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Reaching the end of the round…

In the shop-as-sweater-project version of life, this time of year often feels like we're fast approaching the stitch marker at the end of a mightily...
Life in the day of a wool shop

You are the champions

It was late July 2021 and my phone pinged. A friend Whatsapped me a photo they'd seen online of a guy knitting by the side...
What I'm thinking about when I'm knitting

When knitting imitates art

What's your favourite bind off? Oh that's easy - it has to be the tubular bind-off. It's everything I want in a bind off -...
What I'm thinking about when I'm knitting

Knitting time

'I just don't have the time. Life is way too busy at the moment' This familiar response from non-knitting knitwear-admiring friends comes when I gently...
The shop

This is where the magic happens

Over a year and a half since the last one, I'm happy to say that Absolute Beginner knitting classes are starting again on 3 October. Or maybe...
What I'm thinking about when I'm knitting

A year on the turn

At other times of year, 6 weeks can go by with little to show for the passing of time. But the period that lies between...
What I'm thinking about when I'm knitting

A time to knit

That the shop becomes quieter in the summer months seems almost too obvious to be worth mentioning. We make things to keep us warm, so...
What I'm thinking about when I'm knitting

To frog or not to frog?

'Do you think that bit where I went wrong back there, shows? Would you undo it? ' This whether-or-not-to-frog question is as much a question about...

Say it with knitting

It started quite randomly - a proud photo of an impressive garlic harvest sent by my sister to the family Whatsapp group. A slightly absurd...

Make sure you love it

Making and finishing a thing is great. We all know that. But it's not always easy to get there. It needs lots of stuff to...