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 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 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
on This is it, folks, the last post of WOVEMBER 2013! Don’t worry though, as usual there will be a few afterwords… we still need to identify the winners of the WAL and of the photo competition! In the meantime, as promised, here are some of the BEAUTIFUL things people have been doing with WOOL during… Continue Reading The WOVEMBER WAL Showcase!
on The close of WOVEMBER is almost upon us, and so we are endeavouring to maximise the WOOLCONTENT while we may!!! A few points on Wearing Wool… firstly, we wanted to share with you an amazing design company whose work is really inspiring us here at WOVEMBER: Leafcutter Designs. Wool/Sheep Craft Tag, created by and ©… Continue Reading Wearing Wool
on WOVEMBER readers may remember that several posts featured Sue Blacker’s work with wool last year. Sue works across the wool industry in myriad ways, designing yarns and patterns for Blacker Yarns; Managing and Directing The Natural Fibre Company; and keeping her own flock of sheep. These posts harvested from Sue’s blog this year give some… Continue Reading Sue Blacker on Growing Wool
on WELCOME TO WOVEMBER 2013 As in previous years of WOVEMBER, the team are concocting a wooltastic month for you. There shall be content throughout the month celebrating WOOL and the journey it makes from sheep to shoulders, through a 5-part series of themed posts divided across ‘Growing Wool’, ‘Harvesting Wool’, ‘Processing Wool’, ‘Working with Wool’… Continue Reading WELCOME TO WOVEMBER 2013!
on This post originally appeared on the Kate Davies Designs blog on the 1st of WOVEMBER 2013, and is republished here in celebration of sheep and wool! In case you hadn’t noticed, today is the first of WOVEMBER! I thought I’d begin the month by showing you a garment that, like no other I can think… Continue Reading Layter – a celebration of sheep and wool