by DesignerLynne | Jul 4, 2012 | Art Yarn, Coreless Core Spinning, Spinning, Techniques
Occasionally, I really enjoy sitting at my little SpinWell spinning wheel and losing myself in the clack and whirr of the wheel. This usually means that I’m spinning fine yarn. My passion though, is the chunky stuff; art yarns: big fluffy ropes, lumpy, bumpy,...
by DesignerLynne | May 16, 2012 | Casting On, Knitting, Techniques
Lynne’s Simple Long Tail Cast On I am delighted by the strong resurgence of interest that is taking place around the yarn arts, such as knitting and crochet, and more especially amongst the younger generation for whom knitting was something that happened to...
by DesignerLynne | Feb 24, 2012 | Books, Techniques
You won’t find tons of cheap stuff being promoted on this website, we much prefer to keep the site clean and focused. However, a couple of things caught my attention recently and I was sufficiently excited by the one that I found today, to give it a mention...
by DesignerLynne | Dec 22, 2011 | Needles & Hooks, Philosophy, Tools of the Trade
A recent comment by a reader of this blog opened our eyes to a glaring omission in our websites and the portrayal of the work we do here: “What is Mega-Knitting?” It’s a simple question, but it led me to really think about it. Firstly, I started knitting when I was...
by David | Dec 2, 2011 | Featured Artists
As the first of our featured artists I thought it was quite fitting that this person has chosen to remain anonymous. Although the identity of the artist has been much discussed both on the Internet and off, these incredible works of art were all deposited or ‘Art...
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