Category Archives: The SheapKnits

New Website and Blog address

Hi everyone, I think it’s about time to give SheapKnits its very own website. It’s work in progress at the moment, (we hope to finish it next week), but check it out at http://www.sheapknits.co.uk It also means this blog has … Continue reading

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SheapKnits getting around

My first Etsy sale came along whilst I was at the Shropshire Guild Meeting.  I’m part of the Shropshire Guild of Contemporary Crafts as a jeweller and metalsmith (see http://www.sarapiperheap.co.uk).  They have yet to approve of knitting as a contemporary … Continue reading

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New Year New(ish) Gang

Happy New Year from the whole gang.  Newbies are Horace, Dennis and Glenda.  Horace is the Hare who sports lovely long pink ears.  Glenda the goose has bright orange beak, wings and stripey legs whereas Dennis is simply a stuffed … Continue reading

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Chicken Street

My ‘proper’ job is that of a metalsmith and jeweller.  I guess that when God was giving out job titles he gave me one called, “Maker” and left the rest up to me.  So when I’m not tapping away on various … Continue reading

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SheapKnits meets Blacker Yarns

At the end of April on a VERY wet Sunday, Judith and I headed off to Builth Wells in deepest, darkest, dampest Wales where I literally accidentally found that I was at the Blacker Yarns stand.  I met Sonja there … Continue reading

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SheapKnits has arrived

The first SheapKnit was born back in September 2010.  Sales were made at Christmas and since then I (that’s Sara Heap – hence Sheap) have been working on new SheapKnit characters – that’s designing and making them. They’re all knitted … Continue reading

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