Knitting Up North

Printed Textiles, knitting and crafting

Little bit of press…

I was lucky enough to be in an article in this Saturday’s Yorkshire Post Magazine, I knew it was happening obviously but it was still a bit of a shock! I had a phone interview a couple of weeks ago with a writer called Sharon Dale, I’ve never done anything like that before so it [...]

I got my grant!

I’m so excited – I got my grant approved!  I really expected to be turned down as my business advisor said people were often turned down and had to resubmit information, but he phoned and gave me the good news Thursday! Here is a picture of the kind of booth I’ll be getting: I’d seen [...]

We’re moving!

Our offer on the house we really wanted was accepted so we’re moving!  With a bit of luck in 2-3 months we’ll be in our own house – let’s just hope the survey doesn’t show up anything nasty!  It was the first house we looked at and is on the road I’ve wanted to live [...]

What a week…

It’s been a funny old week here – here in Yorkshire we’ve had more beautiful snow (although it’s getting a bit slippy now!) but it looks sooooo pretty!  Also I’ve been house hunting and looked at lots of horrible houses and one really nice one (hubby is making an offer today so cross your fingers).  [...]

Wholesalers?

One of my missions for 2010 is find some wholesalers for my fabrics.  I sell to 6 different shops and galleries for my accessories and knitting products but I’d really like to be able to find some shops to stock my fabrics.  Hand printed fabrics are a bit of a specialised market though so the [...]

Happy New Year everyone!

I’s 2010 and where here have I been? Not on here – that’s for sure! Ok, here’s a quick round up of the last month: Julefest fair was lots of fun – not very busy as far as sales go, especially for those of us not selling ‘child friendly products’ but i had a good [...]

  • Tutorials:

    Craft Fair Banner Part One

    Craft Fair Banner Part Two

    Light Box tutorial coming soon...