Plump Plushness which has gone on sale in the shop today. That’s all for today and tomorrow. Kelpie Merry Men Pink Lady Apple Wedgwood

I bring you news that I’m planning to trial a new system of shop updates by uploading a few items at a time over the next week (from 30th Jan.) at random times during the day and night. There’s likely to be a little bit tomorrow or Saturday, and then more at the beginning of [...]

How to Time Fritter: Ravelry, Facebook, looking at Knitting Stitch Dictionaries, blogging, chatting on email, looking at potential spinning wheels. How to Time Fritter on Ravelry: Check forums, check SQueenery forum, answer PMs, see if anyone’s uploaded any new projects to drool over, check other 41 groups I belong to, check if any more hearts [...]

Today, me and alabamawhirly went down to Farnham Maltings to meet the Creative Communities Co-ordinator (great job title) to talk about the Unravel show on February 21st. We had a drink and a chat, whirly talked through all her creative ideas, I showed my yarn, we saw the spaces we could choose from and the [...]

… except the yellow. Nobody likes the yellow. Aww…. Is there a more emotive colour in the spectrum? You either love it or hate it and if you hate it, there’s a good chance you love purple instead – opposite on the colour wheel you see. (Update: the Banana Cream Pie has now gone to [...]

For the moment, I think I’ll have to reluctantly stop the update. The update is so feverish tonight that there are literally seconds between each transaction and the shopping cart can’t keep up which means that the same yarn can be bought by more than one person and I’m not happy that people are being [...]

Let me introduce a new yarn type to the Skein Queen stable. This is Desire – a squidgy superwash DK merino – a generous 425m per 100g skein. We’re talking jumper quantities of Skein Queen yarn. Or just one skein would make a hat, scarf or mittens. Pictured here in the Merry Men colourway. And [...]

Tuesday 13th January 8pm GMT. Preview of hand-dyed skeins here tomorrow afternoon. SQ x

You may be interested to know that I’ve decided to extend the 15% discount on Cashmere Soft from Lotus Yarns (China) right the way to the end of January. Did you see it featured in the first ever issue of The Knitter? A gorgeous, glossy UK-based magazine for experienced knitters. They selected it for one [...]

We have two birthdays this weekend – it’s Skein King’s tomorrow (I can hardly believe it’s a whole year since we celebrated his 40th at Center Parcs) and Skein Princess’s on Monday. Oh ho! Look what I found. This is her seven years ago. I knitted this sheep suit and I’m sure it had something [...]