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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

23 February 2010

Serenity Knitting sponsored Simply Knitting's readers letters over the last six months and one winner was so delighted with her voucher - here is her post on the moneysaving expert forum.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Spring is nearly here. To warm you up for the new season, Rowan's newest magazine no. 47 is now out, for the Spring - Summer season 2010. Next in the diary for the 1 Feb 2010, is the Rowan Summer Crochet magazine, which is exclusively crochet designs using Rowan's Siena 4 ply and Cotton Glace...

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

15 December 2009

Using Rowan Pure Cashmere DKFor those of you who have splashed out and bought Rowan pure cashmere DK, we wanted to point out that the no. of balls specified in the Rowan Classic Designs for Men and Women has some errors. The one we have noted so far is for the Bertram design, the book states for s...

12 December 2009

Harrogate Knit & Stitch showIt was a few of weeks ago now but only seems like days ago. First time at the Harrogate show and it was exhilarating and exhausting but worth the effort. The most amazing aspect of the show which stands out for me was how lovely all our customers were, even though w...

Thursday, October 15, 2009

15 October 2009

We visited this year's Ali Pally Knit & Stitch show on Friday October 9, and as usual, we have to marvel at the fabulous hilltop location of Alexandra Palace, most of London is laid out below, with most of the monuments and places of interest clearly visible . If you have never visited bef...

Monday, September 14, 2009

11 September 2009

I Knit show - Victoria, LondonThis year the I Knit show was a two day event, at the RHS halls in Victoria, London. These halls are a great location, well lit, spacious and a great restaurant downstairs and only a 5-10 min walk from Victoria tube station. AND lots of seats for knitting and chatt...

Monday, July 6, 2009

06 July 2009

Woolfest 2009Day trip up to Cockermouth in the beautiful Lake District for day 1 of the Woolfest on June 26th. It was my first time to the Woolfest and it was well worth the visit. The location the Lakeland Livestock Centre, with the pens being converted into stalls for a couple of days. Some of ...

Thursday, June 25, 2009

25 June 2009

Summer is definitely here, and is usual English style, one day scorchio and next rain!We hope you have seen our advertising in the the knitting magazines, Simply Knitting, The Knitter, Let's Knit, and Knitting and also in Vogue Knitting in autumn - we've been busy. Last week Anna and I visited ...

Thursday, May 28, 2009

16 May 2009

Very exciting Autumn/Winter 2009 launch today at home of Rowan in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire - right on my doorstep in fact. The new season designs were introduced by internationally renowned designer Erika Knight and all the designs are very strong this year and there are some fabulous additions to ...

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

14 April

Pattern book browser or page turner gizmo is now ready!After lots of trials, frowning and shaking of heads, and now smiley faces, the ability to browse some of the pattern books is now ready. A number of the Rowan magazines and two new Debbie Bliss pattern books have been put up as brochures and y...