WAWS2020 brochure

ello and welcome to our 7th Waltham Abbey Wool Show. We
get more excited each year as we are able to offer you the best
(and friendliest) of local and independent yarnie businesses.
We have the most exhibitors we have ever had and given
opportunies to some new businesses. There are two main areas of the
hotel, make sure you find everyone - we also have some interesng
workshops - as we write they are selling fast, so we hope you were able to
find the one you wanted!
Our brochure has been designed for you to find all the exhibitors, and take
home their details - both of what they offer and how to get in touch. We
hope you enjoy the show.
*WAWS Woolly compeon at 12.30pm outside the Forest Suite*
No pre-registraon needed
Oak & Beech
Rooms
All workshops in
Willow, Birch &
Pine rooms
Addional seang areas upstairs
Magnolia Room

To help idenfy what each of our exhibitors
offer, you will find a code next to their
lisngs.
There are two main areas of the show,
Forest Suite (including Magnolia Room) and
Atrium Suite, with the Oak and Beech
Rooms and Workshops in Willow, Birch and
Pine Rooms. Each Exhibitor is listed under
the room that they are located.
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Yarn
Accessories
Fibre
Paerns
Kits
Handmade
thekningshed.com
orchideanyarns.co.uk
Original design children's
knitwear kits, luxurious
hand dyed yarns and our
own range of quirky
kniers accessories.
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A selecon of unique
and fabulous yarns, in a
wide variety of colours,
hand dyed in small
batches for exclusivity.
Because life's too short
to knit with cheap yarn.
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romneymarshwools.co.uk
From our own farm
sheep, each of our
fleeces is carefully handpicked
to make our
simple yet stylish Brish
woollen range.
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snugglystarsyarns.etsy.com
Snuggly Stars Yarns
provide a fabulous range
of hand dyed yarns on
various bases and in
weights to suit all sorts
of projects. As well as
thoughully chosen cra
supplies.
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suestraord.co.uk
texlegarden.com
From cute and quirky
toy knits to garment
designs with a twist. Sue
will also be bringing her
growing knier's pin
badge collecon.
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Texle Garden have a
large range of high
quality buons, ribbons,
braids and other clothing
accessories.
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charismabeads.co.uk
We sell Miyuki Beads, to
enhance kning, along with
Kning and crochet
accessories such as scissors,
needle minders and crochet
hooks.
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emxceramics.com
karstyarns.etsy.com
Emily Cross Ceramics offer
handmade, wheel thrown
ceramic yarn bowls and
other tools for texle arsts,
including felng stones,
magnec needle keepers
and magnec pin dishes.
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Saz creates beauful, bright,
hand dyed yarns inspired by
music, movies, TV shows,
her family and friends, and
anything else in life which
evokes colours in her head!
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pickle-lily.co.uk
thewoolkitchen.com
Making cute things! Using
wool mix felt, fabric and
pure wool yarns to make
kning accessories and
treats. A monthly mini make
mystery box through my
Etsy shop JoPickleLily.
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The Wool Kitchen creates
inspiring hand dyed yarns
that makes you want to knit.
It's our belief working with
yarn that you find excing
will improve your skill and
enjoyment, we say enjoy
every stch!
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easyknits.co.uk
Easyknits are producers of
luxury hand dyed yarns and
fibres. They dye yarns in
rich, bright and vibrant
tones, in a wide range of
luxury blends suitable for all
your kning projects.
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Skein Winding Service
Skein winding service in the
Atrium Suite by the Herts
Stch and Bitch group.
Suggested donaon £1,
proceeds to Knit for Peace.
They meet on Thursday
evenings in Hoddesdon,
Interested in joining - come
along and have a chat!
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Workshop Registraon
Workshops are in Willow,
Pine or Birch Rooms.
Please arrive at the
workshop registraon desk
10 minutes before your
workshop me.
Many thanks

Show Merchandise and Coffee!
Just outside the Magnolia
Room you will find our show
bags and pins for sale.
There is also a tea/coffee
stand where you can buy for
a reduced price £2.50 or
have something sweet for
£1 more.
headsensehats.co.uk
meadowyarn.co.uk
Headsense Hats create hand
-made crochet hats and
scarves. Custom made
fascinators and commissions
welcome.
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Dyeing yarn and telling
stories in the Suffolk
countryside. Anj has a
passion for colour and
wring stories and her 'Yarn
Ficons' collecons are
inspired by original short
stories.
