The lovely Karen has asked me to
guest blog for her, how could I resist! I have followed Karens blog for a
long time, and as you know she is a member of my blanket club and
regularly buys yarn from me. So to guest blog for her is a pleasure!
I absolutely love my job! I wouldn’t change it for the world. It allows me to juggle having three young children and work, but not only that I am lucky enough to go to work every day and do something I thoroughly enjoy, my customers, like Karen, are amazing! I really love interacting with them every day showing me what they have made using my yarn, or helping them get back to a hobby they once loved by developing a hook especially for them. I am a very lucky lady.
OK
so that’s me in a nutshell... So I thought it would be nice if I showed
you the recent yarn exhibition I was at which I’m sure some of you will
know all about - Yarndale is a yarn event held in Skipton, Yorkshire
every summer, and I was exhibiting again this year. Yarndale was first
brought together by Lucy from ‘attic 24’ and a small group of others to
create an event that showcases the talents surrounding the yarn
community. However it quickly grew, and it is now a massive show with
over 200 exhibitors and sees in excess of 7,000 people through the doors
over the two day show.
We
were there this year and had a fantastic time! We had opted for the
double size pen space so we could showcase all we do, and I was so glad
we did, with that amount of people anything smaller would have been too
cluttered. This was our stall, I could have faffed for hours about how
to lay everything out... That’s another thing about me, I’m a tad anal
lol.
The show had everything you could possibly imagine, crochet hooks, yarn, knitting needles, notions, fibre, art, spinning wheels and even alpacas!! Yes real live squishy cuddly alpacas... What’s not to love. I encourage anyone who is thinking of going next year to definitely go. Its a fantastic event with something for everyone.
Our
showcase this year was our new blanket club :) Those of you who have
followed Karen's progress with her blanket club will know a little about
it. Basically blanket club is a subscription based club, where each
month you receive hand dyed merino yarn in a surprise colour-way and a
pattern to follow for the month along with an added extra gift. Come the
end of the year you will have created a beautiful blanket using hand
painted merino yarn that you wouldn’t necessarily have done had to had
to buy all the yarn outright. Its also a great way to learn new
techniques, and chat with other like minded crochet lovers as their is a
facebook group especially for blanket club members.
This
years blanket club has been a huge success and next years is set to be
even better, the pattern and theme has changed a little, taking on-board
comments from this years group, we have developed a graph based
pattern. Each month you will receive all the yarn in all the colours
needed to create a large multicoloured square, that will then be joined
together to create a beautiful large crochet blanket to cherish.
So those of you who would like to know more feel free to pop over to www.fortheloveofyarn.co.uk for more information - pm me on facebook and I’ll happily add you to the newsletter list.
Thank you for having me over here at Karen's fabulous blog. It’s been a joy.
Happy hooking :)
Love Lisa xx
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