For the past few weeks I have had a focus on incredible kits that knitter’s will covet this Christmas. There are more posts to come too, but today I am extending it on the podcast and also want to talk about the kind of woolly gift that keeps on giving in 2016 – the yarn club!
Louise Tilbrook is here for a quick-fire Five Questions on the topic of natural sheepy shades!
This week I am excited to tell you about Whistlebare and introduce you to Alice Elsworth who is hear to talk about her home grown and dyed mohair and wensleydale yarns.
Yes! You read it correctly – I am finally knitting socks! This episode contains my socks-ploration, a yarn review of WYS Illustrious and a preview of In The Footsteps of Sheep, by Debbie Zawinski.
Today I have a post FULL of Kitmas ideas for shawl projects and you really are spoilt today! Do remember to leave this post in full view of your gift-buying loved ones!
Having looked at designs which highlight the very best of what Mother Nature gave our sheepy friends, I thought that it might be an idea to think about transmuting some of our favourite colourful designs into natural shades….Let’s go grayscale! You may also see here that I use the term gradient very loosely.
Today’s Kitsmas Shopping features the Cornish Gansey Company and a really fascinating Q&A with designer Tina Barrett.
This week I am back with an episode looking at the Breed swatchalong, a new feature on the stories behind our stitches and I give you the lowdown on the Edinburgh Yarn Festival!
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