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Browse patterns When I started to shop for knitting products online what I found frustrating was that you could only see the outside book cover of a pattern book, and you had no idea if you would like the patterns inside. To remedy this, we introduced the page flip version of the book. If you browse on the pattern book, then you can l...

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Interview with Marie Wallin

Six year old Marie’s was the first and only hand to shoot up in the air when the teacher asked “ Does anyone know how to knit?” So already ahead of the rest of the class, as her mum taught her to knit, Marie was lucky enough to have knitting lessons at school. With a father who paints oil landscapes and abstracts, and a...

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Hmmm... What else can I use wool for?

For those of you who are constantly looking for new ideas for how to use your wool stash, you may want to take a leaf out of the book of A W Hainsworth & Sons of Stanningley, Leeds who make specialist felted woollen cloth for the apparel, technical and industrial textiles and interior fabrics industries. In looking to diversify their pr...

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Macclesfield Silk Museums

If you have every wondered where this beautiful, lustrous thread comes from, then the Macclesfield Silk museums will be able to answer all your questions and all your children’s questions too.With its long historic association with the Silk industry, Macclesfield has risen to the challenge by having four separate museums dedicated to the indu...

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Knitted breasts

Want something quick and easy to knit and yet extremely useful? Then look no further. Health workers who explain breastfeeding technique to expectant mothers are looking for knitters to knit up woolly breasts to use as teaching aides. Plastic breasts are expensive and have to be imported from Australia. The Leeds Prim...

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Interview with Richard Rutt

Interview with Richard Rutt, former Bishop of Leicester and author of "A history of hand knitting". Interview by Anna Bialkowska...

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Spinning spiders

Scientists, having discovered the exception tensile strength of spider silk, are trying the develop ways in which this fabulous strength can be harnessed for other uses. Some spider threads have been shown to be stronger than steel, have greater folding endurance than wool and are stable in temperatures of up to 100 oC. More elastic tha...

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Woolly brain

A psychiatrist in the United States has spent a year knitting a precise replica of the human brain. Dr Karen Norberg of the National Bureau of Econimic research in Cambridge, Massachusetts, knitted all the different parts of the brain before bringing them all together. What began as a labour of love, turned in to a real challenge, as she w...

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"My personal definition of joy is a blend of serenity and adventure, so I’m delighted to wish Serenity Knitting all the joy in the world as they launch their creative new adventure to the world. May all of your customers be inspired by your passion and enthusiasm for the craft to knit up their own storm of joy! "

Jeni Purdie, Happiness Coach and Author