Marriner Yarns Blog

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 we can expect:


We have only five ewes that are not carrying any lambs, but they may still come to be mothers in the future. This means that in the spring we will have our whole field full of lambs. We have lots of ewes expecting…

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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 also the fresh start of a new year – a time to embrace a clean slate and try something new. That is why we wanted to see all things new you have created or something you have tried for the first time. A new stitch, a new yarn, a new…

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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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October’s Winner is…

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Thursday, November 1st, 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.

#MarrinerMacabre winner

We couldn’t let October pass us by without embracing the creepy vibes of the scariest month of the year and asking for all of your hauntingly horrific Halloween projects.

Without further ado…

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Calling all Christmas Creatives!

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Thursday, October 4th, 2018
Posted in Christmas, Competition, Crochet, Knitting

Fancy seeing your Christmas design featured on Marriner Yarns?

There is nothing like getting on with some Christmas crafting to get you in the festive spirit – we can imagine that you are all planning your autumn and winter projects already.

At Marriner Yarns, we love seeing everything that our customers make over the festive period (we know how talented you all are!), so we want to see as many of your own original
patterns for small and simple Christmas themed projects as possible. Send us your patterns for quick and easy projects – anything from Christmas pom poms,…

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Marriner’s British Wool – A flock update

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Monday, October 1st, 2018
Posted in British Wool, Knitting, Made with Marriners, Sheep, wool, Yarn

Our Marriner flock is well and truly at home in their lush, green sloping field. They are more than happy spending their days roaming the small hills and munching their way through a considerable amount of grass.

Their fleece is getting thicker by the day and we can already tell that it’s going to be quite soft. They are due their very first haircut around this time, and we can’t wait to take you through the whole process from shearing, to scouring, roving, spinning and, finally, winding. With only a small flock we won’t see a huge amount of wool…

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