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…
Projects
Solar Dyeing
With pretty much most of my time dedicated to taking care of my little angel*, it leaves little time for much else. I might be able to sneak in a few stitches of knitting during naps, but to get the pots and pans out and get in some dyeing? That Read more…
Crochet
Why is Dye Leaking From My Yarn?
When dye starts leaking from your yarn and you’ve never experienced this before, it is naturally quite worrying! But this can be perfectly normal! And this doesn’t just happen to hand-dyed yarns. It can happen to commercially dyed yarns too. Crocking vs Bleeding Two words that sound quite scary. But Read more…
Knitting
20 Things That Make Me Happy
When I started my first business, Gradiance Yarns (rebranded to Fated Yarns in 2019), I did a similar exercise. I listed 20 random facts about me from my perspective of me being obsessed with knitting. As time has gone on, I’ve come to realise that I am not obsessed with Read more…
Spinning
A Wonderwool Wales Weekend in 2017
It all started a few months ago on an unseasonably warm 14th February. I was opening my first Valentines card as husband and wife, and out fell two pieces of paper. My husband was giving me two tickets to Wonderwool Wales. A marvellous weekend in Wales together. I know. Best Read more…
Knitting
The First Yarn Bouquet
The very first yarn bouquet I made began in early 2016. Deciphering what I needed to do, in order to achieve what I wanted, was a slow process. There was a lot of problem solving. There was a lot of trial and error. I didn’t even know if it would Read more…
Knitting
Where My Yarn Bouquet Started
The yarn bouquet all started in 2014. Little did I know at the time, that it would turn into what it means to me today. Earlier that year my now husband proposed to me, and I had said yes. A little time went by and we started looking at wedding Read more…
Knitting
A Yarn Bouquet For A Summer Wedding
Over the past few months, you will have seen several WIP photos of my potential wedding yarn bouquet on the Instagram feed. Totally unsure of what I was doing, and winging it the entire way, it worked out exceptionally well! And the FO flew all the way to Italy with Read more…