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thespinninglady.co.uk
twier.com/Yarnsulike
Hand spun and hand dyed
skeins of yarn available in
various quanes with a
small range of lanolin skin
care items.
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Seller of hand dyed
Fairtrade (Manos del
Uruguay), Eco-friendly
(bamboo and sugar cane),
and natural handkning
yarns. Along with bamboo
kning needles and crochet
hooks.
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KateWhingDesigns.etsy.com
Kate Whing is a successful
knitwear designer and
texle arst working with
natural fibres and materials
to create knied and felted
creaons.
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Maya - Girlguiding Project
wonderfullywoolly.co.uk
Fundraising for Maya’s
Girlguiding trip to Mexico
for a charity project helping
sea turtles. Selling her own
handmade products
including recycled fabric
bags, reusable coon facial
pads, dishcloths, and more!
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We are a small family
business selling Brish wool
and indie dyed yarns in
solid colours and tonal
colours dyed at home in
small batches. They also
offer yarns dyed to order in
solid colours.
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adelaidewalker.co.uk
Looms, spinning wheels,
books, dyes, drop spindles,
felng equipment, dyed
Merino and Bergschaf
wools. Brish wool plus
plant and silk fibres.
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cainbeag.com
beakerbuon.co.uk
If you like it you oughta knit
a cat on it! We make cay
kning paerns and cray
accessories.
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Exclusive Dorset buon kits,
books and paerns.
Rings, hand dyed threads,
tools and expert advice for
making your own bespoke
buons.
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thecraybirdUK.etsy.com
The Cray Bird handmakes
and sells faux fur pom poms
and crochet hat kits.
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thecrochetchain.co.uk
The Crochet Chain, geng
you ‘hooked’ on crochet!
A modern twist on crochet,
checkout our spiral shawl
display and funky blankets,
pick up a kit and crochet
today. Half price knit and
crochet books too!
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dragonhillstudio.co.uk
dustydimples.com
Large hand-dyed range of
self-striping sock yarns,
beaufully presented in
‘cakes’ ed with ribbon,
luxury lace, 4ply, DK yarns
and fibre. Also Eucalan wool
wash and needle snugs.
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A unique mix of all things
hand dyed, to enable you
whatever your passion.
Made with care and love
just for you.
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gamercraing.com
heyjayyarn.com
Hand dyed yarns for geeks
and gamers: a yarn for every
sci-fi, fantasy, and gaming
enthusiast!
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The polar opposite of beige.
HeyJay Hand Dyed Yarns
offers bright, beauful and
one of a kind colourways on
a variety of high quality, so
and squishy fibres. We don't
do boring.
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island-knitwear.co.uk
jimiknits.com
Hand knied designer
garments in 100% coon,
some of which are dyed
using natural dyes that I
make myself from Sloes,
Elderberry, Nele, Cherry,
Turmeric etc. All buons are
handmade.
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Knitwear designer Jimenez
aka JIMIKNITS explores
shape, colour and texture
with her paerns, while
making them enjoyable to
knit as well as flaering to
wear. Her popular designs
have been engaging kniers
around the world.
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lilemousehouse.co.uk
madebypenguins.co.uk
We want to inspire people
from all corners of the cray
world. Offering a range of
full skeins, half skeins and
mini skeins you name it…we
have you covered. Why not
try a sock black sock set, a
pack of DK minis or try one
of our yarn kits.
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Made by Penguins is a Hand
-Dyed Yarn company,
specialising in Baby Alpaca.
All yarns are hand-dyed,
using a variety of techniques
but always with your
creaons in mind. Come and
meet Brian our giant Ami
Penguin and say hello!
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mintbee.uk
provenancecra.com
Small batches of hand-dyed
yarn, packed with luxury
fibres from silk and
cashmere to camel, yak and
the soest baby alpaca.
Treat yourself to something
special...
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Formerly
Knit It - Hook It - Cra It
Selling carefully sourced,
beauful, praccal, quality
products for the kning,
crocheng and craing
community.
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purlescence.co.uk
rebeccasroom.co.uk
Welcome to Purlescence
the home of kning and
crochet for all seasons.
We have a wealth of
goodies for you to get your
needles and hooks into.
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Handmade and carefully
curated collecon of stch
markers. Bringing sparkles
and joy to your craing
me!
