Tomorrow – Wednesday 1st July – 8.30pm BST. This update started off as a bit of a summer knitting lace-fest given the heatwave we’re having in these here parts, as you can see towards the end of the preview, but lots of 4 ply sockweight yarns crept in too. There will also be some Naked [...]

First summer installment of the Queen’s Reading Room club, the Unfortunate club and the Petal club have all gone out now, so expect them to land on your doorsteps over the next few days. This was the final installment of the Pudding Club – Key Lime Pie And the Installment the Ninth of the Unfortunate [...]

Saturday was the last of my spinning course lessons sadly. I learnt so much from Linda and Albert – advocates of starting with the fleece and preparing it using traditional techniques, then dyeing it (they use natural dyes), hand carding the fibre and finally spinning it. Linda is a seasoned knitter and crocheter and Albert [...]

It’s been a while since my first featured knitter article but this time I bring you an up-and-coming designer from Texas. Jenna’s Tadpole socks caught my eye on Ravelry a few months back – I thought they’d be a perfect design for Skein Queen Squash, Exquisite or Encore – so she kindly said that I [...]

Summerhouse Loveby Derya Derya says “I’d call this ‘Summerhouse Love’, partly because it’s on my mind a lot lately, but also because it reminds me of the washed-out colours of an Aegean summerhouse, with delicate white, blue and yellow floral prints in all the rooms. And the summerhouse romance novels I love reading in summer, [...]

Announcing the Great Big Skein Queen 2nd Anniversary Shop Update Thursday 11th June 8pm BST Introducing a brand new yarn base – Exquisite – merino, cashmere, nylon Proud Peacock in Exquisite – 2 skeins Lovebird in Exquisite – 1 skein (v. similar to Firebird but this one has more pink) Firebird in Exquisite – 1 [...]

In celebration of the fact that Skein Queen is celebrating two years in business on Thursday, I’ve decided to do a little name-the-yarn competition. All you have to do to win this free skein of Plushness (lambswool/angora/cashmere) is to come up with colourway name and leave a comment here on the blog with the name [...]

Must… not… become… too… attached. What’s that? You don’t want to see any more kittens? You want to know about yarn? And fibre? Well, the next shop update is scheduled for 11th June and did I say before that it’ll be a big one. Happens to coincide with the two-year anniversary of Skein Queen, so [...]

Isn’t he (pos. she) cute? We’re keeping this little one. Two and a half weeks old. I can’t get over how big the kittens have grown in such a short time. They’re trying to escape from the box and Honey’s not too happy about that. The all black kitten is going to a good friend [...]