Welcome to our February 2024 issue.
We've been experiencing a lot of supply problems from the European Union recently every week seems to bring in some new rule or regulation which causes freight or Customs delays ... or worse.
We hope things will improve as politicians run out of ideas for silly new rules!
There's not as much to say as we'd like since our deliveries have been a little sparse recently ... so let's get started.
Plastic Canvas
The long established maker of plastic canvas,
Darice, closed a few years ago and we haven't been able to find a replacement up until now.
We recently found the Polish company
Orchidea and we've been able to stock up with
Julia, the Firefly Princess is a very pretty lady. Perhaps it's no coincidence that designer 'Drin has a young niece of the same name!
His next design is apparently
Jasmine from
Aladdin so we're curious to find out what the famously litigious Disney Corporation will have to say!
Mirabilia have
increased the cost of both their Mirabilia patterns and their Nora Corbett designs. The price increases will filter through as we receive patterns at the new prices.
Mill Hill Beads and treasures are also
increasing in price which will also affect embellishment packs.
Kits
We have some inspired
New Year Collection with cartoons, witty designs and Easter items.
From England,
Bothy Threads' first collection of the year will be available from the 6th February. There are new designs from old favourites like Wrendale, Margaret Sherry, Beryl Cook ... and a few surprises.
From the Netherlands, Thea Gouverneur's sons have released their own catalogue under the brand name
collection of cartoon pigs, a lovely landscape and a Valentine Gonk.
And Finally
Our title this month is from a short and optimistic poem called The Brook in February' by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts, a Canadian poet who lived between 1860 and 1943.
«
A snowy path for squirrel and fox,
It winds between the wintry firs.
Snow-muffled are its iron rocks,
And o'er its stillness nothing stirs.
But low, bend low a listening ear!
Beneath the mask of moveless white
A babbling whisper you shall hear
Of birds and blossoms, leaves and light.»
If you've had a hard winter then we hope you'll be able to find your own whispers of birds and blossoms and look forward with optimism and good cheer.
Until next month ... happy stitching!