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The Crochet Sustainability Deep Dive: A 4-Part Love Letter to Yarn That Doesn’t Wreck Everything
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Part 3: The Making Matters (Or: Slow Craft as Radical Resistance) Here’s something the mainstream sustainability conversation often misses: the act of making is itself a form of environmental activism. Not in a precious, “I’m saving the planet one granny square at a time” way, but in a very real sense. When you make…
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The Crochet Sustainability Deep Dive: A 4-Part Love Letter to Yarn That Doesn’t Wreck Everything
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Part 2: The Stash Whisperer (Or: How I Learned to Love Secondhand Yarn and Fear the Moth) Let’s talk about something most crocheters don’t like to acknowledge: we all have too much yarn. “There’s no such thing” I hear you cry, and I’m crying along guilty as the next in this particular conundrum. I’m…
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The Crochet Sustainability Deep Dive: A 4-Part Love Letter to Yarn That Doesn’t Wreck Everything
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Part 1: The Yarn Situation (Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Interrogate My Fibre Choices) Let’s address the acrylic elephant in the room, shall we? You know the one. It’s sitting there in your stash, possibly in a shade called “Passionate Plum” or “Ocean Mist,” and it cost £2.50 for 400 meters,…
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West Yorkshire Spinners Elements DK: A Review
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I’ve made a wonky bag using Elements DK from West Yorkshire Spinners. How would I describe this yarn? Naturally, it’s light and luxurious. Elements DK is a sophisticated yarn in shades inspired by the joyful hues of Summer. This sustainable yarn has been created with the environment in mind and uses a naturally harmonious…
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Old Spool, New Sparkle: Turning Vintage Thread into Eco-Friendly Christmas Joy
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I’ve had this old thread in one of my boxes for I don’t know how long. I think the spool itself is absolutely beautiful—it’s really solid wood—and the thread, well, I don’t know what you do with it. I’m wondering if it might have come from my Nan’s old box, in which case, it…