and Ash are in there as usual though, so please do continue to order in store and online and support us as much as you can. Today I want to talk about yarn…

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Happy Saturday! Thank you to everyone who has dropped me messages this week. My eldest got home from hospital late last night after over a week with a diagnosis of FND (Funcitonal Neurological Disporder). They’re still having seizures and needing a lot of support, so I’m not going to be in the shop for a little while yet whilst we get support in place. Wendy, Caro, Andy and Ash are in there as usual though, so please do continue to order in store and online and support us as much as you can. Today I want to talk about yarn[…]Read More

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Water pullava!

Well, if you’re anywhere in the Conwy area, you’ll know that we’ve had a bit of an issue with our water supply. Wednesday evening a large main burst near the Llyn Cowlid water treatment facility, which has wiped out the water supplies to a lot of Conwy county. We got in on Thursday morning to find no supply to the shop. We struggled through for the day before finding out that it was not going to be a ‘quick fix’ and that from a legal standpoint we should have been closed. As such we stayed closed on Friday as well.…

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Well, if you’re anywhere in the Conwy area, you’ll know that we’ve had a bit of an issue with our water supply. Wednesday evening a large main burst near the Llyn Cowlid water treatment facility, which has wiped out the water supplies to a lot of Conwy county. We got in on Thursday morning to find no supply to the shop. We struggled through for the day before finding out that it was not going to be a ‘quick fix’ and that from a legal standpoint we should have been closed. As such we stayed closed on Friday as well.[…]Read More

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Singles or Plied?

Happy Saturday! I hope you’re keeping well. It’s flipping cold here in Conwy still – there is ice on the paths, and we’re all wearing our woolies here in the shop still. I’ve even resorted to putting my heated throw on my chair and round my legs whilst I’m sat at the desk. I’m hoping that you’re all managing to keep warm! We’ve had a leak through the ceiling in the new room as well, so if you’re in the shop and see a missing tile above the window – that’s why! I can now say that soggy ceiling tiles…

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Happy Saturday! I hope you’re keeping well. It’s flipping cold here in Conwy still – there is ice on the paths, and we’re all wearing our woolies here in the shop still. I’ve even resorted to putting my heated throw on my chair and round my legs whilst I’m sat at the desk. I’m hoping that you’re all managing to keep warm! We’ve had a leak through the ceiling in the new room as well, so if you’re in the shop and see a missing tile above the window – that’s why! I can now say that soggy ceiling tiles[…]Read More

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Happy New Year!

May 2025 be filled with woolly wonders! I honestly don’t know how we’re in 2025 already. I’m sure the years have become a blur now! We’ve started the new year with a new Knit and Crochet-a-long. We’re going to be running one every two months throughout the year, so if you have a suggestion then please let me know! For this first one, we’ve chosen the Emotional Support Chicken, as that felt about the right vibe. Everyone seems to be struggling a bit at the moment for one reason or another, and so having a fun project which can give…

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May 2025 be filled with woolly wonders! I honestly don’t know how we’re in 2025 already. I’m sure the years have become a blur now! We’ve started the new year with a new Knit and Crochet-a-long. We’re going to be running one every two months throughout the year, so if you have a suggestion then please let me know! For this first one, we’ve chosen the Emotional Support Chicken, as that felt about the right vibe. Everyone seems to be struggling a bit at the moment for one reason or another, and so having a fun project which can give[…]Read More