Naturals

Posted on February 27, 2016February 27, 2016 by Aphaia

#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 2016

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Aphaia

Are you going? I am! And I'm excited (and slightly terrified) to announce that I'll be there as a vendor this year... Alongside the patterns I'll have a number of other things available, including fibre, hand-spun, mini skeins and stitch markers. I'll...Read More

Some thoughts on colour work

Posted on August 17, 2015August 9, 2015 by Aphaia

Over the last couple of years I've been teaching introductory classes to colour work knitting. It's an interesting technique and one which can produce extremely interesting and intricate colourful motifs. When I started knitting I have to admit I did...Read More