SHOP RENEVATIONS / THE DRESSER HAS MOVED!

There's new paneling, (read about below) and the dresser has moved into the second room. This means the front of the shop is purely yarn and darning and the second room is embroidery, haberdashery, books and suprises. It is much cosier and brighter.

SHOP RENEVATIONS / RESPECT THE SPINDLE SHELF AND FLEECE CORNER.

The drop spindles have finally got the respect they deserve! Only £4, this ancient tool, with it's own shelf, has been a top seller this week.
Underneath the spindles is the fleece corner, the home of Prick Your Fingers M25 Fleece Orbit, which is mostly Romney and Oxford Down, washed and yours for £3/ 100g, fiercely guarded by Lorna's denim Barbora Bears.

SHOP RENEVATIONS/ FRONT UNITS.

These are the new front units, which I built out of the doors which used to panel the second room. They are not totally full yet but are designed to house our new range of coloured ropey.
That's Aska winding yarn in the window - she's our new Saturday help, and she makes fantastic shortbread. Hopefully you will be seeing more of her!

SHOP RENEVATIONS / TOP SHELF.

Top shelf is where the tops in moth proof sweetie jars live, ready for hand spinning.
Didn't bother sanding too much, because I was hoping no one would look too closely.

SHOP RENEVATIONS / STEP.

Ever since I knocked down the partition wall, into what we call 'the library' (where we work and hold classes) we've been saying "Mind the step!" because there wasn't a step there to mind. I filled the gap and built one, so we don't have to take giant leaps to serve customers or answer the phone.

SHOP RENEVATIONS/ WALLS.

Walls have feelings too!
We have paneled the second room in ply wood, for a warmer feel. All our building materials are found disguarded - that's our rule.
The ply wood had been left for dead, after being abused by a building site just around the corner. Used as a fence around the site, the other site was painted in purple gloss with QPR graffiti in yellow spray paint. Each sheet had been attacked with a glue gun, and stuck to another piece. Then, as all the sheets were brutally pulled apart, the thin wood layers were ripped, leaving darker red layers underneath.
We spent two days, drilling around the wounds, sanding away the splinters, darning with linen and Herdwick, and cutting the sheets into 12" panels.