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*Yarn from Scotland

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A very quick resource to Scottish wool and fibre businesses (which have been quickly cobbled doon after a call to action!)
If you are interesting in finding wool and yarn in Scotland, consider this your jumping off place!

a close up of a collection of cockle and carpet shells in Louise's hand. The shells are beautifully textured. There is a strand of dried black seaweed among them

Episode 125 – much to say

Published by louise

Dear listeners, an episode. Recorded amid flatpacking and edited lightly, but lots to say. I will add to the shownotes later, for now you’ll forgive content list and links.

WoolWork Rewind: Episode 30 – Jamieson’s of Shetland

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This is a rewind episode from 2015 – we go back to episode 30, when I go to Jamiesons of Shetland.

Episode 119 What’s in a name?

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News from WoolNEss; our castlemilk moorit wool exploration and the small matter of a big change – the name of the podcast.

Episode 112 – What’s the name of that yarn, Louise?

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This is the final show of the year – I am trying to dispense with the C word in this episode. There are plenty of great people writing great things about gifts for knitters and how to do last minute gift knitting – there’s not much of that here – other than our own small gestures swap – just the usual wooliness and japes with me!

Episode 111: Machine Knitting Demystified

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I’m delighted to bring you this episode on demystifying machine knitting with Mica Koehlmos. Ever thought knitting with machine might be interesting? Ever thought its cheating and not “hand-made”? Gather ’round, pals!