#ShowMeYourKnits 🧶 this week, Liv wants to see indie designers and dyers. My first indie dyer is Becca @bluebellyarns.co.uk Lovely non-superwash yarns in gorgeous colour combinations. I have knit so many things in her yarns, below is just a small selection, patterns by indie designers too!

I don't think I have any followers on here from #Dorset but just in case... I'm having an open day at my studio on Saturday in celebration of Bluebell Yarns' 10th birthday! There will be gifts, cake and lots and LOTS of #wool #yarn. Visit bluebellyarns.co.uk/open-day for all the info!

Yesterday I had some unexpected time off. I've been working a huge amount lately as I've got so much on in November, and haven't taken much time for myself. It was a beautiful day, so my husband and I went for a walk at our local National Trust place. I didn't realise quite how much I needed that.

Introducing the Honey Be Good cowl by Claire Caillot. Available as both a kit and as the individual pattern at www.bluebellyarns.co.uk/product-cate... Made in two skeins of squishy, chunky Bluefaced Leicester, it's a quick, fun cowl to knit. #KnittingPattern #KnittingKit #CowlKit #Knitsky

November marks the Bluebell Yarns' 10th Birthday! 10% off nearly everything at bluebellyarns.co.uk. Every order entered into a prize draw. Visit me at my studio in Dorset, UK! Enter your projects using Bluebell Yarns in my customer project gallery bluebellyarns.co.uk/customer-gallery-submission/

#WIPWednesday 🧶 I decided to experiment with double knitting, making a cowl using the chart from a stranded pattern: Reversible Owl Cowl by @meerbuschknitter.bsky.social Yarn is the wonderful BFL/Shetland/Alpaca 4ply by @bluebellyarns.co.uk in Deep Blue Sea and Frangipani. Progress is slow but fun!

Not quite a Friday finish for my beanie, but it's done now, and I am v pleased with it! Lashed together from a couple of charts of the Cherishing Every Aspect of Life sweater, creating a useful swatch, this is a colourwork beanie using @bluebellyarns.co.uk 's lovely yarns. It still needs blocking.

I have delicious new yarn to try out this week from @bluebellyarns.co.uk 💜 This is British Bluebell, 40% BFL, 40% Shetland Wool, 20% Alpaca. The colour is even more beautiful in real life 😍 🧶 #knitting #knitsky #justknitting

#FOFriday 🧶 It's Friday again, & I have a finish! Swatching for a colourwork sweater, but rather than just little swatches, I decided to knit a cowl using the sweater charts to test gauge. @bluebellyarns.co.uk Pattern Cherishing Every Aspect of Life by bunnyfluff www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

If you need a certain yarn or colourway but you can't find it on my website, please get in touch! I love trying to create the perfect yarn for your project. It's one of my favourite parts of this job! (I won't copy another dyer's work though, so don't even ask) #IndieDyedYarn #HandDyedYarn

I've finally got all my mini-skeins available at bluebellyarns.co.uk/product-category/mini-skeins! Two bases each of 4ply & DK in a range of colours, all British wool, non-superwash and synthetic fibre free. #IndieDyedYarn #HandDyedYarn #Wool #Yarn #MiniSkeins

Sad but true, but I love it, and loved knitting with the Sunny Day lace, I felt cheerful every time I picked the shawl up to knit it. I also used your BFL Shetland Alpaca DK for Samhain - the yellowy Autumn Forest colourway is so exactly right for an autumnal theme. www.ravelry.com/projects/flo...

A few years ago I designed and knit Solstice in a bright vibrant yellow lace handdyed by @bluebellyarns.co.uk The pattern was subsequently bought and published by KnitPicks, but once I have the rights again I'll self-publish with the original photos because I love the yellow so much!

I've made a couple of cardies with Becca's hand dyed wool. So comfy to wear, and zero colour bleeding. 😍

I've released this year's yarn Advent Calendars! Hand dyed British, synthetic free, non-superwash yarn. www.bluebellyarns.co.uk/advent It always feels way too early to be thinking about this kind of thing, but they take a long time to make! #YarnAdventCalendar #IndieDyedYarn

#ShowMeYourKnits 🧶 What a great prompt! I love yarns dyed by indie dyers. One of my favourites is Becca @ Bluebell Yarns @bluebellyarns.co.uk She specialises in non-superwash, which is my preferred yarn type, and the colours she achieves are glorious. Details in Alt text.

