Review: Knit for Health and Wellness
A recent publication helps to put the knitter in control of their own health and wellbeing
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episode 7: twitterpation
episode 7 of the KnitBritish podcast includes a trip to the Highland Wool Festival, review of oosie yarn by Skein Queen and there are twitterpated birds too
More British wool for all budgets
Who is the person spreading the lie that British wool is expensive? Point them in this direction!
KnitBritish Episode 2 and the Very Blustery Day
The difficult second episode!
Talking about Ripplescrafts newest yarn club; my dos and don’ts of knitting British; wool shop shout out for Sylvan Tiger; a look at Kettle Yarn Conpany’s BFL twist yarn and Cast on Cast off.
KnitBritish: looking back & making plans
I have been asked a few tim es what will I do with Knit British in 2014? Will I continue to KnitBritish?
Knitting with Jacobs
Having played about with washable yarns recently I felt the need to get a bit sheepy and went stash-diving for a breed specific yarn.
Smoulder: book
Beautiful, wearable….EXTREMELY knitable (if the 18 marked pages in my copy have anything to do with it) feminine patterns by a really wonderful designer
The Work They Say Is Mine
Recently me and the lovelyfella went to the Shetland Museum to watch a film called, The Work They Say is Mine. It was made for channel 4 in the mid 80s and looked at women in industry in Shetland and particularly how knitters were affected by the truck system.
Although truck was banned in the early 1800s, women in Shetland were expected to exchange their knitting for goods from the merchant for many years after