Welcome aboard the Wool Boat.

Welcome aboard the home of Colin and Carole's Creations. We believe we run the worlds only floating wool and yarn shop based on a canal narrow boat.
Talk to us on 07931 356204
Carole’s Etsy shop from where you can purchase many of her hand knitted garments, though if you want anything special, a commissioned one? Feel free to give us a ring.
Blue skies here in West Lancashire this morning 22.1.2020. The public footpath alongside our mooring has dried up a lot so a good day for a walk and contact and collect some yarn? We will be available from 1-3 this afternoon.

The Wool Boats crew plan’s for the week of 18th January to 24th of January 2021.

It looks like the first part of the week is going to be wet, wet and wet, but at least it’s mild.

Still under the present government advice we can provide a limited service of contact and collect.

We are thus planning to be available for a couple of hours on Friday and Saturday again this week.

Col is planning to build a new gang plank so we can be available in different places for contact and collect. We want to be able to just move over to the other side of the canal where the tow path is in better condition and not as muddy for folks to come and find us.

Along some parts of the Leeds and Liverpool canal the wash wall alongside the towpath has a slope on it so we can’t moor right up against it so we thus need the longer gang plank.   

So hopefully we’ll be able to move across the canal to be available on Friday and Saturday from 1-3.

When you do contact us to order we will be able to let you know where we are, or will contact you in the morning of Friday or Saturday to let you know.

Local deliveries are available as well.

We are calling our operations “contact and collect” as we feel this is far more flexible and efficient than “click and collect”, so different ways to contact us, website, phone 07931 356204, or e-mail.

Carole and Capt Col. 19.1.2021.

Limited offer

Christmas sock yarn pack with free pattern book. A limited offer of 4 balls of West Yorkshire Spinners signature 4 ply sock yarn in Christmas shades.

Christmas sock yarn pack with free pattern book.

A limited offer of 4 balls of West Yorkshire Spinners signature 4 ply sock yarn in Christmas shades.

The 4 balls of yarn are 2 balls of Silent Night and one each of Candy Cane and Fairy lights.

And with this yarn will be a copy of the WYS “Christmas Socks collection one, Hand knitted sock designs by Winwick Mum.

In the book, which normally is priced at £8.50, are 6 patterns, one of which requires 2 balls of the Silent Night. 

to order please e mail us at colinandcarolescreations@yahoo.co.uk and we will send you a payment request via pay pal as we are struggling a bit with this e-commerce malarkey 🙂

Now Christmas has gone and hopefully the postal services will be under less pressure we are now happy to resume posting out our creations along with wool and yarn or whatever else we have in stock.

Just now added to our webshop, a lovely warm hand made dragon tooth shawl…https://thewoolboat.co.uk/product/mauve-dragon-tooth-shawl/

Mauve Dragon tooth shawl. A Dragon tooth scarf hand knitted aboard the narrow boat “Emma Maye” in Lancashire by Carole Wareing of Colin and Carole’s Creations. This unique garment is an adult sized shawl, knitted from a yarn available from The Wool Boat which is produced by James C Brett. The yarn used for this shawl is an acrylic and merino mix yarn from the James C Brett’s DK with Merino range The colour is a shade of mauve, shade DM13.
Dragon tooth huggy shawl from Dk with merino. Mauve Dragon tooth shawl. A Dragon tooth scarf hand knitted aboard the narrow boat “Emma Maye” in Lancashire by Carole Wareing of Colin and Carole’s Creations. This unique garment is an adult sized shawl, knitted from a yarn available from The Wool Boat which is produced by James C Brett. The yarn used for this shawl is an acrylic and merino mix yarn from the James C Brett’s DK with Merino range The colour is a shade of mauve, shade DM13. The stitches used to create this shawl have produced a textured and warm garment, great for a cool winter’s day or passing onto a loved one as a replacement for a hug. The shawl is 80 inch long and 12 inch deep at its widest point and has about 66 dragon’s teeth. The price is £20 including free postage to a uk address, please enquire about overseas postage rates or come and pick up from The Wool Boat. The Wool Boat’s virtual mooring if you can’t get to us on a canal is www.thewoolboat.co.uk or Carole can be contacted on 07931 356204 Garment no 492 Cw 7412 Image no Cw 7412 Image Copyright Colin Wareing colinandcarolescreations@yahoo.co.uk
About us

Where and when is The Wool Boat open?

The Wool Boat is based on the canal narrow boat “Emma Maye”. During the winter we are based on the Leeds and Liverpool canal in the Burscough area of Lancashire. Over the summer we cruise the inland waterways of the country. This means
we will keep this website up dated as to where and when we plan to be open.

New baby yarn page added to the website https://thewoolboat.co.uk/baby-yarns/

Christmas has gone and Carole’s order books are not as full as they where, so now is a good time for placing orders for creation on her needles. For ideas have a look in our web shop, “Are you wearing Colour by Carole?” 28.12.20

Local deliveries are available as well.

For orders please contact us via phone 07931 356204, e-mail, colinandcarolescreations@yahoo.co.uk or social media, Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

Carole and Capt Col. 28.12.2020.

Details of the Christmas sock yarn are here on our sock yarn page

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