We are still working with reduced staffing in the shop to maintain social distancing, meaning that Thursdays are my ‘work from home’ days. I try to get most admin done of those days, so it means quite a few hours spent staring at the screen. Spred sheets, documents, plans, endless amounts of sentences and numbers.…

My shop is open! After a couple of very intense weeks of sorting, organising, tidying and re-stocking, and finally my shop no longer looks like a warehouse, gone are all the boxes and my shelves are once more bursting with colours. What a transformation, and what joy. This Monday we were finally able to open…

One of the ‘weird’ UK particulars I learned when moving to London is that the tax year starts April 6th. Yes, that’s right, not January 1st but a few days into April. This also means that we have to do our stock take at this time, so the day before yesterday we counted all the…

Oh wow what a week, just wow! We’ve been so busy, on our feet at all times, and there is so much work to do. But FUN work! It might not be visible on ‘the outside’, but we are preparing to open the shop again April 12th, and with the UK vaccines happening and the…

Finishing my first Hilja Mitt I shamelessly did my nail polish in a matching colour for stylish showing off pictures. I’m eagerly casting on the second mitt tonight – but wonder if I’ll get it done by the time my nails start flaking and I’ll have to do it all over again. How about you?…

Well, for once, I’m actually knitting! Any yarn shop owner will tell you that they’ve never knitted as little as after opening the shop – there just isn’t enough time! But with both the Hilja KAL happening and my test for Strands of Joy, and with knit night tonight, actual knitting has finally taken precedence…

I am a cardigan, sweater and shawl knitter. I’m definitely a big projects girl! But lately I’ve had this craving for smaller, quicker maybe, and more manageable projects. This might have to do with us experiencing the coldest winter in London for more than 10 years – and you know cold fingers and toes ……

Right now I’m hearing my youngest scrambling about in the kitchen, he is making dinner and we’re having pancakes. We’re going to have a feast! Thursday is the day for early dinners in my household, the point is to feed mum before she locks herself in to host her weekly knit nights. And so is…