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back to blog
After almost two years’ absence from blogging, I finally decided it was time to set up a new blog. Whereas my last blog was a joint knitting/sewing project with my dear friend Renee, this blog will be...
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the blues
It’s pretty apparent that I have a very narrow palette of colours that I knit with if I’m making a garment for myself. I find myself drawn to the same colours of rich reds, dark greens, browns, as...
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a suitcase of yarn
I may not have knit a thing for several weeks, but that’s because I’ve been busy with other yarn things… dyeing up this lot! It’s a suitcase o’ yarn! Coming back from holiday last month I got all...
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spitalfields sheep and wool fayre
What an incredible day! I’d been struck with a heavy dose of panic the night before and was very close to not going to the fayre at all. I mean, where do I get these crazy ideas from? Then the train...
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a playful giveaway
It’s the season for giving, and also the season for warm woolly stuff here in the northern hemisphere, so there’s no better time to give away some yarn. Some of you might be aware of the knitting blog...
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to market, to market
It may be rather quiet over here on this blog, but there’s lots going on behind the scenes. Not much in the way of knitting, granted, but rather more in the way of dyeing. I’m about to slip in to a...
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White Gum Wool comes to London
One of the highlights of my recent trip back to Australia was taking the opportunity to meet up with Nan Bray at her farm, White Gum near Oatlands in the midlands of Tasmania. I’d heard about Nan’s...
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Paris-inspired socks
One of the most amazing things about being a yarn dyer is the opportunity to collaborate with some truly fabulous people and to get involved with some great projects. I’m very excited to say that...
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Heading to Fibre East
The Etsy shop is shut, the bags are (almost) packed, and the excitement is high: this weekend will see Travelknitter yarns at Fibre-East in Bedfordshire for the first time. I’m getting just a little...
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Summer yarn, winter yarn
Here we are at September 1st already. For those of you here in the northern hemisphere, I hope you had a fabulous sunny summer. And for those of you in the south, I hope you’ve had a wonderfully...
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