When I was a teenager, I decided to hook a rug. Never having ever made a rug, I went to the local craft supply shop, bought some (fairly nasty) pre-cut acry...

The 'Snowcap Cable Cardigan' is a Knit Collage pattern by Cheryl Kubat that I decided to try with some of my own really chunky handspun yarn I created specia...

Any natural plant dyer is constantly on the look out for new colours, whether from seeds, nuts, bark, leaves, plants, lichen, fungi, you name it, we try it o...

If you have ever grown Woad for dyeing blue with the leaves, you will know that there are an awful lot of seeds produced as well. In fact, far more than you w...

Last year I took the plunge and bought a large electric drum carder to replace my hand-cranked Barnett carder that had served me well for years. In research...

Everyone who hand-spins and hand-dyes their own wool will know the 'itch' to want to make something with it instead of just selling it as-is! These journal c...

My 'Gummy Worms' hat shown above was made from Adriafil Scozia 'Lochness' (blue) for the ribbing, and my own handspun art-yarn 'Gummy Worms' for the main bod...

Some years I wouldn't bother with acorns as a dye material because the English Oaks don't always produce much of a crop. This year has been fairly good, and...

My latest Norwegian handknit pattern is taken from the book Nordic Knitting by Susanne Pagoldh. This is a collection of over 30 patterns, from Norwegian, Swe...

This is 'Crottle' lichen, gathered in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. An ancient traditional dye, also used in years gone by, in the Scottish Islands, fo...

The many shades of green in the countryside right now are sometimes breath taking. There are points along our road where I slow the car down just to take the...

My rug loom is inspired by a recent trip to the Ulster American Folk Park in Omagh which is set up as an Irish village on one side and the 'New World' on the...

Autumn is here, Summer is over, Winter is coming...so whilst there are dye plants to be gathered in the lanes, I am into 'squirrel syndrome'. Gathering up as...

'Where the Wild Sheep Roam' is a Ravelry pattern found here I thoroughly enjoyed spinning and knitting this garment for a 2-3 year old child. The pattern com...

Old Bear, or Ivy's Bear, is actually brand-new, well sort of. He's ''Big Dibley' on Barbara Ann's website - that link takes you there. Made for my new grand-...

With Spring in the air, it's time for some hand-spun garden twine. Swaledale fleeces are what I use for this type of project. Swaledale has some incredibly...

This is what I did with the ivy-leaf dyed wool (see my other post on the dyeing proceedure). This art-yarn also includes wool dyed with madder root, ragwort...

This is my latest Norwegian hand-spun, hand-knit for Edward Bear. I thought this time I would write about the construction of his sweater. Edward is a lovely...

This is Little Bear. He's a 12", possibly 'Chad Valley' (label missing but he fits the description), wood-wool stuffed, glass-eyed, antique bear with 5 joint...

I don't want to sound like a stuck record, but the pictures don't do this justice. As I sit here typing this, my back is wet from crouching down outside in t...