Category: News

“Are you coming out to play?” When was the last time anyone asked you that? I’m guessing it was some time… Read more »

Can I ask you a personal question? How’s your relationship with colour these days? Does your heart sing, or skip… Read more »

Do you find the subject of natural dyeing fascinating – but also a little strange and mysterious? Unlike the neat… Read more »

The Beret. Yes, I know it’s a bit of a fashion cliché – but sometimes I rather like clichés. They… Read more »

Help! I think my daughter has been abducted by aliens! What 21st century parent isn’t wearily familiar with the addictive… Read more »

If you’d like to join me for The Real Life or the Online Trellis Poncho CAL this Autumn your first… Read more »

I have this thing about endings. I just can’t bear messy endings and unresolved issues. UFO’s, or Unfinished Objects, haunt… Read more »

“Creativity is contagious, pass it on.”     Albert Einstein                                 Earlier this year I was delighted to run another… Read more »

I’m so excited!! I’m going to be running The Mercerie’s very first CAL project in 2016 – and it’s going… Read more »

Today I’m delighted to host a guest blog post by The Mercerie’s brilliant lifestyle photographer Boo Marshall; I’ve watched the… Read more »

As Easter approaches and the green shoots of spring finally appear I can, at last, welcome the season of renewal… Read more »

It’s nearly Valentines day and once again I’ve been busy working on a themed window display for the Norwich Lanes… Read more »

If October is orange, November in Britain is most definitely grey. Outside the sky is grey, the morning fog is… Read more »

WARNING – this blog post contains a picture of a big black spider. As the nights draw in, the clocks go… Read more »

I have to admit – I do get rather excited by knitted felt! I just can’t get over the transformation … Read more »

On the top of my wardrobe there is a huge skein of beautiful DK merino wool. Several months ago the… Read more »

It’s a glorious sunny day today; spring is most definitely in the air and a new season can only mean… Read more »

At The Mercerie we love little projects that are quick and easy to make and we are easily seduced by… Read more »

Good morrow, Valentine,  God bless the baker, You’ll be the giver, And I’ll be the taker Norfolk is a rum… Read more »

So the festivities are over and the dust has finally settled. In fact it looks so settled I think I’ll… Read more »

I’ve been thinking about this year’s Christmas tree. Last year our homemade Christmas tree decorations melted and dripped onto the… Read more »

One sunny Autumn day three girls took a trip to the woods on Mousehold Heath.  One was very young and… Read more »

The Mercerie’s new ‘Mystery Crochet’ course started last week and it began with a rather intense two hour colour workshop………. Read more »

On Sunday, as we drove away from Top Farm and our last camp of the summer, we stopped to help… Read more »

Our lavender was planted 5 summers ago, and each year I have planned to harvest some for lavender bags. Every… Read more »

We have recently returned from Dance Camp East and are currently attempting to re-acclimatise after nine days of outdoor living…. Read more »

Of all the flowers in an English summer garden the daisy is, perhaps, one of the most endearing. However, it’s… Read more »

Somewhere in North Norfolk a road branches off the A140 and leads to a smaller road, that leads to a… Read more »

Recycling has been a part of my life since my early teens when I hacked up a beautiful leather coat… Read more »

The Department of Culture, Media and Sport are currently in the process of re-classifying the ‘Creative Industries’ with the intention… Read more »

We were recently asked by the press to write a sewing tutorial for the Norwich Evening News, inspired by the… Read more »

As the maker of things, and the owner of an online business, I exist in a liminal space – a… Read more »

The Mercerie is officially one year old. I know this as I posted my first blog on April Fool’s day… Read more »

March is the month that is traditionally ‘in like a lion’ and ‘out like a lamb’ and brings with it… Read more »

The thing I love most about textiles is that they can never quite be pinned down. Textiles are rarely straightforward…. Read more »

  Today I was going to post my Valentine’s blog. I’ve been thinking about it for several days now, trying… Read more »

Just a few days ago we spent a morning looking though all the Christmas cards we had received this year and were particularly taken with an image of a stained glass window by Chagall.

The Poppy Line steam train at Holt Railway Station was the nostalgic backdrop for a collection of beautiful photographs

This week I have been busy knitting a woollen rabbit in preparation for a ‘Retro Animals’ knitting workshop at Dragon Hall, in… Read more »

On Saturday The Mercerie hosted the first of our dressmaking workshops in Norwich, with the very brilliant Pat Hodger, and… Read more »

Whilst preparing for a crochet workshop recently, I became engrossed in a thought pattern inspired by the work of Margaret… Read more »

Full details of this exciting new textiles course can be found on our workshops and events page. http://demo.themercerie.net/workshops/  

Yesterday I decided to retrieve a small piece of furniture from the big shed with the leaky roof. I spotted… Read more »

We are very excited at The Mercerie to be preparing for a series of dressmaking workshops in Norwich this autumn…. Read more »

  As I sat knitting this evening, and the children were quietly modelling rainbow coloured figures with great industry,  my… Read more »

Yesterday I had the pleasure of working on a second photo-shoot for The Mercerie with Boo from Eliza Boo Photography…. Read more »

One evening this week, as I tackled a particularly intricate piece of lace knitting, I was overcome by the sensation… Read more »

On the first night of our camping holiday on the North Norfolk coast I dozed off whilst reading a bed… Read more »

We just adore the way our Aran yarns felt, making them perfect for creating beautifully functional bags, and we’re going… Read more »

As I was (still) clearing the dead wood this morning I dug up a tree root that looked uncannily like… Read more »

At 10.15 this morning my 28 year old hair dryer transformed into a powerful weapon Causing a violent explosion at… Read more »

Occasionally I find an innate wandering mind leads to dropped stitches and their inevitable ladders and holes. It can, however,… Read more »

A recent journey between print studio and wholesalers took me around the London North Circular. This driving experience was eased… Read more »

  As I was clearing dead wood this morning I discovered some bleeding hearts. They looked so strange and exotic that I… Read more »

We went to the seaside today. We took the beach road until it disappeared into the sea. Then we got… Read more »

I found myself in Gt Yarmouth this afternoon. What a strange and crumbling town. Of all the things that get… Read more »

I’ve always thought balaclavas are a difficult style to pull off.

Is knitting still suffering from status anxiety? And is this an appropriate topic for discussion at this evenings knitting class… Read more »

Today I painted 59 feather boards. The essence of creosote Has penetrated my skin And entered my blood stream.

Today was a very Good Friday Now that Lent is over The extremely brilliant Lynne from Hippo Screen Printers Deserves a Chocolate… Read more »

At The Mercerie  everything’s printed by hand. Today I found small  hand prints on walls, mirrors windows and tables.

Today I was thinking about PR. Then the washing machine broke down. I kept pressing the button. Press, release, press,… Read more »

This morning it was my turn to make breakfast. (again) I can see a pattern emerging.

Today we made dream catchers. We wove them really tightly. Just to make sure nothing slips through the net.  … Read more »