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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!
Gift Guide for Knitters
In many ways, knitters are easy to buy gifts for, since you know they will be very happy with yarn – especially if it’s REALLY nice yarn. The tricky part...
New Shades of Lore, Explored
Recently, we launched six additional colours in our DK weight, Romney yarn, Lore, and we’re very happy to share them with you on the blog today. Six New Colours in...
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...
Welcome, Lore and the Borrowdale Collection!
Today, we are delighted to finally share the newest addition to our range of yarns. Two years in the making, Lore is the yarn that our founder, Daphne, has always...
Abuelito Kits: A New Shawl by Melanie Berg in Arranmore Light
Whilst colour is a lot of fun to play around with, selecting colourways for a three-colour shawl can be challenging. Not only do they each need to complement one another,...
7 of our Favourite Summer Crochet Patterns
We love to crochet all year round, but there is something about the summer that makes us want to pick up our hooks. If you’re itching to start a new...
COLOURS 2018: A Playful Knitwear Collection by Verena Cohrs
Today, we are celebrating the second release of three mini-collections as part of this season’s Yarn Support Programme. Verena Cohrs is a designer you might be very familiar with, having...
Crochet Carry-On Essentials: A Travel-Inspired Collection by Nicole Knutsen
Today marks the start of a month of mini-collections, released as part of our Yarn Support Programme. The first collection, released today, is by one of our favourite crochet designers,...
Adding a Little Colour: Alex's Bassenfell Shawl
For people all across the making community, May is the month they celebrate their handmade wardrobes, both big and small, as part of Me-Made-May. As enthusiastic knitters, we joined the...
Kaapa Shawl: An Interview with Inese Sang
Working in this industry, we are lucky enough to be surrounded by beautiful knitwear design every day. However, there are some designs that simply take your breath away. The Kaapa...
The First of Many: Clare's Hay Sweater
May is here and people all across the making community are celebrating their handmade wardrobes, both big and small, as part of Me-Made-May. This wardrobe challenge was created by Zoe...
The Daintree Sweater by Bérangère Cailliau
Bérangère Cailliau is a talented knitwear designer living in Northern France. For the past 6 years, she has designed a large collection of knitting patterns that are fun to knit...
On Replacing an Old Favourite: Emily's Stillwater Cardigan
May is here and people all across the making community are celebrating their handmade wardrobes, both big and small, as part of Me-Made-May. This wardrobe challenge was created by Zoe...
Vasilisa: An interview with knitwear designer, Annika Wolke
Today on the blog, we are showcasing the beautiful work of knitwear designer, Annika Wolke, who designs under her label, Annika Andrea Knits. We have asked her to tell us...
Meet Sabine Frisch: Indie Knitwear Designer
“Making things with my hands has always been important to me. Whether it is sewing, knitting, or weaving – it is extremely satisfying. ” Meet Sabine Frisch, an accomplished designer...
Soft River: A Timeless Shawl Pattern by Susanna Winter
“Growing up I was always making stuffed toys and doll clothes, either sewn, knitted or crocheted. I guess the idea of designing my own stuff has always been there.” This...
In Conversation with Jessica Gore: Fluffy Clouds and The Edenhope Shawl
“There is nothing like using your own hands to transform a ball of string into something beautiful.” This week’s new pattern release comes from Jess Gore, the designer behind The...
Form and Function: An Interview with Alice Caetano
If you look at the most popular patterns on Ravelry, you will notice that most of them have three things in common: they are interesting to knit, easy to wear...
An Interview with Kristina Vilimaite of AnimaKnits
Working with talented, independent designers is one of our favourite parts of the job. Time after time, we are astounded by the creative ways that they use our yarn. Last...
New Foundations for Cumbria Fingering, Meadow & Road to China Lace
Foundations is getting an update! Today we’re adding 18 brand new knitting patterns which include designs using The Fibre Co. Cumbria Fingering, Meadow and Road to China Lace. Foundations is...
12 New Foundations Patterns & Luma Gets an Update
Last autumn, The Fibre Co. released our first round of Foundations designs- simple patterns that called for 1-3 skeins of our yarn. Foundations is a design series for novice knitters...
Meet Knitwear Designer Carol Feller
It’s really exciting for us to see what a knitwear designer is inspired to do when working with our yarn. There is so much talent in the design community right...
Foundations, Tundra
Two weeks ago we released our first round of Foundations designs– simple patterns that called for 1-3 skeins of our yarn. Today, we’ve updated with 4 more designs and they’re...
Announcing Foundations - Featuring Road to China Light
Today we’re introducing the first in a series of design collections called ‘Foundations‘ – aimed at beginner knitters ready to expand their skills and those already more advanced who would...