In this issue we're featuring new kits from Anchor, Bothy Threads and Heritage Crafts, and new and new-ish patterns from Bella Filipina and Nora Corbett.
We've also got some new needle minders to help store those pesky things.
Kits
Heritage Crafts have added more designs for the celebration. They've also added a lovely new owl by Elaine Serenum called Spirit Guide making a set of four so far.
We've chosen a few to keep in stock and you can see the complete catalogue here.
Patterns
We now have the lovely new Bella Filipina pattern The Poison Apple, from the fairy tale of Snow White.
As usual the materials are lagging behind the pattern but they're all on order and shouldn't be too long!
The latest Nora Corbett designs are a departure from the usual. The Boerum Decorum series features exotic birds and flowers.
Mind that Needle
We know that needle minders have become very popular and we've been trying to find more. We have three new designs from Bothy this month with more on order from another supplier.
They get snapped up so quickly we haven't needed to find a place for them in the store so far!
Buttoning Up
Mill Hill's current button supplier is retiring. From the Autumn they will be using Just Another Button Company buttons in the Button and Bead kits. Of course the current range of buttons will slowly disappear and there will be no individual buttons.
Disappointing Distributors
Mill Hill and Wichelt who manufacture and supply Mill Hill beads, Nora Corbett patterns and embellishment packs for Nora Corbett and Mirabilia are now taking at least six weeks to despatch our orders so we're that far behind on new Nora patterns. They don't seem to have been able to get back to normal after the pandemic and we can't work out why!
As with Mill Hill and Wichelt the problems in obtaining many of the more popular #4 braids started three years ago and continue.
One of the most frequently requested is 9294 which we haven't been able to obtain since last August.
And Finally
«The first blossom was the best blossom
For the child who never had seen an orchard;
For the youth whom whisky had led astray
The morning after was the first day.» - Louis McNiece, Irish Poet, 1907-1963
We'll be rejoicing soon as our new King is crowned and this will be a first for most of us. We'll all treasure the experience and we wish the King, Charles III, well.
We're taking a few days off over the coronation weekend so we hope you enjoy the pomp and circumstance that make up this unique ceremony.
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