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The Woolly Tap Hookers Oh boy it’s been a hot month and with so many hookers now we decided it would be far too hot for everyone in the shop so we decided to host our Friday morning at the historic Marsden tenterposts. The lovely ladies had their Ta-Dah moment with their Yarndale chains, which went off in the post for the forthcoming festival in September.  Let’s hope we can find them when we attend.   Workshops During August we held a Beginners Mosaic Crochet Workshop hosted by the talented Jan from @colnevalleycrochet.  A lovely time was had by all.  See the...

Wow didn’t June just fly by !! Where did it go and what did you get up to?

Here at Simply Yarn and The Woolly Tap we’ve been kept busy by all our lovely customers throughout the month so Thank You from the bottom on our hearts ♥️ 

The problem with running a yarn shop is the number of WIPs you have on the go at once!

I must have at least 20 so thought I would sort through them photograph and each month share with you my progress and completed projects.

I may one day pluck up the courage and record this as a Vlog however I am still learning so it will have to be pictures to start with.

I hope I don’t bore you too much as I do tend to have my favourite designers that I do everything no matter if I need them or not.  

This may be a form of addiction however we will skip over that part 😂

So here goes !!

Hey Lovelies Its Fry-yay!!!! Oh boy they come round quickly nowadays now we are enjoying life doing what makes us happy.  Nestled in the Pennines is Simply Yarn and Accessories little shop The Woolly Tap which can be found down at Lakeside Studio in Marsden (see previous blog post) Friday morning is when our shop group, The Woolly Tap Hookers meet.  During the morning we knit, natter and craft. It’s so lovely meeting like minded people.   This morning was a little quieter than usual but we still had a lovely morning.  Everyone is welcome and we have plenty of...

Firstly may I thank everyone who believed in me.  I love you all Xxxxxxxx So this week we said goodbye to the 1st Woolly Tap and moved into our new premises at Lakeside Studio in Marsden Just so you know Lakeside Studio is not at the side of a lake as you would probably would envisage so don’t go looking on a map for a Lake in Marsden to find the shop. The New Woolly Tap is actually at the back of New Mills in the centre of Marsden our car park would have once been the mill pond which...