Marriner Flock | Growing up!

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Wednesday, May 29th, 2019

Posted in Crochet, Knitting, Made with Marriners, Sheep, wool, Yarn

Our little lambs are now about 8/9 weeks old and they have been thoroughly enjoying themselves and making themselves at home in their new field.

You can see that they are all now looking much bigger – and much more fleecy. Can you see that signature Romney ‘wool mask’ that is starting to appear?

They are still sticking close to their mums – and altogether make for a very fluffy bunch! Another shearing is coming up very soon…

We also wanted to give you a quick update on our ram Baarney

He is enjoying some alone time at the moment – with plenty of cuddles of course! He is also due another haircut soon.

We are now getting very close to our…

Marriner Flock | Moving to fresh pastures

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Wednesday, May 1st, 2019

Posted in British Knitting, British Wool, British Yarn, Crochet, Knitting, Made with Marriners, Sheep

All of lambs have now arrived, and it’s already time to take their very first holiday as we relocate them to newer, fresh pastures.

Our flock are happy and content where they are, but by moving the mums onto fresher grass, it means that they can produce better quality milk to feed their little ones. This milk will be better for the lambs and make sure they are getting all they need from their mums.

Colin’s son, Phil, and his daughters, are taking charge of the relocation and have been busy ferrying the whole flock to their new field just down the road.

The lambs have been loving their new field already – occasionally even…

And April’s winner is…

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Wednesday, April 24th, 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.

#EasterwithMarriner winner

With Easter arriving so late this month, it meant that we had most of April to prep and get busy making our Easter themed projects. Us yarn-lovers will jump at any excuse…

Marriner Flock | Get to know Marriner’s farmer

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Wednesday, April 24th, 2019

Posted in British Knitting, British Wool, Knitting, Made with Marriners, Sheep, wool, Yarn

After introducing you to our flock and our gorgeous new lambs on the Marriner farm, we thought it was about time that you heard from Mr. Marriner himself, and how he came to be our farmer.

We couldn’t be happier that Colin’s ‘hobby’ has turned into something so wonderful. It’s been a great opportunity for a lot of the Marriner team to get involved, spend some time in the countryside, and see the very beginnings of the wool production process.

Marriner Flock | The lambs have arrived

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Wednesday, April 17th, 2019

Posted in British Knitting, British Wool, British Yarn, Crochet, Knitting, Made with Marriners, Sheep

It’s Easter weekend, and the perfect time to welcome the new arrivals on Marriner farm.

Happy Easter!

All the team at Marriner Yarns has been very excited this week as we get news of more and more baby lambs arriving at the farm. Our special flock of Romney ewes have been amazing and we are happy to say that we now have 40 more lambs at the farm – with more still on the way!

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…