- 4th July 2024
- 26th March 2024
Lineage Socks
- 31st July 2023
Reversible Wrist Warmers
- 19th July 2023
Crochet Cast On
- 19th July 2023
Modified Three Needle Bind Off
- 20th March 2023
Cornish Thrift Top and Shawl
- 2nd February 2023
Delicous Death
- 20th January 2023
Winter Club Box
- 17th December 2022
Gnomes and Fairies
- 18th January 2022
Pip Pip Socks
- 2nd March 2021
Club boxes
- 14th December 2020
Gild the Gingerbread
- 18th August 2020
Summer Dyeing
- 29th June 2020
A Slice of Paradise
- 10th June 2020
Decorated Sock Blockers
- 4th April 2020
#virtualwonderwool
- 4th April 2020
Closed-Loop Cables – Increasing and Decreasing
- 27th March 2020
Blocking Your Knits and Crochet Too
- 19th September 2019
Saucepan Cake
At shows we can often be found munching on a piece of cake and we never knowingly travel with out a least one cake in the tin. The perfect show cake is a substantial and sturdy thing, without icing or …
- 13th September 2019
Seed collecting
I recently asked a question on Instagram about including free gifts with orders.
- 9th July 2019
Washing, pH and the bonkersness of natural dyes
I was going to write about some of the projects I have on my needles but blocking a new shawl brought home the totally unexpected affect of washing liquids.
- 19th May 2019
Dyeing with Dock
Woollenmatters suggested a hashtag on Instagram to celebrate the humble dock as a dye plant. She had a lovely photo of four skeins ranging in colour from a rich yellow, through rust and tan and finally a dark brown. It …
- 1st May 2019
Wonderwool Wales
We’ve just come back from a blustery weekend at Wonderwool Wales.
- 5th March 2019
Cornus Midwinter Fire
The Cornus needed pruning and a quick Google search says that Dogwoods give a blue dye.
- 5th March 2019
Natural dyeing with Eucalyptus bark
Before I played with wool I grew plants for a living, there were a lot of hardy exotics in my life and I still occasionally spend the odd morning at the nursery talking about plant production and happened to notice …
- 12th May 2017
The Miss Lavish work bag
Miss Lavish is my workbag. Now I don’t usually name my possessions. The cat spent several months without a name and even now I’m not sure he’s a Perkins but it’s sort of stuck. My workbag, however, was named instantly, …
- 2nd April 2017
Utility: Worn and Wearable
Sadly my life is not dressy and glamorous. T-shirts and jeans are my normal workwear, I only have to put on a skirt for comments to be made on my appearance – not always a good thing! Occasionally I’ll buy …
- 20th March 2017
Sewing Rompers
From our first show at Woolfest last year we realised there was a small problem with our kits. So many people said that they wanted to buy one but they had baby boys. Not wanting to scar child for …
- 7th January 2017
Ainsworth & Prin Blockers
One of the things about attending lots of lovely wool shows is that Nicola and I spend a lot of time in a car. As I can’t get my head around an automatic gear box she gets to do all …
- 1st January 2017
Ainsworth and Prin Dress Kits – Sewing the Skirt
You’ve knitted the bodice, blocked the pieces and sewn the seams and now it’s languishing in the ‘to do’ pile for want of a skirt. If you are more au fait with the knitting needles than the sewing machine we thought …