All posts tagged: british wool

A Bevy of British Wool Knits

It is almost another new year and I wanted to share with you some of the beautiful British wool projects knitted by the lovely people of the woolsack ravelry British-Wool-Along

Giveaway: Another little tease

you have until the 31st December to enter to win 1kg of British wool to kick off your new year with a new stash!

As you know, I am drip feeding you with little tidbits here and there, but SO FAR (and there will be more) we have

Giveaway Tease: it’s not all baa baa baa

The whole point of writing this blog and knitting British is to share the love of local fibre.
Today’s tease to the stash giveaway is a reminder that there is more to knitting British than with sheep wool…

Thrapple

“Aw! In the name of the Wee Man! Your thrapple is out!”

This was the cry of my wee Glasgow mammy* when I came through her door one day when the wind was blowing and the air was chilly.

I hadn’t heard the phrase before, so the first time she said it I checked to make sure I hadn’t had some dreadful wardrobe malfunction

Made by Ewe winner

How was everyone’s Wool Week?

I have just visited randomresults.com to draw the winner of the wonderful Made By Ewe knitted sheep kit!

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.

Knititis

I am suffering from two well known knitter’s ailments. I have had them separately, but they have compounded on me this time.

I’ve definitely got startitis and a bout of “I want to knit all the things!!!” I can’t help that so many beautiful patterns are catching my eye and being recently released!