Meet Team LAD – Introducing Lauren
Hello lovelies! Hope you’ve all had a great week?! We’re all doing really well – the studio is getting busier by the day and we’re excited to share some new designs with you soon..! Last blog post I said it was the final of our Team LAD posts, but then Lauren asked me if she […]
Meet Team LAD – Introducing Helen
Hello loves! This week, we’re carrying on our introductions of all of Team LAD, and this week, it’s me! 🙈 It feels a little odd writing this as myself, but let’s just go with it and see where we end up, shall we?! Needless to say – it’ll be an interesting trip down memory lane […]
Meet the Team
Hello Babes, How are you? Well, you might have seen on social media that this week I finally let the cat out of the bag… turns out i’m pretty pregnant. I’ve a tiny person due to join our family in January and although I was very nervous to share the news (for a number of […]
Jumbo Yarn
The perfect middle weight yarn, knit on 25mm needles creating an amazing chunky texture.
Subscription Treats
Christmas shopping starts here… meet the amazing businesses who sent us treats for our last sub boxes of the year!
Why I won’t help you copy my business 2.0
“Where do you buy your wool?” and other questions I won’t answer… Here’s why.
The Trouble With Raising The Bar
It’s nearly always great to push yourself and try to improve but sometimes it’s OK to just be you and see what happens.
Christmas In June
Christmas is a year-round event for a small business, especially a seasonal one like knitting. The more organised you are then the better it gets so I’m sharing my plans, systems and every questions I ask myself leading up to that time of year in the hopes it’ll help someone else who needs a plan.
Stuff I’ve Learnt about Running a Small Business
Everything I’ve learnt running my business from getting started to returns – it’s all in there!
New Year Planning for your Creative Business
Now is the perfect time to plan for the year ahead. This weeks blog is everything I’ve learnt about planning and organising your small business so that it’s as simple as possible.
Super Chunky Knits Book
Join me knitting away on giant needles and whipping up blankets, gloves, plant pots and keyring in no time!
New Collection Launch
The Autumn Winter Collection has finally launched! I’m off to lay down…
Granite Jumbo Stocking *Sample Sale*
A selection of our products that have been made as samples or are slight seconds.
2023 LADvent calendar – patterns revealed!
Hello my babes! How ARE you angels? I’m so excited to chat to you today because I finally get to spill all the secrets about the product we spend most of our year working on! (and you know how bad I am with secrets, I just want to tell you everything immediately!) Yes – today […]
Our Knitting Advent Calendar for 2023
Hello lovelies How are you friends? This weekend we launched the Pre-order for our 2023 Knitting Advent Calendar aka LADvent (I imagine you know by now but I did have a few people ask the other day so just to clarify; LAD = Lauren Aston Designs and we like to merge that with anything we […]
LADvent Yarn Advent Calendar Revealed
Hello my LOVES It’s been way too long since i’ve done a blog and so *she’s baaaaaack* to talk about something exquisite… you know it, (it could only be one thing but also the title probably gives you a clue 🙄😂) it’s LADVENT ✨ For the uninitiated, LADvent is our Advent Calendar – this is the […]
The LAD’s Answer your Q’s
Hello lovelies! This week for the blog it’s Q & A time… You may remember Lauren asked on stories to see if anyone had any burning questions for us here at LAD – well, in case you’re interested 😝 – we’ve finally got round to answering them! Q: Who makes the best cuppa? Lauren: The […]
‘No Scrubs’ Face Cloth set – Knitting Pattern
Pamper yourself that bit more with this Face Cloth set knitting pattern.
Knitting Kit – Jumbo Christmas Sack
Make everyone’s Christmas wishes come true by creating this gorgeous Jumbo Christmas sack!
Knitting Kit – Super Chunky Christmas Sack
Easy beginners knit with all you need to knit a brilliantly festive super chunky Christmas sack!
LAD Gift Guide 2019
It’s that time again! Here’s the gift guide in case you want a spot of inspiration. From £6 stocking fillers to main gifts that’ll go down a storm, here’s our most popular ready made and diy products for presents…
Jumbo Christmas Sack – Knitting Pattern
Become a knitting genius when you create all the santa sacks with this handy downloadable knitting pattern!
I’m On’t Telly!
I’M ON THE TELLY! (well I will be on Friday) for Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas! Hope you can tune it (kind of) x
White Jumbo Knit Christmas Stocking
Why not make Christmas morning more memorable than ever with this special, handmade Jumbo knit Christmas Stocking that you can enjoy hanging up year after year?