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One ring (shawl) to rule them all
Oh dear, time does seem to have escaped me again. We have moved house twice since my last entry. I would love to say my time has been spent knitting furiously, spinning skeins of luxurious fibres and exploring a world … Continue reading
Posted in craft adventures, Fibres, knitting, Travel
Tagged 4ply, elves, elvish, estonia, estonian lace, history of knitting, history of lace, knitted leaves, knitted shawl, knitting, lace, lace knitting, leaves, merino, mohair, queen elizabeth, queen victoria, ring shawl, scotland, shetland, shetland lace, sock yarn, spinning, wedding shawl, woodland, wool, yarn
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Woolly Anticipation
I was a little late hearing about the yarn show Yarndale this year. It was one of those things I had heard about but having already been to Wonderwool Wales I was content not to go. Or rather, my bank … Continue reading
Posted in craft adventures, Fibres, knitting, Spinning
Tagged alpaca, crochet, indie yarns, knitted animals toys, knitting, luxury yarns, natural dyes, natural fibres, needle felting, sheep, skipton, spinning, spinning fibres, spinning wheel, tiny owl knits, travel, uk yarn sellers, weaving, wet felting, woodland knits, wool, wool tops, yarn bowls, yarn show, yarndale
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Walnut Mary – the colour changing cardigan
I do not have much of a success story with natural dyeing. I get this fanciful idea in my head that I can experiment and this usually ends in yarn the same colour as when I started. Take my recent … Continue reading
Adventures in Wonder(wool)land
Where to begin? I’m still coming down from my long anticipated high. This year, Wonderwool Wales seemed a little quieter. Perhaps it was because I left my other half with the kids to have a wander around the surrounding areas … Continue reading
Posted in craft adventures, Fibres, knitting, Spinning
Tagged angora, ashford, batt, bobbin, british, british sheep breeds, builth wells, carding, crochet, discount code, dyeing, extreme knitting, felt, festival, fibre, giveaway, great wheel, half price, knit, knitted, knitting, knitting pattern sale, knitting patterns, loom, luxury blends, luxury yarn, manx, medieval, merino, natural dye, needle felt, nuno felting, rare breeds, roving, royal welsh showground, sliver, spinning, spinning wheel, tablet weaving, travel, trollen wheel, wet felting, wonder wool wales, wonderwool, wool, www, yarn
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Spinning Rainbows
We have had a very crafty couple of weeks! I have been catching up with some spinning and sewing and even had a go at whittling some crochet hooks from some found sticks. I have to say, the baby yak … Continue reading
Posted in children, craft adventures, Fibres, nature, seasonal, Spinning
Tagged 4ply, BFL, blue faced, carving, DK, foraging, forest, knitting, lambs, luxury fibres, merino, nature, rare breeds, roving, season, seasonal, sewing, sheep, silk, snow, sock yarn, spinning, spinning wheel, spring, storm, tussah silk, whittling, wind, winter, wood carving, woods, wool, yak, yarn
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Unicorn in the Forest and a few FOs
We have been going a little sewing mad this week. A friend told me about a shop in Chester that sells wool felt – not the nasty acrylic kind! Toby has had a little gnome production line going on – … Continue reading
Posted in children, craft adventures, Fibres, garden, Goddess, Home Education, knitting, nature, Pagan, seasonal
Tagged 4ply, alpaca, children, Conundrum, delamere, fairies, felt, foraging, forest, FOs, goddess, home education, imagination, knitted leaves, knitting, leaves, legend, liberty bell, myth, nature, Ravelry, robin hood, Runrig, season, seasonal, Semele, sewing, sock yarn, spring, Steiner, UFO, unicorn, Waldorf, walking, woodland, wool
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Dryad Fingerless mitts – a free pattern
Just a little something I thought I’d share… Dryad Fingerless Mitts Because even tree spirits need something to keep their wrists warm while Still having their fingers free for weaving magic in the woods! A quick pair of mitts … Continue reading
Posted in craft adventures, Free Patterns, knitting
Tagged cuffs, DK, fingerless, free knitting pattern, giveaway, gloves, in the round, kidsilk, knitting pattern, magic loop, mittens, mitts, moss stitch, pattern, provisional cast on, seed stitch, wool, yarn
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Yarn in York
My internal yarn magnet kicked in very quickly on the night we arrived in York. We were walking along in the darkness, when I had that familiar pull. Moments later we were stood outside Ramshambles, a pretty little yarn shop … Continue reading
Posted in craft adventures, Fibres, garden, knitting, nature, seasonal, Spinning
Tagged alpaca, batt, buttons, carding, children, fibres, Gardening, glastonbury, knitting, LYS, merino, naalbinding, nahlbinding, nature, pagan, roving, shambles, shopping, spinning, viking knitting, wool, yarn, yarn shop, york
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