Wednesday 10 February 2016

Knitting Class Ross on Wye

You lovely Rossonians could do worse than spend a couple of hours learning some new skills in the comfort of Ross-on-Wye's great asset - The Larruperz Centre on Sta 20 Feb 11.00am -1.00pm
At only £12 for the two hour session you could master some basic skills - brush up some rusty ones or go to the more advanced end of the scale (and probably the table!) to fathom the delights of the professional finish, the miracle cure of the mattress stitch or the best way to tackle a fair isle project in order to keep that tension even.
Border button holes or back stitch - you name it - we will do it!
Hopefully see some new faces as well as old friends of The Wool Garden.


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Meanwhile on a less commercial note I am back teaching English full time and although the grumbling rumbles on - I must admit I am sneakily enjoying the whole experience!
I do though still have a finger on the needles and am the purveyor of small amounts of discounted treasures from my adventures in the yarn trade.

Friday 30 October 2015

Back Up And Knitting

Finally after much holidaying and sorting I am back up and knitting.
The shop, sadly, is no more but I am spending my time preparing for my new knitting classes for the New Year.
These will take place on Saturday 9th January in room 5 at The Larruperz Centre and are bookable online with myself via email or by phone. For the less Paypal savvy you can pay on the door but numbers will be limited so I would ring to book first.

I am still knitting commissions and Mary will be pleased to know that I am on the last front from tonight. Busy restocking the website and also getting ready for the Christmas Craft Fair at Cheltenham Ladies College on November 22nd - so all good woolly fun.

Will upload a few pics soon of a small section of my craft items which will also be available online for a more unusual Chrisse pressie. Particularly good for those lucky few who have got everything!So what with all of that and the usual round of WI talks and the one off lesson in crochet, knitting and spinning I am kept pretty busy in the Land of Wool.

Keep checking the website as my next project is uploading tutorials online as well as putting all the yarn I have left in a special yarn sale section - which for those who visited us before we finished will know - will be a good place to spot a real bargain.




Monday 17 August 2015

Casting Off

Finally the sad day has arrived and we are now officially shut!

Any further knitting questions or course bookings just use the email bron@thewoolgarden.co.uk
I am off sailing and taking the knitting of course! Knitting on a boat while hubby pokes about with the sails - ah there's nothing like it.

I need to thank all my loyal knitters and those who popped in for chats, advice and all things knitty for making the last four years such fun.

Now I can concentrate my efforts on the teaching side - which will all be bookable online from October.

Advice and alternative suggestions and wool orders still available online and do look out for our clearance items as they will be up there over the next few weeks - all still at vastly reduced prices
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Cant wait to get spinning and dyeing my own wool - as well as attending all those fabulous knitting shows. I am manning a stall at the Cheltenham Ladies College Christmas Fayre if you are missing our cushions and gifts and passing that way at the end of November.

Meanwhile - don't forget to keep it local and support all the lovely friendly and amazingly well stocked shops of Newent. You know you can get everything there (except for posh wool!) Malvern   and Abergavenny are your nearest alternatives.

Keep your eyes peeled for further info and updates as I will have much more time to update the website and the blog from now on. Woo hoo.

Thanks all and see you in town.

Cheers
Bron




Wednesday 17 June 2015

COME PREPARED AND BRING A LARGE BAG!!!!

So here it is
Massive Reductions
50% off EVERYTHING
all over the Summer! . . . just saying!

Better stock pile and fast coz today was boiling and I still had an amazing day - thanks to all those lovely customers. I can see it all dwindling before my eyes - and when it's gone it's gone!
If you have always had a hankering for Noro; a yen for Debbie Bliss; a must for Louisa Harding then now's the time!


Seriously though folks - if you want to grab yourselves a bargain    -  then head on down to 
The Wool Garden in Newent because I am casting off - in order to do more weeding; designing and generally knitting for fun!



Website;lessons;advice commissions and craft fairs will all still be up and running - so keep your eye out for the change of Venue and telephone numbers. 

More info on a weekly basis . . .

Bah!  Off to mark some English GCSEs now!



