Knitting Stories

Heritage

Turning the tide

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...

Life in the day of a wool shop

Overheard in the wool shop this week

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...

Pattern round-ups

Knit your own summer, Part 2

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...

Pattern round-ups

Knit your own summer, Part 1

Soaring temperatures, pavements booming with heat and the busiest knit night of the year - I think we finally need to put that myth to...

What I'm thinking about when I'm knitting

A one-way ticket to knit

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...

World Wide What?

The latest listing on the World Wide Knit in Public Day website shows events you can join in George Town,Tasmania, Providence, Rhode Island, Vilnius, West Lafayette, Indiana,...

What I'm thinking about when I'm knitting

Can you feel it?

We hear a lot these days about the therapeutic benefits of knitting. Amongst other things it's claimed that knitting can lower blood pressure, reduce depression...

What I'm thinking about when I'm knitting

That’s the Colour!

"I love this teal-y blue. It's so beautiful. It's such a shame I can't wear it." There is a version of this colour choosing agony...

Heritage

The Constant Stitch

"I'm sorry but I'm old fashioned and I prefer to knit with straight needles: Separate sleeves, back and front pieces. Starting at the bottom. I'd...

Travels with knitting

In search of a yarn store..

With April Foolery nonsense safely behind us (and our dreams of a 4 storey wool shop on Oxford Street still  floating around on a cloud...

What I'm thinking about when I'm knitting

West One, Here We Come!

More accustomed to celebrating small-scale, slow-pace making, I'm both thrilled and not a little nervous to reveal our latest and truly gigantic news..You may want...

What I'm thinking about when I'm knitting

Confessions of a slack swatcher

I have a confession to make. I don't always swatch.I know I know I know. How can you  trust a knitting shop keeper who doesn't always...