Silly Little Sheep Yarns

30/08/2026

Knitting is just physics and pooling is maths… Fascinating but not something I would work out beforehand. Can you even? I love pooling and I expected it as I am decreasing for the gusset, but am not sure how I feel about a big white patch. Any other colour, sure. I am going to see where this takes me and I am curious whether the second sock will pool in the same way.

29/08/2026

Here is your friendly and gently reminder that if you put non-superwash socks into the washing machine, they will FELT, SHRINK and come back to haunt you. The yarn is still reclaimable, which is what I am doing now, hoping not to be a dum-dum next time🤦🏼‍♀️

28/08/2026

I have been looking into making my shop, yarn sourcing, yarn dyeing and general knitting habits more sustainable lately. It turns out - it is not a simple matter! Tayler explains what it all contains and also posts some snippets of footage from actual industrial textile recycling facilities (which are in no way glamorous) - it's worth watching just for that.

Recycled yarn is everywhere these days—Re-Spun, Re-Tweed, eco-this,...

17/08/2026

It’s still summer, but can you guess what I am working on?

13/08/2026

Yarn bowls are overrated! Most of knitting paraphernalia (bags, stitch markers, needle organisers…) are sometimes nice to have, but as long as you have yarn and needles, you have everything you need.
No lilies were harmed in the process as this is a centre-pull ball and didn’t move around at all. It just needed a place to calmly BE. 🧶 🪴 🌸

07/08/2026

A few snippets from yesterdays labelling of 100% superwash Merino DK miniskeins! It’s a new base for the shop, after a lot of you have been asking for DK! I have three colourways at the moment and will work on dyeing more during August, including the solid colours I have been working on. So if you fancy some solid DK for colourwork, keep watching this space 🙃🙂😉

03/08/2026

This is my contribution to this year’s .There are you to 20 different sock yarn scraps blended together through helical knitting. It was a playful and therapeutic knit, perfect for a summer project.

20/07/2026

Minis are perfect for mending! This summer rather than knitting more socks (although that will eventually probably happen too) I am focusing on fixing the existing ones that I have worn through. hank you for teaching me how to do this.

26/06/2026

If you are waiting for an order from me, thank you for your patience. I am not my usual speedy self because of the heat. I am doing my best but I am physically and emotionally drained and am currently mostly focusing on surviving it (fingers crossed for a thunderstorm in the night as forecast).
And if you appreciate teachers, TAs, school kitchen staff and other school support staff, give us a 👏🏻 or a ❤️ in the comments, we are struggling. I have cried, vomited, been anxious and overheated more times this week than I can count and every time there was a colleague to make sure I am okay (and that my kids are okay if I am not okay). teachers are caring, loving and bloody tough, but we are not unbreakable, nor are the children. ESPECIALLY not the children.

18/06/2026

I am thrilled to announce that I will be one of the exhibitors at Unravel … Autumn in September! I can’t wait to spend my summer leisurely building up stock and dyeing beautiful colours.
DIY advent calendars will be coming with me. Let me know - what else would you like me to bring? More pick and mix? More DK yarn? Gradient sets? I am open to suggestions 🥰🧶🍁