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riverknits.co.uk
RiverKnits range of Brish
wool yarns include
Bluefaced Leicester,
Wensleydale, and Jacob.
They come in tonal and nonpooling
variegated earthy
colours, very much
influenced by the UK
landscape and waterways.
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rosiesmoments.co.uk
Hand painted ethically
sourced yarns produced In
Brish Mills from Brish
sheep both here and in the
Falklands. Also luxury yarns,
original paerns, and kits,
gis for kning and
crochet, gradient cakes and
more.
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sheeponmars.com
A range of goodies including
hand-dyed chunky yarn,
original kning and crochet
paerns, nuno felng fabric,
hand-dyed sheep locks and
linen yarn.
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sheepythings.com
thirdvaultyarns.com
Texle arst Alison White
offers hand craed sheep all
made from Brish Fleece.
Gis for anyone who loves
sheep! Worry sharing
sheep, sheep earrings,
sheep making kits and
texle pictures.
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Third Vault Yarns is your
geeky yarn companion,
providing you with Science
Ficon and Fantasy inspired
yarns.
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llyflopdesigns.etsy.com
trulyhooked.com
TillyFlop designs is where
yarn and graphics meet:
you’ll find a range of
printed items and gis, plus
a new product or two that
celebrate kning and
stching with gentle
humour and a strong
design aesthec.
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Luxury hand dyed yarns in
bold and vibrant colours as
well as beauful crisp
speckles. Complimented by
our self published and
award winning paern
books.
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willowknits.etsy.com
woollieandfele.co.uk
Willow Knits hand dyed silks
for luxury kning, crochet
and weaving. Custom
orders welcome and we
offer worldwide shipping.
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Woollie and Fele
purveyors of Woollie good
fluffy stuff, everything you
need to start you on your
felng journey, wool, tools,
books, hand dyed felt,
silks, ribbons and locks.
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wulla.co.uk
yarnmixology.co.uk
Indie Spinner and Dyer,
producing handmade super
chunky yarns, jumbo
crochet hooks, circular
kning needles and Fibre.
Wulla Yarn is big, bold and
comes with serious
atude...
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Yarn Mixology hand-wound
gradient colour yarn
bobbles in a wide variety of
colour combinaons from
pastels to darkest hues.
Colours change gradually,
giving a subtle brushstroke
effect.
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Pin Loom Weaving - Deb Cunningham
Crates of Wool
Pin Loom Weaving is a great lile
cra that produces squares of
woven fabric on a simple loom. You
can join the squares as you go to
make a lovely, light, robust blanket
or use the squares like any other
fabric.
Tunisian Crochet - Michele Turner
Crayheffalump
Learn this fascinang crochet
technique, using a long crochet hook,
you will learn how to start and finish
and Tunisian simple and knit
stches. You will make one or two
small pouches which can become
purses/lavender bags/pin cushions.
Yarn Tasng - Jane Lithgow
Probably Jane (Instagram)
This workshop is a fun opportunity
for kniers and crocheters of all
abilies to learn more about the
yarns that we use in our cra so that
they can make more informed
choices when shopping for projects.
Intarsia Kning - Natalie Warner
Berylliantknits
In this workshop you will enjoy
learning how to create beaufully
neat joins for intarsia colourwork
and knit a gorgeous polka dot
sample.
Drop Spindle Spinning - Michele Turner
Crayheffalump
Learn to make yarn using a simple
CD drop spindle, and using the
park and dra method of spinning,
which is ideal for beginners.
Crochet Love Hearts - Jo Smith
Thespannerworks
It’s nearly valennes day! Time to
make love heart garlands, coasters,
key rings, bag charms, and gi
charms… I will share with you some
of my tried and tested crocheted
heart paerns and how to make all
of the above.
Needlefelng a Bee - Jacquie Palmer
Woollie & Fele
On this fun workshop you will learn
the basics of needle felng from what
tools and wools you need to creang
the shapes both in 2D and 3D.
Steeking Kning - Marna Gilligan
An Cain Beag
Are you scared to snip your
kning? Don't be! It's much easier
than it seems. In this workshop
you'll learn how to prepare and
reinforce a steek, snip it, and pick
up stches along it for a buon
band or other edging.
Miniature Crochet - Jo Smith
Thespannerworks
In this class, while making a prey
bead I will share with you info about
choosing threads, ideas for
embellishing and what to make with
them: necklaces, ear-rings, charms,
key rings etc.