Sandra's Designing Blog

This is an exclusive area of my web site where you can find out more about my knitted designs, what inspires me, how I work and what I like (and don't like) to design. 
 
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  1. Natural Dyed Yarns straight from my garden are now available

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    Something I’ve wanted to do for a long long time is colour yarn with plant dyes straight from my garden. With a little help from local natural dyeing expert Ruth from the Loft Space in Slaithwaite and lots of reading I have now produced my 1st batch of natural dyed yarns. I’ve created them into approx 25 gram mini skeins so you can use to add “the feminine touch” to your knitwear. These muted subtle colours also work together really well so would look good in any colourwork project.
    Personally I really loved using plant stuff that was ready to go on the compost heap and using it to dye my yarn. Loved keeping things environmentally friendly.
    Win win situation.
    Researched and all these should be colour fast.

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    The mini skeins are available from my web site at £4 each or £20 for 7 (that's less than £3 each if buying all shades).
    The plants used in the dyeing process are listed with each shade.

  2. Design Collaboration with Louisa Harding of Yarntelier

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    Over the last few months I have been working with Louisa Harding of Yarntelier on some pretty Brioche designs that work really well with her locally produced yarns. Louisa is another designer (originally working for Rowan yarns) who lives in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. As well as producing gorgeous designs she also has sourced and produced her own brand of Cashmere yarns. She wanted to bring her yarns to a wider audience and asked me to help by designing some patterns using her yarns.
    All 3 patterns use 2 x 50 gram balls of either the lace or Gilli weight yarn.

    It was great to have all 3 patterns released last weekend at Edinburgh Yarn Festival. 

    Carrageen Filigrana
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