“Do you have a knitting social thing here, you know, a Stitch and Bitch session?” Well, we have a knit night once a month (which in case you don’t know it, is totally great), but the stitch-and-bitch thing? Nah. Nah-ah. No no nooooo. The thing is, and I’ve asked myself this more or less everytime the Stitch and Bitch question… Read more →
Yarns may come and go but some things remain the same at Wild and Woolly. Ever since we opened up in 2014, it’s been a point of principle that if you come through the door with some knitting in need of sorting out, we’ll do our level best to work out the problem and solve it – regardless of where you… Read more →
In the shop-as-sweater-project version of life, this time of year often feels like we’re fast approaching the stitch marker at the end of a mightily long round. It’s a time for unfurling the fabric and seeing where you’ve got to, delighting in your nicely opposite leaning increases, and the fuzzy halo that’s hovering above the stitches. My shop keeper-ish equivalent… Read more →
Followers of the shop on social media will know already that the last couple of weeks have not been our finest. A robbery on Guy Fawkes night left the shop full of shattered glass and missing some critical pieces of office machinery. One of my first tasks after taking it all in, was to hastily write an instagram and facebook… Read more →
Over a year and a half since the last one, I’m happy to say that Absolute Beginner knitting classes are starting again on 3 October. Or maybe better to say that I’m utterly over the moon about it – which may surprise you given the website’s list of what I’ll be teaching: How to cast on, knit, purl, cast off, sew up.… Read more →
Last night we took the first step in over a year to revive Knit 15 – our series of niche talks for knitters – with a virtual talks night hosted by this year’s Unravel Festival of Knitting. We plan to get the talks up online for all of you to be able to listen to as soon as possible. In… Read more →
A baby sleeps under a corriedale moon as he dreams of Jumperweight sheep jumping over a knitting needle stile.. A yellow icord Circle Line frames a London Underground map of knitted tubes.. Knitting needle rain pours down over 2 bunnies sheltering under an umbrella swift… A yak-merino mouse potters about its diminutive cardboard box house.. 2 sweaters break all the… Read more →
It’s become a feature of this period of lockdown that time can feel a bit stuck. The absence of stories and news that come from bumping into friends, chance encouters at the shops and family gatherings, have somehow put a break on the normal flow of time. And so by way of reassurance that the shop story hasn’t ground to… Read more →
King Arthur’s was round, the Apostles’ was long, Number 10’s is oval. Tables and their shapes are important – they define the space and say something about what gets done around there. When I searched for the table for knitters to sit around in the shop, I knew I wanted it to feel like everyone fitted there. The one I… Read more →
