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Bowland DK update preview

Posted: April 28, 2017

Hello! I thought it'd be useful to show you a preview of Sunday's Bowland DK update... it goes live at 1pm UK time. Here's most of it: I've done sweater quantities of all of it - it's been so long since we did the last Bowland update that we had none left, so I was really starting from scratch again. There are three Cottage Originals batches included. There's also a batch of Sparrow, which is what Lori Versaci used in her Summer Fog cardigan pattern. Those white tags are for office use only - they'll be coming off the yarn!...

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The EYF hangover

Posted: March 27, 2017

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!

Posted: March 20, 2017

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....