Author: MayaB
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Virtual Knit Night July 13th
What a day! You know, one of those where everything you touch turns to poo. So far I’ve had my server crash, deliveries missing what they should contain, a meeting I had to cancel, my blog not accepting my password, and an international shipping disaster for a delivery that was supposed to arrive last week…
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On Varre’s Needles
Spring is finally here, and it’s joyous. The sun is out, everyone’s breaking out their shorts, t-shirts and sandals. So what better time to cast on… a jumper! The perfect time to finally start the jumper I’ve been collecting yarn for for over a year? Not a chance! Instead I’ve been tempted by the plethora…
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For The Love of … 2023
Can you believe it has been a year already? The intention is to create stronger bonds between us as a community, making space for the joy of sharing and being joined together by our love for our crafts and the joy of creating and making. This was such a delightful happening last year – we…
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Virtual Knit Night June 8th
Summer is here, and something weird happened. It’s like with the sun shining and temperatures rising, so did my knitting mojo. Normally I go into a bit of slumber during the hot summer months, and my stitches move very slowly across my needles. Also, as you know, I’ve been a strict one project at the…
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Meet Maya
In what decade were you born?In the 70ies, I’m all about that peace and looove baby! Where are you from, and what brought you to London?I’m Norwegian, and in my past life I used to be a filmmaker. I’ve been visiting London several times in my youth, but my first proper stay was in 2006…
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Fibre Talk – Merino
This post was originally written by Natalie Selles and published on our blog back in 2015. The Fibre Friday posts have now been edited to reflect our current selection of yarns, under the new heading Fibre Talk. This week we are talking about merino wool. Merino wool! you may say, That’s not a summer yarn.…
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Virtual Knit Night May 11th
Can you believe it? I’d almost lost hope, but yes it is true, the sun is out and spring IS HERE! I feel it immediately makes such a difference on the general mood surrounding us – there is a little skip in people’s step, a smile on their faces, and over all the ‘soul of…
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Fibre Talk – Linen
This post was originally written by Natalie Selles and published on our blog back in 2015. The Fibre Friday posts have now been edited to reflect our current selection of yarns, under the new heading Fibre Talk. This week’s fibre feature is linen. Linen has been used as fabric for thousands of years. Some of…
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Meet Heleanna
In what decade were you born?I’m an early 70’s baby 🙂 Where are you from, and what brought you to London?I’m from Southern Italy, from a town called Taranto, in Puglia, which has become a very popular destination among British people, but was totally unknown when I arrived in London in 2005.We came here for my…
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Time for a New Project – Brioche O’Clock
If you are a knitter and one of your best friends is a renowned designer, you tend to believe that everything they come up with is extraordinary. But you see, with my friend it is different, because everything that woman touches turns to gold, she really IS a designer extraordinaire! Julie – true Colour Combo…
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Meet Varre
Hi everyone! Allow me to introduce myself. I’m Varre (she/her) and I’m the newest member of the Knit with Attitude team, both in terms of how long I’ve been here and in terms of how long I’ve been knitting. I’m a South African born and raised (an 80s baby), but I moved to London 8…
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Virtual Knit Night April 13th
So the last few months of winter turned to be quite eventful and did provide a bit more drama than what I would have asked for. There was this wave of unforeseen stuff that just kept on landing in my lap, and unfortunately the consequences were not one but two cancelled Virtual Knit Nights. I…
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