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About Victoria
Victoria (@edencottageyarns) is an eCommerce creator on Instagram, also filed under Personal Goods & General Merchandise Stores. The account has 29,650 followers and 8,001 published posts. Recent posts average 94 likes and 2 comments, an engagement rate of 0.3%.
With 29.7K followers, Victoria is a micro creator by the common 10,000 to 100,000 definition. Victoria follows 1,617 accounts, so the audience is roughly 18 times the size of the list followed. Victoria is set up as an Instagram business account. Flinque files Victoria under eCommerce, with Personal Goods & General Merchandise Stores as a secondary category.
The Instagram bio for Victoria runs to 19 words across 4 lines. Emoji sit alongside the words. The latest activity Flinque has on record for Victoria dates from January 2026.
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8,001 Posts
Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Victoria, 8 are carousels and 2 are single images. That mix leans toward carousels. With 8,001 posts published, Victoria's archive runs well past the 2,000 mark. Against the audience, that is roughly 3.7 followers for each post published. Victoria also keeps 2 story highlights on the profile. All 10 carry captions, averaging 162 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include it's, yarn, merino, wool and been. The captions tag #edencottageyarns, #handdyedyarn, #wool, #crochet and #ilovemyjob.
I’m busy dyeing Pendle Sport as we speak. Pendle 4ply and Aran are done and waiting to be processed too. Yay!!
#EdenCottageYarns #HandDyedYarn #Wool #ILoveMyJob
The buttons are from Textile Garden, as is most of my button jar stash!
I know wearing a green top with green pants isn't the most stylish choice but these are my winter walking trousers (thermal and windproof - got them in the sale from Mountain Warehouse) and I'm wearing them for work because it saves me getting changed before tonight's dog walk 😅
Oh and yes I'm wearing the same merino base layers that I was yesterday. Wool doesn't get funky as quickly and easily as cotton and synthetic fibres can do and I'm not exactly working up a sweat or even going near anyone other than Dave 🤣
#EdenCottageYarns #Crochet #HandDyedYarn #Wool
I'm Victoria, I'm 40, and back in 2011 I escaped some shitty life stuff in Manchester and moved to a run down cottage in the Eden Valley in Cumbria, destitute. I'd been selling a bit of hand dyed yarn on Etsy as Wild Fire Fibres (this feels like a lifetime ago!) and always wanted to go self employed so with no dependents, just me and a load of debt, I gave it a go. I set up the website using the computer at the library in the nearest town (Appleby) and hand dyed yarn on the Rayburn range in the cottage. With no central heating and about a tenner a week to live on it for the first few months (over winter!) it was a horrible couple of winters tbh. But it took off big time, I got internet installed, then met my other half Dave online, and then moved to Leeds (Yeadon) with him. Then we moved to Wetherby which is where we are now. I had three staff for about six years but Brexit took its toll (I used to sell a lot to Europe) and I had to let two of them go, so now it's just me and Claire who works part time. I adore my job, I'm happy with the size of the business now (it's far more manageable!), and that's about it!
Why hand dyed yarn? Well whilst I was at Dundee trying and failing to do an architecture degree I taught myself to knit and crochet, and hand a go at dyeing because I couldn't find nice colours of nice yarn nearby. The rest is history! My aim was always to create nice colours inspired by nature - at the time I couldn't find much in the way of semi-solids in muted tones (which seems unbelievable now!!). So that has stuck, and I still have quite a lot of colourways that I've been dyeing this whole time, and still sell well (Driftwood, Rambling Rose, Pennine Mist, to name a few).
When I'm not working I'm usually found dogwalking, hiking, running, at the gym, reading, knitting, or crocheting. I haven't even mentioned my struggles with my ancient back injury and PCOS!
So there you go, a potted history of ECY! I'm so bloody grateful to still be going after almost 15 years 🤯
#EdenCottageYarns
If you fancy one too I've got a variety of hand dyed aran yarn batches in stock!
The combination of this plus two merino layers underneath is working really well for me in today's frosty temperatures - I've got a short sleeved one on underneath the long sleeved polo neck.
#EdenCottageYarns #HandDyedYarn #Wool
The pattern is the classic Neat Ripple Blanket by Lucy of Attic24.
The yarn is Milburn DK (superwash BFL/silk) by me:)
The colours are: Charcoal, Compost, Wicker, Harvest Gold, Rain, Catmint, Thyme, Natural, and Estuary (2 x 50g balls of each). Do you think I should put a yarn pack together for it? I obviously can't provide the pattern or any pattern support, but I know it can be hard to put colours together online so this might help.
