{"id":93664,"date":"2025-02-21T13:32:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T13:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=93664"},"modified":"2025-02-21T15:46:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T15:46:44","slug":"its-like-an-adult-ice-cream-van-the-business-delivering-wool-to-knitters-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2025\/02\/21\/its-like-an-adult-ice-cream-van-the-business-delivering-wool-to-knitters-in-need\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s like an adult ice cream van\u2019: the business delivering wool to knitters in need"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wool on Wheels travels across Cardiff helping the housebound and people in residential homes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

VANS delivering goods aren’t uncommon in Cardiff, but one vehicle zooming around our streets is packed full of something different – wool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wool on Wheels is a mobile knitting business bringing supplies to customers including the housebound and people living in residential homes who can’t nip out to the shops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI take the van to them so they’ve still got the independence of coming and buying their own products,” said owner Leanne Harrington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey can come out and choose their own. It’s nice that they can still do that.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When making house deliveries to those who are struggling to get out, Ms Harrington often stops for a cup of a tea and a chat with her customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI might be the only person that they see throughout the week. It’s really nice,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wool on Wheels also visits knitting groups, delivering “wool wherever it\u2019s needed” partly as a response to the decline in craft shops. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wanted to help people that were stuck at home, still wanting to do their hobbies. It\u2019s just grown. The van is absolutely amazing. It does so, so well,\u201d added the knitting enthusiast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The van makes visits locations in Fairwater, Llanedryn, Llantwit Major, Pontprennau, Rumney, Radyr, Splott, Sully and Thornhill every week.<\/p>\n\n\n

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