Natural Gradient Beauties: Five questions for Louise Tilbrook
Louise Tilbrook is here for a quick-fire Five Questions on the topic of natural sheepy shades!
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Whistlebare
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.
episode 47 and I knit socks now!
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.
Kitsmas Shopping: Shawls and Cowls
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!
Natural Gradient Beauties: part three – transmuting
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.
Kitsmas Shopping: The Cornish Gansey Company
Today’s Kitsmas Shopping features the Cornish Gansey Company and a really fascinating Q&A with designer Tina Barrett.
episode 46 and the meaningful knits
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!
Natural Gradient Beauties: making your own gradient yarn
We know that there are lots of gradient packs of coloured yarns out there….mini skeins of unicorn tails or teeny balls of yarns like gobstoppers, but there isn’t the same choice when it comes to the same for naturals there isn’t as much in terms of lovely packs or nuggets of naturally coloured loveliness.
However there are a few ways to work with what you might have in stash…and being a reader of KB you probably have quite a few natural British odds and ends, yes?! I thought so.