Review of Baa Baa Brighouse's Valentine's Box

Today, with a big thanks to Mr A Woolly Yarn, I excitedly received Baa Baa Brighouse's Valentine's box.

Elaine Jinks-Turner, who runs the online and soon to be bricks and mortar too wool shop, puts together a number of yarn boxes on different themes. The most well-known is the monthly Yan Tan Tethera Yarn Club, where each month subscribers receive exclusively-dyed Yorkshire wool inspired by a photograph of the Yorkshire landscape. She also sells monthly-themed hand-dyed yarn boxes - previous subjects have included Sherlock and Jane Austen. As well as yarn they come with cute little extras. Sometimes they can be difficult to find on Baa Baa Brighouse's website so you may need to hunt for them!

Here are the goodies in my Valentine's box:

1. Two hand-dyed 100g skeins of Baa Baa Brew 100% Bluefaced Leicester British Wool DK in the one-off shade 'My Bloody Valentine'
2. A handmade bath truffle from The Yorkshire Soap Company
3. A cute little organza bag filled with red and white buttons 
4. A lavender bag 
5. A heart-shaped chocolate from the world-famous Betty's Bakery 
6. A bar of raspberry and poppy seed soap.

Needless to say I was thrilled by the well-thought-out goodies in the box, particularly the bath truffle and the chocolate.

The star of the show though of course is the wool: each skein is packaged with a lovely little heart-shaped stitch marker. I really like the fact that Jinks-Turner bypassed the usual Valentine's red shade and instead produced this variegated pink and purple creation. It's vibrant and fun and I can't wait to see what it looks like knitted up. Any pattern ideas you can recommend? Please let me know in the comments box below or on A Woolly Yarn's Facebook page.

The Valentine's Box is a one-off and is no longer for sale. As it was a gift I'm too polite to ask Mr A Woolly Yarn the cost. For an alternative Baa Baa Brighouse currently has these themed boxes for sale:

• Spring Equinox Yarn Box: £37 plus P&P for 200g of variegated hand-dyed Baa Baa Brew DK with goodies
• March 2018 Yan Tan Tethera Yarn Club: £23 plus P&P for one skein of hand-dyed Unicorn Sock base yarn, a copy of the photograph used as colour inspiration, and a complementary Yorkshire gift
• February Themed Yarn Box - Votes For Women: £26 plus P&P for one 100g skein of Baa Baa Brew British Bluefaced Leicester DK in a brand new hand-dyed colourway, a contrasting 25g mini skein and goodies
• Mother's Day Yarn Box: £37 plus P&P for 200g of variegated hand-dyed Baa Baa Brew DK with goodies on a 'pampering mum' theme.