by Abby | Feb 12, 2021 | Competition, Discounts and Giveaways, Website news
An English woman, an Irish woman and a Scottish woman… together they are BADASS!!! We had SO much fun with Badass Friday that we’re doing it again! And this time, as well as a chance to win this fabulous collection, it is also available to preorder here,...
by Abby | Jan 26, 2021 | Website news
I really love seeing what people make with my yarns, and how excited they are to receive packages from me. So, I am starting a Product of the Month Giveaway. Each month I will create a different package to be shared with one lucky customer… This month (February...
by Abby | Jan 9, 2021 | Website news
Wednesdays 8-9.30pm During the last lockdown I taught several friends and neighbours how to knit. It was such a great group and open to everyone of all ages and stages. Given that we are now back in lockdown, and I have moved to a different part of the country (I now...
by Abby | Nov 25, 2020 | Competition, Discounts and Giveaways, Website news
Unless you have been living under a rock for the last 2 weeks you can’t escape hearing about Black Friday… A gratuitous day of fake deals and inbox spam… However we thought we’d do something a bit different… I have spent much of the last year on Zoom...
by Abby | Jun 10, 2020 | Website news
Like many of my friends and people everywhere, I am appalled at the death of George Floyd and the countless other black people and people of colour who have died unnecessarily. I stand against racism of any sort. I am learning about my white privilege and I am...
by Abby | Jun 8, 2020 | Website news
When I was a child my favourite film was Grease. My older sister took me to Shrewsbury, which was the nearest cinema (I grew up in a small market town called Much Wenlock, in Shropshire) and we started queuing at 10.30am for the 1.30 viewing… The queue was...
by Abby | Apr 21, 2020 | Website news
??????????????????????????????????? It’s no secret that I love rainbows ? some of my favourite and most popular colourways are rainbows. Infact, I remember at may last wool fair – Waltham Abbey Wool Show – I sold about 4kg of my Let There Be More...
by Abby | Apr 3, 2020 | Website news
Thursdays 3.30-4.30pm Given recent school closures and social distancing measures due to Covid19, and following requests from several friends, I have decided to run knitting classes online via Zoom. Below are some videos to help you. This is a completely free workshop...
by Abby | Mar 20, 2020 | General News, Patterns, Product News, Website news
Having wanted to write a straight forward top-down jumper pattern for quite some time, I had no idea quite how long it was going to take… In fact when I edited the images of the various stages I realise that I started the first sample in April last year...
by Abby | Mar 19, 2020 | Website news
We are in unprecedented times right now so I wanted to you of my current terms and procedures: I will continue to ship orders, however all my local post offices are now closed so I am having to use Parcel2Go/Hermes. I have amended the shipping options and now have to...
by Abby | Feb 14, 2020 | Discounts and Giveaways, General News, Website news
I am really excited to have been chosen to be a featured UK FibreShare vendor in the first 2020 yarn swap. If you haven’t taken part in FibreShare before, or are unsure what they are, then head over to their website where you can read all about it and sign up!...
by Abby | Nov 10, 2018 | Website news
So, my first Ōilyarns Club packages went out this week and I’ll admit to being more than a little bit nervous. I wanted to make them extra special to show my thanks for people who had supported and believed in me from the start. I waited until 1st November...
by Abby | Sep 28, 2018 | Website news
My long awaited yarn club is ready to go, with subscriptions opening on 1st October and the first packages going out early November. I’ve been trying to combine my two passions: yarns and dōTERRA essential oils, and find a way of sharing them with a wider...
by Abby | Jun 22, 2018 | Website news
Last week I returned from a few days away with my boys, to the awful news… we had a moth infestation. Because of my business this is something I dread, however before you worry about anything you may have bought from me, I’d like to state that all of my...
by Abby | Apr 3, 2018 | General News, Website news
Knitting and its numerous benefits Is knitting good for your health? In a word – YES! I have heard lots of talk about April being Stress Awareness Month so I thought I’d write a short post about how I deal with stress. Mental Health I have always been an...
