That’s right: we’ve now got laceweight yarn in stock! Beautiful, soft and with a gentle lustre, this worsted-spun Wensleydale has just arrived. The wool comes from a Wensleydale flock on the Bedfordshire/Buckinghamshire border. The sheep graze in an old, traditionally managed Damson orchard. The Damson is traditional to this area and while large orchards once [...]
This is Nancy. She’s our cute-as-a-button logo, which you can now make and customise with our fabulous new pattern. Nancy was created exclusively for the Nude Ewe by blogger and Red Heart Yarns designer Nancy Anderson, aka ‘Miss Julep’. And since this woolly little girl is so perfectly cheeky we just had to name the pattern [...]
Bedfordshire’s crafters are being called on to get busy making personal gifts for the Olympians and Paralympians coming to Bedford this summer. Over 200 athletes from 14 countries will be hosted here leading up to the Games. Under the Woolsack project every athlete participating in the Games is being offered a cushion hand made and [...]
While I’m often tempted in swaps to go for the biggest packages first, I try instead to just grab whatever is on top. Today’s package was an envelope, and in the envelope was a note about the pattern I’m to receive! The pattern is ‘Traveling Woman’, which is pretty appropriate for someone who has gone [...]
In between a morning stitch and bitch at Scald End Farm (home to Fibre East) and the rugby (Cymru am byth!) I quickly opened the next parcel in my swap package. Today’s lovely offering was stitch markers! And not any stitch markers but special little ones, perfect for my many sock projects. These were made [...]
When we started The Nude Ewe, we needed a flock of sheep to ‘experiment’ on: a flock whose owner wouldn’t be upset if the project failed and we weren’t able to give them a return on the fleeces. Enter the Wildlife Trust, or more specifically the Bedfordshire office of the Trust which covers the three [...]
Last week I got to spend an afternoon with the Nude Ewe Wensleydales. Lambing season is upon us and I went out to film and ‘help’ with the scanning. The Wensleydales are a small flock and normally graze in a big old Damson orchard on the Bedfordshire/ Buckinghamshire border. The Damson is a variety of [...]
From The Morning Call In a new exhibit opening Sunday, knitting and crocheting are used to explain complex mathematical formulas and to portray scientific forms — from fish embryos to molecules. The exhibit, “Sticks, Hooks and the Mobius: Knit and Crochet Go Cerebral,” runs through Feb. 5 at Lafayette College’s Williams Center Gallery. Please continue [...]
I’ve been asked if I’d do a knitting workshop next month, as part of a month-long ‘pop-up shop’ project in Bedford. More on the shop later; for now I’m wondering if I could actually do a knitting workshop. Let me be clear: yes, I can knit. I’ve been knitting for over 30 years, and much [...]
We introduced ‘Waves’ a short while ago in our ‘Wes’ Wensleydale wool. Wes has a natural lustre that designer Eline Oftedal said made it look like pearls. And while we love the sheen and drape of our best-seller we thought it was time to try out Waves in our other yarns. So here it is: [...]
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