Ja, Wol Blog

We’ve got too much of too much and it’s starting to itch… Little trickles of guilt are seeping through our yarn stash. And at the same time we feel like ‘we’re worth it’. Sounds familiar? Read on. I feel the weight of the ‘too much’ in my shop because people tell me about it all the time and I feel it too but I still need to sell more stuff to be able to earn a living and run my business. There’s a bit of antithesis here. I have been struggling with this thought and where to go with this...

I have been in love with the Little Grey Sheep yarns for years. I remember almost begging Emma at one Edinburgh Yarn Fest to let me sell her yarns.  At that point the farm didn't sell to shops and as the years passed I collected a bunch of her lovely yarns.  Eventually she caved to my pleads and let me sell a some of her mini skeins in my shop. A year or two later I am now one of few proud re-sellers of her yarns and the official stockist for the Netherlands.  I loved her colours/yarn so much that...

Potverdikkie, wat hebben we hard gewerkt op het Edinburgh Yarn Festival. Drie Saskia's in een camper die Hortensia heet volgestampt met wol (de camper, niet de Saskia's), de boot op, de woelige baren overleven, de boot af, links rijden en over kronkelige weggetjes op weg naar Schotland.  Saskia maas was stoer en bestelde Haggis... maar ik keek vooral uit naar de sticky toffee pudding... De stand bleek een derde kleiner dan verwacht, maar we zijn creatief en maakten er een heel gezellig en mooie kraam van. De eerste twee nachten sliepen we amper van de excitement en vermoeidheid. Ik liep tegen een...

Anna Maltz' book is now available from our webshop and brick and mortar shop!

Come to the book party to celebrate, and come to workshop(s) that weekend where you can learn from the Marlisle Master herself! 

Just to get you warmed up we've got a set of questions that Anna was lovely enough to answer for us. 

From januari to mid-april Ja, Wol is organising a Knit-A-Long in which we will knit the beautiful ‘Sólbein’ cardigan from the latest issue of Making Magazine.