So many new spinners are only used to spinning bought commercial dyed tops, that they feel daunted when the time comes to actually become a ‘real’ spinner, and take it from raw fibre to finished product. This is the basic guide to wool-sorting I wish I’d had in 1983!
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Wensleydale and Malhamdale
The Adderback glove pattern is now out! Yarn Forward 26: Also an article on the history of Yorkshire Dales knitting. ‘Yarn Forward’ have done us proud with the lovely layout and choice of images to go with the article. After the article was written and the pattern finished, the magazine wanted more pictures so we […]
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Adderbacks
Here follows a chart in PDF form with the alphabet for the ‘Adderback’ gloves which you can see back in one of the January posts.. 7 row alphabet caps chart Here’s some fun I’ve been having with a lightning pattern (right hand side) from a pair of gloves in the Dales Countryside Museum, in Hawes. […]
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Yorkshire Dales Gloves
Based on some of the gloves in the Dales Countryside Museum, at Hawes. They are knit in Wensleydale Longwool Sheepshop’s DK – any two colours with strong contrast would do the trick. Will upload the pattern and charts here after it’s published. Gansey research is coming on well – lots of museums and archives now […]
PENELOPE HEMINGWAY 