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The Local Yarn: Weaving Community and Craft Together

The Local Yarn: Weaving Community and Craft Together

Small Business
Running a creative small business could be seen at its base, as an act of defiance.  It rarely starts with this, but I think all small business owners eventually recognise this feeling.  Any arts and craft retail business of course starts with idealism.  Thoughts of independence and carving out ‘spaces’ to allow creativity to blossom.  Money isn’t the end goal (of course it is), because the money will come as a by-product of ‘building community’ (it’s not and it doesn’t)
AI image of a frosted window looking through into a christmas party, decorations, bokeh lights and roaring fire, people have a good time.

Ghosts of Christmas Craft

Small Business

Spending too much time on social media I caught a joke, that the true nature of Christmas was unruly ghosts terrifying your boss into paying you more money.

As one half of a small business, and working a corporate job at the same time, it tickled me. Dickens pervades my view of ‘what Christmas should be’.  The Victorian ideal of roaring fires, heaving tables of food, and perfectly decorated trees, with mournful ghosts hovering around as we all have a great time. Oddly, in this dream I am often outside looking in at this ideal Christmas.

Embracing Slowcraft: The Art and Soul of Knitting

Embracing Slowcraft: The Art and Soul of Knitting

Small Business
Knitting and Writing About a year ago, I thought I would start a blog and send it out as an email newsletter. It would be a regular way to chronicl...
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Why we are not doing a normal 'Black Friday'

Small Business
We love a sale and have updated our sale collection with lots of new discounts, but Black Friday is not what we are about.
What is The Orry Mill?

What is The Orry Mill?

Small Business

The Orry Mill was started to share our love of crafting and colour with the local community. The shop was to be more than a retail outlet, a place to visit and spend time in, to leave having learned something new, or to have found something that inspired you just a little bit.