on I often get asked why I only buy wool from the UK, what it means to me Knit British and what I mean by ‘British’. If I had a mission statement it would go something like this…. For the past few years I have only bought and knitted with wool which has been reared, spun… Continue Reading Knitting British
on ‘Blocking lace in the bath. A familiar sight to many knitters. The yarn is handspun BFL single, dyed with nettles. The pattern is Gossamer Stars by Kat Coyle.’ – Jeni Reid
on Sheep counting systems are a fascinating fragment of our dialectal history in Britain. Thought to be remnants of Brythonic languages there are variations in the dialect words that differ from Scotland, and throughout England and Wales. There is a similarity that runs through the systems and the ethnologist in me wants to travel back in time through the… Continue Reading Wovember Words: Yan Tan Tether Mether Pip
on Here is a wondrous photo of Sally Antill taken by Jeni Reid. Sally will be writing for WOVEMBER later in the month and we love this photo because it sums up just how we feel about WOOL. ‘Sally Antill and one of her many fleeces. Sally lives in Cumbria and is one of the world’s… Continue Reading Sally Antill
on When I did my degree at the School of Scottish Studies, I loved nothing more than sitting in the sound archive and listening to field recordings and oral histories, which have been collected there since the school was founded in 1951. Over the last 60 years there are thousands of recordings of songs, music, tales,… Continue Reading Wovember Words: Shetland Claith
on Team Wovember has a new team member: Louise Scollay. Louise is the voice of the Knit British podcast and the writer of the Knit British blog and has joined Team Wovember this year to share her love of native breeds and their beauteous wool. How did you hear about Wovember? I first heard about WOVEMBER… Continue Reading Introducing Louise Scollay AKA Knit British!
on Greetings, Wovemberists! Some of you may know that two members of TEAM WOVEMBER are in the throes of publishing books. The KNITSONIK Stranded Colourwork Sourcebook by Felicity Ford and YOKES by Kate Davies are both tomes with high wool content and their fruition brings work which impacts how much time can be devoted to running… Continue Reading Introducing WOVEMBER 2014
on This is my Pops who is a fantastic dual supporter of both WOVEMBER and Movember. For those of you not in the know, Movember is a fantastic annual campaign which – like WOVEMBER – runs throughout the month of November. Movember is a registered charity which has been set up to organise events in which… Continue Reading Postscript #1
on Hello, Hot on the heels of today’s earlier announcement, here are the winners of the different WOVEMBER WAL prizes! The ‘prizes’ are a selection of wool-covered brooches created by me to commemorate WOVEMBER, plus a sheepy card, and everlasting fortune and glory on this blog. The winners in the different categories are as follow. In… Continue Reading WOVEMBERWAL WINNERS!
on Hello and a Very Happy New Year to you all! Apologies for the slight lateness in posting details of our WOVEMBER photo competition and WOVEMBERWAL winners; the Winter was rather busy for all members of the team and we have all been rather swept up in our respective work with WOOL! The festive season saw… Continue Reading WOVEMBER PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS, 2013