Introducing my brand new yarn base, chunky Bluefaced Leicester! This is a gorgeously soft, squishy and lustrous yarn and I can't wait for you to see it! British, non-superwash, 100% wool. 🧶 Available at www.bluebellyarns.co.uk/product-cate... #HandDyedYarn #Yarn #BritishWool #NonSuperwashWool

A little look at a new yarn base that I'll be bringing to The Sodbury Yarn Over this weekend. Bluefaced Leicester chunky is so deliciously soft and squishy it has to be felt to be truly appreciated. It'll be available online as soon after the show as I can manage! #HandDyedYarn

To get to my studio I have to drive down an A road. The main A road between my part of Dorset and Devon. So you know, not a busy road at all... Every month or two, a manhole cover collapses. Temporary traffic lights are added and it takes them about a week to repair. It causes so much traffic.

I played in an epic sci-fi & space themed concert last night. Not only did we play excellently, we had a tardis, Daleks, K9, R2D2 and loads of excellent other guests! Every concert with this band is better than the last and I have no idea how we're going to beat this one!

So much yarn in the dye pots today as I'm under two weeks from my next show! Some yarn I ordered hasn't even been dispatched, and more I need isn't even in stock to order. I'm sure everything will be fine, I may just be a bit short of some things.

There's still some yarn left in my clearance sale! 🧶 www.bluebellyarns.co.uk/product-cate... #HandDyedYarn #HandDyedWool #BritishYarn

At Bluebell Yarns there are certain values I work to: 🐏 I only use British wool & alpaca 🧶 All fibres are synthetic free 🐏 None of the yarn I use has been superwash treated 🧶 My packaging is plastic free 🐏 I minimise waste and reuse as much as possible #IndieDyedYarn #HandDyedYarn #Yarn #Wool

I've decided to discontinue a few yarn bases to make room for some lovely new ones, so I'm having a clearance sale! bluebellyarns.co.uk/sale Lots of lovely stuff from Laceweight to Chunky, all hand-dyed, non-superwash and synthetic free. 🧶 #indiedyedyarn #handdyedyarn #wool #yarn

Had an all day band rehearsal yesterday, followed by quiz. We came last, however got the question about a sheep breed (Mouflon) right. It would've been very embarassing if we didn't, considering how much of my life is based around wool and therefore sheep!

I don't know who was more surprised. I just got home, opened the gate, and...fox! It then tried going back to sleep but I had to get by which scared it off, even though I tried bribing it with food to just move over to another bit of garden.

You may have seen that I broke a single interchangeable Chiaogoo and cable a couple of weeks ago. The replacement arrived today, and I got the whole set. I'm hoping the shorter needles mean less stress on the joints while sock knitting.

I'm going to have a "selfish" day and prioritise some of the things I never usually get around to because something "more important" always turns up. Anyone want to join me? If so, reply with a list of a few things you're going to do today. Then come back and reply to your post with your progress!

Somehow I've managed to go two years of being in concert band and not having clashes with yarn shows. This year I miss two of our summer concerts (so far) because of yarn shows 😞

Being an indie yarn 🧶 dyer is a lonely job. I have concert band on Thursday nights and that helps a bit with the need to be social, but then Fridays alone in my studio feel more lonely. I'm an introvert so it's fine, but occasionally I miss working in a team.

I accidentally have a pet spider. It's lived in my studio for a while but I noticed it hasn't moved for days. I just gave it some water and it immediately started drinking. I don't want to put it outside as it's too cold. Do I try and catch a fly for it?

I'm redyeing the 2024 Yarn 🧶 Advent colourways! Orders are only open until the end of the month, and I'll be getting everything dyed up during the first week of February. Take a look at the colours available at www.bluebellyarns.co.uk/product/2024...

The sun is out and it's a beautiful day! Hopefully that's a good sign that my day of planning and organisation (plus a long walk, I have to enjoy the sun when we have it) will go well. 2025 hasn't got off to the best of starts, but I'm refusing to let that derail any more plans.

