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Monet Minis, Water Lily Mittens

We started letterbox mini skein sets last year with a series based on William Morris designs and as Louise has a penchant for alliteration these became Morris Minors after the much loved British car.  Naturally the latest series inspired by …
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Five different coloured mini skeins and a pair of ribbed wrist warmers on a wooden stool decorated with strawberry fruits, leaves and flowers. Behind is the card that inspired them

Reversible Wrist Warmers

Wrist warmers could not be any simpler than these two tubes of ribbing but the fact that they have two thumb holes so can be turned upside down to show a different colour or even folded over to be worn …
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A gnome and fairy sitting on a windowsill

Gnomes and Fairies

During lock down to make Nicola laugh I sent her a gnome in the post. Who doesn't raise a titter at a surprise gnome? In return she sent me a fairy, more Mavis Cruet than Cinderella. Here is the pattern …
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A pair of hand knit socks laying on an old leather suitcase with a throw and old book

Pip Pip Socks

We have a new sock pattern, Pip Pip, a top down sock with an easy purl, slip stitch pattern which is separated by increasing rounds of stocking stitch. The pattern is carried on down the heel flap and once more …
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A view of dark purple poppies and their seed heads

Club boxes

We are often asked if we do subscription boxes or advent calendars and the answer has always been a firm no and then, if you're really unlucky, a long explanation of why not, but we've changed our minds. We've decided …
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Summer Dyeing

I'm trying out a new sock base, a GOTS certified, superwash organic merino. As I only had a few skeins I thought I'd try a few different dyes, all the skeins were pre-treated with 7% alum and I picked a …
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A pair of Lewes mittens on a rusty metal background

Lewes

The plan was to publish this pattern at the beginning of December; a perfect last minute gift that used scraps of yarn – then the website went wrong.  Really, really wrong.

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Howling

Howling: a fictional Sussex village in Stella Gibbons’ classic novel, Cold Comfort Farm.  A place where gumboots are essential and the wind comes in “snarling cries”.  Also the name for this easy to memorise, mock rib cowl that’ll keep the …

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Sampler

Sampler, a warm woolly scarf to keep out the winter draughts and just what you need to knit when the temperatures hit 30°C. We had this scarf as a sample at Woolfest and we also meant to have the pattern …

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Greenfinch

I’ve been dyeing stock for our first ever show at Woolfest at the end of next month and I have a new yarn base to play with.  It’s a lovely springy South American merino 4 ply, very soft but still …

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