# wool (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover wool. Page: Feed: --- ## [Wool buyers withdraw bales as auction market slumps](https://www.sheepcentral.com/wool-buyers-withdraw-bales-as-auction-market-slumps/) _2026-08-21 · Sheep Central · Sheep Central_ SOME of Australia's remaining wool growers sent a clear message to buyers this week, with more than 16 percent of the bale offering passed in at auctions nationally. ## [Young sheep and fleece judges mentored and mentor for success](https://www.sheepcentral.com/young-sheep-and-fleece-judges-mentored-and-mentor-for-success/) _2026-08-21 · Sheep Central · Sheep Central_ THE importance of mentors to young people in agriculture has been highlighted by the winners of Agricultural Shows Australia's National Young Judges meat sheep, Merino sheep and wool competitions at the Royal Queensland Show or Ekka in Brisbane recently. ## [OVERNIGHT TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF B3070 at HOLME LEVEL CROSSING](https://woolpc.co.uk/overnight-temporary-closure-of-b3070-at-holme-level-crossing) _2026-08-20 · woolparishcounciladmin · Wool Parish Council_ DORSET COUNCIL has issued a Notice under Section 14 \[2\] of the Road Traffic Regulations Act 1984 as amended. All vehicles will be prohibited from proceeding along B3070 at HOLME LEVEL CROSSING (in both directions), a distance of approximately 50 metres. The Notice is needed in order to comply with health and safety regulations which … OVERNIGHT TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF B3070 at HOLME LEVEL CROSSING… ## [NOTICE OF VACANCY IN OFFICE OF COUNCILLOR](https://woolpc.co.uk/notice-of-vacancy-in-office-of-councillor-duplicate) _2026-08-20 · woolparishcounciladmin · Wool Parish Council_ NOTICE OF VACANCY IN OFFICE OF COUNCILLORWOOL PARISH – WOOL VILLAGE WARDNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Pursuant to Section 87(2) of the Local Government Act 1972, that Ken Fletcher has ceased to be a Member of the Parish Council, and that a vacancy now exists in the office of Councillor for the Parish Council. If within … NOTICE OF VACANCY IN OFFICE OF COUNCILLOR Read More » ## [Weekly Property Review: What $10m buys in grazing country](https://www.sheepcentral.com/weekly-property-review-what-10m-buys-in-grazing-country/) _2026-08-20 · Guest Author · Sheep Central_ THIS week’s property review looks at what $10 million can buy as a grazing investment on a state-by-state basis across Australia. ## [Heavier lamb carcases moderate impact of slaughter decline](https://www.sheepcentral.com/heavier-lamb-carcases-moderate-impact-of-slaughter-decline/) _2026-08-20 · Sheep Central · Sheep Central_ AUSTRALIA’S lamb production is continuing to decline, with slaughter in 2025-26 down 15.3 percent to 22.075 million head year-on-year, according to Meat & Livestock Australia. ## [Worker visa changes made without ag sector consultation](https://www.sheepcentral.com/overseas-worker-visa-changes-made-without-ag-sector-consultation/) _2026-08-20 · Terry Sim · Sheep Central_ Australian meat processors and the National Farmers Federation are seeking urgent clarification about changes in visa processing priorities that could affect the ongoing availability of overseas skilled workers. ## [Dougal Gordon to lead Sheep Producers Australia policy council](https://www.sheepcentral.com/dougal-gordon-to-lead-sheep-producers-australia-policy-council/) _2026-08-19 · Sheep Central · Sheep Central_ SHEEP Producers Australia has appointed experienced livestock and agricultural policy executive Dougal Gordon as the new chair of the peak sheep meat body’s policy council. ## [New SRS Merino index aims to balance many traits in sheep](https://www.sheepcentral.com/new-srs-merino-index-aims-to-balance-many-traits-in-sheep/) _2026-08-19 · Sheep Central · Sheep Central_ SRS Merino breeders now have a new selection index balancing production, resilience and carcase trait goals with economic weightings for 22 traits. ## [Call to recognise and fund saleyards as nationally significant](https://www.sheepcentral.com/call-to-recognise-saleyards-as-nationally-significant-infrastructure/) _2026-08-19 · Lydia Burton · Sheep Central_ SALEYARDS should be recognised and funded as nationally significant infrastructure, according to an independent advisor who has been working with the Dubbo Regional Council on the future of its saleyards. ## [From any door to your door (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/jiuSNoVbdvve) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Book rides, errands, deliveries, groceries and home help in one app ## [Whitehead to attempt to regain women’s world shearing record](https://www.sheepcentral.com/whitehead-to-attempt-to-regain-womens-world-shearing-record/) _2026-08-19 · Guest Author · Sheep Central_ NEW Zealand shearer Megan Whitehead will attempt to regain the women’s world solo nine hour strongwool lamb shearing record in December. ## [Why lamb feedlots are rethinking supplementation](https://www.sheepcentral.com/why-feedlots-are-rethinking-supplementation/) _2026-08-09 · Guest Author · Sheep Central_ Every feedlot has the same objective: achieving consistent growth across the entire mob. The challenge is that not every lamb behaves the same way. ## [After Some Fraud Advice – Ask Damian](https://woolpc.co.uk/after-some-fraud-advice-ask-damian) _2026-07-29 · woolparishcounciladmin · Wool Parish Council_ Dorset Police have launched a new telephone fraud advice service called Ask Damian, accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week ## [Sixteen strangers and a shared obfuscator: mapping the wool scene](https://neurowinter.com/security/2026/07/28/the-cast-and-crew/) _2026-07-27 · Alex Manson · Alex Manson_ A 16 actor map of a Chinese reward farming scene, built out from a single GitHub repo over a weekend. The operators know GitHub is dangerous and scrub their history religiously, but they defend the page and forget the graph: the scrub itself is a trace, and the deobfuscator they all forked is a public register of who's in the scene. ## [July update: more local fleece, dye studio upgrade, garden produce](https://marinaskua.com/blogs/marinaskua/july-update-more-local-fleece-dye-studio-upgrade-garden-produce) _2026-07-26 · Sophie Petherick · Marina Skua - Blog_ I'm thoroughly enjoying my making at the moment. There’s been lots more spinning of very local sheep fleece, a new knitting project using yarn from John Arbon Textiles\* , some impending flax processing, and I've also been kitting out my new dye studio to get all ready for my return to work in September. I also recently finished Patrick Grant's fantastic book, Less, which I talk a bit about in this… ## [The Trade Desk is on your health portal, your bank, and the lottery](https://neurowinter.com/security/2026/07/27/The-trade-desk-on-health-bank-lottery/) _2026-07-26 · Alex Manson · Alex Manson_ Loaded New Zealand's most visited sites in a real browser and logged every identifier handed to a third party. Two ad brokers with no consumer product turned up on a patient portal, a bank, the national lottery and a city council. Here is what that looks like on the wire, and what IPP 3A has to say about it. ## [Forging the government’s lottery: China’s civic apps run on a shared reward backend with no real secret](https://neurowinter.com/security/2026/07/16/forging-the-government-lottery/) _2026-07-15 · Alex Manson · Alex Manson_ Dozens of Chinese city, civic and state-media apps run their points-and-lottery campaigns on a handful of shared B2B SaaS backends. The signing that protects them uses a public salt and a key the server hands you on request. Here's the multi-tenant exposure — and why it's the more important story than any one app. ## [Farming the farmers: smallfawn’s JD login tool routes harvested credentials to their own server](https://neurowinter.com/security/2026/06/29/farming-the-farmers/) _2026-06-28 · Alex Manson · Alex Manson_ smallfawn sells JD.com login tools to other reward-farmers. By design, the buyer cannot log a victim in without calling smallfawn's own server, and the plaintext passwords are relayed there three times a day. Source-verified at file:line, with the git history that proves the server is real. ## [June update - a snack sized spinning project and pocket knitting](https://marinaskua.com/blogs/marinaskua/june-update-a-snack-sized-spinning-project-and-pocket-knitting) _2026-06-26 · Sophie Petherick · Marina Skua - Blog_ I'm having loads of fun playing and sampling bits of the fleece I've been gathering from small local flocks, scouring a little bit at a time and mostly carding but combing some. Knitting is on a bit of a go-slow at the moment, but I'm putting the final details on the cardigan I've been knitting in my undyed Zwartbles yarn before beginning a new knitting project using some yarn from John Arbon… ## [A weekend in the wool: mapping a Chinese reward-farming underground from one GitHub repo](https://neurowinter.com/security/2026/06/23/a-weekend-in-the-wool/) _2026-06-22 · Alex Manson · Alex Manson_ A weekend that started with a grep.app search for leaked password prefixes and ended in a 16-actor Chinese reward-farming (薅羊毛) ecosystem: its script DRM, its C2, its credential theft, and the civic apps it targets. ## [Non-Custodial Crypto Gateway (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/oAexCnypB19U) _2026-06-22 · **Sponsored**_ Accept multi-chain crypto, automated fee handling, and trustless escrow with real-time settlement. ## [The wool DRM, part 2: the Rust wall I didn’t