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Rachel

Three words about myself: Cheeky, occasionally troublesome Favourite Colourways: you will frequently find me wearing Shades of ageing goth with bursts of colour I’m a bit weird because…. I love concrete When I’m not knitting I am…. Trying to keep up with a toddler, hoping for sunshine, drinking tea

Recent Posts

Ch ch ch ch changes ...

Posted by Rachel on 08-Mar-2018 10:26:34

If you frequent our lovely shop in Chapel Allerton, Leeds, you may have recently seen some changes to the store layout. Since we moved into the new store 3 years ago we have increased the team by two and along with looking after our shop customers, we are also busy behind the scenes creating new products, doing photography, keeping the website looking sparkly for online customers, and making sure our international trade customers are up to date with what we’re creating. This has meant we’ve had up to 6 people on the busiest days all trying to work in one room and it was getting just a teeny bit ridiculous. 

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Getting Back In To Knitting

Posted by Rachel on 04-Jan-2018 18:30:00

My mum owned a wool shop when I was a teenager and she taught me to knit. My first projects were firmly rooted in 1980's fashion. Brightly coloured mohair batwing jumpers and huge chunky cardigans. I used to help out in the shop at weekends so coming to work at baa ram ewe was reassuringly familiar even though 25 years had passed. 

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