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Tag Archives: yarn
Finding Inspiration
I have been getting the urge to make something tiny lately… my limit was 2mm needles, so I went hunting for some lace-weight yarn. I found a lovely colour-way from Schoppel; a gradient lace-weight that drifts from greens through to … Continue reading
Posted in craft adventures, Fibres, knitting, nature, seasonal
Tagged 2mm, flowers, knitted, knitting, knitting lace, lace weight, laceball 100, laceweight, samplers, schoppel, swatching, yarn
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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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A village wrapped in woollens – and some serious yarn deprivation
Hello – I have missed you all! What a month! We very unexpectedly moved house and everything has been in utter chaos. We are only in this house for a very short period of time and then it’s another move. … Continue reading
Posted in knitting, seasonal, Spinning, Travel
Tagged art, art yarn, bishops castle, christmas knitting, chrochet bombing, crochet, gorilla knitting, knitting, shropshire, yarn, yarn bombing
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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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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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A moment of Weakness
I had a moment of weakness. A friend of mine lives not far from the Colinette mill in Llanfair. I was going for a visit a couple of days ago and had no choice really but to pop in. I … Continue reading
Posted in children, craft adventures, Fibres, knitting, Spinning
Tagged 4ply, colinette, crochet, jitterbug, knitting, merino, Narrow Gauge, prism, sock yarn, spinning wheel, wool, yarn
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