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I thought I’d write a quick sum-up from Edinburgh Yarn Festival. I was incredibly lucky this year to attend as a vistor and vendor too. I drove down to Edinburgh on the Friday and spent a lovely day in the Corn Exchange on Saturday. The market place really was incredible – so many very high […]
I’m really pleased to be able to share the latest Black Isle Yarns design. The Erradale Shawl is a beautiful design by my friend Emily Williams – which is rather appropriate since she found the flock who grew the wool for the lovely Coulmore yarn (see this post for more information)! To quote from the […]
I first heard of Coulmore about a year ago when I had an excited phone call from my friend Emily – she was just back from a bike ride, with a group of cycling friends from her son’s school. While cycling along the shore near North Kessock they’d had to stop for a flock of […]
I put a lot of thought into the packaging I use for Black Isle Yarns. It is important to me that I use sustainable packaging while also protecting precious yarn when it heads off to a new home. Late last autumn, just a few days before Loch Ness Knit Fest, I decided (as one does) […]
I thought it might be fun to highlight some of the patterns which I love and which will work well with the yarns going into tonight’s update (7pm GMt Friday 9th February). The Callachy Hat and Mitts that Emily Williams designed for Black Isle Yarns were intended for Shetland DK *, and the patterns and […]
I have just realised that I didn’t share these two fabulous patterns by my friend Emily (flutterbyknits). Emily designed the Callachy Hat and Mitts in my Shetland DK, to make the most of just one or two skeins of this lovely yarn (they use less than 100g each). While they do work especially well in […]
I’m really delighted to introduce you to ‘Shivelight’ a beautiful cowl designed by the talented and very kind Claire (Claieinstitches) . I was completely bowled over when Claire sent me the finished knit – I couldn’t imagine a more perfect cowl. Claire was inspired by the woods on the Black Isle and the design […]
I am so excited to be part of Meet the Shepherd/ess – Edinburgh Yarn Festival’s new Sunday event. I’m delighted to be part of a small line up of ‘farm to skein’ yarn producers. You can read all about the other exhibitors here, there’s a lovely bunch – some who I know and some who […]
I am delighted to have worked with two new flocks, in addition to ones used previously, for Batch IV. They have very different characteristics, terrain and sheep. The first new farm is South Muirnich where Glenda and Ian are bringing an old croft back to life. It is a wonderful wild spot to the south […]
John and Juliet from The Border Mill, who once again spun the yarn, very kindly took a wee detour on their holiday to personally deliver the boxes containing this latest batch. The yarns in this batch (Batch III) come from two local crofts, both of which I have talked about before and you can read […]
