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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!

Retro-inspired Crochet with Bruna Biavati

The Fibre Co. is proud to present our first crochet collection By Hook. We are pleased to have collaborated with a group of very talented designers for this collection, and...

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The Inspiration for Lobelia

Joanna Ignatius lives in the south of Finland and works in mental health alongside her knitwear designing. In her Ravelry profile, she shares a quote with us that really gets...

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Cloudspotting with Lindsey Newns

The Fibre Co. is proud to present our first crochet collection By Hook. We are pleased to have collaborated with a group of very talented designers for this collection, and...

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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...

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Vanessa Pellisa's Knitting Journey

Vanessa Pellisa is a designer we have admired for a long time and so we are very excited to be able to showcase her first design with us, Chamomile, our...

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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...

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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...

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Wear It Well: Styling Ginseng

The knitted vest has long ago shed its image as being strictly for grandpas, but we are delighted to see that yet again the tank top is appearing on runways,...

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A Shawl-Lover Special: Boo Knits

Shawl lovers will already know about Boo Knits. With an extensive back catalogue of the most stunning intricate lace shawls as well as comforting, cold-weather shawls, Boo Knits has many...

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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...

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Amanda Jones on the Muse of Mullein

Amanda Jones’ designs have graced the pages of most of the UK’s craft magazines for many years and we have been lucky enough to work with her in the past....

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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...

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Charming Chanson By Leah Prestamo

Leah Prestamo is a knitwear designer from NYC, and although this is our first time working with her, we certainly hope it won’t be the last. Leah’s cardigan and cowl...

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Exploring colour with Star Anise

You will by now be very familiar with Emma Wright‘s designs on our website. Designs such as Erea and Kari have delighted knitters with their well-considered features. Emma’s eye for...

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Sylvia Watts-Cherry on Creating Kehinde

If you haven’t come across UK-based designer Sylvia Watts Cherry, the chances are you have seen one of her amazing designs on Instagram – her Nubian Queen sweater was a...

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The Beautiful Balnaan by Emily Williams

‘Collaboration is at the very heart of my work. Being a knitwear designer is fundamentally a solitary occupation, with a lot of time spent in my studio by myself. As...

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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...

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The Magic of Yarn Combining

A new perspective on our old favourites. Our new collection Better Together was the result of a process, rather than a flash of inspiration. The idea of working with more...

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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...

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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...

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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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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...

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Lily France shares her inspiration for Lady's Mantle

Lily France wearing Erinome in Meadow.Lily Kate France is a knitwear designer, blogger and keen traveler who had documented her adventures in fibre and the world on her blog Joli...

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Åsa Söderman On Her New Pattern Double Act

Åsa Söderman, more commonly known in the knitosphere as Åsa Tricosa (Instagram: @asatricosa), is a Swedish knitwear designer based in Denmark. Her signature knitting technique is the Ziggurat Sweater construction....

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