Exciting News

Now that seven months have gone by since we closed the shop in Tadcaster, it might be time for me to be thinking about doing something new!! I have promised myself a gap year and believe me a gap year is what I am having. I am using this time to do the things I enjoy and to try out new things. Last week, for example, as mentioned on this blog, I tried out basket making. I have also tried fused glass making and created my own fairy lights.

I am having lots of trips out and walks in the countryside as well as spending time with my family.

Another very important part of this gap year is completing my City and Guilds knit design course, of which I am on the last leg (I hope).

However, yesterday I did achieve a significant step with regards to what I might do with myself once this ‘gap year’ is over. With a lot of  help from my husband, who is much cleverer at these things than I am, I now have an online shop on this website!!

It’s not a very big shop, there is only one product at the moment, a kit to knit the cushion seen above, but it will grow.

I chose one of my knitting kits to be the first item available. Indeed this was the first knitting pattern that I ever wrote. I was inspired by a lady who came into the shop looking for something to knit during a hospital stay. I think I remember correctly that she hadn’t done any knitting for a while but as she knew that she was going to be needing to fill her time, she had a desire for a cable knit cushion cover. We had no patterns available at that stage, as it was very early days and we hadn’t built up our stock, so I came up with this one.

I have blogged about this pattern before. Some people are a bit frightened of cable knitting, but it really is easier than it looks and very satisfying. This cushion is a brilliant introduction to cable knitting and can be tackled by novice or experienced cable knitters. One of my customers in Tadcaster knitted several of this design as unique and stylish wedding gifts.

The kit contains 4 balls of Sirdar Chunky Crofter, 3 coconut buttons and the pattern and costs £12 plus postage.You will need 5.5mm, 6.5mm needles and a cable needle. The finished cushion will fit a 14″square cushion pad.

More knitting kits and patterns to come!!

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