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We have winners!6 comments

Kate wrote 5 months ago: Grand Prize Winner: sponsored by Jamieson and Smith Deborah Barr, “Encounter on Gamle Strynesfjellsv … more →

Tags: wovember competition, wovember winners

Wovember round up and rats5 comments

Kristen wrote 5 months ago: I had meant to post a lot more wool related posts in November, and even did the research for some, b … more →

Tags: Miscellany, wool

Stuff & things2 comments

ambothan wrote 6 months ago: Winter has set in. It feels like the sun sets almost as soon as it’s risen at the moment. I ha … more →

Tags: Places, knitting, Plants, Yarns, wool, Knitting, winter, Blair Atholl Water Mill, Blair Atholl

The beauty of intimacy2 comments

frizzyLogic wrote 6 months ago:  The beauty of intimacy is a self-evident truth for knitters as it is for anyone who is making every … more →

Tags: little fluffy clouds, twisted rib

An end of Wovember story5 comments

Felicity Ford wrote 6 months ago: When I was at Art College, we were set a year-long-project in which our task was to trace the whole … more →

Tags: Culture, Sheep, Shepherd, wool, The Spinning Shepherd, Jean François Millet

The end of Wovember...3 comments

Felicity Ford wrote 6 months ago: It’s the last day of WOVEMBER, which means that our month-long celebration of WOOL is drawing … more →

Tags: Sheep, wool

Confer

Allison wrote 6 months ago: Mousie regroups. Mousie and I are totally psyched to be running around at the Arizona Library Associ … more →

Tags: natter

Soay sheep1 comment

frizzyLogic wrote 6 months ago: I have quite a few pictures of Soay sheep - the oldest extant domesticated variety in the world … more →

Tags: Black Hole, twisted rib

Ratiocination

frizzyLogic wrote 6 months ago: I was delighted to hear this waft past my ears from the audiobook I’m currently enjoying as I … more →

Tags: Stitch in Time, twisted rib

worn75 comments

Kate wrote 6 months ago: The best things in my wardrobe are made of wool. Some of these are ‘vintage’ items that … more →

Tags: knitting, Textiles, History, fairisle, wool, darning, Steeks, Textile History, colourwork

100% Australian wool

The Duchess wrote 6 months ago: I’m not alone in my puzzlement over the state of wool in Australia. Scandinavian designer Biggan Ryd … more →

Tags: Australian Wool, queensland wool, woollen mill, Cleckheaton, Natural resources, novelty yarn, sheep industry

Less than a week to go

frizzyLogic wrote 6 months ago: Not that it hasn’t been fun, of course, but launching on 31 days of woolliness without aforeth … more →

Tags: Stitch in Time, twisted rib

Blindsided

frizzyLogic wrote 6 months ago: Dashed by a wave of woe just when the beach was looking sunny. Difficult to dry out in the cold and … more →

Tags: twisted rib

news &c27 comments

Kate wrote 6 months ago: A miscellaneous post: First, a reminder that there are only five days remaining for entries in the W … more →

Tags: knitting, Textiles, Design, shetland, Kate Davies, wool, Rachael Matthews, shetland wool, shetland sheep

Wool Is . . . a guest post from Ooey Ollie7 comments

Kate wrote 6 months ago: Today we feel incredibly honoured to feature Oliver Henry on the Wovember blog. Known to Shetland fr … more →

Tags: Culture, Sheep, shetland, wool facts, wool sorting and grading, Jamieson and Smith, Oliver Henry, shetland sheep, shetland wool

Two shakes of a lamb's tail

frizzyLogic wrote 6 months ago: This was one of my grandmother’s favourite sayings – “I’ll be back in two sh … more →

Tags: Black Hole, twisted rib

All wool and a yard wide...

frizzyLogic wrote 6 months ago: …apparently means “genuine, of real quality; no sham or substitute”. It  is … more →

Tags: little fluffy clouds, twisted rib

Snail-mailing and swatching1 comment

frizzyLogic wrote 6 months ago: A lot of knitting-related packet-posting today. Including this pair, despatched in the mail. I … more →

Tags: Stitch in Time, twisted rib

A Guide to British Yarns

melonby wrote 6 months ago: If there’s one thing Britain has lots of, it’s rolling green countryside. And where there is grass t … more →

Tags: Guides/How-Tos, bestof, yarn, UK, Britain


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