Tag Archives: Wool

Woohoo! We’re nearly halfway there!

We’re nearly done with sock one, so we think it’s high time we finally give you an idea of how your finished sock will look! You can also see sock two here, but we’ve been sneaky and left it in black and white. There seems a lot of anxiety about making a pair of odd […]

Love Your Local Luxury

Firstly, Happy New Year to you, you lovely lot! I’m quite excited to be writing the first Woolaballoo blog of 2018, especially as it’s been a while since I last checked in with you all. As some of you may remember, I’m Sara, an enthusiastic novice when it comes to all things wonderfully woolly. I […]

The secret shame of yarn addicts

Woolly words #3: Ahhh, we’re in the thick of the Great British Summertime. It’s August and the rain is coming down in biblical amounts. Not that I mind, it’s perfect weather for snuggling up with a wonderful woolly project. The only problem is deciding which woolly wonder to crack on with… At the end of […]

Woolly Words #1: Adventures in Woolly Wonderland

Welcome to the Woolaballoo guest blog spot. By way of introduction Woolaballoo is a lovely woolly wonder of a shop hidden away in Langley Park, County Durham. The proprietor is one Lucy Bush who runs various workshops and drop in sessions each week, is a wife and mother of two little darlings, marks exams, studies […]

Autumnal air

The weather is definitely beginning to turn, the night’s are starting to draw in and there is a distinct chill in the air.  This week I have been trying to take some time out and enjoy the autumnal air before silly season kicks in.  Over the half term week we have been taking long walks […]

Half Term Madness

This week has been one of those crazy weeks that sneak up on you every once in a while.  It all started out so well with a weekend filled with sunshine and so we were finally all able to get outside and play in the garden which the little people love to do so much. […]

Rainbow Carlota

This week has been very eventful and  we were delighted to be invited to do a Q&A session with Max at Millamia as they wanted to showcase the Carlota dress. You can read the full interview below… It is so inspiring to us in the MillaMia team to see our designs out in the world, […]

Knit a Rainbow

Today I shall mostly be working on this gorgeous design for little Alice courtesy of the fabulous MIllamia. This rainbow dress is an adaptation of the original colourways laid out in the Carlota pattern which features on the front cover of the amazing Bright Young Things Collection and can also be purchased as a single pattern from Woolaballoo. I have chosen […]