Ruth Strickley tells us how The Little Wool Company is marking Breast Cancer Awareness Month with their bright pink bags!

At The Little Wool Company we think Breast Cancer Awareness month is a great way to raise awareness. To show our support, all our knitting kits now come in bright pink handmade cotton bags.  They made their debut at the recent Creative Stitches show in Exeter, and caused quite a stir. Some people even wanted to buy just the bags without the kits, which wasn't the idea at all!

Julie from A Woolly Tail introduces three new yarns from local yarn supplier Stylecraft: Astrakhan, Aviemore and TrendSetter.

We’re pleased to announce the arrival of 3 new yarns for Stylecraft, an independent yarn supplier based in Keighley, West Yorkshire.

A Woolly Tail is proud to have such a great relationship with all of its suppliers and believes strongly in supporting local business. Running a small family business myself, it’s important to me to solely deal with suppliers on our doorstep. This means we are  able to offer a wide range of yarns at extremely competitive prices from some of the best suppliers in West Yorkshire. A Woolly Tail is a company that truly believes in its motto – yarns sourced from the Heart of Yorkshire!

Dan at Cucumberpatch offers an insight into a typical day at a busy yarn business.

I became Sales & Business Development Manager at Cumberpatch eight years ago after the South African stainless steel company I was working for was taken over.

It’s a hell of a difference selling sheets of cold hard steel each weighing say 5000g to soft fluffy colourful balls weighing 50g each!

My earliest memory of knitting is of being aged about seven years old and my mum trying to teach me and my sister how to knit. I think I managed about six rows before running back outside to carry on kicking my ball against the garage door!