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  • Colour Inspiration – Rainy Days
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    Colour Inspiration – Rainy Days

    I’m continuing with my colour inspiration posts with the idea of not looking at a particular colour but having a particular theme to guide me. Next up in the series is Rainy Days. I was woken up the other night by a very loud thunderstorm that passed over us bringing heavy rain with it. After…

    George Cullen

  • Colour Inspiration – From Sunrise to Sunset
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    Colour Inspiration – From Sunrise to Sunset

    I’m starting a new Colour Inspiration series on the blog. This time I’m not looking at a particular colour but having a particular theme to guide me. I’m starting off with the Sun. The weather has been lovely and warm in London this past week and summer is just around the corner so the sun…

    George Cullen

  • New Yarn – Tukuwool DK
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    New Yarn – Tukuwool DK

    A delivery arrived from Finland. This delivery contained the most beautiful woolly yarn. That yarn is Tukuwool DK and it is now sitting very happily on the shelves of Knit With Attitude. What arrived was the most tempting selection of 20 colours of Tukuwool DK a 100% Finnish wool. Tukuwool DK is a woollen spun…

    George Cullen

  • Revisiting Noro Silk Garden Lite
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    Revisiting Noro Silk Garden Lite

    I started writing this blog post when we relaunched the shop last year as Noro Silk Garden Lite was one of the yarns we reintroduced. But the yarn didn’t last long enough for me to finish it, as they were all snapped up by eager knitters. Silk Garden Lite is back so this is a…

    George Cullen

  • Fibre Talk – Merino
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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.…

    MayaB

  • Fibre Talk – Linen
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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…

    MayaB

  • Time for a New Project – Brioche O’Clock
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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…

    MayaB

  • Inspired by Flowers
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    Inspired by Flowers

    Springtime has got me dreaming of flowers. Blossoms on the trees, daffodils popping up in the borders and even my tulips are starting to peek their heads up out of the ground, waiting to give me a vibrant display. So all this flower potential in spring has got me thinking of yarns that take their…

    George Cullen

  • Revisiting Lore from the Fibre Co.
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    Revisiting Lore from the Fibre Co.

    We have had a massive restock from the Fibre Co recently including lots of our much loved yarns. This includes the beautiful Lore, which we now have in 22 different colours. This means it is the perfect time to look back at this stunning yarn along with some pattern suggestions to get you inspired. Read…

    George Cullen

  • Knit With Attitude at Unravel – Växbo Lin
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    Knit With Attitude at Unravel – Växbo Lin

    We are very exited to be exhibiting at Unravel at the end of February so with this series of blog posts I’m having a look at what we are bringing along. Unravel is taking place at Farnham Maltings in Farnham over 24-26 February 2023. With over 70 other exhibitors Unravel is going to be great…

    George Cullen

  • Viva Magenta
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    Viva Magenta

    A couple of years ago I did a blog post looking at the Pantone Colour of the Year for inspiration, so this year I have decided to do the same. This year’s colour is Viva Magenta 18-1750: Pantone (link to Pantone’s website) produce a system for matching colours which is used by printmakers, graphic designers…

    George Cullen

  • Unspun, Pre-wool, or Plötu – but what is it and how to work it?
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    Unspun, Pre-wool, or Plötu – but what is it and how to work it?

    There is a Norwegian saying that goes something like this: A much loved child is known by many names. And so goes the story with this type of yarn, lush, warm and quite intriguing, known as Unspun, Pre-wool, or Plötu – but what is it and how to work it?  Plötu in Icelandic is directly…

    MayaB

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