I had a great time at Black Sheep Wools, demonstrating yarn dyeing as part of Yarn Shop Day. It was a pleasure to join crochet queen Emma Varnam, super-sock knitter and blogger Christine (aka Winwick Mum) and Rowan’s Melanie Boocock. The shop was filled with enthusiastic knitters, crocheters and crafters and it was a pleasure […]
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Is dyeing messy? Do I need lots of space...
This is a question I’m frequently asked. My reply is usually something along the lines of ‘no more so than cooking the average meal ‘. And indeed, I dyed in my kitchen for many years. I also dyed all my sock and fibre clubs, samples etc. in a rented house for a year and we […]
Bakewell Wool Gathering
Thank you to everyone who came along to Bakewell Wool Gathering! It was a great show, our second year there, and it’s going from strength to strength. Our stall was next to the workshops and there was a positive menagerie emerging from the needlefelting sessions – deers, bears, sheep and more. The rug-making sessions looked […]