What 3 Words

My husband has been playing with what3words. "Every 3 metre square of the world has been given a unique combination of three words. Used for e-commerce and delivery, navigation, emergencies and more."

He was looking at the three word locations of various places on the Isle of Man, and then decided to find Joan's Wools and Crafts. Two great w3w came up for us. 

"pillow.scarves.starters" - we sell pillows (well, that's what Americans call cushions) and we also have all that's needed for starters of scarves! Be careful with this w3w, as adding an 's' to 'pillow' will take you to the middle of a Canadian highway, in sunny Saskatoon!

My favourite one is "blankets.absorbs.garages" Imaging being able to knit or crochet blankets big enough to absord garages!

Lockdown 2.0

The Isle of Man is returning to lockdown at midnight to help stop the spread of Covid-19. Earlier today, it was full-on in the shop. We had so many people coming to the shop to buy supplies for masks, and to keep themselves busy over the next three weeks. 

We had been asked to engage in social distancing prior to the lockdown, but many business have already started doing so. We choose to only allow only a few customers in the shop at one time to make it as safe as possible for the staff and customers. 

Many thanks to our customers for being so fantastic, despite having to queue in the cold, and many thanks to our glorious staff who have worked so hard.

The staff have now been asked to work from home. They will be crafting and creating wonderful new things to display in the shop when the lockdown has finished.

Laura and Celeste (same household) will be working in the shop during lockdown. They will be tidying, cleaning, doing stock taking, etc. They will also be taking orders either for delivery or collection. More information about that will be posted on Monday.

New Years Resolution for Crafting

 

Laura plans to complete two WIPs/UFOs before starting any new projects. Then she wants to work through her backlog of old projects, interspersing them with small new ones.

Janet's resolution is the same as every year, to finish all of her UFOs.

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WIP: Work in Progress

UFO: UnFinished Object

Happy New Year

 

A very Happy New Year to all of our customers.

We have had a long Christmas break, and are feeling refreshed and raring to go. We're back to our standard opening hours of 9-5.30, Monday to Saturday.

Hope to see you soon.

Christmas Car

 

Wendy and Marina received some Christmas cuddles for a bearded man. They are standing in front of the pink Fiat (supplied by Paul Ridgway).

The very special visitor assured us he has received his Covid-19 vaccination, and is safe to travel. He then went on to drawn the winning ticket for the Manx Breast Cancer Support Group's Christmas Tombola.

The first prize of the pink Fiat 500 has been won by Emma C. The second prize of dinner, bed and breakfast for two at the Mannin Hotel in Douglas has been won by John Craig, and James Thompson has won the third prize of a 'Mint' Hamper.

Gift Vouchers

 

We've had a re-design of our gift vouchers. Hope you like the Christmas one. We'll show you the non-Christmas one in the new year.

Gift vocuhers can be bought in store, and are valid for 12 months. They can be written for any amount.

Happy Christmas - Nollick Ghennal

We wish to thank all of our wonderful customers for a fabulous year. We have been so busy after returning from lockdown. Many, many people have picked up needles, hooks and glue guns, and have found crafting to be excellent for their mental heath.

We shall be closing at 1pm on Christmas Eve, and re-opening on Monday, the 4th of January, at 9.00am.