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We’re not yet cold enough to call it chilly, but the 8am nip in the air is real. It’s usually gone by midday, but at least the early sunsets are on board so the vibe of a turning season is there, even if the temperature hasn’t quite come to join in yet. Whatever the case, … A Toast to the Autumn
Obviously it’s not just about being knitters. But being knitters somehow really mattered. At least that’s how I remember it. It was at a particularly animated knit night in June 2018. Lots of us were feeling restless about what was going on in the world, and people were talking about joining the march in July. … Putting the Cables back into Cable Street
It feels like far too long since we’ve had a pattern round-up, but pinning down where to pitch things knitting-wise during these last days of August has turned out to be harder than expected. Take a look at the forecast for the next weeks – the end of summer, this is definitely not! The big … Something Fishy’s Going On..
‘An intensive knitting course in the summer? No one knits in the summer. What would we even call it?’ ‘It’s a crash course. The summer’s when people have time for that. It will be great.’ ‘Hmm.. There might be a couple of people at a loose end I suppose. I’m still not sure. Whatever the … Knitting over the line
It’s nearly August, Lower Clapton Road is hovering around 35°c and we have both fans doing their very best to keep things cool in the shop.. all of which can mean just one thing for Wild and Woolly: It’s time for a Summer Sale! Now in case the comedy of peddling bargain boxes of winter … Buy Now, Knit Later: It’s Sale Time!
It’s a mark of how profound the challenges were that people faced during the COVID19 pandemic that it’s still a daily reference point for the stories we tell, of how things have been since, or the way things were before. Things changed and many of those changes remain a part of the way we live … From the Archives..
It was whilst she was out on a cardigan-fishing expedition on Ravelry that Brontë came back with this beauty by Amy Chritoffers. The pretty knit-purl herringbone decoration and that properly boxy shape were ticking all her pattern boxes – until she mulled over the gauge and discovered that she might have a problem. Christoffers was … Something extra without the fluff
Nothing about my trip to Edinburgh had gone as planned. I woke up to a text message from The Trainline telling me my train was cancelled, with only baffling and contradictory information about what to do next. I joined a stressy group-chat with the rest of my party. We agreed to try and get there … Blooming marvellous
..Some of it is very woolly too! We had so much fun with the golden rules that so many of you sent in last week, we thought we’d share some of our favourites with everyone! On Being a Knitter.. Don’t stay up till 1am to do the tricky part so you can knit the easy … All that glitters is not gold..
The paperback was a bit worn along the spine and had an unpreposessing cover showing a colour-washed photograph of a ball of wool with 2 straight needles. It should have probably gone straight into the charity shop pile, but I got distracted by the 3s 6d price label and the rather comically named author. And … The Golden Rules Project