Parchment & Twine

19/09/2026

17/09/2026

Come and see what us local crafters have to offer! This Saturday at Vibrant Warsop 💙

08/09/2026

🧶✨ Opening day for The Woolly Elf ✨🧵

It's finally happened… we now have a local craft shop! 🎉

Our craft & chat group is all about bringing fellow crafters together, and we couldn't be happier to see a new local business opening its doors to our crafty community. We now have somewhere within walking distance to browse yarn, fabric and all those lovely crafty things that we absolutely don't need but somehow always find a reason to buy! 😂

We popped in this morning to have a look around and took a few photos to share because we really want to help spread the word and show this new business some local support. 💙

If you're a crafter, why not pop in and have a look for yourself?

We genuinely believe that having independent businesses like this in our town is something worth celebrating — and we'd love to see this one become a real part of our local crafting community. 🥰

Please give them a follow, share this post and, if you're local, pop in and say hello! 💙

Located at 28C Sherwood St, Warsop, Mansfield NG20 0JW (the building that was previously Dean's Carpets)

04/09/2026

September is finally here, our children are back at school & yesterday we were back at Book Club!
Septembers read is The Woman In The Window by A J Finn.
Fancy joining our club? Message or comment for a copy of the book 👇

12/08/2026

✨ WIP Wednesday ✨

This week, Jodie has put her blanket to the side to work on something different - fungi! 🍄 🍄‍🟫

She got the itch for a new project, so instead of sacking off the blanket completely, Jodie decided to crochet just a few little mushrooms and toadstools to give her that 'new project' feeling!

Back to the Persian Tiles blanket for her next update though - she is determined not to leave this one unfinished!!

How’s your WIP coming along this week? We’d love to see what you’re making, share a photo in the comments! ⬇️

05/08/2026

WIP Wednesday ✨

Charlotte has finished her colourful blanket WIP! It’s very soft and warm, perfect for when the Ber months roll back round 😁

Have you finished any WIP’s this week? We’d love to see what you’ve made, share a photo in the comments! ⬇️

03/08/2026

📚Jodie's TBR list for August!

This month, Jodie has picked quite a few re-reads. Mainly because she is going to be enjoying the summer holidays with the kids, so sometimes a nice re-read is easier to dip in and out of.

You may have noticed the first three books in the ACOTAR series are on here... Jodie is getting ready for the book six release at the end of October! 🤩

You might have noticed that only Jodie has given a TBR list this month. Charlotte has hit a reading lull - we've all been there! She's giving herself a bit of grace this month, spending time with her daughter through the school holidays and isn't pushing herself to do any reading. Hopefully in September she will have her nose stuck in a book again 🖤

We'd love to know if you've read any on the list but don't share any spoilers 🤫

03/08/2026

📖✨Charlotte’s July reading round up

👎 Let's get the bad out of the way first - Charlotte DNF'd two books this month! Although Haunting Adeline has got lots of great reviews, Charlotte couldn't get over the grammatical and spelling errors in this one.

👍 Much to Jodie's delight, Charlotte has finally read Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros, the third in the Empyrean series. We're both now (im)patiently waiting for a release date and title for book 4! We have the short story collection, Threshing Day, on pre-order and we're looking forward to reading this at the end of September when it arrives. Onyx Storm was a 5⭐ read for Charlotte!

Special mention to Fifty-Fifty by Steve Cavanagh - a 4⭐ rating, this one kept Charlotte guessing!

03/08/2026

📖✨Jodie’s July reading round up

So this month hasn't been the greatest in the way of reading my scheduled TBR 😂 only 4 out of 8 finished from the list. It's been a busy one with the kids' summer holidays starting, and physical reading time has taken a back seat. Most of the books on my TBR in July were physical or kindle books. I do love an audiobook to clean and tidy to, and with the kids being off there has been a bit more of that!

👎🏻 The books I struggled with this month were quick Borrowbox audio picks - The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits and Orbital by Samantha Harvey. Neither had a very strong plot. I know orbital is supposed to just be a 'day in the life' POV of astronauts up in the space station, but I was still hoping for a little more than I got.

No 5 star books this month but some very strong 4 and 4.5 books!

👍 I finished the Powerless trilogy by Lauren Roberts and it didn't disappoint. 4.5⭐ for the second and third book. I couldn't give it the full 5⭐ because I guessed quite a few of the twists before they were revealed.

The other 4.5⭐ that stood out to me was Little Bang by Kelly McCaughrain. This is actually a YA book for readers 14+ years old, and that put me off at first. But I'm really glad I read it. It made me cry and is a very poignant and informative story.