Marriner Yarns Blog

And March’s winner is…

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Thursday, March 28th, 2019
Posted in Competition, Crochet, Knitting, Made with Marriners

We know that our customers love to show off their knits or their crochet projects – and quite rightly too, you clever bunch – which is why we decided to reward one of you every single month.

Each month you can share your projects with us on social media for entry into our prize draw and the chance to win a £50 voucher to spend on MarrinerYarns.com.

#MarrinerMiniMakes winner

Time to embrace the new, fresh feeling of spring and have a bit of fun in making mini projects. We know that lots of you love amigurumi and we love to see the inventive ways you create teeny tiny items – whether that’s baby clothing, toys, decorations, dolls or anything else suitably small!

Without further ado…

#MarrinerMiniMakes March 2019 competition winner

 

View all of the #MarrinerMiniMakes entries here.

Small or mini projects offer us yarn lovers the chance…

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And February’s winner is…

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Thursday, February 28th, 2019
Posted in Competition, Crochet, Knitting, Made with Marriners

We know that our customers love to show off their knits or their crochet projects – and quite rightly too, you clever bunch – which is why we decided to reward one of you every single month.

Each month you can share your projects with us on social media for entry into our prize draw and the chance to win a £50 voucher to spend on MarrinerYarns.com.

#MarrinerwithWool winner

Still in the full flow of winter, we saw some seriously cold snaps – and even a fair bit of snow – in February. The days are still a bit dark and there’s no nicer feeling than snuggling up with something cosier in the cold winter months. That is why we asked to see all of your extra cosy makes that you have made with one of our wool blend yarns to keep you extra warm!

Without further ado…

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The British Knitting and Crochet Awards | Please nominate us

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Monday, February 18th, 2019
Posted in British Knitting, Crochet, Knitting, Knitting & Crochet awards, Let's Knit

The British Knitting and Crochet Awards have now launched for 2019.

Every year these awards celebrate the the retailers, brands and products that makes knitting and crochet such a pleasure for all of us yarn addicts.

We hope that Marriner is a great place for all of our customers to get their yarn-fix; we love to see everything that you have made with our yarns. It’s down to wonderful customers like you that Marriner is able to grow and expand.

You can help us even further with this by nominating us for this year’s British Knitting and Crochet awards.

It only takes a…

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Marriner Flock | 12 week lamb scan…

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Thursday, January 31st, 2019
Posted in British Yarn, Crochet, Knitting, Sheep, wool, Yarn

Good news – after getting friendly with our rams Baarney and Hercules in November, our ladies were scanned this week to find out how many baby lambs will be joining us in spring. Just like humans, ewes are scanned around the 10/12 week point to find out the number of lambs they carry.

The vet uses an ultrasound scanner to determine how many lambs each ewe is carrying to then mark the sheep’s back with a specific colour.

Watch our video below where Rhos explains how the coloured dots indicate how many lambs…

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And January’s winner is…

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Thursday, January 31st, 2019
Posted in Competition, Crochet, Knitting, Made with Marriners

We know that our customers love to show off their knits or their crochet projects – and quite rightly too, you clever bunch – which is why we decided to reward one of you every single month.

Each month you can share your projects with us on social media for entry into our prize draw and the chance to win a £50 voucher to spend on MarrinerYarns.com.

#MarrinerNewYear winner

January is usually a long and gloomy month. Christmas is over and the weather is terrible. The days are dark and spring feels like a very long way off. BUT January is…

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And December’s winner is…

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Thursday, December 20th, 2018
Posted in Competition, Crochet, Knitting, Made with Marriners

We know that our customers love to show off their knits or their crochet projects – and quite rightly too, you clever bunch – which is why we decided to reward one of you every single month.

Each month you can share your projects with us on social media for entry into our prize draw and the chance to win a £50 voucher to spend on MarrinerYarns.com.

#MerryMarriner winner

Our theme for December could not be anything but Christmas. It’s our favourite time of year here at Marriner, as we know that so many of you look forward to festive knitting…

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And November’s Winner is…

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Thursday, November 29th, 2018
Posted in Competition, Crochet, Knitting, Made with Marriners

We know that our customers love to show off their knits or their crochet projects – and quite rightly too, you clever bunch – which is why we decided to reward one of you every single month.

Each month you can share your projects with us on social media for entry into our prize draw and the chance to win a £50 voucher to spend on MarrinerYarns.com.

#MarrinerNovember winner

We thought we would celebrate the month of November itself by invoking it’s birthstone, topaz and it’s flower, the Chrysanthemum and asking for anything and everything you have made in the colour…

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Marriner Flock | Time for a haircut…

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Tuesday, November 20th, 2018
Posted in British Wool, British Yarn, Crochet, Knitting, Sheep

Our ladies are now getting ready for winter and that also means they are getting ready to be mums. We will hopefully see the arrival of some gorgeous little lambs come March and April and our flock is currently being looked after in preparation to carry their little ones for a few months. One of the ways we prepare for this is to shear them.

A few weeks ago, all of our sheep went for a visit to the hairdresser and are now looking considerably less fluffy…

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Black Friday and Cyber Monday

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Friday, November 16th, 2018
Posted in Black Friday, Competition, Crochet, Cyber monday, Discount, Knitting, Offers, Sale

It’s almost that time of year again. Lots of us are waiting for the discounts and offers to descend and take advantage of the all the mega sales being thrown at us from every direction.

 

Black Friday at Marriner Yarns

 

At Marriner Yarns, there’s no reason to wait until Black Friday or Cyber Monday for special discounts.

We pride ourselves on our consistently honest pricing all year long, ensuring that our customers are always getting the lowest price possible.

Whether it’s our Double Knit for only £1,…

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Free Christmas Mini Makes!

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Thursday, November 15th, 2018
Posted in Christmas, Knitting, Made with Marriners

Our customers are some of the most talented and creative people we have the pleasure of dealing with. Each day they surprise us with their knitting and crochet makes – conjuring everything from huge blankets, cute amigurumi, beautiful cardigans and cosy scarves with their own hooks or needles.

As it’s approaching our favourite, festive time of year, we couldn’t let it go by without asking our customers if we could show off some of their own little Christmas creations that we think everyone would enjoy making in the run up to the big day.

Maggie Johnson has…

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