The Marie Wallin sweater Primrose is growing daily. As I sit in a wheelchair I have added length by adding a section of Fairisle repeated higher in the design. Beginning to name the colours now and with new glasses the charts are easier to read. ( funny that ) The British Breeds yarn is lovely … Continue reading Project update: Primrose sweater
Spinning this week, and I finally finished a quantity of @jarbontextiles special owl colourway purchased last year. The project will be an Andrea Mowry sweater. As it’s top down I can,in principle, match a Knit by Numbers colour from their vast range should I need more. The next spinning project is making a yarn out … Continue reading Spinning a yarn
Really enjoyed knitting the Elizabeth Montagu socks designed by Kate Davies for the Bluestocking Club. The pattern was rhythmic and easier than anticipated and using Exmoor sock yarn fitted with my wish to use local yarn, locally sourced and within my fibre shed of 100 miles surrounding my environment. The fact that the yarn is … Continue reading Sustainable fibre
What became apparent . from watching the John Arbon open mill weekend is that it’s not only my local yarn source ( within 50 miles) but the yarns I have bought to knit my two current projects , a bluestocking sock from Kate Davies, as well as the elaborate sweater design my Marie Wallin are … Continue reading Virtual presents
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