I live just a few miles from the small town of Sanquhar, in the south of Scotland. I have found the patterns very interesting, especially as my favourite colours are black, white & red. Because of this, I have been doing a lot of research into the patterns and history. This scarf takes the most traditional patterns of the Sanquhar design an...

This is a simple way for hand spinners to create a gradient yarn by using 3 yarns when plying. No blending boards or carders needed.

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A spinning recipe and knitting pattern to make a lovely natural ‘curly’ looking cowl.

Finally, a pattern designed for showing off your favourite handspun art yarns (the more texture, the better!). While this pattern is written using a boucle yarn, which is my own preferred method of spinning a textured, thick and thin yarn, beehives, coils, or even corespun yarns would work nicely as well.

Please note: This pattern is specifically designed for using handspun singles yarn, spun in both “S” and “Z” direction. You will not attain the same effect by using commercial yarn.