Posts about creating and using hand spun art yarn.
Free Hat Pattern – Basic Beanie Here is a free hat pattern that I have written specifically for using my repeatable corespun yarns or beaded yarns. Lots of people are attracted to the colours and textures of my repeatable art yarns but are unsure of what to do with them or how to use them.…
People often wonder how to use or wear art yarn. Some art yarn, despite being so attractive with its colours and textures and even inclusions like beads, ribbons or feathers, can leave you wondering how to use it. It would be a shame to leave it languishing in your stash, unseen and unused. Yarn cowls…
My name is Araminta Greaves and I have got a sweet tooth. Anyone else out there feel the need to confess? I have always had a sweet tooth and as a child in the 1970’s that meant eating highly coloured and flavoured sweets, or candy for my American friends. Favourites included Fruit Salads and Blackjacks…
I’m sure that we have all had the experience of being seduced by the colours or textures of an unusual one off yarn, only to find that when we get it home and look shamefacedly at our existing stash, we have no idea what to actually do with what we have. This post, all about…
Art yarn is generally yarn that has been spun to include lots of texture and colour. It may also have unusual structure, combinations of fibres or even inclusions like beads, charms or bells. I actually prefer the term ‘textured yarn’ because to me it is important that the yarn can perform as good, useful, well…
Why Get an Electric Spinning Wheel? The Ashford Jumbo ESpinner is allowing me to continue being a spinner. Due to an irritatingly persistent knee grumble that keeps me awake at night, I have been finding treadling on the spinning wheels for any length of time quite painful so I have finally given in and bought…
Colourway Spotlight – Polzeath Breeze As the name suggests, this colourway is inspired by the popular beach at Polzeath, on the beautiful coastline of North Cornwall. I spent a lot of time gazing down on the the bay at Polzeath a few years ago. I was cleaning a fabulous holiday let which backed onto the…
Colourway Spotlight – Daymer Storm. I am so lucky to live here in North Cornwall in the far south west of England. The landscape and seascape on and around this peninsula is endlessly inspiring. This colourway is inspired by the beautiful Daymer Bay on the north coast of Cornwall where the river Camel completes its…
