The pastel pink weft and baby blue warp of Orion Aqua Starmap combine two colours that are usually very separate in modern western society. Cultural norms tell us that we must either choose pink or blue, and that choice depends on our gender, or more likely the gender of our child. An article […]
Elysian Cirrus Seafoam is 10% viscose 3% linen and 87% cotton. It is an Alchemy weave wrap and weighs in at around 245gsm. Released on the 18th January 2017, it is available to buy here from our shop. We trialled using viscose linen yarn last year and loved the properties that it lent to the […]
It can be tempting to assume that wool is only suitable for cold, fluffy jumper days, but wool actually has great heat regulating properties, meaning that it can help to keep you cool as well as warm (depending on the temperature difference between you and the outside world). Swell Octarine Seafoam has a relatively low […]
It is now the exact time of year that inspired the original Midwinter design. I am endlessly fascinated by the slow reveal of the fractal shapes of bare branches, and how they vary from tree to tree and really enjoyed exploring that in this design. Blizzard was a chance to use up some beautiful yarns […]
I used 2m of wrap cloth for this pinafore, plus some extra pieces of scrap. I love a good pinny, especially one with plenty of pockets, but they can be hard to come by on the high street, and incredibly expensive given how relatively simple they are to make. There are lots of free patterns […]
Greystoke Glasto Birch Trees has quite different properties compared with many of our other wraps. As it can be hard to get the chance to try a new wrap before you buy, we often use descriptions and measurements to try and imagine how it will feel, wrap and whether or not we will like it. […]
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Comparing Wool Blend Woven Wraps: Woven Wrap Geekery!!
We have worked hard to find a repeatable source of easy to use, easy to care for, machine washable wool, and this is a post that gives you a more in-depth look into our standard lines of wool weft and the different ways we use them.
Belmont Octarine Winter Hill is one of two Firespiral wraps being released at our Winter Wovenland event. At the time of writing there are still a few standard tickets available for the event, being held on the 12th of November 2016 in Manchester’s Northern Quarter, if you fancy joining us?! This wrap was named […]