Dyeing yarn in a cold, cold garage (you know, the famous SQ royal workshop mentioned on my Etsy shop front) at this time of year requires several layers of warm clothes, some knitted socks and anything else that keeps you vaguely warm. If I had a pair of long johns, I’d wear them – I’m [...]

Good news – I have some yarnie goodness to show you. It’s been in the shop for a couple of days (I need to sort out the time-lag between shop updates and blog updates), but here you go:Lovebird in Lavish – 4 ply cashmere/silk (Sold)Check out the difference with this Mellow – 6 ply cashmere/silk [...]

As the shop shelves are looking incredibly bare, time for a shop update tomorrow (Wednesday) evening. Four skeins of lambswool, angora, cashmere in different colourways. Four skeins of cashmere/silk in a new colourway called Oyster. Three skeins of cashmere/silk in a new colourway called Clam. Other than that have completed three custom orders this week [...]

SQ is back in the country after a short, relaxing wonderful holiday. Straight back into it though as the shop has gone mad – have been lucky enough to have lots of buyers – but desperately need to restock and had a couple of custom orders to dye up hence an all-day dyeing session today.Can’t [...]