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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!
Yarn of the Month - Road To China Light
Road to China Light is inspired by the luxury textiles that were traded along the ancient Silk Road. This sport-weight yarn blends natural fawn baby alpaca, camel hair, cashmere, and...
Yarn of the Month - Meadow
Meadow is a heavy lace-weight yarn spun with The Fibre Co.’s trademark blend of luxury fibres with a rustic appearance, combining baby llama and fine Merino wool for softness, silk...
One Sock Knitting Classes - June 2022
The Month of Socks This June we are thrilled to again celebrate a Month of Socks with our fantastic sock yarn Amble. During June we will be releasing lots of...
Yarn of the Month - Amble
Amble Yarn: Eco-Friendly Sock Knitters’ Delight Some yarns begin with inspiration from a place. Here at The Fibre Co, we are often inspired by our environment, which you can see...
Yarn of the Month - Luma
A classic DK-weight yarn, Luma is inspired by the mood and light found in sun-bathed savannas. The plant-based fibres of organic cotton and linen are mixed with silk and fine...
Yarn of the Month - Canopy Fingering
Inspired by the canopy layer of tropical rainforests, Canopy Fingering blends fine Merino wool, baby alpaca and bamboo together to create fingering-weight yarn with a fantastic drape that is both...
Yarn of the Month - Acadia
Inspired by rugged rocky coastlines, Acadia is a rustic blend of fine Merino wool (providing warmth) and baby alpaca and silk noil (adding drape and lustre as well as an...
Yarn of the Month - Cirro
The Fibre Co.’s first brushed yarn is made in a mill in Southern Peru, home of the alpaca. Cirro is a sport weight yarn combining long lustrous Suri alpaca with...
Yarrow in Cumbria
Yarrow is a loose-fitting circular yoke pullover worked seamlessly from the top-down. Inspired by the classic Scandinavian-style and created by French designer Marie-Amélie Madignier, Yarrow is worked top-down and ends...
Yarn of the Month - Cumbria
England’s stunning north-western landscape with its deep blue lakes and sheep-grazed fells inspired this classic worsted-weight yarn made from fine Merino for softness, wool from the English Masham sheep for...
Yarn of the Month - Tundra
Inspired by the far northern latitudes, Tundra is a bulky yarn with a pleasing, rounded appearance, blending fine Merino wool, baby alpaca and silk for a plump yarn with lots...
Yarn of the Month - Cumbria Fingering
England’s stunning north-western landscape with its deep blue lakes and sheep-grazed fells inspired this classic fingering-weight yarn made from fine Merino for softness, wool from the English Masham sheep for...
Yarn of the Month - Lore
It is October (already!), and this month we are celebrating our second Yarn of the Month with Lore. As part of the celebrations, we have created a few short films...
Yarn of the Month - Arranmore Light
This September we are celebrating our very first Yarn of the Month, Arranmore Light, and with it, we begin our yearlong celebration of yarn and knitting, The Almanac Series, a...