These are a new addition to my stock, custom-blended tops; these have been produced specially for me and are produced here in the UK. Each braid is 100g, and I have small spun samples of each of the bases to view....Read More
Tag: fibre
All the Batts
Next up in the EYF previews are the drum-carded batts! All the colours! Compared to the natural batts I shared in the previous post, these batts are colour-focused. There are a variety of sheep breeds ranging from Merino and B.F.L. through...Read More
Naturals
#NaturesShades is the KAL currently being championed by BritYarn and KnitBritish, with the aim of exploring the fabulous natural shades of wool found in the UK or local to your area. I think this is a brilliant idea as it is so...Read More
Edinburgh Yarn Festival….A belated recap
Manic sums it up. There is something about taking a shedload of fibre enthusiasts and sticking them all in the same room that makes you hit the big red button in your head which tells you to 'Buy all the...Read More
Spinning: A Round-Up, February-May 2013
Since I last (ahem) blogged about my spinning, I have - unsurprisingly - spun a fair bit more. The last spinning post, detailing the first month of the handblended club from HilltopCloud, was some time ago. In the meantime, I've...Read More
Fibre: Cheviot
Cheviot Ewe and Lamb (From here) History The earliest reference to sheep from the Cheviot Hills dates to 1372 which refers to ‘a small, but very hard race’.[i] During later centuries it appears that both Merino and Lincoln bloodlines were...Read More
Fibre: Shetland
Dascha the Shetland Sheep, photograph (C) Mark Sinclair 2009. History The Shetland sheep belongs to the Northern European short-tailed family, a group which appears to have been present in the area for some considerable time. Romano-sheep breeds began to spread...Read More
Changes Afoot
The eagle-eyed amongst you will probably have noticed the new button in the top menu bar. For those of you that haven't, I've added a spinning section to the site. This is very much under construction at the moment, so...Read More
Spin: HilltopCloud Shetland & Kid Mohair
More spinning! This time some Shetland and Mohair, from November issue of HilltopCloud's Best of British Club. An unusual but extremely lovely combination of fibres in a gorgeous colourway, the very aptly-named (for December) Sitka Spruce. Again I spun it up...Read More