#EdenCottageYarns #Wool #Crochet
I've got aran yarn for sale if you fancy making one of these - there's an Aran Yarn section on the website where you can see it all together, and there's a page for each type too. In stock I have: Brimham Aran (superwash extrafine merino/nylon - v squishy); Bowland Aran (100% superwash BFL - woolly and a bit sheepy in a good way); and Keld Aran (there are two colours left, only one of which is probably enough to make a jumper - sorry!). The Keld is on sale, and the other two are relatively cheap.
I keep my aran yarns at the lowest possible price that I can do compared to my bases because I know you'll need quite a lot to make a jumper and that's its primary use. It's a risky strategy because I need the profit on the yarn to pay for all my overheads (not to mention more yarn!), but there we go! That's the benefit of buying from a small business - we can choose to do things like this:)
PS. I've also got Pendle Aran (100% superwash extrafine merino) in the dye pots as we speak - in batches of ten x 100g skeins.
#EdenCottageYarns #HandDyed #AranYarn
I’m sure there’ll be plenty more wintry weather to come yet though, so… here’s a reminder that I’ve got these beautiful wintry shades of Pendle Chunky (100% superwash extrafine merino) in stock. One skein makes a cosy hat, cowl, or mittens. 😍
Plus the January sale is still on and there’s still lots to choose from that’s discounted. I just love having a massive clearout at the beginning of the year, it’s so satisfying!
#EdenCottageYarns #HandDyedYarn #ChunkyYarn
We’ve both had the lurgy for the past two weeks so haven’t been walking much; plus during the week we’re mostly dogwalking in the dark after work over winter. I’m also injured at the moment and not able to run. So it was great to be able to get out on such a beautiful sunny, frosty day. 😍😍😍
#Dogwalk #Yorkshire #WinterSunshine
It’s longer than the pattern states and because my shape has changed in the years since I made it it’s got even longer. So it looks a bit dress-like now but I’ve decided to leave it as it is seeing as it’s so warm. I also made the cowl neck much deeper so it’s all cosy. It’s ideal when it’s below freezing and the windchill is much lower!
Underneath I’m wearing my Alpkit merino base layers which I also use for running and hiking. I have a short sleeved one on and a long sleeved one on too. The short sleeved one is a men’s one as it’s longer in the arms and body. So with those three layers on I have to say I am toasty warm!
I’ve got thermal windproof walking trousers from Mountain Warehouse on too, and then sheepskin boots on my feet. My feet don’t do warm so it’s just a case of keeping them as comfortable as possible.
Hooray for wool eh! (And baby alpaca)
#EdenCottageYarns #Wool #BabyAlpaca
There were a number of stock issues (so annoying!), I strongly suspect due to the Shopify app not saving changes when I've made them, despite always hitting Save. Anyway today I have done a stock take on all my hand dyed yarn so it should all be present and correct now.
Although the sale is going well there are still currently 75 listings of skeins that are discounted (and in stock), so there is still plenty to choose from and if you haven't looked at it yet you haven't missed out.
This yarn is Keld Fingering in Diascia, and it's now the only Keld Fingering left! Don't worry, I will be stocking up on all of these yarns again this year:)
#EdenCottageYarns #HandDyedYarn #JanuarySale
Victoria's engagement
Victoria's engagement rate on Instagram is 0.3%, under 1%, fewer than 1 like or comment per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 333 followers. An average post collects 94 likes and 2 comments, close to 47 likes for each comment.
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- 2
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Who is Victoria?
Victoria (@edencottageyarns) is an eCommerce creator on Instagram, also filed under Personal Goods & General Merchandise Stores. Victoria is set up as an Instagram business account. The Instagram bio for Victoria runs to 19 words across 4 lines.
How many followers does Victoria have?
Victoria has 29,650 followers on Instagram (29.7K). Victoria follows 1,617 accounts, so the audience is roughly 18 times the size of the list followed. With 8,001 posts published, Victoria's archive runs well past the 2,000 mark.
What is Victoria's engagement rate?
Victoria's engagement rate on Instagram is 0.3%, under 1%, fewer than 1 like or comment per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 333 followers. An average post collects 94 likes and 2 comments, close to 47 likes for each comment.
What does Victoria post about on Instagram?
Flinque files Victoria under eCommerce, with Personal Goods & General Merchandise Stores as a secondary category. Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Victoria, 8 are carousels and 2 are single images. The 10 recent Instagram captions Flinque holds for Victoria repeatedly use the words it's, yarn, merino, wool and been. Victoria's captions carry hashtags such as #edencottageyarns, #handdyedyarn and #wool. Victoria writes those captions mainly in English. Victoria keeps 2 story highlights, which open with a free Flinque account.
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