What weight is this yarn?

Do you ever have difficulty choosing the right yarn for your project? And wish you understood all the different yarn weights?

Martina Behm and StrickMich!

Martina wearing her Selago Sunset Shawl Last year we worked on an exciting and fun collaboration with Martina Behm of StrickMich! Martina is a German knitwear designer. She also happens to have a Masters degree in economics from Cambridge University,

Sale! Sale! Sale! cowgirlblues is having a Yarn Sale!

Many of us are heading into celebration season and we thought an online yarn sale was a good way to start.  It's our chance to give something back to you to thank you for your support, encouragement and feedback over

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Still life with wool

We do a lot of swatching in the studio. This sounds like work, and I suppose it is, but it also feels quite a lot like play. It’s a particularly important process when it comes to mixing colours. The colours