Stories tagged: Life in the day of a wool shop

Life in the day of a wool shop

This nicheness just got nichier

There's a draftiness to the interior of the shop which has its perks when the weather gets warmer. In the winter we layer up against...

Life in the day of a wool shop

Overheard in the wool shop

"Oooh it must be lovely working in a wool shop. I'd love to have a job where I got to sit around and knit all...

Life in the day of a wool shop

Into the beyond

I was trying and failing to steady the skate which I'd hung from the rack on the cieling. The weight of the the boot kept...

Life in the day of a wool shop

A year in the life of a wool shop window

"Oh is that the shop with the funny window displays?"Hmm, do you mean funny-ha-ha or funny-peculiar? Sometimes I think the shop is better known by...

Life in the day of a wool shop

How to Open a Wool Shop Part II

..And then the shop opened. Knitters heard that there was a new yarn store in Hackney and the non-knitters also wanted to see what was...

Life in the day of a wool shop

How to open a wool shop Part I

It was on a sunny Wednesday morning in the spring of 2014. There was a chill in the air, not that different from today. I...

Life in the day of a wool shop

Overheard in the Wool Shop this Week

The stars, moon and hearts were all aligned this week to create a magical coincidence of St Valentine's Day and the Late Night Knitty Lock-in....

Life in the day of a wool shop

The windowiest window of the year

There's a hint of wistfulness that can set in when dismantling a window display. It's a bit like the undoing of a spell: the one...

Life in the day of a wool shop

Overheard in the woolshop this week

So much for autumn. The somersaulting seasons of the UK have just landed us back in high summer again, with the hottest temperatures all year....

Life in the day of a wool shop

Overheard in the woolshop this week

Lots of new faces and new knitters in the shop this week, also old knitters trying new things. It's a good reminder that however familiar...

Life in the day of a wool shop

Overheard in the wool shop this week

It's been cold, rainy and grey outside all week, but inside in the wool shop you've all been giving us plenty to smile about. Here...

Life in the day of a wool shop

In search of the perfect sweater

The key ingredients for the perfect pudding, an old friend of mine explained, are something crunchy, something creamy and something fruity. He expanded this theory...