Category: Knitting

A wooden coffee table with a plant in a spotty plant pot, an orange mug of tea and two slices of toast and jam on a plate

Sunshine and showers

Well, not so much showers as torrential rain – I don’t remember it EVER raining quite as much as it has done lately!   How about you?  I hope you’ve managed to stay dry this week! March...

A man and a woman standing outside an old brick building with ornate windows. The sign above their heads, attached to scaffolding, reads "Ewe Felty Thing"

Castle yarn – visit to Ewe Felty Thing

Whenever I think about Wales, castles and beaches are never far from my mind – and Nikki, the owner of North Wales yarn shop Ewe Felty Thing, has managed to have a shop right...

Six balls of coloured sock yarn lined up as if on a stage under spotlights

WYS ColourLab Sock yarn

If you’re a fan of West Yorkshire Spinners yarns for knitting your socks (and it’s no secret that I am!) then you’ll know all about Signature 4ply … but wouldn’t it be fabulous if...

A pair of hand knitted socks in grey and rainbow yarn with yellow heels and green toes, modelled on feet against a tiled floor

And then the custard exploded …

Happy New Year! I hope that whatever you were doing over the Christmas and New Year period, and whether you celebrated or not, you were safe, warm and loved, and I hope that 2024...

An Advent candle in a chrome reindeer-shaped holder next to a metal house-shaped light decoration. The back wall is wooden and there is a star hanging from it

Words from Duvet HQ

Ugh, I’ve got a cold.  It’s not so bad that it’s stopping me from doing stuff that I need to do, but it is bad enough that I had a two hour nap yesterday...

A purple book with a purple pen lying across it is on a wooden coffee table in front of an open fire. There is a glass of prosecco and a partly-knitted sock on the table too.

What a week!

Wow, wow, WOW! What a week it’s been – I could never have imagined that Project Super Socks would prove to be as popular as it has, and I can’t say thank you enough! I...