I’m thrilled to announce some more very special guests coming our way. Jess (above) and Casey – the American founders of THE knitting website Ravelry,com – are hosting a Ravelry Evening here at baa ram ewe Towers on Sunday August 1st from 6-8pm. Yes, you read it correctly, Jess and Casey are coming HERE! They’ll be knitting and chatting, answering your questions, and suggesting some BRE yarns for some of their favourite Ravelry patterns. And they’re bringing a special guest too- knitting designer extraordinaire Ysolda Teague will be there, with a sneaky peak at a few of her forthcoming designs from her 3rd book.
The evening is free and all are welcome. And as ane extra treat, there’s 10% all purchases from the shop that evening for all members of the baa ram ewe ravelry group. Want to join? Just click here and follow the instructions!

Many of you will be aware of our fabulous new season launches we hold twice a year, and we can now confirm the date for the next one: Thursday 26th August will mark the launch of the new Autumn/Winter season here at baa ram ewe. If you’ve not been before, this is when we launch all the new season yarns from all the suppliers, giving you a chance to try them out on the needles, and see some of the garments knitted up. There’s the usual 10% off all new season yarns you purchase that day, and this time there’s an added bonus- we’ll be holding a one day only sale on selected items with some fantastic discounts. As usual we’ve got a special guest along for the evening, and I’m delighted to announce this will be world famous Yorkshire designer Louisa Harding. Her recent “Little Cake” book and new yarns Thistle and Willow Tweed have gone down a storm at BRE, and Louisa will be launching 2 new collections featuring these fabulous yarns, called “Blue Monday” and “Violet Skies”.

The evening is free and really is not to be missed- get it in the diary pronto!

As you know, here at baa ram ewe we not only like to bring you the loveliest yarns and patterns to play with, we also like to bring you a selection of the best people from the knitting and design world in our special events dotted through the year. We’ve already had Ysolda Teague opening our workshop room, and Jeni from Fyberspates holding a trunk show, and the roll call just gets better and better. I’m thrilled to announce that international designer Amy Butler is making a short visit to the UK – and is coming to baa ram ewe! I know!!!! How exciting!!! We’ll be holding a special Amy Butler Evening on Monday 16th August, from 6 to 8pm, where you’ll be able to meet Amy herself, ask her questions, hear about and see her designs as well as order a huge range of her fabrics, yarns and patterns, with special discounts too! This really is a one-off event and will interest quilters, dressmakers and other crafters so do spread the word. This will be a ticketed event to cover costs, so make sure you get your ticket soon- cost £3. Click here to buy your ticket now.

No sooner than we started to stock her fabulous books, and the wonderful Woolly Wormhead has confirmed she’s coming to baa ram ewe for a visit!

Woolly will be dropping in to BRE Towers on Thursday 22nd July, from 6 to 8pm. She’ll be showing off designs from her latest book “Twisted Woolly Toppers”, talking through how she came up with her inspirations, and suggesting which lovely baa ram ewe yarns would work with each pattern. She’ll also be passing on some top hat knitting techinques!

An evening not to be missed- all welcome, and entry is free. See you there!

A few of you have been asking what we’ve got planned for this year’s World Wide Knit in Public Day on Saturday 12th June and after a few secret meetings and some canal-side lattes, I’m delighted to announce we’ll be hosting “The Big Knit” at the new Granary Wharf in Leeds. It’ll be a day for everyone to come together, sit, knit & crochet, and there’ll be entertainment and stalls too. But we also wanted it to be a chance for people who had never tried knitting or crochet before to come down and have a go for free. We need some serious man power for this. First of all, I’d be so grateful if you would pick up some flyers from the shop and disribute them to friends, colleagues, places where we might not reach (I am only 5 foot and a bit you see….). They’ll be ready in the next week or two. Second, I’m looking for volunteers to show people the basics on the day- you’ll get to wear (and keep) a rather lovely “I can teach ewe to knit” T-shirt and leave the day with a warm fuzzy feeling inside that you’ve helped spread our wonderful craft just a little wider in to the world. If you’re up for it, please sign up here and we’ll be in touch. Thanks so much.

As you know, we’re planning a day trip to the fabulous Woolfest in Cockermouth, Cumbria, to celebrate baa ram ewe’s first anniversary. Everyone- including friends and family- is welcome and we are taking bookings to reserve your seat on the coach. Tickets are now for sale and cost £10 for travel, and then it’s £6 on the door to get in. And there’ll be a few birthday treats in store too! You can buy tickets vias paypal or over the phone too.