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I chose a favourite hat pattern for this sample using the Autumn 2016 Zwartbles~Alpaca Blend – the pattern is Reminisce by Libby Jonson of Truly Myrtle. I’m not one for anything too fussy and this hats fits that bill perfectly, a little detail to stop it being boring but nothing over-the-top. The Zwartbles~Alpaca is lovely […]
I’ve been a little quiet here lately but there has been lots going on behind the scenes – some of it very exciting and some of it just plain fun! I thought you might like to hear about one of my most enjoyable days in recent weeks. It really didn’t feel like work at all. A […]
Introducing our Autumn 2016 batch of Zwartbles and Zwartbles blend yarns: Zwartbles sheep originate from the Netherlands where they’re an uncommon breed. They were developed as a multipurpose breed and are valued here in Britain for their calm manner and as lovely mothers with good growing lambs. Their fleece is dense and bouncy and a […]
Introducing our Autumn 2016 batch of Gotland yarns: Gotland is an uncommon breed here in Britain with only around 1500 in the country altogether. They are an old breed of sheep having been developed on the Swedish island of Gotland over 1000 years ago. Fearniewell Croft’s Gotlands have a ‘hint of Shetland’ thanks to a […]
I have been keen to try both Shilasdair’s naturally dyed yarns and Chopped Ginger Wool Project single farm Gotland for a while now. When Helen Stewart released her Hill Top Shawl in the spring I thought it would be the perfect pattern for combining these two quite different yarns. The pattern was straightforward to knit […]
Knowing that I would be struggling for time to knit up samples before attending Loch Ness Knit Fest (30 Sept to 2 Oct 2016) I asked mum to knit a Granny’s Favourite Cardigan in my Autumn 2016 batch of Gotland yarn. Grannie (to my children) has knit this lovely pattern several times for my girls […]
It was a tricky to decide which of the Black Isle Yarns Autumn 2016 yarns to knit with first but in the end the Zwartbles Mohair blend was selected – ‘eeny meeny miny mo’ can always be relied on in the case of indecision! I settled on the Hackberry Hat pattern by Ginny Sheller. I […]
I think it is about time I let you know what I have been plotting and introduced you to Black Isle Yarns *! I’ve been quite conscious for the last year or so that Katie would be starting school (several weeks ago now, the time goes so fast). While I absolutely loved all of (well, […]
