Dot's fibre to fabric

I have just enjoyed a blog post by knit designer Kate Davies about visiting the Scottish wool spinners J C Rennie and would encourage you to...

Here's a picture of me in the second jumper knitted to my own pattern: Sorry about lack of smile for the camera! I was a bit anxious ab...

We have a large garden where there's spaces for interesting weeds to lurk. This means I can always find useful dye plants, such as nett...

I have a new book, it is A Fine Fleece: knitting with handspun yarns, by Lisa Lloyd,just published by Potter Craft in the U.S., ISBN 978-0-3...

Ten days of silence from me, there's a couple of reasons for this. One is that my work (two employed part time jobs, and a voluntary jo...

I haven't written much about spinning yet. I was just thinking this the other day, wondering where to start on the subject,and then I l...

You may have noticed a gap in posts - I've been on holiday, and then came home to a new job. Craft activities this week have been reduc...

I've been working on my loom setup this morning. The warp is tied on to the apron rod and now the tension in the thread groups needs ad...