Wool - Tribulations of Hand Spinning and Herbal Dyeing

The postman brought more parcels this week.  One for me and one for my companion, Elinor Gotland.  Both of us had been harbouring great exp...

The colours that come out of a sequence of afterbaths when dyeing with fresh double maroon hollyhock flowers  remind me of the sea.  P...

"Ooh, look Elinor, Storey Publishing have sent me another book to review." Having hurried to see what the postman had brought,...

"O what can ail thee, business woman,  Sole Trader, palely loitering? Looking for fairies, are you?" I stopped staring at al...

My daughter's warm reception to an offer of knitwear sent me into a frenzy of spinning last week.  As my companion, Elinor Gotland, r...

Yarn marketed as sock wool generally contains nylon.  I believe the nylon is added to increase durability and never mind its sweaty sid...

I first made this bag using yarn spun  by a friend of a friend,  from the fleece of her sheep up in Swansea. Doesn't look much, but t...