Tiny Modernist Competitors

At LoveCrafts we’re building online communities for crafters: homes for makers where they can find their latest inspiration, learn new techniques, easily source all their supplies and share their creations with like-minded makers around the world. Since launching in 2012, we’ve grown incredibly quickly. Our membership in the prestigious Future Fifty and 20th place on the FT’s list of fastest growing European companies is thanks to the hard work of our team of smart, kind makers based in London, Kyiv and in the USA. We’ve been fuelled by investment from Europe’s leading venture capital firms; Balderton Capital (LoveFilm, The Hut) funded our Series A round, followed by Highland Europe (Photobox, WeTransfer) and most recently Scottish Equity Partners (SkyScanner, Matches Fashion). We’re playing with the very best in web, mobile, social, commerce and media technology as we create the perfect digital business for all things craft related. Our team is filled with ambitious, curious, entrepreneurial and occasionally kooky makers. We hire and nurture inquisitive, creative minds looking to flourish in a supportive and collaborative environment.

The DMC Group is a platform of complementary, market leading, needlecraft brands. The group owns and operates four iconic needlecrafts brands: DMC (global leader in embroidery threads with a 275-year heritage, the undisputed reference brand); Wool And The Gang (digital-first and contemporary knitting kits); Sirdar (over 125 year British heritage in knitting yarns); and Rowan (premium design-led British yarn brand with a longstanding heritage in the UK and US. Products include thread, yarn, kits, patterns, accessories, and publications. The Group owns Tilsatec, a manufacturer of cut resistant technical yarns and PPE. DMC DMC, founded in Mulhouse, France in 1746, is the leading player in embroidery thread and floss with a 275-year history of delivering iconic, high-quality embroidery threads, floss and related products. Sirdar The UK household knitting name and leader in baby yarn Sirdar is a heritage British brand of hand-knitting yarns established in 1880 and well known for its high-quality pattern designs and yarn ranges. The brand holds the market-leading position in the UK and a growing presence in the USA. Wool And The Gang Wool and the Gang (“WATG”) is a digitally native, direct-to-consumer brand of knitting do-it-yourself kits and premium yarns. The brand offers creative clothing, accessories, and homeware designs to be crafted at home and is renowned for its fashion-led approach. Rowan The premium, quintessentially British yarn brand Rowan is a premium design-led British yarn brand with a longstanding heritage in the UK, the US and an increasinginternational presence, with a portfolio of 28 natural fibre yarns and numerous design-led patterns and publications. Tilsatec Tilsatec is a manufacturer of cut-resistant technical yarns for use in protective work gloves and sleeves. Tilsatec is recognised as a premium quality supplier, the brand is synonymous with the the highest level of cut-resistance, high performance and reliability.

The Cotton Patch is a UK company specialising in patchwork and quilting fabrics, books, wadding, notions and haberdashery. We have been supplying patchworkers and quilters with fabrics, wadding, notions, books, software, haberdashery and accessories since 1990 and have the most comprehensive range of products in the UK with thousands of patchwork fabrics. The Cotton Patch shop is based in Hall Green, Birmingham and our friendly and knowledgeable staff will be happy to help you if you need advice and guidance.