Here is Lorna talking about why she loves HUMM Alpaca Knitwear…
She had just bought her THIRD purchase - a peacock batwing jumper, from HUMM so we asked her what she liked so much about her alpaca knitwear (growing) collection!
FLASH SALE! HALF PRICE WRAPS!
HUMM Alpaca Wrap competition winner, Katherine de Riera says this about her pale blue celeste pashmina wrap:
Thankyou very much for my lovely pashmina! its so beautiful and soft! I love it!
Quick, stocks are running low!
We have very very low stocks now and we are offering the wraps at half price  - ONLY £37.50- so the disappointed competition entrants can have a chance to buy their own.
The Flash Sale is on from Monday 13th June until Friday 17th June.
Buy yours now before your favourite colour runs out!
Click here for the link…
Good luck and enjoy Ascot / your best friend’s wedding / the garden party / just generally being warm in the British summer whilst looking exceptionally stylish!!
Funky Father’s Day competition
Following the success of our ‘Win a pashmina‘ competition, we are pleased to announce the next one….for a funky dad! Win a chullo (earflap ski hat).
Win me! Win me!!
To enter is simple, you just have to post this message on Twitter:
Follow,RT & become a #FB fan http://ow.ly/5eYsS to be in draw to #WIN a chullo hat http://ow.ly/5eYc5 Ends 16/6/11
AND
For those of you who are already Facebook fans, press ‘LIKE’ to this post to be entered!
The comments from our pashmina competition winner Katherine De Riera are:
Thankyou very much for my lovely pashmina! its so beautiful and soft! I love it!
So maybe YOU can be the next winner! Good luck.
HUMM Alpaca event this Saturday!
Is anyone in Suffolk this weekend?
On Sat 11th we’re exhibiting at The Great Garden Event, Preston Hall, Sudbury, CO10 9NG.
Do come along and see us and our lovely knitwear (en vivo y en directo) Â ’live and direct’!
The lovely lagoon alpaca batwing jumper!
We have a pashmina competition winner!
CONGRATULATIONS WE HAVE A WINNER!
We have a winner, but which one will Katherine choose?!!
Katherine De Riera has just won a HUMM Alpaca/Silk Pashmina!
If you are out there Katherine, please get in touch at sales@hummshop.com with your colour choice and address! Don’t forget you must send us in a photo of you in your new Pashmina so we can post it here! 
For those of you who really liked the pashminas and are disappointed not to have won, we are offering them for half price (ONLY ÂŁ37.50) til the end of the week.
Hurry whilst stocks lasts, and we will do another comp very soon!! Thank you all of you who entered, we really appreciate your entries and liking and retweeting!
Become an Mumpreneur!
Amanda Ruiz is a ‘mumpreneur’ – she is the mother of two children under 6 and loves the challenges of running a successful business as well as the household with her Peruvian husband, Manuel.
Amanda with her two kids
When they had their first child, they were given lots of beautiful brightly coloured knitwear from Manuel’s relatives.
Son Felix modelling the first ponchos!
The gifts were ponchos, chullos (earflap hats) and cardigans which were very widely admired as they didn’t look like the usual mass produced fare on the high street.
Amanda was inspired to share her new discovery here in the UK and set about sourcing traditionally made knitwear using the Peruvian fibre, alpaca (cousin to the llama) which is native to the Andes mountains of South America.
Amanda Ruiz helping to sort the alpaca fleece in Peru
Being a mumpreneur means a lot of time and dedication is given to the business  - she knows that only too well as Amanda’s mother did the same  and founded Janet Coles Beads, a highly successful mail-order business which started life as a cottage industry.
Janet Coles working away at Janet Coles Beads HQ back in the 80s!
It soon took off and the company moved to larger premises but in the early years Amanda saw her mother working extremely hard when she came home from school, Â winning awards, managing staff and on a daily basis receiving sack loads of letters from customers placing orders and taking part in the Janet Coles Beads Community.
A copy of one of the many mail order catalogues from Janet Coles Beads
It was a fantastic opportunity to learn the strong work ethic, see the nitty gritty of a business being run and often to have a go at selling the jewellery that she personally created. On a few occasions Amanda was sent to the headmistress for creating the latest playground craze – such as colourful tiny beaded bracelets as she sold them in the playtime breaks without prior permission! Well, that was the beginnings of the entrepreneur spirit!
Well, is there an entrepreneur burning inside you? Do you have an idea that you would like to make the latest craze? Check out this website for some excellent advice and tips on how to run your own business whilst maintaining a healthy work-life balance, happy kids and partner!
Good luck!
HUMM Competition! Win an alpaca and silk pashmina!
Attending the races, a wedding or just needing a bit of colour in your wardrobe?  Win one of our amazing silk and alpaca pashminas available at www.hummshop.com
We have a wonderful range of colours, see below:
Now you can choose your very own HUMM Alpaca and silk pashmina if you win our simple competition prize draw. All you need to do is become a Facebook Fan, Follow us on Twitter (we are @hummknitwear) and Retweet the following to be in the draw:
“COMPETITION: Follow,RT & become a Facebook fan http://on.fb.me/HUMMfb to be in the draw to WIN a PASHMINA  http://bit.ly/HUMMwin Draw 31/05”
Good luck!
Fun at the Fair with HUMM Alpaca Knitwear!
It may have been a sunny day but it didn’t stop people from checking out our lovely range of lightweight HUMM alpaca knitwear, fit for any day in the UK!
The batwing jumpers were very popular purchases as were the last few remaining Brandon MablyDesigner Coatigans.
The gorgeous alpaca/silk pashmina wraps flew off the pegs as people stocked up for weddings and summer parties.
We are doing more summer events in June so we will keep you posted, or email salse@hummshop.com for more information.
Summer Fete! Sat May 7th, 2011
Can you join us this Saturday at the  St Helena Hospice Summer Fete in Colchester?
We will be setting up our pop up shop to show the thousands of visitors the fantastic array of colours our alpaca and silk pashminas come in, as well as the all too essential alpaca jumpers and cardigans that we really DO need despite it being ‘pre-summer’!
Lovely HUMM Alpaca Knitwear customers looking amazing!
Here are the details of the fete:
A family day within the beautiful grounds of the Hospice. Food, drink, children’s activities and great entertainment.
Free entry (donations welcomed) from 11am until 3pm.
For additional information please contact the www.sthelenahospice.org.uk Fundraising Office on 01206 791740.
See this link:Â http://www.sthelenahospice.org.uk/event-detail.cfm?id=146
We hope to see you there!
Also check out the event invite on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=212015502150958
The Purple Lady…
The famous Purple Lady came yesterday to pick up her purple pima cotton bolero and was totally bedecked in….yes purple, see this pic below!!
All in Purple: The Purple Lady
Maureen, The Purple Lady, head to toe in purple – from the elegant leather gloves, suede shoes, handbag…monkey key ring in purple too, and of course her favourite HUMM alpaca purple cardigan!!
As we had a coffee together in her personal shopping appointment, she declared:
‘I told myself I am never going to buy another cashmere cardigan again – alpaca knocks the spots off cashmere, no pilling! Goodbye cashmere, hello alpaca‘.
Well it was such a good comment I said hold it, let me write it down!!!!
Here are some more pics for evidence of her favourite shade!
Here is the first time we met The Purple Lady...
We sorted her out with the magenta poncho, purple mittens and scarf!
She now has the  lilac bolero…
HUMM pima cotton bolero
It looks amazing with this gorgeous pink pashmina
Beautiful rose to raspberry pashmina
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