Yesterday afternoon Karen popped into the shop for a cuppa and a chat, and amongst all the nattering she showed me the shawl she was knitting using her own hand spun, hand dyed yarn.
I fell instantly in love with it!
SO much in love with it I nearly stole it from her!! She definatley has an eye for colour - I've seen some of her other hand dyed yarn and it is always beautiful. This one is so bright and cheerful, like a sunrise or a beautiful sunset and I WANT IT!! (Please?!?)
Karen is hoping to refine her spinning a little bit before trying to sell some of her creations - personally I dont think it can be improved much more as I love the 'one offness' off hand spun yarn and I will definately be looking out for her Etsy Shop when I am in Wales and in need of some yarn which is both individual and beautiful.
Thankyou for bringing it in to show me Karen, I may be asking for some lessons in hand dying very soon!
Lots of love
Tina xxx
I'm such a rubbish Blogger - nothing for months and now here's my BIG news......
I knew I hadn't blogged for a LONG time, but I did not realise it was a whole year - how on earth did that happen??? I guess with moving shop and other family stuff its just passed me by....
So since I moved the shop from the High Street to The Plain, its been going from strength to strength - all my customers have re-found me and I get a lot of new customers who are just wandering up to the High Street, lots of tourists from America, Australia and all over who are staying at Thornbury Castle (Lucky people!) So we are very happy here.....which is why my BIG news is happy news but tinged with a lot of sadness for me.
Here goes....
I am moving to Wales. There I've said it. I am moving to 'the Land of My Fathers' to a beautiful house in half an acre of land at the foot of The Black Mountains (I think they look more like grey hills, but I'm told I mustn't say that to a Welsh person!) The only problem with my hubby being offered a really great job in Wales is that I will have to sell my business here, and that is the sad part for me. I love this shop and all the people involved in it - customers, co-workers, helper outers, other High Street business owners, Chamber of Commerce members, charities I have become involved in, delivery men, the post lady - and any other person who I have regular contact with. Its going to be a huge wrench for me to leave it behind. I am determined that the shop will not close, it will stay on the market for as long as it takes to sell. Somehow we will make it work so all the customers I have gained over the last three years can still pop in for their yarn and a chat if they want. Even if I have to come over from Wales every day. I think Thornbury likes having a Wool Shop.
I would love it if anyone who reads this could pass on the news that the business is up for sale. It would be great to be able to choose who buys it, as I only want the right person to take it on - someone who will try to expand and widen the business. And of course, let me come back in every now and then to buy some yarn as I will not be working full time and will have time to knit and spin as much as I like!
I will be setting up a new small business selling Sock and Shawl yarns, so look out for LoobyLou, yarns for sock and shawl knitters coming soon. I will also have a new LoobyLou blog which will definately have more than one post a year on it!!
Now I have to go and Google search yarn shops in Wales......
Lots of love
Tina xxxx
