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Feedback – Part 1
We have always collected feedback from both our audience and exhibitors who attend Yarningham. It’s a way for us to continually improve the festival and find out what does and doesn’t work.
We use the information collected from the feedback forms to inform the next festival. The feedback we receive is a valuable resource and really does make a difference.
What we haven’t done previously is share some of the information and feedback we receive. So over our summer break I asked our designer, illustrator extraordinaire Ben Javens to create some infographics to showcase some of the festivals successes.
The first infographic contains one of our greatest achievements. 96% of the Yarningham audience said that they would attend the festival again. This figure is a mean average taken over the four years of the festival.
I didn’t realise that these figures and statistics were in any way exceptional until I talked to a close friend who works for the National Trust. She said that they would pay good money for these kind of approval ratings especially from audiences.
I’ll share all of the infographics over the next few weeks here on the blog and over on the Yarningham Instagram account.
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M.O.E post 3 – Ginger Twist Studio
Ginger Twist Studio is an indie, vintage inspired, bricks and mortar shop located in Edinburgh, Scotland. This is also the home of Ginger’s Hand Dyed, a range of hand dyed yarns in a wide variety of fibres, weights and colourways.
There is really something for everyone! These are dyed by the proprietor of the shop herself, so come say hello and have a squish!
Campaign for Wool supporter
We are very proud here at S&H Towers to have been made an official Campaign for Wool supporter.
The Campaign for Wool was initiated and launched by HRH The Prince of Wales in 2010 and is a non profit making promotional platform, which inspires and educates consumers about the many natural, sustainable benefits of real woof for fashion, interiors, craft and the built environment. It is funded by the world’s leading wool organisations, supported by major brands, designers and the wool textile industry and it is now active across the globe.
So, we will be displaying our support of all things real wool with pride.
Let’s Knit magazine ticket giveaway
Let’s Knit magazine are giving away 5 pairs of Yarningham marketplace tickets.
Yes, you read that correctly. 5 pairs of FREE TICKETS for the marketplace, just given away!
To be in with a chance of winning, head over to the Let’s Knit website before 25 May and follow the simple instructions. Or, head over to your newsagents and buy your copy now.
Yarningham brochures
Our Yarningham brochures have arrived.
A big thanks to Ben Javens for designing the layout. Another big thanks to Kirsten McTeer who has donated a sock pattern called ‘Bournville Socks’. The pattern is named after Bournville, an area of Birmingham, famous worldwide as the home of Cadbury’s. In fact the Cadbury factory is just behind our Yarningham venue.
Don’t forget to pick a brochure up when you attend Yarningham.
For more information about Yarningham or to buy advance tickets visit our website.
Podcast
Yarningham has been mentioned in the new episode of Owl About Yarn‘s podcast. Jennie from Owl About Yarn will be selling her gorgeous yarns at Yarningham so have a listen and see what she has to say! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rDczba6uOE
WWKIP day @ Sin Eater Festival
On Saturday we held a hootenanny at Sin Eater Festival to celebrate World Wide Knit In Public Day.
A big thank you to David and Liz from Sin Eater for hosting us, everyone who came to get their stitch on and most of all to the knitting weather gods who supplied us with some sunshine. 
Lorna Bakes @ Yarningham
I would like to introduce you to Lorna-Mary Webb. She runs LM Projects as a freelance producer and is a massive lover of cake.
Lorna has been catering for quite a few years and started to include it under the title of ‘Producer’ after she found a real passion for baking. After some time working in tour catering, she decided to stay closer to home and trained as a Barista. She now runs Front of House at Buddy’s 232 cafe, in Digbeth, baking cakes, making great coffee (she’s been told) and keeping customers happy and in check.
Now everyone knows that you can’t have a fibre festival (or any kind of festival) without cake. So we got in touch with Lorna to make sure that we have lots of delicious cakes for Yarningham.
Here are some of Lorna’s previous bakes to whet your appetite.
Lorna has chosen to bake some traditional cakes and loaves, some naughty tray bakes, a gluten free and vegan option, as well as a ‘ Yarningham show stopper`. So, hopefully something for every sweet tooth.
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