In most jobs, a visit to the office is just a part of the daily grind. For a Yarn Forward freelancer, it’s a rare and lovely treat. My small assistant and I took the train to Bradford-on-Avon (which is a good deal prettier than your average business park, for starters) to see what goes on at the business headquarters of the magazine.
Lou (right) and Dee (left) kindly took a little while away from attending to subscribers and suppliers to show us around. (Kerrie and Shirley are based at the second office in Bishops Stortford.)
Lou’s “creatively organised” desk - “Dee likes to tease me about that”, she said. Dee’s desk is so organised that there was nothing to photograph, but I did find…
a secret stash of chocolate.
We’re knitters, though, so the edible treats are a lot less exciting than the yarny ones. Piles and piles of gorgeous wool (that’s the subscriber yarn, ready for dispatch)…
plus useful books, and beautiful handknits. Oh, and spray cleaner.
The YF staff are a self-reliant bunch. Not only do Lou and Dee have to clean up after themselves - they even had to build their own desks!
It was hard to say goodbye, but at least we got to take a little bit of Yarn Forward home with us. Hang on, what’s in the bag? Could it be yarn?
Oh, it’s chocolate. Note to assistant: go for the wool next time.
August 17, 2008 at 4:31 pm
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