Ja, Wol Blog

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. 

            Hi there, Today Woolly Wormhead is starting her Woolly Wormhead Mystery Knit A Long #wwmkal and Filcolana has just released their second part of their Mystery Shawl Knitalong two weeks ago.  I thought it would be fun to do a double whammy and make a set. Hat and shawl. Filcolana's shawl is knit in Pernilla and Woolly's hats (you can choose a singel or a double coloured one) would knit up great in that same yarn.  So the yarn and colours will match. No way of knowing if the designs will clash or not,...

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In a couple of months the city of Rotterdam, with 629.606 inhabitants, will have only a few yarn shops left. In the last year, two shops, that I know of, have closed their doors. And a third luckily found someone to take over the shop. It was close to closing after being in business for over 125 years!!  At this point I can count only 3 yarn shops in Rotterdam that will fit my definition (more on that later) and I've heard that a city like Berlin has more than 20 yarn shops.... shocking isn't it?! it's emotional...   You might...