Adelaide Walker

13/06/2026

We're back in sunny Dilham, Norfolk for Woolly Weekend with the Worstead WSD Guild! We're already busy with the new guild blend, Kaleidoscope 💚💙💜🩷💛 Find us in the village hall, we've come well equipped with all things woolly, see you soon!
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10/06/2026

Let's talk swifts! A swift supports a skein whilst you wind the yarn into a ball or wind from a ball into a skein and helps stop tangles. It also saves your loved ones from standing with their arms out 😆
There's a fairly big range of brands out there and not all swifts are made the same, so obviously I needed to test them to see which are the best. I tried out 3 different ones, a higher price one, a mid range and a more affordable option (the metal and blue one).
The mid range was not a joy to use, it had some design issues that made the clamping unstable and sometimes squeaked. Overall not worth your money and we've chosen not to stock this one.
The most expensive and most well built is the KnitPro swift (pictured with the green skein). It's exactly what you would want from a swift with easy action, decent clamping, and a nice finish on the wood which will avoid the yarn snagging. If you're frequently winding skeins then this is well worth the money at £60.
Surprisingly I really enjoyed the affordable option of the metal swift, it's solidly constructed from metal, with arms coated with blue plastic. The action is still smooth, clamp works great and easy movement to adjust the size. This is a great option for your money, being only £25.
I have been known to borrow a swift from work and I would happily use either of these. We're picky about what we do and don't stock, just know that we've tested it first!

09/06/2026

We'll be back at Woolly Worstead in Dilham, Norfolk this coming weekend, 13th & 14th June! You'll find us in the village hall with a big selection of all things woolly, but please do let us know by Thursday lunchtime if there is something specific you would like us to bring! We'll also have with us a brand new blend designed by the guild. We'll be revealing it on Saturday but I will tell you that it's a wild one 😁 This is a fantastic show so hopefully we'll see you there!

06/06/2026

All set up and ready to go at Leeds Woolfest, . Here until 5pm, stop by and say hello, see the felt exhibition too and sample some great cake.

05/06/2026

Make yarn with me! This is our gorgeously green Cheviot with natural and turquoise dyed Bamboo, blended on the blending board with the over enthusiastic help of Fern 🐈‍ Using a diz (obviously I matched it to the project 😆) I pulled the fibre off into a sliver. Once spun I decided to chain ply to keep the streakiness of the turquoise and white. Due to my on going finger problems this project was technically part of my physio 😁😁 Now to figure out what to use the yarn for....

04/06/2026

Some of you may remember Angela's felt moths that were part of an exhibition at Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills a couple of years ago. International Feltmakers Association Region 10 are back again with a new exhibition "Untangled", this time with two pieces of Angela's work!
The moths have made their way out of the museum, although I think you may still find a couple in the place they started 👀 The other is a ivy covered bird table with 100s of felted leaves. The bird table is fully usable so do leave your sandwich crusts! The exhibition is on till 2027 but what better time to go see it then this Saturday whilst the Wool Festival is on? See you there!

02/06/2026

Simon has built us a brand new display especially for our tahkli spindles! All of these are already online under Spinning Equipment > Supported Spindles, but if there is a specific date you're after let us know, we've got a lot of coins still waiting to be made into spindles!

01/06/2026

We'll be at Leeds Wool Festival at Leeds Industrial Museum this coming Saturday! Please do let us know if there is something you would like us to bring, we only take a car to this event and we don't want to disappoint! Let us know by Friday lunchtime and we'll make sure it's in the car with your name on 💚 This is a great event in a fantastic museum so do come along if you can, hope to see you there!

29/05/2026

Wow!

In a surprising twist for regenerative medicine, the secret to healing broken bones might be found in your sweater. 🐑🦴
Scientists at King’s College London have successfully developed a bone-healing material made entirely from sheep wool. The breakthrough centers on keratin, the structural protein in wool, hair, and nails, which was used to create a scaffold that tricks the body into rebuilding bone tissue.
In recent animal and laboratory trials, this wool-derived material didn't just support bone growth; it produced tissue that more closely resembled healthy, natural bone than any current synthetic or collagen-based alternative. Because wool is naturally renewable and often discarded as waste by the farming industry, this provides a cheap, sustainable, and high-performance source for future medical implants and surgeries.
The most mind-blowing part? The body gradually absorbs the wool scaffold as the real bone takes its place, leaving no foreign hardware behind. This discovery marks a massive leap for orthopedic surgery, offering a future where complex fractures can be "knit" back together using the same biological building blocks as a sheep's coat.
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News Source:
Science Daily – "Scientists turn sheep wool into a bone-healing material in a major medical breakthrough" (May 22, 2026)
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28/05/2026

It is BUSY with Ashford stock under our blends table at the moment! Whether you're after looms or wheels we've got it. If you are thinking about taking the plunge we've got both wheels and looms out on display in our West Yorkshire shop, so do come and take them for a test drive! Alternatively you can find us at a show near you. I think we'll be playing tetris with the next delivery...