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EU Customers  Mitzi has some important info for our lovely EU customers, following on from the nightmare that is Brexit! Unfortunately, until this summer at least, parcels sent from Scotland to EU customers will now be considered “imports” and hence liable for your country’s sales tax. This may be requested from you plus a handling fee after it arrives in your country but before your parcel is delivered. As Woolly Originals doesn’t reach the threshold to pay VAT in the UK, we’re unable to reduce our prices for EU customers accordingly. Mitzi is currently in discussions with Royal Mail, so...

I’m delighted to have been interviewed by Knit Now magazine about my making ethos! If you’d like to read more, it’s in the latest issue 124, along with: an article on Susan Crawford Vintage and her amazing new book of patterns, Evolution; four Magic Roundabout designs by Sachiko Ishii; Meet the Designer, Tina Tse; and an amazing array of patterns and woolly information!

When Ellen of Mrs Lam Yarns applied to my Indie Dyer’s opportunity this summer, her yarn and it’s story were so amazing that they just had to have their own design! Ellen’s yarns celebrate her Chinese heritage and narrate her experiences as a British Born Chinese woman.    Her submitted hand-dyed yarn told the story of the Dragon Boat Festival which in history would take place superstitiously during an unlucky month on the lunar calendar in terms of disasters and illnesses. Therefore, the competitors’ boats would have poisonous animal-shaped items to chase away the evil spirits by the sea or river.  ...