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Great stories happen to those who knit them!

Welcome to our blog, where we celebrate the beauty of natural fibre yarns. Here, you'll find inspiring interviews with designers, expert tips and techniques, and in-depth explorations of different fibres and their unique qualities. Join us on a journey of creativity and craftsmanship and create your own great yarn stories!

Our model, Joy, is wearing a Seacross colourwork sweater. It is mainly pale blue with pops of cream, yellow, turquoise and brown in the yoke.

Our Beta Knitting Team for Foundations AW19/20: Part 2

Have you ever fallen in love with a pattern, only to realise that you’ve actually seen it before but never took much notice of it? Sometimes, it is hard to...

Pile of Foundations AW19/20 designs folded on a wooden chair by a window.

Our Beta Knitting Team for Foundations AW19/20: Part 1

We understand that it can sometimes be difficult to envision how a design might look on you based on the pattern photos. If it’s not in your size or in...

Close up of Joy, our model, wearing a One Sweater in an oatmeal colour. She is gazing to the side with lots of vines behind her.

Introducing One Sweater: a Wardrobe Classic in Cumbria

A simple sweater is universal: it’s the kind of garment that any wardrobe could benefit from. For makers who love to draw attention to a beautiful yarn, it also makes...

Sari Nordlund wearing Brandelhow sweater by Natasja Hornby in The Fibre Co. Lore in Logical

My Wool Story with Sari Nordlund

Our new yarn, Lore, was built around the concept of “Wool as Story”; that the yarns we use and the things we make with them hold memories that stay with...