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…
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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…
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…
Winter Sock Club
It’s time for the Little Yellow Cat Winter Sock Club. The theme for the Winter Sock Club is Vintage Garden. Everything will have a rich, tonal, vintage feel for winter.You’ll receive three skeins in total, each will be 100g of 4ply/fingering weight. Skeins are about 360-400 meters long but this will vary…
2018 Yarn and Craft Market
There are exactly four weeks until the Victorian Handknitters Guild 2018 Yarn and Craft Market! Last year was fantastic but frantic. Geoff was sick, so I didn’t have an offsider to help me schlep all my stuff to Coburg and back, and to take over when I needed a coffee and a…
Pink Peppercorn
A very quick post about a new yarn base and colour that I’ve just added to the shop. Pink Peppercorn is a soft pink with splashes of lichen, mustard and raspberry. It also has a handful of blue and orange flecks. I don’t often keep a skein of yarn from my dyeing…