Ja, Wol Blog — freaquently asked questions

(Yes, Wool / No, Cotton) When the first wee floers* (I learned to speak a wee bit of Shetland dialect a while back..) start to appear, the first people come into the shop asking for cotton and I always feel conflicted about this little fuzzy plant.  I used to sell cotton but I kind of stopped.  I’ll tell you why... The cotton making industry is hurting the environment. To keep it short but informative, click HERE and find out more on a very short & sweet webpage made by WWF. 20,000 LITERS Is the amount of water needed to produce...

Ordering from Ja, Wol is like knitting a sweater, sometimes it's so much faster then you expect but sometimes it takes more time. The end result in any case is sooo warm and beautiful.  Packages are shipped once a week. Yes. Only once. In addition to the webshop our Brick and Mortar shop is open two days a week and our needle craft school is running weeknights and in the weekend.  Ja, Wol's reputation is growing but at Ja, Wol we work with a very small team. On a daily basis it's basically just one person at work. When we...