Sparkles gets hooked...

Posted: May 24, 2018

Sparkles gets hooked...
For those of you who don't know me, I am Laura, aka Sparkles and this is the story of how I became hooked (pun intended, sorry, not sorry!) on crochet!

Mental Health Awareness Week

Posted: May 18, 2018

Mental Health Awareness Week

This week (14th - 20th May) is Mental Health Awareness week here in the UK and this is a subject very close to the hearts of the whole ECY team. If it hadn't been for my (Laura) own struggles I could still be in a very corporate world and not 'got hooked' on ECY, crochet and all things yarny! There is a lot of great content floating around on the internet on this topic and so we have pulled together some of our favourite posts and resources to get you started. We are not experts but we have all been...


Yarn & flowers: the ECY aesthetic and why it's important to us. ❤️

Posted: May 02, 2018

Yarn & flowers: the ECY aesthetic and why it's important to us. ❤️
This post talks about the abundance of flowers in the ECY social media feeds, where they come from, and why they are important to us.

Project bags: ECY top picks!

Posted: January 16, 2018

Project bags: ECY top picks!

One of the joys of knitting and crochet is that we love and need accessories... especially project bags. Seriously, you really do need something to put your WIP in to stop it a) rolling around the floor and b) getting caught on everything in your bag.  So... here are my top picks from my collection! I love all of them so I won't write "I love this bag" every time - just assume that I do and that's why it's here. :)  1. My Waterstones book bag. Very pretty, has pockets, sturdy enough to stand upright on its own, holds...


New year, new NOOOPE

Posted: January 03, 2018

New year, new NOOOPE

I’ve never really been one for new years resolutions; usually meeting the question of “what are your resolutions for this year?” With a shrug and at most a reply of ‘Dunno.. to have a good year..?” It has been pleasing to me that this year I have seen increasing numbers of posts across social media resisting making resolutions as well as the whole ‘new year, new you’ thing. Don’t even get me started on ‘yarn diets’; the phrase “use it or lose it” comes to mind. I’m sure many of you will know that I’m a Slimming World member, and...


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