Hobbies and Mental health
Hi all, Laura here! Victoria has let me loose on the blog so you should see a few more posts from me over the next few weeks. My first is a bit of a cheat as it is actually a guest post. We were recently contacted by Maria Cannon of HobbyJr to see if we would be interested in an article she had written. Those who have been following us over the past year will know that mental health is close to both mine and Victoria's hearts. What you may not know is that my struggle with anxiety is actually...
The EYF hangover
I have to be honest: I’m still reeling from Edinburgh Yarn Festival at the weekend. I know it’s cliched but it was just so nice. There were so many different accents/languages being spoken and yet it felt like everyone was happily sharing this wonderful experience and so it didn’t matter that there might be a language barrier. In all the people we had through our stall we only had one person be rude – I think that’s a record, particularly given how insanely busy it was. If you’ve never been to EYF it is well worth travelling and queuing for...
Welcome to the shiny new ECY website!
So the day is finally here! We are very pleased to announce that our new shopify website is now up and running. Although we have worked through several scenarios with the developers, it is possible (and somewhat expected) that we may encounter some teething problems. Please bear with us during this time and let us know if you have any issues. As people generally do not like change, we wanted to make this process as smooth as possible for all our lovely customers. With this in mind, below is a handy guide to help you to navigate through the website....
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Round Up: The British Wool Show 2016
A couple of weeks ago, and just a week after Fibre East, we were back out at The British Wool Show at York Auction Mart. It was a lot of fun and lovely to see so many of you. I'm not sure what's happening next year, but hopefully we'll be there again! Here's a snapshot... The nutter on her way into the isolation box there is Estelle from Midwinter Yarns - they had a stand there too.. We bought a pair of 40mm knitting needles between us from Woolly Mahoosive and tried fighting with them. Thought we'd best show off some...
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