This week’s joy
This week I’ve been doing some lovely, mindless knitting – stitch after stitch of knit that becomes row after row of garter stitch. It’s something I use to switch off. When everything feels urgent and everything seems to need to happen immediately, the stitches help calm the busyness of the mind. All those dancing worries […]
The start of the year…
The start of a new year often means talk of New Year’s resolutions. That used to feel like the norm, but thanks to the wonderful (and noisy!) world of the web, there are now lots of different opinions. One of the loudest seems to be that spring is the best time to start anything new […]
The 12 days of Christmas
Oh my… I have been sharing so much on social and in the newsletter that I momentarily forgot about the blog… I am so sorry to my lovely readers. What was I thinking?! I was so happy that I’d actually organised myself and managed to do the 12 Days of Christmas for the… uh oh… […]
Why Natural Fibres?
Why We Only Stock Natural Fibres at Purl &JaneAnd why I love them more with every stitch. When I opened the Purl &Jane Studio in Skipton back in 2010, I was certain of one thing – I only wanted to stock natural fibres. Fifteen years later and that has never changed. Before then, I spent […]