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Beanies, Balaclavas, Berets.. this week is all about hats. Mostly using no more than 100g of yarn, and stretchy enough to be a bit casual with sizing, hats are fun to make, quick to finish, super to give and most importantly, great at keeping heads (also ears) and the rest of us warm. Here’s our shortlist of 9 toppers, … B is for Hat
“Do you have a knitting social thing here, you know, a Stitch and Bitch session?” Well, we have a knit night once a month (which in case you don’t know it, is totally great), but the stitch-and-bitch thing? Nah. Nah-ah. No no nooooo. The thing is, and I’ve asked myself this more or less everytime … Stitch and what?
In-between-ish weather calls for transitional tops. So we’re taking the librarian’s fashion cue this week with 9 of our favourite vest tops – a tank will keep you warm without overheating, it’s usually finishable with about a third less wool and time than a sweater, and it may end up taking you on an unexpected and long-needed bookshelf … Don’t get stranded on sleeve island
Yarns may come and go but some things remain the same at Wild and Woolly. Ever since we opened up in 2014, it’s been a point of principle that if you come through the door with some knitting in need of sorting out, we’ll do our level best to work out the problem and solve it … We can fix this!
Here at the International Institute for Picking your Next Knitting Project, we encounter many personality types in our clients.. The Disciplined Knitter: has an ordered project queue which they go through systematically, periodically rearranging it and adding to it as projects are finished. This knitter is monogamous, finishing one project before starting another. They closely … * Knit it, Love it, Repeat from *
I’d got 3 messages in as many minutes, all asking if I was listening to Radio 4. But with over a hundred parcels still to pack it was Radio 6, not 4 that was keeping us company as I picked, and Brontë wrapped up the mountain of orders that had backed up during our 10 day summer … Turning the tide
Peddling wool in a heatwave has it’s moments. I thought it might be nice to share some of them with you this week. Here’s some of what we’ve overheard in the woolshop this week… “They’re men’s one piece swimming costumes from the 1930s – used in the Olympics then. The pattern says to knit, but … Overheard in the wool shop this week
So much for Part 1, the summer just got hotter and there’s still weeks more to go. So here comes Part 2 of How to Knit your own Summer. This time we’re cranking things up a bit gauge-wise, moving up to bigger stitch DK and worsted weight yarns. These are garments and accessories that even … Knit your own summer, Part 2
Soaring temperatures, pavements booming with heat and the busiest knit night of the year – I think we finally need to put that myth to bed, that knitting is a winter sport. It turns out that not only is knitting fun in the sun, but the knitwear you make can keep you pretty cool too. … Knit your own summer, Part 1
I once took a train from a tiny station on the north coast of Brittany where I’d arrived by sailing boat from Jersey. It was a small wooden hall with a short shrub pitted platform outside. There were no waiting passengers and the interior was completely empty save for two glass fronted counters on opposite … A one-way ticket to knit