Little Yellow Cat Yarn Advent Calendars for 2021 are now available to order! I’m so happy to introduce my Yarn Advent Calendar 2021. I spent quite a while working out what colour theme to use and I’ve decided that this year’s theme is Maypole. Drawing on colours from European folk embroidery, blue…
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New year, new yarn
It’s officially the first day of Autumn and I haven’t updated the blog since early November last year. 2019 demanded a huge commitment of time and energy at work. This left me feeling too drained to spend much time thinking about dyeing yarn and blogging. I’m happy to say that I didn’t…
April Shop Update
I just finished updating the shop with some new yarn for the colder weather. There are four new colours of Vintage Tweed 8ply. Each skein is plenty for a winter hat. I’ve also added four new colours of sock yarn – three on the Slipper and Shawl 4ply base which is a…
Gloamin’ Tide MKAL
I’ve just finished a slightly weird but very enjoyable knitting experience as part of Ysolda Teague’s Gloamin’ Tide MKAL. I must admit, I’m really impressed with the end product. An MKAL is a mystery knit along. You receive a pattern in installments over a period of time as you knit along with others…
Coburg Yarn Market 2018
The Coburg Yarn Market is all over for another year! On Sunday 13 May I got up early to set up shop at the Victorian Handknitters Guild Yarn and Craft Market at Coburg Town Hall. I had a very brief chance to look at some of the other stalls before the…
Planina Wrap
Last week I finished up one of the most enjoyable projects I’ve knit for a while – the Planina Wrap. Planina Wrap is a pattern by Shara Lambeth and it’s available on Ravelry for $4.00. Shara designed this to work with a yarn advent calendar, but it’s a perfect stashbuster too. I…