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The Skein-Stealer’s Stash is a crochet business focusing on handmade collectibles based on fantasy and mythological creatures , with a little help from a very opinionated team of dinosaurs.

27/10/2026

A little update on how The Stash supports Make-A-Wish UK!

I'm delighted to share that The Skein Stealer's Stash is now registered with Work for Good, helping us turn my love of crochet into something more magical.

I've pledged to donate 10% of every sale to Make-A-Wish UK through Work for Good, which helps managing and tracking the Stash's fundraising, and ensuring your purchases are safe and helps making wishes come true!

The JustGiving page will still be available if you'd like to make a direct donation to Make-A-Wish UK through The Stash - offering you two ways to support same wonderful cause!

Whether you choose a little crochet companion or simply want to donate, I'm grateful to everyone who helps me make a difference.

Thank you for being part of The Stash's journey. I know we're still in a very early phase, but every little bit of magic counts and I hope that over time, we all will be able to create a whole load of magic together!

Work for Good https://workforgood.co.uk/businesses/the-skein-stealers-stash/

Donate directly at https://www.justgiving.com/page/theskeinstealer

20/10/2026

It's been quiet at the Stash.
Sadly, the other week we took the soul crushing decision to let our Chief of Takeaways move on. William, lovingly known as Beebs, was my better half, my rock and a constant presence for 15 years, and it's been tough to cope without him here.

The Stash will return, maybe a little bit quieter and with a little bit less corgi fur, but with the same heart and joy that Beebs taught me across all these years.

Live fully, live wholeheartedly, live with no hesitation or remorse

19/09/2026

Been a few busy days of working not only on my crafts, but arranging return to (actual) work, get on top of house chores and childproofing new interesting heights.

Some big 🦕👀 things are coming though, that will not just make updates more common (and fun!) but also give The Stash bit of a spooooky feeling... 👻👻🎃🎃

06/09/2026

Seriousaurus, our Chief Financial Officer, Head of Operations and, following recent events, the only employee trusted with the company credit card.

Seriousaurus has joined The Skein Stealer's Stash to ensure we remain focused, financially responsible and don't get distracted by unnecessary projects.

His first task was supervising development of our new dice bags.
Unfortunately, his first day was somewhat delayed because management spent an hour making his wardrobe.

Seriousaurus has declined to comment.

Management remains side-tracked. 🦕🪡👔

01/09/2026

Meet the Management 🦕📋

We thought it was about time we introduced you to the voice behind reasons at The Stash; Seriousaurus - our very serious Manager of Operations.

Armed with his clipboard, glasses and trusty abacus, Seriousaurus is responsible for organisation, quality control, important paperwork and, increasingly, asking Roughy “Should we really…?”

He takes his responsibilities extremely seriously.

Unfortunately, nobody else does...

When he isn’t reviewing production, inspecting prototypes or discovering entirely new things to add to his paperwork, Seriousaurus can usually be found trying to maintain some semblance of order around the Stash.

Specialities:
📋 Organisation
🧮 Extremely advanced dinosaur accounting
🔍 Quality control
🦖 Roughy management

He would like it formally recorded that he did not approve the potion incident.

Please give Seriousaurus a warm welcome — he has been informed that social media engagement is now somehow also his responsibility...

31/08/2026

Todays business achievements; Management has learnt how to do really cool things in Excel, the IT department has resurrected the household printer and Bean conducted a hostile takeover of the haberdashery department 🎀👶📊

31/08/2026

Apparently, starting even a tiny crochet business involves homework 🧐🧶📝

The Skein-Stealer's Stash is slowly ready to officially becoming a real little business, and I've reached the stage where I should probably find out what people actually want - rather than simply making things and hoping for the best 😅

So, I've made a tiny survey - to fit this tiny business!

It takes about 2-3 minutes, it's anonymous, and a "I don't do this" is useful information too!

If you've got a couple of minutes to spare I'd really appreciate your thoughts! Every response will help me make better decisions about what the Stash makes and where I could go from here 💜

https://forms.gle/PJW6izsBBjisM2Wy7

Right.. Back to my homework...

28/08/2026

To confirm Roughys introduction into the business, we have put together a very official compensation package

• Base salary: 3 strands of Stylecraft Special DK per annum
• Performance bonus: One additional stripe for every successful compliance test
• Pension: Stuffing contributions matched at 5%
• Annual leave: 28 days, although he may be required to travel
• Private healthcare: Needle and thread, provided on-site
• Company car: Absolutely not, he's 9 grams
• Uniform allowance: One wizard hat, already issued. Stripey scarf, pending.
• Hazard pay: ...we should probably not tell him about that part...

First Assignment: Preparation of Prototype Safety Documentation.

Good luck at your new job, Roughy 🫡🦕

31/07/2026

AI Info

As a creator, I do not support AI content being advertised as human-made, and will always guarantee that all my creations and patterns are 100% human-made, including posts and photos.

However, at this stage in my adventures starting and getting this little business adventure running, I have used AI to generate my art for my page due to lack of skills to create them myself and due to lack of finances to hire a professional artist to do so.

I have also used AI to 'discuss' my business plan, ideas and to help pinpoint how to make all this work. It is still all very much me, but AI has helped me polish some parts and/or pointed me in the right directions on how to do it myself.

31/07/2026

As a mother of a beautiful girl, I can’t even fathom what it would be like seeing my child having to go through major injury or illness. However, I do know that I would do anything in my power to keep her smiling and hoping. That is why I have chosen to support Make-A-Wish Foundation UK, to help children and their families to find that extra ray of light in what must be one of the worst situations a family can go through, and bring back some of that hope and magic into a child's life.

The work of Make-A-Wish UK beautifully mirrors the magic and imagination that one can find with tabletop games, and by supporting them I hope to help bring hope and real-world magic to the children who need it the most. Therefore, it means the world to me that every adventurer and creature bought from me helps fund a real-life adventure for a child, giving them a chance to experience a new world of joy and possibilities outside of hospital.

From each sale, 10% of the profit will be donated through our JustGiving page. All funds collected through sales will be donated monthly with a full update on the amount so we all can see the real impact we help making.

Want to just donate? Any sum, no matter how big or small, still plays a huge role in our work and will be greatly appreciated!
Feel free to go through us here https://www.justgiving.com/page/theskeinstealer, or donate to them directly here https://www.make-a-wish.org.uk/

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http://www.justgiving.com/page/theskeinstealer, https://workforgood.co.uk/businesses/the-skein-stealers-stash/

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