ECY monthly round up: September 2023
Despite a very major setback on my part September ended up being another month packed with yarn news which is partly why this blog post is so overdue (it’s almost the end of October, oops). The month started with me having a nasty fall involving some very jagged tarmac on the August bank holiday Monday and with injuries to both legs I wasn’t really able to work in the dye shed for about three weeks, and even then it was really hard to do. As I write this two months later (again, oops) my injuries are healing well and I’m...
Christmas posting dates 2023
Royal Mail have now issued their advice for postage this festive period. You can read the full advice HERE but in order to factor in us processing orders and getting them to the post office our last order dates are shown below. These dates are advisory only with the intention that items will arrive in time for Christmas. It is NOT a guarantee and we foresee a lot of delays this winter. To avoid disappointment please make sure to get your orders in with plenty of time to spare. We will be completely closed between Christmas and New Year so will not be...
ECY monthly round up: August 2023
The past couple of months have been really busy here at ECY Shedquarters! There sort of wasn’t much to report on in July because although we did a lot of work it was mostly producing and setting up for things that ended up happening in August. Let’s start with pattern releases. Firstly there was our long-awaited Swainby Hat pattern release (which is HERE on our website plus is on Ravelry and Payhip). This pattern has been through test-knitting and we have a gallery of the test knit hats HERE if you want to see what it looks like in...
ECY monthly round up: June 2023
June was another busy month at ECY! It is truly a pleasure to work with people from all over the world - it’s one of the biggest things that I’ve always loved about my job and I get as excited about it now as I did back in 2011 when I got my first international stockists and knit/crochet designers getting in touch. On that note this month’s wholesale orders have gone off to Loop in London, Seam in Exeter, Yarnaholic in Japan and Joy in South Korea. Loop and Yarnaholic are shops I’ve been working with for many years...
ECY monthly round up: May 2023
As we head towards summer here in Yorkshire, I thought it would be good to do a round up of what’s been happening at ECY Shedquarters over the past month. I’ll go through it in chronological order. We started out with something we’re particularly proud of which was a donation of £960 to Sarah Holmes’ Flower Power Fund, which is an ongoing fundraiser for Marie Curie. Sarah’s been doing the Flower Power Fund for a few years now and I think we’ve been involved every year so far, usually dyeing an exclusive flower-inspired yarn and selling it over the course...