Pretty Little Yarns Blog

It's hard to fathom how very different the world is today than it was just 1 month ago when I wrote my last post.  Looking back at it, it can't even believe that one short week after I wrote it schools closed down, followed by daycares, and then what feels like the entire world came screeching to a halt.   I know I don't need to tell you about all the ways that COVID-19 has changed everything about life.  I read all the articles, see the photographs, and try to process a million terrifying statistics each and every day, just as...

Happy New Year one and all! And happy new decade too!  I went into the new year with a super positive attitude this year thinking: "2020 is going to be great, I can just feel it!"  Then I fell ill with a flu, learned about the devastating fires in Australia, and followed along with some other world events and suddenly, only 3 days old at the time, 2020 was not looking quite as promising as I'd hoped.  I'm doing my level best to remain optimistic in the face of everything out there, and of course that means to keep calm...

As the storm comes in overnight tonight, and settles snow around us like an oversized Aran blanket, it will be hard not to get swept up with the holiday spirit. Out in the shops, though now in full force, I noticed shortly after Halloween that the holiday season comes along earlier and earlier each year.  Of course for crafters like us, the holiday spirit sometimes has to take us over as early as January or February so that we can complete every last stitch in time for gift giving. I’ve spoken openly before about my mental illness, so I won’t be...

September has always meant new beginnings to me. Going back to my school days, September meant a new outfit, maybe a new haircut, new grade, new class, sometimes a new school, and new notebooks with crisp lined pages waiting for the date to be printed in the bubbly heart-dotted writing of a pre-teen girl. So it made total sense to me, that Pretty Little Yarns Ltd should open its online doors in September too, and now a full year later, that we celebrate the anniversary of that opening with a sale!  The sale will continue until Wednesday September 4th on all...