Lace Weight Yarns
Hand Dyed Sock Yarn
4 Ply Yarn
DK / Worsted yarns
Chunky Yarn
Hand Spun
Superfine Merino Fibre
Hand Dyed Shetland & Silk Fibre
Superwash Bluefaced Leicester
Hand Dyed Shetland Fibre
Hand Dyed Corriedale Fibre
Hand Dyed Silk Noil
Shimmer Nylon tops
Hand Dyed Wool Nepps
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Hand WovenWe’ve just added several new colours of our 4ply pure wool to the shop
08
Jan
Jan
A new hand dyed yarn for 2018 – First few colour are now available here “Petite Singles” Pure Fine Falkland Merino spun in the UK Hand Dyed 100g 490m approx. Metric Count: 1/5nm 28 stitches and 36 rows to 10 cm. (4 inches) on a 3.25 mm (US 3) needle. Falkland Fine Merino 4 Ply. […]
04
Jan
Jan
I’m ending 2017 and starting 2018 dyeing some new yarns. A new dk/worsted weight singles yarn that is all British, spun from Bluefaced Leicester and Masham here in the UK. Also new for 2018 will be a Falkland merino single, 4 ply weight with 500 metres per 100g a perfect one skein project yarn. A […]
19
Aug
Aug
New hand dyed sock yarn in stock now.
I have 10 new colourways of our Merino Sock Yarn “Gemini” dyed and a new sock yarn “KOOKY”, which is a Bluefaced Leicester & Nylon blend.
Also 3 new lace weight hand dyed yarns are complete.
08
Jul
Jul
New Hand Dyed Yarn in Stock Soon.
All new hand dyed colourways. A new sock yarn and 3 new lace weight yarns.
01
Jul
Jul
How We Hand Dye Our Yarns and Fibres We’re often asked about how we hand dye yarn and fibre, particularly when people see the range of textures and colours in our skeins, batts, and braids. Every stage of the process is done by hand, in small batches, using carefully chosen dyeing techniques that allow colour […]
Different Dye Techniques. Some yarns will have long repeats of colour and others, that have been hand painted will have tiny repeats of colour, varying colour on almost every stitch. Speckle Dye patterns knitted up
29
May
May
Inspired by the sweeping curves of the Sydney Opera House. The Bennelong shawl is made up of 4 curving sections created by short row shaping over a simple garter stitch and eyelet lace pattern. The shawl pictured is worked in our 4ply pure wool but you could use any 4 ply or sock weight yarn. […]
25
May
May
My new spinning wheel has caused a bit of a glut of small skeins of hand spun yarn. Checking out some shawl patterns of Ravelry and Instagram I found these two absolute gems for using up small amounts of hand spun yarn.
19
May
May
I hadn’t spun with Shetland Fibre before but had worked with commercially spun Shetland Yarn a great deal over the years. Hand Spun Shetland was a total revelation, light, springy and beautifully soft.
20
Apr
Apr
A Range of Hand Dyed Fibre dyed in the Lavender Colourway
I treated myself to selection of different fibres to try out on my new Majacraft Aura spinning wheel.
I decided to use the same Lavender colourway was used across these 6 different fibres and a skein of hand spun thick and thin yarn spun from the Corriedale.
14
Apr
Apr
First thoughts on my new Majacraft Aura
Just taken delivery of my first ever brand new spinning wheel, the beautiful hand crafted Majacraft Aura supplied by Ruth at thewheelewe.co.uk
My previous wheel was a very old single treadle Scotch tension Ashford Traditional.