Oh nooooo! Not what I wanted to find. To be fair I think these are the first Chiaogoos I've broken and they're the 2.25mm ones which get shoved frequently in a bag. Snapped right at the thread and it's stuck in the cable, so I'll need new needles plus new cable. Very frustrating, but my own fault.

It's lucky I don't mind spiders, because they keep appearing in unexpected places in my studio. They're not small either! I know they'll die if I put them outside at the moment, so I'm trying to leave them be. I just don't want to end up accidentally killing any.

Are you an indie yarn dyer based in the UK? Are you a knitter or crocheter looking for gorgeous hand dyed yarn? You’ve come to the right place! go.bsky.app/Sdd7awa

I'm turning on the dye pots today for the first time this year! First in will be a batch of Leaf Litter, as I messed up some counting and had one less than somebody ordered. Next will be yarn clubs. Depending on how that goes, I'll then get to experiment with a new base I want to release soon!

It's a new week. The last one wasn't ideal, so it's time to try again. Today I've sorted out the latest thrilling round of risk assessments for upcoming shows, and will sort out the yarn for the yarn clubs to dye tomorrow. Then I get to play my baroque flute in some trio sonatas this afternoon.

Today is the last chance to sign up for the full year of my colour trios yarn 🧶 club! My surprise club is ongoing and you can sign up, pause or cancel at any time. www.bluebellyarns.co.uk/product-cate...

I love having a studio. It's made life significantly better not working from our small house. I hate that in winter that it's freezing. It was 5C when I arrived yesterday. Sometimes it's fine, I wear lots of layers and get on with it. Other times I can't face another day of being freezing.

I'm relaunching my Flower Brooch Crochet Kit with two new colours to brighten up your January! The kits feature stunning British yarn hand-dyed by Becca of @bluebellyarns.bsky.social and matching natural shell buttons. https://littleconkers.co.uk/flower-brooch-kit #crochet #crochetkit #britishwool

With all the social media hopping that's going on lately, it seemed like the perfect time to remind you that I have a newsletter if you'd like to be kept up to date with Bluebell Yarns. I send a maximum of one email a week, but usually it's less than that. dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/814737...

Having one of those days when I want to do ALL the things and I'm having ALL the ideas. So naturally I can't decide where to start and haven't done any of them. Luckily this hit after I got the things I had to do today done.

Day 3 of @cosycraftclub club #CraftuaryChallenge A cardy for me, using the lush (BFL Becca?) non superwash wool I ordered as a custom dyelot from @bluebellyarns last year as part of a skill swap I'm loving making the cardigan, which is a pattern by @elizabethsmithknits #LoveLocal #ShopIndie

My 2025 Yarn Clubs are still open for sign-ups at www.bluebellyarns.co.uk/product-cate... Prices start from £6 and there are lots of options to choose from to make sure you get the yarn that's right for you!

It's new year's eve and I've been reflecting on 2024. It's easy to get caught up in the idea that it was awful, and I don't want to diminish that experience because I know for a lot of people (and the world in general) it was. Personally, it had some amazing parts, and I want to remember that. 1/8

Merry Christmas! I hope today is everything you want it to be. My breakfast was stollen spread with clotted cream and I'm about to cast on a shawl.(It's also my birthday, for once we don't have to go further than the other end of the road so I'm going eat, drink and do pretty much whatever I like!)

Order by 12pm TODAY to use tracked 48/second class. Or by 7am on Friday 20th to use tracked 24/first class. If you're seeing this too late, don't forget I do gift cards, and a yarn subscription can also make a wonderful gift! These are the Royal Mail last posting dates, I can't make guarantees.

I'm knitting my second cardy using some of Becca's yarn. It's so lovely to work with, and unlike some seriously big yarn companies there's no staining of my fingers whilst working with it 😍

2025 yarn clubs are now open and I'm excited for both of them! The Colour Trios club explores the amazing results you can get from using a few dyes in different ways, and the Surprise club is exactly that, a surprise (mostly)! Take a look at www.bluebellyarns.co.uk/product-cate...