Would you honestly think that they were talking about rabbits? Perhaps you might if you were a spinner, as the fur of the angora rabbit is one of the softest fibres around. Do click the arrow to watch this great British Pathe video clip from 1940 all about how angora is harvested and made into […]
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Searching for the right buttons to sew on to a blouse, I came across the tantalising scrap of paper that reads ‘Art.’ On searching and finding more pieces in the same colours, I now see that this packaging us from some hooks and eyes, but am still intrigued as to the rest of the missing
It has certainly been an eventful couple of weeks here at Knittist Towers. I clumsily tripped over an out-of-alignment cat igloo and having unthinkingly put my arm out to catch my fall, found that my wrist really hurt. To cut a long story short, I had sustained a hairline fracture in my scaphoid bone i.e.
Here’s a lovely children’s stop-motion animation from Charlotte Blacker that recently won her a prestigious animation prize from the Royal Television Society. The Little Red Plane tells the knitted story of a boy and his cat who deliver parcels by air, throughout the land. As well as working on her animation for 6 months, Charlotte
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A couple of weeks ago, Giles and I became engaged 😀 This isn’t the ring that he proposed with: that was a very sugary yellow and orange jelly-sweet ring! It will never be eaten but shall forever remain in it’s little box. I love both of my engagement rings equally, but on reflection think that
