3 posts tagged “i knit”

I met this lovely group of ladies just before I left.  They run spinning & dyeing classes, and use fibre from the farm sheep (and llamas I think) and natural dyestuffs grown on the farm.  This is a brilliant charity project and I hope to get over there one day when I'm in London.  Maybe we could have a meeting there? I was so busy hearing about the set up that I forgot to buy any yarn!  http://www.vauxhallcityfarm.org/2008/12/spinners.html

http://www.dyework.co.uk/index.shtml they use historic dye recipes and methods

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Fibre Factory, lovely yarns handspun and dyed by Julie Draper.  The (green) tencel was so gorgeous. She was really nice & just loves spinning & dyeing.  Her prices were reasonable for such a work intensive product.  The Tencel handspun was particularly unusual & interesting and the heathery colourmixes of the wools, etc. were beautiful.  All for less than the price of a ball of mass produced Noro!  www.fibrefactory.co.uk  01825 763857 and she lives in Uckfield. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I posted about 'Knitting4fun' after Ravelry at Coventry, Bev is lovely, very helpful & really knows her stuff.  I bought some 15cm / 6" long 5mm needles from her, perfect for stitch sampling or teaching kids to knit.  She has them especially made and wants to know what sizes people might want.  bev@knitting4fun.com   www.knitting4fun.com  0115 9148774.  Her yarn selection is excellent (I bought some Katia Paillettes sequin yarn and Katia Imagine, a fab mix of different textured tonal grey yarns on one ball) and with competitive prices.  She did a C&G and has a good understanding of what you are doing.  Nicki says: "Bev also sells singles and roving for felting, as well as a lot of felting kits"

 

 

I Knit London have announced the dates for their annual London big knitting event - Friday & Saturday 11 & 12 September & tickets are on sale, £8 for one day or £15 for both days.

http://www.iknit.org.uk/news.html.