The beauty of intimacy is a self-evident truth for knitters as it is for anyone who is making everyday objects by hand and who uses them. From A Knitter’s Manifesto by Brenda Dayne and Dr Felic… more →
Sky fish knitswrote 5 months ago: Grand Prize Winner: sponsored by Jamieson and Smith Deborah Barr, “Encounter on Gamle Strynesfjellsv … more →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
wrote 6 months ago: It’s the last day of WOVEMBER, which means that our month-long celebration of WOOL is drawing … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Mousie regroups. Mousie and I are totally psyched to be running around at the Arizona Library Associ … more →
wrote 6 months ago: I have quite a few pictures of Soay sheep - the oldest extant domesticated variety in the world … more →
wrote 6 months ago: I was delighted to hear this waft past my ears from the audiobook I’m currently enjoying as I … more →
wrote 6 months ago: The best things in my wardrobe are made of wool. Some of these are ‘vintage’ items that … more →
wrote 6 months ago: I’m not alone in my puzzlement over the state of wool in Australia. Scandinavian designer Biggan Ryd … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Not that it hasn’t been fun, of course, but launching on 31 days of woolliness without aforeth … more →
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 →
wrote 6 months ago: A miscellaneous post: First, a reminder that there are only five days remaining for entries in the W … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Today we feel incredibly honoured to feature Oliver Henry on the Wovember blog. Known to Shetland fr … more →
wrote 6 months ago: This was one of my grandmother’s favourite sayings – “I’ll be back in two sh … more →
wrote 6 months ago: …apparently means “genuine, of real quality; no sham or substitute”. It is … more →
wrote 6 months ago: A lot of knitting-related packet-posting today. Including this pair, despatched in the mail. I … more →
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 →