Fibre journal
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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!
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...
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...
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,...
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...
The Fibre Co. - Road to China Light
This week on the blog, we’re focusing on The Fibre Co. Road to China Light. We’re talking you around the swatch, the fabric and recommending a few of our favourite...
New Sizing Options for Garments
One of the best things about creating a new knitwear collection is the freedom to define our passions and values as a brand. At The Fibre Co., we wish that...
Fell Garth II - Thanking our Sample Knitters
It takes a special team to help make a new yarn and knitwear collection launch really go with a bang. We are very fortunate at The Fibre Co., to have...
Announcing Fell Garth II & Arranmore Light
Today, we are so excited to bring you the latest yarn by The Fibre Co., Arranmore Light. Arranmore Light is a DK weight version of our popular aran weight of...
The Fibre Co. - Cumbria Fingering
This week on the blog, we’re focusing on The Fibre Co. Cumbria Fingering. We’re talking you around the swatch, the fabric and recommending a few of our favourite projects to...
New Designs Using The Fibre Co. Yarn
What a week it was for new designs using The Fibre Co. yarn! It’s been absolutely amazing to see The Fibre Co. all over Ravelry’s Hot Right Now pages. Galerie...
6 Knitted Hat Patterns for Women
Winter knitting is starting to feel increasingly important as frost and our first sprinkling of snow hit headquarters here in Cumbria this week. When it’s cold outside, we want nothing...
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...
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...
Brenna KAL
Helvellyn, Scafell Pike, Derwentwater As the weather turns cooler in the Northern Hemisphere, we’ve been thinking about long Autumnal walks on the Fells of our home here in Cumbria. All...
Celebrating Making
When The Fibre Co. was established in 2003, hand crafting was a very big part of the way in which we worked. From the mini mill in Maine, yarns were...
Nordlándda
The need for warmth and comfort is starting to reach its peak here in the Northern hemisphere and so it feels like the perfect time to turn to hand knit...