Blog posts about yarn, knitting and fibre crafts

A Bundle Dye Experiment – Colour from Foraged Plants

A Bundle Dye Experiment – Colour from Foraged Plants

Winter isn't a great time for foraging. It really isn't; plants are mostly dormant, and colour comes best from new leaves, fresh growth. But I'm...

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Episode 6 of the Podcast – FOs galore, how I wasn't always good at knitting, and lichen dye

Episode 6 of the Podcast – FOs galore, how I wasn't always good at knitting, and lichen dye

In this episode I'm showing some new warm-coloured yarns that have been added to the website, quite a few projects I finished over the festive...

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The Skua Rhombille Jumper – Combining Yarns and Altering Sizing

The Skua Rhombille Jumper – Combining Yarns and Altering Sizing

At Yarnporium back in November, I told so many people how I loved the combination of my Mendip 4-Ply yarn in Fox (Stormy) with Caia...

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Episode 5 of the Podcast – Quick chat, knits and plant dyes

Episode 5 of the Podcast – Quick chat, knits and plant dyes

A quick pre-Christmas episode while I finish up a lot of work before taking a festive break. I talk a little about what I'm knitting...

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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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