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COVID-19 Update

corona virus crochet pattern by the flying dutchman crochet design

A big thank you to Joyce Overheul at Flying Dutchman Crochet Design for giving me permission to share this great crochet pattern she has designed to encourage people to stay at home and stay safe. You can find a free download of the pattern on her website here (and there are lots of other lovely designs to keep you busy too!)

Mail order is open for business

At the moment we have good stocks of most items on the website and we are all keeping well here. However, we are trying to limit post office trips and combine with essential shopping to reduce the pressure on our local shop which has lots of customers in the more vulnerable categories. So it may take a little longer to get orders out but we’ll let you know if for any reason deliveries have to be paused.

Need something urgently?

We know our trade customers in particular are trying to keep going with their mail order businesses so if you need something urgently, please let us know by email or in the checkout notes and we’ll do our very best to get things to you asap. All orders are going out first class and we are keeping a regular check on the Royal Mail and our couriers who are all doing a great job, operating responsible practices and following the latest guidelines. If you have any special instructions (where to leave parcels for example) we’ll do our best to organise that for you.

Hopefully things will be back to normal soon, but in the meantime, our very best wishes,

Debbie & Pete x

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Debbie Tomkies

Debbie is a textile designer, hand-dyer, author and tutor with over 25 years' experience in her field. Debbie has 4 books and over 100 articles published in major magazines and welcomes requests for articles, how-to features, technical and research articles, video tutorials and books.

Making Futures

In addiiton to being a partner in DT Craft & Design, Debbie runs social enterprise Making Futures CIC, delivering a wide range of workshops, classes, Arts Award, Artsmark and City & Guilds accredited programmes. Debbie also offers business mentoring and start-up advice to new creative enterprises.

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It's Holiday Time!

Last posting dates:

We’ll be posting those stocking fillers and last-minute gifts (we’ve all been there!) for orders placed before 12.30pm on 23rd December. However, last posting date is 21st December so it may be that orders may not arrive in time for the ‘big day’. If you need a last-minute gift or you’re not sure what to get we do have gift vouchers in the shop!

Christmas holiday

As it’s Christmas we are then taking a bit of a break and the shop will be closed until 4th Jan 2026.You may still place orders (simply close this window with the ‘X’ or escape to return to the shop) but we will not start dispatching orders until 4th January.

Thank you!

We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone for your support and custom this year. Your support for small businesses like ours is very much appreciated.

Last but definitely not least, we wish you all a peaceful and restful festive break and hope to be able to say thank you in person in 2026!

Love, Debbie & Pete xx