yarn
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What is the deal with Super wash Wool?
All our yarns are non super wash here at Tyddyn Bryn and there are good reasons behind this!! This post has been in progress for a little over a month now. I was unsure if I should post it, worried I would offend someone, but I’ve decided to go ahead and share, because it is something I strongly…
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What tools do you really need to dye yarn??
For large amounts (in my case 5-7 skeins in a pan!) LARGE Saucepans with lids feature at the top of the list!! Saucepans need to be dedicated dyeing pans as you MUST NOT cook food in them after using them for dyeing!! We also use large tray like pans for inside the oven and plastic…
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The Benefits of Wool – and it’s many uses
So wool has many uses other than as clothing!!! Clothing as previously discussed in the first blog post of this title Carpets Blankets Bedding, both blankets and duvets or Baavets (as one company call themselves!!) Mulch or weed suppressant mats to put round plants. There is also the added benefit of moisture conservation! Fertiliser. It…
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The Benefits of Wool – Wearing
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the benefits of wearing and using wool! so I thought it might be a good idea to get some of these thoughts out into a blog post! Benefits of Wool: Natural, renewable fibre – Wool comes from sheep and is a renewable source of material! Using wool in…
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Wooly Wednesday, even more yarn dyeing
Even more dyeing and more yarns coming with me to Sweater Weather in Farnham later this week! Have you got your tickets?
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Wooly Wednesday and LOTS of dyeing
A sneaky peek at some of the yarns heading to the Farnham Maltings’ Sweater Weather show with me!
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Sheepy Sunday
So after the 3 witches we acquired Wolfie! She is a welsh white type sheep and was a bottle lamb that one of my neighbour’s wives acquired to raise. We acquired her when she had transitioned into the neighbour’s garden and was spending more time munching flower beds and pooping on the front doorstep than…
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Sheepy Sunday
So we have done Wanda’s Story and Baarbara’s Story…. Here is the story of the three witches!! Basically we swapped three sheep for some large bales of haylage the summer after we had Wanda and Babs! Not a hugely exciting story, but we ended up with Garlick, Og and Weatherwax, which for the literary savvy…
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Sheepy Sunday!
So last Month I told you some of Wanda’s story…. Up this month is Baabara! Baabara is a mule most likely, Welsh white… something along those lines! She is the white faced one in this picture and is the MOST suspicious sheep you will ever meet!! When they come up for feed in the field,…
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Wooly Wednesday – hats
Since moving to the smallholding I wear a lot of hats, literally and metaphorically!! I have a few favourites… My lattice hat, knitted up in a gorgeous sock weight alpaca yarn I bought on the Great London Yarn Crawl, my River Knits yarn hat, which is a gorgeous sock weight yarn and I knitted a…