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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!

Learn to Knit the Lady's Mantle Cowl by Lily Kate France

The Lady’s Mantle is a great project for the knitter who is just starting out and is ready for a small project to learn some new techniques. Designed by Lily...

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One Sweater KAL - Video Tutorials

The One Series started out from one basic principle: ‘a simple sweater is universal: it’s a garment that every wardrobe benefits from.’ So far in our One Sweater Series, we...

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One Sock Knitting Tutorials

Handmade socks are rewarding knitting projects which make wonderful gifts for you and those knit-worthy people in your life. If you have never knit socks, you may not know that...

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How to Mend Holes in Your Handknits

Our mission at The Fibre Co. is to provide you with yarn for projects you are proud of. Once you’ve made those projects, we want to teach you how to...

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How to Sl1, K1, psso - left leaning decrease

Wondering how to Sl1, K1, psso? You’ll find this technique used in many knitting patterns to decrease one stitch. Follow these three simple steps or watch the short 1-minute video...

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How to Cable Without a Cable Needle: A Video Tutorial

Let’s be honest: cable knitting looks amazing but using a cable needle can be a bit annoying. It slows you down, gets lost down the back of the couch and...

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Building a Handmade Wardrobe Using Make Nine

In December of 2015, Rochelle from Home Row Fibre Co. decided that she needed to make some drastic changes in her life. She was buying a lot of “fast fashion”...

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How to Knit Bobbles

Bobbles are three-dimensional stitches that create fun texture on your fabric. They are very popular in traditional Aran-style sweaters, but you will also spot them as decorative features on lots...

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How to Alternate Skeins

Have you ever knitted a whole project only to realise that your fabric is colour-blocking or pooling in unexpected ways? This is something that many makers have experienced and it...

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One Sweater Tutorials

Inspired by a photo series of a single pullover worn by people from all walks of life, One Sweater is a simple, raglan pullover for any body. This gender-inclusive design...

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How to Join a New Skein of Yarn Using a Spit Splice

Weaving in ends is a task that many makers dislike, however, it is often unavoidable when making something that requires multiple skeins of yarn. Whenever you join a new skein,...

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How to Adjust a Knitting Pattern When you’re Between Sizes

Our in-house knitting patterns are designed to cover a wide range of sizes but what if you are between sizes? In this blog post, we will show you how simply...

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How to Knit an Accurate Gauge Swatch

Swatching. The task that keeps us from casting on our knitting projects right away. But, whether you like it or not, swatching is essential – especially if you’re knitting a...

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How to Style Hand-Knit Shawls with Jana Huck

We love to knit shawls, but knowing how to style hand-knit shawls can be tricky at first. That’s why we have teamed up with prolific shawl designer, Jana Huck, for...

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5 Tips for Improving Your Phone Photography

Today we’re sharing 5 tips for improving your phone photography that Kate O’Sullivan, our Brand Marketing Manager, uses all the time to create many of the images you see on...

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The Fibre Co. Tutorial series

A few months ago, we launched our first videos for The Fibre Co. tutorial series, onto You Tube. At the beginning of this month we presented you with our latest...

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5 Tips for Making the Most of Ravelry

We’ve always loved Ravelry – we appreciate the connections with knitters around the world and who wouldn’t love such a huge online library of designs and patterns from an amazing...

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What is a Knit Along?

Guest blogger, Sally Seed When The Fibre Co.’s founder, Daphne, asked me to write about the Brenna KAL, I had to admit to total ignorance. What’s a KAL? And, even...

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