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A Brief introduction  to anyone I'm yet to meet; I knit from my studio in Devon. I drink far too much tea & eat way too much junk food. I'm besotted with my Cockapoo Harry who's a year and a half old. Last October I married my husband Alex after 10 years of getting to know each other & I started my business a few years ago having moved to Devon when Alex was offered a job at the airport & the rest is history...

A bit about my work - I use 100% Merino Wool which has to be the greatest material ever. Colour is everything, whether it's fabulous brights or fine neutrals, each one is effervescent in it's own way. I mainly make soft furnishings (particularly blankets) but like to branch out a bit too. Everything is hand knit on giant needles, I then hand process all the items to help with quality and lifespan.

*and exhale* If you'd like to know more then there's plenty more waffle on the About page and in my Blog, Happy exploring! 

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You can't get cosier than a giant knit blanket. With options to choose your favourite size, stitch and colour there's over a hundred varieties in total so we're sure to create a blanket to suit you.

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Hello New Work Home!
Hello New Work Home!

A quick whizz round our new work home, we’ve still a lot to do but its SO BRILLIANT to have some space!

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2018 Christmas Collection Launch
2018 Christmas Collection Launch

The new A/W (Christmas) Collection has just launched and here’s an introduction to every new product and kit… I REALLY REALLY hope you like them!

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ARM-ageddon
ARM-ageddon

A little update on the arm situation…

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5 things I learned at Creatival
5 things I learned at Creatival

Creative last week was an absolute HOOT so I thought I’d write down a couple of things I learnt…

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Toolkit Launch - Defining Your Brand
Toolkit Launch - Defining Your Brand

We’ve packed everything we know about Defining Your Brand into this PDF. Its the first of many and it’s one of the most important things to clarify… I hope you like it!

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Behind the Scenes of Our New Project
Behind the Scenes of Our New Project

We’re bizarrely excited about this new project and would love your help, if you’re a small business after any advice please let us know what you need…

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40mm needles + super soft & hypoallergenic merino wool = Endless possibilities

