- 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 …
- 21st March 2017
Utility Cowl
I’ve been obsessing about vintage linens. Not historic textiles but the sort of linen your Granny had in the kitchen drawer. The sort that might have a few darns but still has plenty of wear and didn’t smear the glasses. Miss …
- 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 …