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Where is my dye? | Skein Heroine
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Crazy for colour and all things yarn. Where is my dye? April 9, 2016. April 9, 2016. Nope, despite my postie stalking, my dye has still not arrived. I’m now suspecting it’s been lost in the post but the dye company are blaming the long Easter weekend and asking me to wait a bit longer. Well, that all very well for you to say Mr Dye Company but I’ve got dyeing to do and, more importantly, a blog post to write. At the other end of the scale, anything higher than 25C is just FAR TOO HOT for me, so I’m...
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January | 2017 | Skein Heroine
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Crazy for colour and all things yarn. January 24, 2017. I’m still beavering away on The Blanket Of Doom. However, in the meantime, I’ve been asked a few times about stitches I used on the border on the second of my Cuddlebums Shades Blankets (see here. On this). Here is how I did it…. To start I chained 1. In the corner space, I made 3 crab stitches. Round 4. A round of half trebles. To start I chained 2. In the corner space I made 3 half trebles. Round 6. As round 4. January 19, 2017. This is just about...
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Starting the finishing | Skein Heroine
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Crazy for colour and all things yarn. January 5, 2017. January 5, 2017. So, having made a resolution to finish my wips, and declared it publically, I do actually need to get on with it the daunting task. So, what’s been stopping me? Well, apart for the obvious distractions of children not yet back at school and the apocalyptic state of the house post Christmas, it’s actually not as straight forward as it might seem. Do I go for the nearly there, quick to finish wips? Cuddlebums 2015 Shades Blanket Club f...
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Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair | Skein Heroine
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Crazy for colour and all things yarn. Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair. April 27, 2016. April 27, 2016. I’m going slightly off topic this week. Still craft but not yarn craft. Instead I’m talking flowers. Those of you who have come to this blog via my Instagram feed. Will already know of my love of flowers in general. But this week, I’m getting specific with a love of flower crowns. For details) and when I saw she was running a flower crown workshop I jumped at the chance to go.
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Stitch Solihull | Skein Heroine
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Crazy for colour and all things yarn. April 16, 2016. I do like to visit independent yarn stores so while I was staying my in-laws recently I asked on a couple of Facebook groups if anyone knew of any good ones nearby and Stitch Solihull. Came up, so on a rather rainy Sunday, I paid a visit. Isn’t he fabulous! Ana also stocks a range of hand dyed yarns, as well as undyed yarns and can arrange to have yarn hand dyed to order. Heliotropic positive ease in yak. 2 thoughts on “ Stitch Solihull. Fill in your ...
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Crafting on the move | Skein Heroine
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Crazy for colour and all things yarn. Crafting on the move. May 7, 2016. May 7, 2016. I was caught out by a flat tyre late one evening last week, and to my horror I discovered I did not have any yarn craft with me. My crafting is usually fairly portable. It’s quick and easy to pop needles or hook and yarn in a bag and, with all my patterns stored on my iPad, I’m off! For the last year or so, my portable project has been my Cuddlebums Yarn. Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair. I haven...
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YARNDALE 2016 | Skein Heroine
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Crazy for colour and all things yarn. September 30, 2016. September 30, 2016. I wanted to tell you all about my trip to Yarndale. I’ve wanted to go to Yarndale ever since it started up in 2013 but it’s a big journey from where I live so would always involve over night stays and my children are still quite small so it was never really a possibility. But when Daisy from Devon Sun Yarns. On Friday, arriving in good time to pop along to Cooper’s Cafe. Above which sits the studio of Lucy from. And hanging soc...
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Bridport Yarn | Skein Heroine
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Crazy for colour and all things yarn. August 20, 2016. We had such a great summer holiday this year. Two lovely long weeks of sun, fun on the beach, playing in the park, cousins, scooting, chips, ice cream, sea glass, ammonites and dinosaurs (well, actually icthosaurs and plesiosaurs but my children are a bit to young to know the difference) with the bonuses of a big dollop of knitting and a unexpected trip to. So, Bridport Yarn! The website ( here. Looked encouraging. I like any shop that has ethica...
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Dye Day | Skein Heroine
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Crazy for colour and all things yarn. April 19, 2016. So, the long awaited dye has actually arrived, and I have been busy in my kitchen. Last year I went on a yarny retreat in Lyme Regis, run and hosted by the very lovely Daisy from Devon Sun Yarns (if you need reminding, I wrote about it here. Daisy supplies excellent yarn dyeing kits. The process for dyeing with procian dyes is exactly the same as dyeing with the dyes in Daisy’s kits, but with procian you need separate pots, pans, spoons etc as t...
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September | 2016 | Skein Heroine
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Crazy for colour and all things yarn. September 30, 2016. September 30, 2016. I wanted to tell you all about my trip to Yarndale. I’ve wanted to go to Yarndale ever since it started up in 2013 but it’s a big journey from where I live so would always involve over night stays and my children are still quite small so it was never really a possibility. But when Daisy from Devon Sun Yarns. On Friday, arriving in good time to pop along to Cooper’s Cafe. Above which sits the studio of Lucy from. And hanging soc...