Knitting Stories

Life in the day of a wool shop

A life in the week of a wool shop

This week at Wild and Woolly, we have talked about.. ..the eruption of the volcano on St. Vincent and how people who lived in the...

The shop

The knitting fixing shop

Last night we took the first step in over a year to revive Knit 15 - our series of niche talks for knitters - with...

What I'm thinking about when I'm knitting

In praise of ordinary

There's a video clip circulating on YouTube at the moment, from a US talkshow in which Michelle Obama is telling the host, Gayle King, about her newly...

Let’s talk!

It was early January 2020. I'd had 10 days of holiday rest and it was time to go back to work. There was talk on the...

The shop

Reading windows, knitting stories

A baby sleeps under a corriedale moon as he dreams of Jumperweight sheep jumping over a knitting needle stile.. A yellow icord Circle Line frames...

Life in the day of a wool shop

Unremarkable is the new remarkable

'My friend dyed this yarn for me and I need something to go with it'.. 'I'm looking for a not-too-difficult but also not-too-boring cardigan pattern..'...

Heritage

I Count Therefore I Am

I sat down on Sunday evening to complete my census form. This time it was online but in the past I've had paper forms to...

Knitsplaining

Let’s talk about gauge baby

"We welcome [...] knitters who are above gauge, below gauge and never check their gauge' I wrote that when I was working on the shop's Welcome...

What I'm thinking about when I'm knitting

Come on in, the water’s lovely

Since it turned into my everyday workplace, the shifting colours of the shop's wall of wool became my background, my 'normal' that I've come to...

What I'm thinking about when I'm knitting

Cardigan Closure

Last weekend I cast off a bright red Black Basalt cardigan that feels like it's been an unfinished part of my life for so long I'm no...

The shop

… and then there were 3

It's become a feature of this period of lockdown that time can feel a bit stuck. The absence of stories and news that come from...

What I'm thinking about when I'm knitting

The love issue

February 2018 was when Cyclone Hartmut dubbed the Beast from the East, brought England and Wales to a virtual halt with unusually low temperatures and...