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‘I hand spin a sample, as close as possible to what I want and that’s what they work on. The softness has to do with the amount of twist that you add to the yarn when you’re spinning. And of course the quality of the wool itself.‘ We’ve taken delivery of several kilos of Rosa Pomar’s … Every Fibre
5 and a bit weeks to go and it’s getting p r e t t y busy in the wool shop. More knitters means more stories and a fresh crop of lovely new Overheards.. ‘It’s for my cousin. She said she wanted a scarf. But now it’s finished she says it needs to be a … Overheard in the Woolshop
‘Ask her about the drawer.‘ The drawer? ‘Yes [sheepishly], my friend said there’s a drawer… A drawer with wool in in it.. That no one wants.. And everything only costs £2. Is that for real?’ Ahh, you mean the Stash Depot! Why yes, it’s in a drawer but it’s not wool that no one wants. … That drawer on wheels
It was a sunny Saturday in May or June, I think. A tall blonde knitter that I recognised from the last knit night, came to the shop looking for some wool to match one of the colours in the blue check of a beautiful kilt he pulled out of his rucksack. In a quiet Aberdeenshire … It becomes like magic.
Remember this badge which was all the rage on knitters’ project bags in the the twenty-teens? I’m tempted to say that keeping a lid on your homicidal tendencies is a pretty low bar for knitting to reach on the stressed-out-to-calm ladder. I’d like to think our knitting gets us to a bit of a higher … When do we get to the mindful bit?
The new website is now open, so come on in. Let’s take a look around.. Oops! What have you done with the menu? It’s disappeared? Don’t worry, it’s still there – it’s in the top left corner, where everyone else keeps their menus. Ok. Phewee. I’ve found it. But it’s only got 5 things in … Step right in..
‘I don’t get it. The body is a perfect fit. Why is it so tight around my arms?!?‘ The reason turned out to be a difference in the gauge between their circular knitting and their flat knitting. The whole of the body of the cardigan had been worked flat in rows at a bang-on gauge … Just Ask!
Yes, last Friday was a hot one, but an Indian summer this September is not. Never mind socks, Brontë and I are back in boots now. The heating may not be on yet, but Autumn definitely is. And we can’t stop makng knitting plans. There are plainly too many in the list right now so I’ve … Let’s get this autumn started
Tis better to have loved and lostThan never to have loved at all.(Alfred, Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam A. H. H., 27.13-17) Far be it from me to break up the Woo-hoo-it’s-autumn festivities (I really do love this time of year), but I feel like there’s a jumper in the room we really need to discuss. … ‘Tis better to have knit and frogged
..and Starting new things so here’s handy little quiz to help you work out which way to go: There’s a storm cloud hovering above the flats on the other side of the road. Rain is forecast for most the rest of the week, and it was decidedly nippy when you left home this morning without any … S is for September