All posts tagged: knitting

finished things

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Catching up with some FOs that I neglected to blog about sufficiently!

More British wool for all budgets

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Who is the person spreading the lie that British wool is expensive? Point them in this direction!

Early colourwork from Shetland

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an example of the first example of stranded knitting found in Shetland. Some call it Fair Isle, some call it colourwork, but let’s not muse too deeply upon that this time, shall we?

episode 5: grab your oars

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another episode and this one is full of laughter, yarn, books an wips, including a visit to Ginger Twist Studio in Edinburgh to meet Jess James and Clare Devine

origin & ownership: thoughts on Fair Isle knitting

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some thoughts on how you just cannot lay claim to some traditions.

KnitBritish Episode 2 and the Very Blustery Day

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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.