Greetings from a slightly damp Scotland with a warm welcome to our June 2025 newsletter!
As usual we have added lots of new goodies and you can see the new kits here and the new designs here.
We've got a lot of different topics to cover this time!
UK Postage
It looks like Royal Mail have hiked their prices yet again. A first class large letter weighing less than 100 grams now costs £3.05. Just 10 years ago this was 95p. We still charge the old price of £2.50 but we can't afford to do this for much longer.
Unfortunately, even one skein of thread requires a large letter (because it's more than 5mm thick).
So to reduce costs we're thinking of sending small packages in Britain by second class mail instead of first class.
What do you think?
Would an extra day or two's wait be a problem if you ordered just a few skeins of floss?
Please let us know!
Kits We've added some lovely new kits from Polish company Merejka including Santa's Little Helper (illustrated) - which sold out almost immediately. Christmas just comes earlier each year!
Merejka have recently announced that their kits will no longer contain paper patterns but instead a digital chart!
This means you will need the (free) Fantastitch mobile app to view the pattern).
We feel that this is a step too far and will not be suitable for all our customers. Please let us know what you think!
The first of these have arrived at our supplier and we have a separate catalogue. We will only order these kits on request.
New Collections
A new Bothy Threads Collection is to be released on the 6th June featuring Halloween and Christmas designs. We'll add it to our current Bothy catalogues.
Floss Organisers
We found another new floss organiser which you might find useful. It's made of plastic and holds 50 skeins. There's a card for writing numbers or symbols which can be removed and replaced with spares. It's compact and practical.
Lady Antheia Embellishment Packs
We've received a delivery of Mill Hill beads and treasures, Nora Corbett and Mirabilia embellishment packs and Caron Waterlilies. So we've been able to make up embellishment packs for Lady Antheia by Bella Filippina.
Magnifica Beads
Unfortunately Mill Hill Magnifica bead packs are still not available separately even though some do turn up in embellishment packs.
Rainbow Gallery and Kreinik
We should have a delivery next week from Rainbow Gallery - who now also manufacture Kreinik braid. They still seem to be having serious production problems and we're expecting only about two thirds of the floss we ordered!
We'll have to wait to see what turns up but if you want to keep an eye out then the places to look are here for Rainbow Gallery and here for Kreinik.
And Finally
From a kinder and gentler age this month's title comes via a poem by James Whitcomb Riley, an American poet who lived from 1849 to 1916
«When June is here--what art have we to sing
The whiteness of the lilies midst the green
Of noon-tranced lawns? Or flash of roses seen
Like redbirds' wings? ...
»
We hope your own June is as kind, gentle, sunny and productive - as the June the poet enjoyed.
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