Stash
4 Reasons To Store Your Stash By Yarn Weight
Learn the benefits of storing your stash by yarn weight, and how doing so can reduce your stress levels.
Knitting
Do different temperatures affect your tension and gauge?
A few weeks ago I wrote about a test I did with different knitting needle materials. Last week, here in the UK, we had a few days of scorching hot and humid weather. So I figured it would be a good opportunity to test temperature. I, again, used the same Read more…
Crochet
Dear acrylic yarn manufacturers…
As you may know, I’m a BIG fan of wool yarns. Especially alpaca! The sustainability. The renewability. The breathability. The…you get the picture. I’m a fan. But this doesn’t mean I won’t use acrylic yarns occasionally. It does have benefits. But one of the biggest misconceptions about acrylic yarn is Read more…
Crochet
What Is “Pay What You Can”?
The social media streams of the knitting and yarn world over the past few weeks have started to be abuzz with a new phrase. The “pay what you can” phrase and its variations, that are being thrown around are all to do with the idea of “financial inclusivity”. What is Read more…
Charity
Hug in a Blanket
There’s a group on Facebook called Hug in a Blanket UK. They provide blankets from squares (both knitted and crocheted) to people in the UK all the way from newborn to the age of 21 who have long term, life-limiting, terminal, physical or mental health conditions. I was introduced to Read more…
Knitting
The Texel Project – A Delay
Hello! It’s been a while since I posted an update on The Texel Project I started a few months ago. With a few designs drafted out, I began knitting with a gorgeous chunky weight yarn (though knitting up closer to an aran tension) I found from World of Wool. And Read more…
Knitting
How to make a Dressed Tension Swatch
If you’re knitting something small or flat then a regular tension swatch is perfectly fine. But if you’re a big garment knitter then you’ll need a dressed tension swatch.
Knitting
The Texel Project: Getting Gauge
Following on from my previous post – The Texel Project – I had a few concerns about the weight of the yarn. It is listed as a chunky weight on the World of Wool website. But it is also a 3ply yarn and in my experience 2 or 3ply chunky Read more…
Knitting
The Texel Project: Introduction
I’ve set myself a little project: The Texel Project. Today I want to show you these two gorgeous skeins of yarn. This is a chunky weight 3ply. Though I’m thinking it might work up closer to a worsted or aran at first glances. But anyway, I wanted to show it Read more…