Masumi Honda, the owner of Spinnuts has been a customer of Fibrecrafts, and more recently George Weil, for approaching 30 years. Over that time we have selected the cream of British hand spinning quality fleece from across a wide range of breeds which we send to her in Japan. In some years the total was […]
Category Archives: News and Celebration
You may remember this little boy from previous posts? In a blink of an eye, Felix has now reached the ripe old age of 2 and we helped celebrate his birthday today with delicious chocolate cake brought in by Mum. Crumbs – is that all that’s left! Happy Birthday Felix! Who doesn’t love a present? […]
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Jun
Jun
We received this email from a George Weil customer in Spain. “Hola! I am an existing customer. Recently I bought a Glimakra Tapestry Loom from you, I was very pleased with it. I went on holiday and asked a neighbour to water my plants (which she did) but her dog Goldie came too and has […]
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Jan
Jan
Our MD, Ian Bowers was delighted to receive this email today: ‘A very delayed note to say thank you for the natural dye kit you donated to the All Wales Event – Guilds in Wales – I was the recipient of the kit and had been saying that there wasn’t a lot of choice of […]
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Jul
Jul
Susan Litton’s review of Schacht’s latest spinning wheel ‘The Sidekick‘: ‘I have been spinning for twenty five years and for a long time have been a very happy owner of a Schacht Matchless wheel. This wheel does everything I could want from a spinning wheel, except that it is takes up the space of a […]
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May
May
With half term and school holidays looming, we’d like to offer you a number of craft ideas for keeping the children occupied and for encouraging their creativity. Tapestry Weaving You will need a tapestry frame or an old picture frame, a selection of yarns (these can include strips of fabric, plastic bags or ribbons, our […]
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May
May
The newest member of our team popped in with Mum on Thursday – much to our delight! Now Felix, what would you like to do? Packing room, order processing, buying, website, accounts or warehouse? You’re most welcome!