As I’m sure some of you yarn snobs have seen, there is a new yarn in town and that is gorilla super chunky yarn!! It’s all over Indie Dyer’s Facebook pages and Instagrams. The company responsible for this yarn is Chester Wool Co, who are one of the UKs most popular suppliers of undyed yarn. Their…
The Scourge Of The Roving Blankets
As a knitter or hooker, you will probably get an awful lot of “helpful” friends sending you links and pictures of the latest cute or amazing trends in knitting and crochet. Over and over and over again. The constant tags on mermaid tails, and those knee high socks with the flowers and stripes. Well, last…
New Website!
Hello! And happy new year! I am finally back to work after taking some extended time off for Christmas. I really enjoyed not working, but it was very hard not to slip in the odd dye! So the reason I am making this blog post is because I need to tell you about my new…
Protected: Year In Review Info Sheet
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2018 Yarn Club Update!
In a previous blog post, I talked about my indecision about what to do next year. I had several people ask if I was going to continue with Epic Nature. And whilst I have really enjoyed EN, I had other ideas in my head. I wrote down a list of about 10 different themes, sat…
Recent Bits And Bobs!
Hey! It’s been a while since my last blog. No excuse, I’m just a bad blogger! So what have I been up to lately? Well, I’ve been designing! I spent a long time secretly working away on a scarf pattern. I didn’t mention it, because whenever I do say these things publicly; I never get…
Epic Nature: Sea Sparkle (Aug 2017)
This one took a long while to get out because of summer holidays, and various embarrassing postage mistakes which I am still hanging my head over! But I hope it was worth the wait. So lets start revealing August Epic Nature. The theme was Bioluminescent Plankton, also known as Sea Sparkle. These are actually living…
Last Minute Teachers Gifts, Anyone?
It’s about 3 weeks until the end of term here (I think? I am actually hiding from the calendar, because I’m not sure how I will work throughout the summer holidays). I have left it very late to start a teachers gift, but last night I suddenly decided on a knitted cowl for playground duty….
The Candle In The Lantern
It’s been 567 days (and about 3 hours!), since my mum died. Since we watched her gasp her last breath, and feel strangely relieved (well, I did. I can’t speak for anyone else involved). It was on the afternoon of 5th December 2015, and if my memory serves me right it, it was a Saturday. …
My Week! Adventures In Solar Dyeing and An Etsy Update!
This week has been a scorcher, and with the sun comes a valuable heat source which a lot of dyers look forward to! When dyeing protein fibres, one of the elements needed is heat, and utilising the sun is a massive time saver! I almost exclusively kettle dye my yarn. With a 4 ring gas…
Yarn Club reveal: Fire Rainbows!
Yes, sorry, this has taken a really long time to post! I had one customer who had issues receiving hers, but she’s got it now! Woohooo!! I didn’t actually get many photos, I’m really sorry! It was such a massive yarn club and I needed to get it out as quick as possible, so I…
Lollipop Guild Yarns 