Crafted from the Hearth
Having finished these a couple of months ago, I definitely didn't think I would be getting use out of them in July! However, I am sharing some pics of these to push me to write up the pattern and get it onto Ravelry. The wool used was our ethically sourced, mulesing free Aran weight wool, [...]
The current circumstances have allowed for a lot more knitting and spinning now that I am not travelling around, which is one of the positive things that has come out of the last few months. So I have a flurry of finished objects and patterns I want to share, including this beginners attempt at lace [...]
What a difference a month makes! We are still busy getting products listed and designs formalised, while experimenting with materials and checking in on the close network of suppliers, many of which are small farms and family run businesses that we have found to get materials from. It is the smaller and simpler things that [...]
Seeing as wet and windy weather seems to be staying with us well into Spring, I decided to knit up another warm and cosy bobble hat. Using the maroon colourway that I named this pattern after, I cast on the stitches whilst tucked up next to the fire with the sound of lashing rain outside. [...]
Two Temple Place, London, 25th January- 19th April 2020 Giubba (19th century), Albania. Photo: Calderdale Museums Collection, Halifax On a chilly but bright Sunday at the end of February, I set out to see the latest winter exhibition at Two Temple Place, London. This impressive Neo-Gothic building on the Thames was built by William Waldorf Astor in [...]
http://www.vinandomi.com/ss20-sting/4594719998 After recently having the pleasure of an introduction to nettle fibre and the process undertaken to create this by Allan Brown earlier in the summer, I am fully aware of the time and skill involved in creating this interesting fabric.I was equally stunned at the quality of drape and sheen the final cloth can [...]
So this was interesting. Our July Guild meeting was held on a gorgeous farm in South Oxfordshire containing a workshop run by Alan, who taught us the basics of spinning fibre extracted from stinging nettles. Alan is behind the nettle spinning movement and star of the below video, in which he takes you on the [...]
Excitingly, I recently came across a stash of mini fleece selections, all rare breeds and all carded up and ready to go! I cannot wait to get my wheel into these, and have this small collection spun up. Quite keen to knit up a project that includes all of the different spun fibres and shows [...]
My second book of the two purchased recently is "The works of Aran Knitting", (the first review you can see at the bottom of this page, under previous post. This is an utterly adorable Japanese tour of the Aran Isles, their knitted social history, museum and archival visits, stitch dictionary and introduction to the local [...]
So these two beauties arrived in the post a couple of weeks ago to cheer me up during my working week. I am not ashamed to admit that I took them to work so that I could glance away from my computer to the top tier of my in-tray, just to lovingly lose myself on [...]
