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Techniques
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Urban Foraging
With a desire to do some more natural dyeing I headed out on a foraging adventure looking for buddleia flowers which I have seen give an amazing yellow colour, I was not disappointed. Taking a bag and a pair of scissors I took a walk along a pathway near me that runs along the back of some houses and alongside...
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Swatches and a Sock - Knitting Katla Sokkaband
I've longed to knit Hélène Magnússon Katla Sokkaband ever since it arrived in the shop just before Unravel in spring this year. A solid yarn made up of 4 strands of Love Story Einband plied together has made it extremely intriguing. So I bit the bullet and cast on a sock, undeterred by the fact that it is the hottest...
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New Year ... New Skill
Do you have any crafty goals for 2023 or wanting to learn something new? Sometimes I set myself a little challenge at the beginning of the year, one year it was to knit more socks. Though I'm not quite sure what it will be this year. Maybe I'll just knit through my stash and not buy any more yarn, though...
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All Things Marled
Writing the blog post about the new Chimera we have in the shop has got me excited about marling and marled yarns. I cast on with some Chimera straight away and loving knitting it up. Marled yarns are fun to knit with and unlike speckled or variegated yarn they play with colour in their own unique way. I thought I...
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Block around the Clock
Every knitter has their own way of knitting and their own tension. These may slightly vary from knitter to knitter or vary a lot. Knitting styles, needle types and yarn varieties all play a part in the finished tension of a piece. That's why it's important to swatch. To knit to the same tension as specified in the pattern not...
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Can it be worked in the round?
We're almost ready to cast-on for this fall's most magical adventure - the Meadow Wrap Knit-A-Long together with awesome designer extraordinaire Dee Hardwicke. After weeks and weeks of preparations, we are nearly there, the excitement is building and I am so eager to get that wrap onto my needles I can literarily taste it! In preparing, picking the most gorgeous...
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What Yarns to Dye?
With the restock of The Modern Natural Dyer by Kristine Vejar I thought it would be a good time to take a little look at some of the yarns in the shop suitable for dyeing. Of course you can dye and over-dye just about anything with varied results. Different fibres will give you different effects as well as dyeing on...
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How I use the Hey Mama Wolf Wool Soap
I have had a few questions about how to use the Hey Mama Wolf Wool Soap. We have just had a delivery from Hey Mama Wolf so this is the perfect time to show you how I use it. This soap bar is a great alternative to liquid soaps and contains no plastic packaging so better for the environment as...
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Woollen or Worsted?
Woollen or worsted? You may or may not have come across these terms before, they sound like so many others in the knitting world. Woollen does not necessarily mean something that is wooly and worsted is not just a yarn weight found commonly in America. What I'm talking about here is the way the yarn is spun. Woollen and worsted... -
Marled Projects and more and how to stash dive with success!
We are all getting starstruck by all the marled and exciting patterns being released at the moment and a lot of you have been asking me for colour ideas and options for putting together great combos. Stephen West is at the forefront of marled designs at the moment. With patterns like the Marled Magic Sweater and the Marled Magic Cardigan. But... -
How to find a fade
There are so many beautiful projects out there at the moment that call for a fade. From the original Find Your Fade Shawl and So Faded by Andrea Mowry to Fading Point by Joji Locatelli, there are loads of options, ideas and inspriations. But what is a fade, and how do you choose your yarns?! First off, what is a fade...
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