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An Introduction to the Four Seasons Collection Subscription

Posted: March 01, 2019

The Four Seasons Collection Subscription is an exciting collaboration with Jayalakshmi (aka Jaya - @jayalakshmimh on Instagram) which will see the release of four designs, one for each season.

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Ten transitional garments to knit for Autumn/Spring layering

Posted: August 29, 2018

As makers, we LOVE Autumn and Spring for wearing and showing off our favourite knitwear, it's good to be able to wear layers, combining colours and textures for warmth and comfort. In Britain we can get several seasons in a day during these seasons - that's why we love to talk about the weather so much - so we need light weight yet warm knitwear that we can take on and off several times and combine with a variety of other different clothes. The question is: which one to knit first?? Wray: This is a beautiful light layer with...

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Aaaaand the third new colour is..

Posted: November 16, 2016

..this beautiful soft sandy gold: Autumn Fields. This came off the back of wanting a gold-ish shade, and being inspired by it going nicely against yesterday's colour. It's actually not that easy to photograph, I'm finding. But anyhow. The colour comes from my love of autumn really. Ok, before I say any more I have a confession: I'm fickle when it comes to seasons. I love them all, but get bored of them before they're over. Every year when a new season arrives I say "I LOVE [season]". BUT I still think that late autumn might be my favourite. There's...

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Kirkstall Abbey in November

Posted: November 08, 2015

It's not the kind of day that looks like a good one to go out if I'm honest - it's blowing a gale, dark, murky, and showery. But we did, and Kirkstall Abbey was looking lovely with all the autumn leaves around. I'll show you the knitwear we photographed another time. ;) Finally, does anyone know why these windows are not all the same size? You can see that they're not the original window sizes, but the original sizes also are not all the same size, which seems odd.