Thursday 8 January 2015

2015 PROJECTS THAT IS!!!!

                                  New Year New Classes New Wool New Me

New Year's resolutions:

                                       Finish All UFOs
                             Weave in Ends As I Go Along
                         Update The Website All The Time
                                 Write A Blog A Week
                           Learn to Enjoy Needle Felting!

As usual I have a whole list of UFOs and to make you all feel better I have 16 projects on the go right now! As the lucky inheritor of another great knitting machine I have started a whole pile more as well. Manual Lace knitting on the machine is the great distractor at the moment but hey - I do have an excuse. All part of my grand plan for the revamp of The Wool Garden (more news of which in March!)

Starting in February there will also be morning knitting surgeries held in the shop. £5 per 2 hour session which will include my expertise as well as (and probably more importantly - tea coffee and biscuits)

I am currently developing a series of machine knitting courses -  so get restoring those old dusty machines some of you are lucky enough to have in your lofts - and embark on something new and YES -  HAND KNITTERS! brilliantly creative for the New Year. I honestly couldn't believe it when I had churned out 3 jumpers - all looking hand knitted and all completed in the two weeks before Christmas.

My other great January promises are
1. I will clear up my 3 workrooms (I have rather spread myself about!)
2. I will sort my stash!
3. I will tidy my knitting bag (actually that is 4 knitting bags)

And with that rather exhausting list I will leave you all (and myself) wondering just how that is all going to be accomplished without taking on a permanent wool slave!


                          I am just too embarrassed to show you all the third one!






Wednesday 3 December 2014

Black Christmas

Had a great day at the Montpellier Street Christmas Fayre mainly thanks to the my dearest oldest friend, Maud who gave up her Sunday and my lovely hubby who drove us there and helped to unload.

Boy Oh Boy though we were cold - thanks to the friendly ladies from Tiffins we were able to stand on some cupboard. I did have knitted socks on but, as ever market trader knows, the pavement is a cold surface!

Should have covered ourselves in our fab fair isle cushions.

Back to the shop and some new shades of Debbie Bliss Donegal arrived this morning. Can't wait to get knitting with it. Now is the time though to visit us because I was so disgusted by that stupid Black Friday nonsense that I have decided to have a much more sedate Black Christmas with a whopping:
                                       20% OFF ALL STOCK THROUGHOUT DECEMBER!!!



and on that note - just to remind anyone stuck for gift ideas we do vouchers - and, as all us knitters know, we would very much appreciate one of those!
                                         Who knows? Could just be a Black January as well!


Friday 24 October 2014

So Much Wool And So Little Time!

Right then - just tidied up and loaded my shades of Debbie Bliss Fine Donegal onto the website. Finally got round to putting all the pictures of Cashmerino Aran on and this happened:
A delivery arrived in the afternoon, just after I had got it all tidy and I am now so stuffed with wool, including the new Louisa Harding Susurro which is fabulous, that I really don't know where to put it all:

Any suggestions?
Maybe I could offload some to all of you quality knitters out there?

And, by the way it is not like I have got nothing to do. I have recently inherited a Silver reed knitting machine along with an older Knitmaster. Can't believe how productive I have been in such a short space of time. And it really isn't like I need a new hobby:

This reminds me of the Princess and the Pea!

So I am beetling away for our Christmas fair which darn it I still have to book. Have already picked up a commission for these cosy objects though, and before she heads off with it here it is:



 It's the one on the right. Anyway if worst comes to the worst everyone knows what they'll be getting for Christmas! This weekend I am tackling socks after a great day of lessons from an amazing machine knitter who spent the day showing me shaping and cast on combs and making a v neck etc etc. They will be translated to Christmas stockings for the window. Sorry to say I don't do Halloween - not for religious anythings - but just don't see the point. It was a real non event to the generation I come from and I never did quite get that American thing of flogging us all plastic pumpkins and the like. (Little rant there)

Added to it all I went to see the lovely ladies at the Much Birch WI and gave them all a talking to about spinning, knitting and fibre. I do love doing these - such an amazingly polite audience compared to year 11 boys!!!!

Well, that's it for now - off to the shop today and tomorrow to put all the wool away and reload the website as I now have loads more shades to put in - darn it!