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I knit therefore I.....feel a bit better thanks.

I knit therefore I.....feel a bit better thanks.

Well it has been a bit of a time really hasn't it, what with one thing and another. As Lockdown 3 (The Return) begins to bite it all feels just a b...

The wonderfulness of wool.

Onwards with the Shropshire Ply story.. Having found local flocks and got on good terms with the sheep wranglers it's onto the specific qualities o...

Added extras...

Added extras...

There is a lot of waste in the average fleece. There is all the vegetable matter (VGM) that is inevitably collected as the sheep lies down in the s...

Wool Week 2020.

Wool Week 2020.

In which Becca and Teri take some fleece on a journey...

As one door shuts, another will open.

As one door shuts, another will open.

Just like all of you, the Covid-19 situation hit us like a wet bag of cement. It has changed everything, and we are still coming to terms with how ...

Never let it be said that Ewe & Ply left wool fiddlers without wool to fiddle.

Well things have reached the point where we have put out our own statement regarding the current situation. This is a tricky time for a small busin...

Dye lots, and other issues.

Dye lots, and other issues.

We have been inordinately busy recently. We set up a proper new shop in Oswestry, in addition to our lovely Shrewsbury market shop, this time with ...

Our Sheep

Our Sheep

This blog post follows on from sustainability. When we first opened our little shop in the naughty corner of Shrewsbury Market Hall, someone posted...

More Sustainability!

More Sustainability!

Becca and I both come from one-parent families. From our different angles we came to the same point of getting what we wanted from having little me...

Sustainability and Regeneration

Sustainability and Regeneration

In our little way Ewe & Ply tries to be ethical. In our personal lives as well. We try to stock as much British wool as possible, our foreign w...

On self-improvement and plastic...

On self-improvement and  plastic...

We love our little shop, deeply and truly, and we want it to be the best it can possibly be, and naturally we want everyone else to love it as well...