Hello, my name is Caroline Bawn, I live in Cornwall, UK with my husband Mark, and we own and run Gorgeous Yarns!
I am an experienced Occupational Therapist and running Gorgeous Yarns is my dream come true! I have been a lifelong knitter since my Gran Pearl taught me when I was a little girl, and I have probably knitted almost every day since. Knitting is a daily pleasure for me, creating beautiful things is very therapeutic, and this combined with the gentle, relaxing rhythm of the stitches keeps me sane! I understand the therapeutic value of creating, and I would encourage everyone to have something they do which gives them this.
Last year I was unwell for a long time and unable to work; knitting kept me going, even if I was only able to do simple, basic projects sometimes, I still found time for my ‘therapy’. During that time, the idea of having a Yarn store grew and developed from a lifelong dream to the reality today of blogging to you from online ‘Gorgeous Yarns.’ (I couldn’t do it without the endless love and support of Mark.)
I believe that if you are going to invest your precious time into making things, it’s worth buying quality materials which reward you for your time. The yarns I sell, I have personally knitted with and I can recommend them to you as a friend; they will slip into stitches of loveliness and you will have 3 fold pleasure from the item you have created…. The pleasure of knowing you have made something lovely to look at and wear, the sensory and textural pleasure of the yarns as you work with them, and the pleasure of being able to say ‘yes, I made this’!
I hope you enjoy browsing the web shop…., and I hope you will become a friend and regular visitor. Please contact me if I can help, or if you want to discuss anything. I am available by mobile, land line phone, text or e-mail, and if I can’t take your call, I will call you back as soon as I can.
Bye for now, Caroline
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