Print is not dead! ~The Guardian reported this week, that sales of ebooks have dropped by 17%, while sales of ‘real’ books are up 8%! Hurray! We love Ravelry and digital patterns, but it’s such a joy to slowly turn the pages of a craft publication and savour the beautiful things we can make. Holding a beautifully printed book in your hand with the texture and smell of good paper, and the way images look, printed in ink on surface, rather than looking at a screen – there’s nothing like it! There aren’t many places you can visit to peruse craft books, but we still …

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Recently, we had a spell of pure summer weather. It was such a treat! It turned our thoughts to summer knitting, which is fortuitous because a new range of Quince & Co Sparrow Linen colours have arrived in the shop; 5 heathered marls. We have ideas…