Living colour from natural sources. Inspired by a ‘slow’ ethos that celebrates artisan skill and local provenance.

I have been working closely with local designer Gianna Bertelli Knowles, developing a range of plant dyed yarns for use with her Knorfolknots knitting patterns. Many of the designs use 100g skeins of my 4 ply Blue Faced Leicester yarns and we have also introduced the very popular 50g skeins for some of her new creations. The 20g skeins are ideal for colour work and stitch projects.

Colour stories inspired by the city, coast and countryside of Norfolk. A collection of British wool yarns dyed with historic dyes like madder, weld and woad - some grown locally in Norfolk - and exotic colour from foreign shores. Hand painted art yarns add vibrant contrasts.

You can find the patterns and the full range of Colour Stories™ yarns at Knorfolknots

We are also at the Holt Outdoor Makers Market every Sunday in August and at Fresh Artisan & Makers Market at The Shoe Factory Social Club on Bank Holiday Monday August 31.

It's so great to be enjoying the summer sunshine, I have started going for long, early morning walks in the countryside around Aylsham, discovering dye plants in the hedgerows and finding time and space to think and just be...

It's been lovely to see so many of you at makeplace in Magdalen St, where I am currently 'maker in residence' Tuesday to Thursdays each week until 31 July. I have been working on my 'Old, New, Boro'd and Blue' quilt from the #100dayproject2019 and enjoying our weekly makers meetups on a Thursday evening 6-9pm. More info and booking here. I'm offering 10% off all my Colours of Norfolk™ yarn until the end of July, so pop along and pick up some plant dyed yarn for your next project!

The new 20g mini skeins are ideal for colour work projects and the new 'Treacherous Tides" shawl pattern from Gianna aka Knorfolknots. All of her patterns use 100g of yarn and are available for all ability levels from absolute beginners to improvers/advanced level. Gianna will be running a knitting workshop at makeplace on Wednesday 31 July 1.30 - 4pm if you fancy learning how to create one of these beautiful shawls. You can also check out Gianna's ravelry page here