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Favourite Knitting Link Round Up of the week

More interesting links that have caught my eye this week. Brianna of The Yarn Side talks about running a craft business and some difficult decisions she has to make in order for the business to grow. Yarns are having a … Continue reading

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Social Media as a means of promotion

I was reading Nicki Pilkington over on 299 steps some time back and she has a good guide on using social media to promote oneself / ones business. Of particular interest was her checklist which she uses. There are so … Continue reading

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Ebay

You may notice, on the left hand side of this blog is a new widget. It lists all of my hand dyed sock yarn that I have put up for sale on ebay. For some time I’ve been attempting to … Continue reading

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Tutorial – How I Hand Paint Yarn: Part 1

I thought I would take you through the process of how I hand paint my yarn. There are lots of different ways to dye yarn, this just happens to be what I do. I’m still new to this so I’m … Continue reading

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Yarny Goodness Continued

Continuing on from my last post here are a few more of the skeins that I dyed. First up we have some 100% merino in blue and following that is the same wool (100% merino) in reds and peaches. This … Continue reading

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In which we partake of some yarny goodness…

So, I’ve been playing with yarn and dyes. This is always interesting, especially with a 17 month old charging around the place. I did my best to make sure most of the actual handling of the dyes / yarn was … Continue reading

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