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Hello hello! Quick question- when does it become acceptable for me to spam you with Christmas pictures? 🙊 Regardless of your answer I think I’m going to start now 🤷🏼‍♀️😂 mainly because I’m obsessed with the updated Santa Sacks - they used to just be red and white (my natural instinct is to go traditional Christmas colours every time 😂) but this year they’ve been jazzed up and I can’t get enough of all the colour combos (swipe across to see them all) I want to make some samples in different colours so hit me up with your faves 👌🏼💖 this teal and mustard might be my favourite but I’m desperate to do a coral and lilac one too 🙊 what would you go for???
Evenings pals! Hope you’ve had a lovely weekend, I have some knitting news for my makers - sadly the Crimson coloured Super Chunky Yarn is being discontinued (😭 only in the smaller yarn it’ll still be available in the Giant for blankets 👌🏼) so if you’re after a knitting kit or a hank for a project then please grab it now before it’s gone for good😳 . It’s one of my favourite colours (as shown here) but the good news is it’s given me a kick up the backside to get some new colours in. I’m thinking candyfloss for sure and must get a nice orange (maybe cinnamon?) so let me know if there’s colours you fancy and I’ll see what I can do 😊💖
I don’t have even a gist of a caption for this picture, I just really wanted to wear a pink blanket and a crown 👸🏼 I desperately wanted to photoshop out the skirting board but I figured skirting boards are real so I’ll leave it in to keep totally ‘down to earth’.... so naturally I then added magic spots, all that’s missing is the unicorn. Welcome to my brain. 🦄 P.s @sienna.and.i I’m coming to you for magic dot tips! 😂🙈💖
When I tell people I do ‘giant knitting’ (either that or I’m a borrower 🤷🏼‍♀️) #WHPscale #onmyneedles
As you can imagine, when @loafhome emailed and asked if I wanted to ‘rest-drive’ some of their bedding I played it TOTALLY cool and waited all of 30 seconds before replying “YES PLEASE!” 😴 So this week we’ve been living it up in our fancy pants new bedding (that sounds more sexual than I intended, let’s move on) it’s so lush and OMG THE COLOUR 💃 It’s so fun having a blast of teal-y turquoise in there! ...and hello grey throw, don’t you look nice with it? 😍 I must admit to you though friends that it took me way longer than it should have to catch onto the term ‘rest-drive’ (I honestly thought it was a technical instagram term for a while, before clocking onto the pun 😂🤦🏼‍♀️) 👏🏼 Anyway, now I’m off to see what other colour throws work with my marvellous new bedding 🙊... OMG Mink Blush perhaps? Or should I go all in with bright pink? MUSTARD! I can’t decide #sendlindabarker 😂🙈🙌🏼 #gifted
My fur baby turned 3 this weekend. To celebrate we came to St Ives (planned before we remembered his birthday but don’t tell him) and he did a gigantic poo in the middle of the street then panicked and trod in it. The boy knows how to celebrate alright. Happy Birthday Harry 😑🤦🏼‍♀️😂 🎂 I on the other hand, have been far less wild (thankfully! 🤣🙈😳) and spent the weekend strolling the streets, staring at the sea and knitting in bed. It’s been heaven. I’ve finished a new knit kit pattern (a jumper for beginners - preview in my stories 🙊) ignored my emails and been in awe of the orders flying in - thank you so much! I love how much you love Santa hats and knit kits 💖💖 . I hope you’ve had a brilliant weekend and enjoyed the extra hour in bed! Now I’m off to knit something new!.... but what?! 🙊😆💖 I think Harry might need a hat?! 😜 . P.S promise I’ll get back on my emails soon haha. I’ve not abandoned you altogether! 💖
Sorry for the radio silence pals! I’ve been in my new studio drinking cheap Prosecco out of mugs and perving at people out the window. 🚂 We’re in the ‘Former Ticket Office’ by Topsham train station which is basically on the platform (actual train behind me there for evidence). We’ve had a bonkers week painting and moving and building ikea furniture and keeping up with orders and trying to sort WiFi (omg why can’t BT ever do their job properly?!) and pulling our hair out at the courier companies who STILL HAVEN’T COLLECTED THE PARCELS! It’s been manic and wonderful and frantic and tiring and brilliant! 💪🏼 I feel totally profesh now we have a proper studio, (and my house back 🙊) it’s so exciting!... but despite being a big grown up business lady now, I can assure you (and the many middle aged men I’ve met throughout this process) that I shan’t stop dressing like a child or using the phrase ‘OMG!’ In real life. 🤷🏼‍♀️💁🏼‍♀️💖 you can be whoever you wanna be hun and I wanna be knitting in dungarees and painting doors pink 😁💖 here’s to LAD and it’s 3 year lease, and more importantly here’s to you guys, who made it possible 🥂🍾 (I fucking love you) x
‘THE NEW COLLECTION HAS JUST LAUNCHED, ACT NATURAL’ 🎄 I’m so excited I could bust. I promise not to spam you with Christmas stuff constantly but just for the launch - there’s Ready Made tree skirts, toppers, handmade decorations, stockings and garlands (plus the old favourites like the Original Santa Hat, obvs). Then there’s knit kits for crowns, knitted advent calendars(!), mini stockings, regular stockings and a santa sack. 🤶🏼 Should you choose to shop or peruse, there’s a link in my bio and more on my stories 😁😁 . There, it’s out of my system OK?! PHEW now I just need to move premises and I’m ready for Christmas 😳🤪😂🙈 🎄 🤣 finally, thanks for this shot @georgiadelotz it’s my fave 🙄😂 this is definitely my ‘oh hey, I’m just casually looking at this decoration’ pose 🙈😂 #winner
Can I have a weekend to get over the weekend please? 🙊🤪😴 . I spent Friday like a maniac trying to sort the legal bits for the new LAD premises (still not finalised 🤦🏼‍♀️) Saturday panic-organising the new A/W range (it’s definitely a Christmas range but I’m scared you’ll abuse me if I say it too soon 😜) and today having my mind blown with sensible, inspiring, intelligent, real and raw conversation at @wowexeter 🙌🏼 It was so interesting to hear discussions about mental health, the gender pay gap and body image today, so many interesting points and incredible women speaking - I could have listened to @stylemesunday and @ajabarber talk for hours (I was fangirling a little 🙊🤷🏼‍♀️... who wouldn’t?!) hope you had a brilliant weekend pals! 💖 . P.s no rest for the wicked, I’m off to Hands Club tomorrow to pick stuff up - I can just about carry a cup of tea with it now so reckon that’s all I really need right? 😉
Don’t mind me! I’m just casually sitting here like a regular person thinking about what to knit next. 🙊 . Today I had a really good appointment with my Occupational Therapist where he told me that since I started seeing him 5 weeks ago (post op and nerve damage,) I’ve managed to get my wrist movement up from 10% to 55% 💪🏼 I know there’s still quite a long way to go (I’m hoping for 80% ultimately 🤞🏼) but I’m bloody delighted with that progress so far so I thought I’d show off my fancy wrist bend 💁🏼‍♀️ AND my scar. ⚡️ On that note, I posted some stories last night about my scar and a few people got the wrong impression. The thing about the scar isn’t its appearance, I don’t dislike mine ‘because it’s ugly’ 🙄🤦🏼‍♀️ far from it! I’m pleased to say I’m more complicated than that. I struggle with it because of what it represents, because of the trauma and pain I associate with it and because it’s confusing to not recognise your own body. And that’s ok. I’m allowed to feel like that, and so are you 💖 To everyone who shared their stories with me in response - thank you so much. I’m so sorry I’m slow going through all the messages but I want you to know I see you and I’m so grateful that you’d share your story with me or that you’re kind enough to let me know you’re here with me for mine. 👯‍♀️ Im sure one day it wouldn’t be a big deal and I’m really looking forward to that, but for today I just wanted to put it out there in the hopes it helps someone else to feel ok as well. 👌🏼 As for my wrist bend, I’ve never worked so hard in my life, daily pain, a lot of tears and pushing myself further than I thought possible (with heaps of help/torture from Alex) so I’m just going to mention it again... 55% baby! 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼 YAS! One more time? 10% to 55% 💃💃 now that deserves a donut 🍩😜 over and out (finally, soz!) 😘 . #stufflaurenstouched #showyourscars #worldmentalhealthday
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