Recap: Preston General Election 2024 updates and resultsA new craft shop within Worden Park is one man’s triumph of how we has channelled his anxiety and depression into building a new business.
After being diagnosed with Depression & Anxiety Disorder, Chris was encouraged by loved ones to take up a new hobby to help occupy his mind. After picking up knitting, his hobby soon turned into a passion.Chris said: “What has turned from a hobby into me now opening a shop and dye studio and working for a living doing something I love.”
He said: “I know how hard farming life can be, especially for sheep farmers, many of whom live very isolated working lives for very little money, not helped by the fact that they are paid a pittance for their sheep’s fleeces, it costs more for them to be sheared than the wool board pays the farmer. This has led me to only source 100% British Wool, paying the farmers what the fleeces and yarn is actually worth.