ALL the colours!

Posted: August 31, 2016

ALL the colours!
Here's a randomised collage of all the colours that'll be in tonight's update. I hope it'll be helpful for you with choosing colours. :)

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Posted: August 30, 2016


Round Up: The British Wool Show 2016

Posted: August 30, 2016

Round Up: The British Wool Show 2016

A couple of weeks ago, and just a week after Fibre East, we were back out at The British Wool Show at York Auction Mart. It was a lot of fun and lovely to see so many of you. I'm not sure what's happening next year, but hopefully we'll be there again! Here's a snapshot... The nutter on her way into the isolation box there is Estelle from Midwinter Yarns - they had a stand there too.. We bought a pair of 40mm knitting needles between us from Woolly Mahoosive and tried fighting with them. Thought we'd best show off some...


Round Up: Fibre East 2016

Posted: August 19, 2016

Round Up: Fibre East 2016

In case you're thinking of going to Fibre East.. I can recommend it! This year was our first year at this show - we actually almost went in a previous year then had to cancel due to a family wedding, so it felt like it'd been a long time coming. There are sheep.. here's regal sheep: Wee sheep: Smug sheep: And Derpy sheep (who was a cutie): Here's our little stall. Having just moved house we were really glad I'd booked just a small one. We couldn't fit all the yarn in the car, but since we had the British...


Brioche.. Using Continental knitting & purling

Posted: August 10, 2016

A short while ago I posted an Instagram video of me working brioche. Why? Because I knit and purl using my left hand for the yarn, ie. Continental style, and I t's particularly well-suited to brioche leading to a very fluid and fast movement compared to working it with the yarn in my right hand. I really rate Continental knitting anyway, as it's far faster and better for avoiding RSI. It takes a bit of perseverance to transfer from British style knitting (ie 'throwing') to Continental style knitting (ie 'picking'), but it's very worthwhile, especially if it makes the difference...


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