The Woolpatch

14/07/2026

It’s the Summer of Sewing!!! Sewing Bee is back - series 12 and that means we are back for another year!

📺Two companion shows for those who want more sewing content!

Show 1
🧵Unpicked with my old work colleague Stuart Tingey is a weekly review of each episode with all the pics so you can look at the amazing work the Bees. This will be recorded every Thursday Evening and uploaded to YouTube shortly after. Available from 9pm onwards.

Show 2
🪡All Gathered Up with I Never Learned to Sew Carol Alayne, Master Tailor / Couturier. This is your skills and techniques companion show where Carol helps us to understand skills and techniques that may come up each week. Perhaps demystifying it all, so you can really up your mastery here each week and more if you then sign up to her Masterclasses the following week!

Everything happens on my YouTube channel. Link in bio or just search The Woolpatch on YouTube

28/06/2026

Want to see more World Cup Football kits - knitted and crocheted by our community around the world? Watch tonight - Sunday 28th at 8pm BST LIVE on YouTube! The creativity is amazing! Will your nation appear? We’ve even got the ref, linesman and VAR! ⚽️⚽️⚽️ what a window display make along this has been!!

13/06/2026

12/06/2026

Our World Cup window display is up! Knitted/Crocheted Football shirts on over 50 teddies! All created by our community here in the village, in the UK and around the World. Isn't that amazing! Fingers crossed for England and Scotland's journey!

A shopkeeper creates his own teddy bear football team to celebrate the World Cup.

21/05/2026

Our World Cup window make along is close to being created! Your creativity just makes my heart sing and when these all go in the window on June 6th ready for the start of the Men’s Football World Cup on June 11th the whole village and YouTube will get to see your creativity also! Football jerseys all knitted/crocheted from people in the village and around the world! There are still a few weeks left so if you want to join in there is still time!

14/04/2026

Still time to join in with our next Window Display Make Along! This time it’s little football/soccer tops for the World Cup! Knit or crochet a word cup competing nation Jersey of your choice! Some have already started arriving at the shop and as always totally blown away by your creativity! All the details are in this reel or on a YouTube video. Link in bio

09/12/2025

Started a new series on my YouTube channel where I chat to other yarn shop owners to find out more about their shop, their stock and their community! This is Debbie and her shop is Ginger Angel Studio in Glasgow! We had a lovely chat and she’s another fan of neon colours! 😍

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