Knit Nottingham

COVID STUFF! 11/04/2021

We are super excited to welcome you back into the shop on Tuesday the 13th of April!!! We've been busy cleaning, tidying, stock checking, we've even hoovered for you! There are some rules you need to follow if you do want to come to the shop but I want to emphasis two things: we're still doing online and phone orders (0115 9474239) for if you don't want to or can't come to the shop and also we need you to have your common sense and kindness in tip top condition if you do choose to come.

Covid Opening Hours:

Monday: Closed.
Tuesday: 10.30am - 4pm.
Wednesday: 10.30am - 4pm.
Thursday: 10.30am - 4pm.
Friday: 10.30am - 6pm.
Saturday: 10.30am - 4pm.
Sunday: Closed.
 

Rules:

• 2 customers or 2/3 person bubbles at a time. With the staff included there should be no more than 6 people in the shop at a time. We've placed the rope barrier just ahead of the entrance so that you can step in, assess who's in there and proceed if it's appropriate. Please just queue outside if there isn't space for you at that time.
• Wear your mask properly. Exemptions apply obviously but we'd like you to make that decision in good faith and then wear your mask over your nose and mouth, don't touch it and definitely don't take it off to talk or sneeze.
• Use the sanitizer provided. We need you to use that when you first come into the shop and then as you're browsing too, for example if you settle to look through the patterns. If a staff member asks you to resanitize you need to comply, it's probably because we've seen you absent-mindedly touch your face or mask or something.
• Respect the two metre rule. This applies to staff as well as other customers and we might gently prompt you if we feel you've drifted a little.
• Don't dawdle if there's a queue outside. Comes back to respecting other customers and staff. We're dead excited to catch up with you too but we have the rest of our lives and we'll be pretty busy over the next couple of months not just with lovely customers (hopefully!) but with the behind the scenes stuff for the new till and website even if it looks to you like we're not...
• Use contactless payments where possible.
• No returns on anything - doesn't affect your statutory rights, obvs.
• No moaning about the rules. Honestly, it's so boring and it happens a lot - you won't be the only person that week, that day, probably that hour and after a year of being apart I know we have so much else to talk about (even moan about) and it won't change the rules it just might make them stricter, so how about we stick to interesting topics? Maybe even knitting and crochet????
 

I can't tell you how much relief, excitement and anxiety I feel about this. I know that's a common sentiment - mixed up emotions after a gross year. I am so grateful, and I honestly can't express it properly so I won't try, for the support that you've given this gorgeous little shop of ours. Not just by buying and spreading the word and following us on Facebook, Insta and Youtube, but more the humanity you've shown me. The things you've shared and the support that you've given, the patience you've had with the (continued) stock issues and the wonderful conversations we've had putting the world to rights when we didn't have access to our normal support networks. It's meant the world to me and I'm coming to this reopening feeling fresh and humble and full of optimism about this corner of the world full of good eggs.

 

Thank you.

Love Eleanor, Katie, no longer Emma as she's gone to live on a boat in London and a super new human you've yet to meet. xxxx

 

Knit Nottingham is an award winning, independent yarn shop in the heart of Nottingham and we sell reasonably priced, excellent quality yarn for crochet and knitting. We also stock needles, notions, patterns and high quality, locally hand made items for the discerning crafter. The shop is staffed by expert knitters and crocheters (unless Dr Chris is covering in which case you’ll get a friendly hello and a mostly confused look, but I promise he’s not in very often). We also teach lessons - in knitting, crochet, dyeing and various other woolly things - both in house and with some fabulous teachers from far and wide. We do the occasional coach trip and a weekly vlog. And every now and again we put on excellent parties.

We opened in 2010 in a tiny and rickety shop on Mansfield Road. but we put our heart and soul into it, made a lot of good friends and loyal customers, won some awards and were eventually able to move to our lovely, and much bigger, new home on Trinity Walk in 2016. We ended up partially crowdfunding that move because people were so excited and wanted to be part of it and we’ll forever be grateful for how our community stepped up at that moment.

We're committed to making our shop a welcoming and accessible place for people who are disabled, LGBTQIA+, BIPOC and everybody else. We do have a ramp that we're not afraid to use and island in the middle of the shop moves about for ease of access. If you want to discuss anything further please do give us an email or a ring and we'll happily work around you. We consider our space unapologetically political, body positive and feminist and we don't shy away from the big conversations that crafting is a part of; it's not always heavy but it's not just sticks and string either (although if you're wondering whether you're able to do a difficult pattern, then it is just sticks and string...).

In 2018 we were contacted to be part of a new BBC programme, Interior Design Masters. Our designers, Nikki and Cassie (who went on to win the whole show!), gutted the shop and completely re-imagined how a modern yarn shop should present itself. We’re still messy, a little disorganised and bursting with wool but now, when we put our best foot forward, we look a bit hipster too. Mary Portas, who was the judge for our week, bloody loved it!

I think that’s all. I’m Eleanor and I own the shop, I’m here most days - sometimes a little frazzled but always grateful to be surrounded by woolly mess. You might also meet the lovely Emma, who’s a whole lot less frazzled than me and always visibly thrilled to be being paid to play with yarn. There’s also a host of regular customers who often know more about what we’re up to than I do but please don’t be offended if they can’t help you, they look comfortable but they’re not being paid! And if you come in often enough you too could become one of those knowledgeable regulars.

If you want to invite us to work with you for an event or party then do give us an email - this is very exciting to us!

We hope to see you soon! :)

Our loyalty scheme has changed! But don't worry - you can still use your old loyalty card until it's filled, and then we'll set you up with one of the stylish new ones.

With the new loyalty scheme, you earn points on everything you buy, except artisan and sale items. You no longer have to spend over £10 to start earning points. Once you've spent £200, you'll receive £10 off. Best of all, it's all done automatically through our fancy new till! Full terms and conditions can be found here.