Monthly Archives: September 2009

Ysolda

By natalie | Published: 30th September 2009
I have just been chatting to Ysolda, some of you know that we are working on a joint project and I've been designing a few colours for her. We thought you might like to see a photo. There will be more on her blog later I think. I asked her for snippets of inspiration and she sent [...]
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Mothers’ Ruin

By natalie | Published: 29th September 2009
So is it green, or is it blue? Well, technically it's both, as you'll see if you pop a skein into your shopping cart on Thursday. It's a green with blue overtones and the occasional flash of silver, a bit like a Juniper bush. There have been several suggestions about a name – including Mothers' [...]
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VT

By natalie | Published: 29th September 2009
  As you may have noticed, I am a bit of a sucker for greens and golds. My hands seems to instinctively reach for those dyes when I am doodling.      Like this one. Almost a solid, but not quite.    I do like a nice round ball of yarn. Click for bigness to see the myriad of greens. Wound in layers [...]
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Out of focus

By natalie | Published: 28th September 2009
 It's been a colourful weekend.  And although the phone-photos aren't all in focus, I'm not sure that matters.    A good friend got married.    And the Annual Gathering of the Scottish Guilds of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers took place at Battleby, the HQ of Scottish Natural Heritage.  The first speaker was Ruth Lee, author of Contemporary Knitting.     You can see some [...]
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The shop is closed.

By natalie | Published: 26th September 2009
It's offline until Monday because I'm taking it out and about tomorrow. Busy dyeing though, and there are some scrummy new Clan colours are ready for Thursday – unless they all go tomorrow, of course! n
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FIMAPOABD

By natalie | Published: 25th September 2009
So far this yarn has reminded people of Popcorn, both buttered and toffee. Icecream of all flavours, caramel, toffee, butterscotch and vanilla with any of the appropriate sauces. Roast potatoes or tatties as we call them here. Ditto roast parsnips. Crisps. Marmite on toast. Crusty bread, everything from brioche to cinnamon buns. Cinder toffee/puff candy. Crumpets. The common denominator?  They are all things which, as [...]
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On the other hand…

By natalie | Published: 24th September 2009
… the rest of the world thinks it looks like icecream.  Honestly. Numbers are so much easier! Honeycomb ice. Cappuccino. Cake. Toffee Coffee. HELP!
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Garden Shed, Crusty Bread and a Bloke.

By natalie | Published: 24th September 2009
 First of all, thank you for all the orders and the emails about the new yarn. I am delighted that you love it as much as I do. Several people have asked similar questions, so I'll put the answers here for you. Are any of the colours going to be available again? Yes.  Crusty Bread Fresh from the oven. I have [...]
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Almost there…

By natalie | Published: 23rd September 2009
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Clan has arrived.

By natalie | Published: 21st September 2009
If you look in the sidebar to your left you'll see a new gallery for the update for this week. (And if you are reading this on a feedburner or as an email, click here instead.) These are all 65g skeins which give 210m of 100% superwash merino and a snuggly 8ply sockweight just a shade heavier [...]
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