Welcome back!
Now that NewsletterPlus is on its 5th edition, we thought it was about time we delve behind the scenes of Babes in the Wool, giving you exclusive access to our wool shop and our latest news. We have new features and an extended discount - there’s even an exciting announcement in store!
We hope you enjoy this edition of NewsletterPlus and we’ll see you soon.

🎉Giveaway!🎉
For September’s giveaway prize, we have a brand new pattern book! This book is new in store, and whilst it may still feel a little early to be thinking about Christmas, one lucky NewsletterPlus subscriber will win an early advantage for the holiday season.

This King Cole book is the perfect crafting manual for decorations and gifts. To be in with a chance of winning, make sure you’re subscribed!

You may have noticed that Yarn Corner has had a bit of a spruce up! The picture above is a shot of the wallpaper in our very own newly decorated yarn corner (otherwise known as the back of the shop). As we bring you new yarns and discounts twice a month, you can also visit us in person to see the real thing!
For this edition of NewsletterPlus, we’re featuring Superba Premium 4ply. This is a striking sock yarn we’ve stocked for a long time that has a number of great qualities that set it apart from others on the market, from the bold colours to the quality and price. The standard price is £3.50 per 50g ball, but read on to discover your exclusive subscriber discount!
Superba Premium 4ply is a standard sock yarn 75% wool 25% polyamide mix. It comes in 12 brilliant shades in plain colours that really stand out.

Often with sock yarns, they tend to be multicoloured or self patterning. Superba Premium works well solo for beautiful block colours, but is also an ideal yarn to combine with other sock yarns. If you partner it with another yarn that is multi coloured, it works great for making the heels and toes of the socks, or adding a rib effect.

As well as the colourful shades, there are also a few neutral shades to really balance out the Superba range, including black, brown, green and blue. The array of colours provides lots of choice when it comes to combinations, meaning you can really personalise your handmade socks to match your own taste or that of the recipient. We have plenty of crafters who come in our shop who love making socks for friends and family, and thoughtful colour choice is a good way to tailor your handmade gifts.

To view Superba Premium 4ply in our online shop, click here.

For 15% off Superba Premium 4ply in our online shop for the next 2 weeks, use code
SUPERBA15
at checkout. Code expires midnight 24th September 2020.
🎉Exciting Announcement🎉

We are so excited to be launching our first ever Babes in the Wool original pattern! What started out as stashbusting turned into an exciting project, a new venture, and very soon we will be releasing the Citrus Fruits Dog Toy crochet patterns. You may have seen the demo pictures for the citrus fruits on our Instagram and Facebook accounts.

Adding the dog squeakers to the citrus fruits made really fun toys for our dogs, alongside being great decorations and colourful makes. Turning them into patterns was a challenging and rewarding experience that we hope comes across in the end product. We’ll be able to offer both a pdf download and paper copy of our three pattern leaflet, and will also provide pattern help/troubleshooting through our email, help@babesinthewool.co.uk. We’ll announce the release date soon (to our NewsletterPlus subscribers first, of course) so stay tuned!🍊🍋

As well as decorating the shop, we recently had some building repair works done. Some of you may already know but we now have a new ceiling and lights, one of which is so bright we don’t even want to turn it on! After our renovations, we invited a professional to photograph the shop, so we have lots of exciting snaps to share with you in the future.
Our Newland Avenue shop was closed for three days in August, and we’re very grateful to all our customers for bearing with us as this was carried out. During this time, we lowered our free delivery threshold from the usual £40 and going forward we have decided to meet in the middle and permanently lower it. All orders over £30 will now be eligible for free shipping!🚛
Stuck on Scrubbies🧼
A recent trend that has taken over the crafting world is crocheted scrubbies, a handmade and more sustainable alternative to cotton pads. You may have noticed them cropping up on Instagram and in Etsy shops, perhaps so popular because of their positive impact and how fun and easy they are to make! We made these with King Cole’s Big Value Recycled Aran, a great choice if you’re looking to go the extra mile for the environment as it is 85% recycled cotton.

To view the free scrubbie pattern we’ve been using, click here.

Babes in the Wool’s book club is a new feature we are starting in NewsletterPlus as we hope to share some of our favourites with you, starting with a shoutout to quirky pattern books. Today we’re bringing you an overview of Wild Tea Cosies by Loani Prior. This pattern book has been sitting on the family bookshelf for about a decade, purchased back when tea cosies were really starting to come into fashion again - and because of the bright colours! It’s a staple for us because of its utility mixed with its out of the box creativity.
Wild Tea Cosies is a crochet book tailored towards inspiration. With 24 designs filled with accents and decorations on the wacky and whimsical side, you’re bound to find a snippet here or a few stitches there that really capture what you’re searching for.

The colourful pattern on the cover certainly catches the eye. ‘Carmen Miranda’ combines a flower, fruit and feathers to create a vibrant and warm tropical teapot. The aim of this book is perhaps to provide crafters with a skillset that can bring their own ideas to life. With so many techniques and styles to make the most of, we can’t recommend this pattern book enough. As well as eye catching tea cosies for your own home, they make great gifts. With all the different skills you learn along the way, you can create pretty much any tea cosy you can imagine. Your imagination is the limit!

In case you missed it…
Before you go🛎
As well as our dog toy kits, we have another project to share with you very soon. On October 1st it will be revealed to the public, but as a NewsletterPlus subscriber you will get an exclusive sneak peak before anyone else in the next edition! We can’t wait to share it with BOO👻🎃💀
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