Blog posts about yarn, knitting and fibre crafts

Garden Colour – Dyeing with Plants in Suburbia

Garden Colour – Dyeing with Plants in Suburbia

I've long been fascinated by plant dyes. It had also been a long time since I've used any until recently. For the first time as...

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Episode 4 of the Podcast – A love of orange, darning socks and making calendula oil

Episode 4 of the Podcast – A love of orange, darning socks and making calendula oil

The podcast has reached its fourth episode! I realise there are many podcasts with hundreds of episodes, but I'm still excited about each new one...

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New patterns: Aspis hat and Tildearth cowl!

New patterns: Aspis hat and Tildearth cowl!

 I'm really excited to share a couple of my recent self-published knitting patterns, the Aspis hat and Tildearth cowl! Both designs use similar weights of yarn (heavy DK/light...

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Episode 3 of the Podcast – New designs, new yarn base, and stranded colourwork

Episode 3 of the Podcast – New designs, new yarn base, and stranded colourwork

 I'm back with a third episode! I'm having so much fun making these and sharing them with you. In this episode I'm sharing some exciting...

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Episode 2 of the Podcast – Mendip KAL, frogging, spinning textured yarn and making sloe gin

Episode 2 of the Podcast – Mendip KAL, frogging, spinning textured yarn and making sloe gin

After a lot of lovely feedback from the inaugural episode , I'm so glad to have released the second episode of the Marina Skua Podcast!...

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The Marina Skua Podcast is here!

The Marina Skua Podcast is here!

I'm rather excited to announce that the first episode of the Marina Skua Podcast is live!The video is on YouTube, and in it I talk about a...

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All about tech editing

All about tech editing

Please note: this is an old blog post and I no longer offer tech editing services. I'm keeping this post available as I think there's...

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Colourwork Consequences: knitting friendships

Colourwork Consequences: knitting friendships

​ Knitting is often a solitary hobby; quiet, contemplative. But I’ve found that knitters tend to like other knitters – so we go to knit...

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Fibre Focus: Flax Processing

Fibre Focus: Flax Processing

As we’ve had some sunny days here in the UK recently, I’ve begun to think about projects for warmer weather and the fibres that are...

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