A Beautiful Yarn for Marie Curie

For the second year in a row, Christine’s Wool Shop in Bournville, Birmingham has launched a very special yarn in collaboration with West Yorkshire Spinners. The yarn itself is a limited edition 4ply in a special colourway that was designed to raise funds for Marie Curie. This award-winning blend of Bluefaced Leicester wool and nylon will retail at £7.20 per 100g ball. For each ball sold a £2 donation will be given directly to Marie Curie to help them care for terminally ill patients and their families. CityKnits, along with their retail outlet Christine’s Wool Shop, has been run by the same family for 40 years. The family and their staff are committed to supporting Marie Curie UK, due to the care that they received during the final days of their mother Christine Davis. They are determined to give back to the nurses who helped them through such a difficult time.

Cityknits Team (left to right): Sisters Sally McCutcheon, Caroline Davis and Julie Davis

If you would like to purchase this yarn and lend your support to a fantastic cause, you will need to visit www.cityknits.co.uk. Alternatively, if you are in the local area, you could pop along to Christine’s Wool Shop. If you decide to do this, you won’t be disappointed! Not only was this yarn created for a charitable cause, it is also a fabulous product in its own right. Ideal for socks and shawls, you are bound to fall in love with this self-striping, printed fibre. Just make sure that you are quick off the mark. Following the release of this yarn, a third of the batch was purchased within the first week! Shop Manager, Caroline Davis said: “We are delighted with the response to the initial launch, there are going to be lots of toasty toes out there and the more money we raise, the more Marie Curie can care for people who are terminally ill.”