We used to keep a pile of mending when I was a child, for my granny to do when she came to visit. It was a mixture of ripped and knee-worn jeans, holey elbowed sweaters, socks and tights where the toes poked through, accidentally torn shirts and so on. My granny sat in good light with my mum’s well equipped… Read more →
Is Wild and Woolly starting a side hustle in background noises? Why are you writing about thrumming? No, this isn’t about thrumming as in the humming sound that engines make. This is thrumming as a way of adding an extra layer of unspun wool to the insides of knitted things to make them warmer. Hmm. Are you sure about that?… Read more →
I’d got 3 messages in as many minutes, all asking if I was listening to Radio 4. But with over a hundred parcels still to pack it was Radio 6, not 4 that was keeping us company as I picked, and Brontë wrapped up the mountain of orders that had backed up during our 10 day summer break closed period. So… Read more →
“I’m sorry but I’m old fashioned and I prefer to knit with straight needles: Separate sleeves, back and front pieces. Starting at the bottom. I’d like a pattern like that please.” There was a time – and it really wasn’t that long ago – when you’d rarely hear this slightly defensive request from knitters in a wool shop. Not because… Read more →
I sat down on Sunday evening to complete my census form. This time it was online but in the past I’ve had paper forms to fill. I would choose a good pen, clear the table, find a pad to lean on, and write as neatly as I could. I’ve always loved filling in the form. Regardless of how small we… Read more →
‘Oh, you knit in a funny way, you’ve got the wool in the other hand!‘ I’ve tried and failed to knit with wool ‘the other way’. I know it looks odd to people I’m teaching, but muscle memory is a strange thing and my hands have stubbornly refused to give up their old habits and knit the way folks round… Read more →
