I hope you all had a lovely festive holiday. We’ve had a wintry few days here in the UK, only ice and rain here on the farm so far, but the snowy weather looks to be turning our way this week, so I’m hoping for at least some by new year. I do love [...]

This week, as well as doing crazy Christmas knitting that I can’t post photos of yet, I finished spinning some yarn.

It’s made from some Falkland wool tops that I bought at Wonderwool Wales in 2008, so it’s been marinating in my stash for a while. The yarn’s a three ply, around 12wpi/250m - plenty [...]

Ever since I started Wildcraft I’ve wanted to have another go at natural dyeing. I did some natural dye experiments way back when I first learned to spin, with mixed success. This time, I have a proper dye studio to work with, and considerably more understanding of how not to felt wool!
Natural dyeing [...]