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Life changes, but a beloved knitted piece remains
About a very special blanket, big knitting love and a reunion after seven years...

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Rosy's tips for washing wool
How often should you wash knitted garments, by machine or by hand, and with which detergent? Here's how Rosy goes about cleaning and drying knitted items.

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Mulesing: unnecessary animal suffering
Mulesing, unfortunately, still is a widespread practice in merino-sheep breeding. When Rosy realised this during her search for soft wool, she decided to make her own yarns that were guaranteed to ...

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Winding wool: from skein to ball
We produce our yarn in skeins. Find out here why we do this and how you can wind balls from them that can be knitted easily.

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Never without my gauge swatch
For shawls and scarfs, when the fit is not crucial and when yarn consumption is not that important, you can possibly get by without it. But especially for garments that are meant to fit, we need it...

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What to do about pilling?
We don’t like to see pilling on our hand-knitted treasures. Find out here why it happens and what to do about it.

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Interview with Designer Connie Peng
How does an artist become a knitwear designer? Why does she design and knit lace scarves even though she doesn't wear them? And what ideas did she implement in the loop scarf Toco? I had these and ...

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Goodbye stains!
Children spill - even on the softest woolen sweaters. This can easily panic parents with a knitting soft spot. But my recipe for removing stains is quite simple.

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Degendering Fashion - or: On the Freedom of Knitting
A tractor jumper in "girly" colours? No way! But what you can't buy, I can make myself. So I knitted a special birthday present and reflected on the wonderful freedom of knitting.