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I spent a good deal of my 30s standing at bus stops, screwing my eyes up into the middle distance trying to work out whether the approaching double-decker had the number 55 on the front or not. Those were the days before transport apps, when all you had was the hope that there’d be one … The point(lessness) of no return
I think of Cara and I hear the shop door swinging open and see her entering with a slightly perplexed look, and know it’s time to reach for my tape measure. Cara is in persuit of the perfect fit and her persuance of it, shouldn’t be underestimated. Cara’s finished sweaters, of which there are now … Cara
Francince Merry walked into the shop on a sunny morning just a few months after I opened in 2014, wearing a fabulously elaborately cabled red jacket, which she quickly explained had recently been featured in a big knitting magazine. She’d already started an even more impressive fairisle sweater by Catherine Earnshaw. I tried and … Francine
I’m beginning this series with Helen Eatherton, a prolific and skilled knitter who lives by the Essex coast. I follow her progress by the books and yarns she orders online. Occasionally she’ll rock up in person, quietly and unannounced. Like Mary Poppins she brings a bag from which she pulls out one fabulous completed project … Helen
There was a time in the early days of the shop that I kept a clipboard next to the till. It had a biro tied on with some red twine, and its mighty spring-loaded clip held an unruly wodge of dog-eared sheets of paper, neatly lined and full of differently hand-written names. I used it … Here I am
Predicting the unpredictable: Episode 4 takes a dive into colour pooling and the journey that your multicoloured hand-dyed skein of yarn takes when you begin knitting it into fabric. Helen Reed, AKA The Wool Kitchen, and Wendy Peterson of Yarnsub.com explore the maths and magic that can make the difference between colours emerging as star dust or a smear across your sweater.
Celebrating the extraordinary and hidden lives of unsung heroines in knitted squares, the Balance for Better Blanket was created to mark the 2019 International Women’s Day. In Episode 3 of Knit 15, Felicity Ford tells the story of a knitted blanket, of a friendship and of the 30 women who inspired it.
Undaunted by the initial disdain she received from local mill bosses, Rosa Pomar’s determination to source and manufacture wool from local flocks of sheep, is now not only respected by Portuguese wool industry chiefs, but also celebrated by knitters and knitwear designers around the world. In Episode 2 we hear from Rosa on how her … Episode 2
Fit your sweater perfectly around your shoulders and the rest will follow. In Part 1 of this episode, Renée Callahan AKA East London Knit, makes the case for abandoning our preoccupation with bust measurements as the starting point for measuring up for the perfect fit. Beyond shoulders or any other part of our bodies for … Episode 1
<img class="alignright wp-image-1178 size-thumbnail" src="https://www.wildandwoollyshop.live/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/IMG_4987-Small-150×150.jpg" alt="IMG_4987 (Small)" width="150" height="150" srcset="http://www agile project methodologies.wildandwoollyshop.live/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/IMG_4987-Small-150×150.jpg 150w, https://www.wildandwoollyshop.live/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/IMG_4987-Small-170×170.jpg 170w, https://www.wildandwoollyshop.live/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/IMG_4987-Small-320×320.jpg 320w, https://www.wildandwoollyshop.live/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/IMG_4987-Small-100×100.jpg 100w” sizes=”(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px” /> This single class covers the basics to get you started as a new knitter, Skill level: complete knitting novices – no previous experience necessary You will learn how to: cast on knit … How to knit a pair of mitts