crack](https://neurowinter.com/security/2026/06/23/the-great-rust-wall/) _2026-06-22 · Alex Manson · Alex Manson_ The current wool DRM tier is Rust with its AES key held on a C2, never in the binary. I mapped the format down to the byte and never decrypted a line. That is the design working as intended. ## [The wool DRM, part 1: the Cython loader I cracked](https://neurowinter.com/security/2026/06/23/the-wool-drm/) _2026-06-22 · Alex Manson · Alex Manson_ How a Chinese reward-farming scene seals its fraud scripts, and the old Cython DES loader I reversed end to end. The key was baked into the binary, so it protected nothing. ## [DragonflyDB Lua sandbox escape via getmetatable(\_G) metatable override](https://neurowinter.com/security/2026/06/10/DragonflyDB-Lua-sandbox-escape-via-getmetatable(_G)-metatable-override/) _2026-06-09 · Alex Manson · Alex Manson_ A full Lua sandbox escape in DragonflyDB via getmetatable(\_G) metatable override, the escalations it opens up, and an unbounded-allocation DoS in dragonfly.randstr. Affected: all versions before v1.39.0. Patched: v1.39.0. ## [NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS AND PUBLICATION OF UNAUDITED ANNUAL GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY RETURN](https://woolpc.co.uk/notice-of-public-rights-and-publication-of-unaudited-annual-governance-accountability-return) _2026-06-02 · woolparishcounciladmin · Wool Parish Council_ NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS AND PUBLICATION OF UNAUDITED ANNUAL GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY RETURN ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026 Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 Sections 26 and 27 The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/234) ## [May update - an unreasonable quantity of local fleece and a proper garden tour](https://marinaskua.com/blogs/marinaskua/may-update-fleece-and-flowers) _2026-06-01 · Sophie Petherick · Marina Skua - Blog_ I've just finished plying my latest bobbin of my wool/flax yarn, a very long standing spinning project I have been documenting on YouTube (skip to 3:12 if you want to jump straight to the chatty bit!). Join me for a chat about my spinning plans, an almost finished handknit cardigan worked up in my undyed Zwartbles yarn , an unreasonable quantity of fleece, and the garden finally beginning to come… ## [HashiCorp Nomad FIFO symlink attack (CVE-2026-6959, CVE-2026-8052)](https://neurowinter.com/security/2026/05/18/HashiCorp-Nomad-FIFO-symlink-attack/) _2026-05-17 · Alex Manson · Alex Manson_ CVE-2026-6959 and CVE-2026-8052 A task container can replace the FIFO used for log streaming with a symlink to any host file. When the task restarts, logmon follows the symlink and reads or writes the target as the Nomad process user. ## [RCE and arbitrary file write in Vitess vtbackup via untrusted MANIFEST fields](https://neurowinter.com/security/2026/05/18/RCE-and-arbitrary-file-write-in-Vitess-vtbackup-via-untrusted-MANIFEST-fields/) _2026-05-17 · Alex Manson · Alex Manson_ CVE-2026-27965 and CVE-2026-27969 - Vitess vtbackup trusted restore-time fields from the backup MANIFEST, allowing RCE via ExternalDecompressor and arbitrary path writes via FileEntries\[\].Name. ## [April update - knit design sketches, why I started designing knitwear and (almost) every single plant I'm growing](https://marinaskua.com/blogs/marinaskua/april-update-knit-design-sketches-why-i-started-designing-knitwear-and-almost-every-single-plant-im-growing) _2026-05-03 · Sophie Petherick · Marina Skua - Blog_ A longish, rambly chat from the studio to show you my current craft projects, a few tiny vague knit design sketches, some updates I've made in my workspace, plus a tour of what I'm growing in the front and back gardens, and aaalll of my seedlings. My current craft projects, why I started designing knitwear and a fun garden tour. Hello hello! The weather has been incredible lately, and so the… ## [March update - the studio is still chaos](https://marinaskua.com/blogs/marinaskua/march-update-the-studio-is-still-chaos) _2026-03-29 · Sophie Petherick · Marina Skua - Blog_ I've been doing some bits and pieces of knitting over the last few weeks, but have to admit that Spring is getting to me and I'm spending more time sowing seeds and making garden plans! I hope you'll enjoy a little look at what I've been making, and a peek into the chaos that is the studio as I'm very slowly trying to organise it. My current knitting projects, spinning project plans, books I've… ## [February update – I'm actually doing some crafts!](https://marinaskua.com/blogs/marinaskua/february-update-im-actually-doing-some-crafts) _2026-02-19 · Sophie Petherick · Marina Skua - Blog_ Hallo everyone. I've tried to film a couple of times previously but have been thwarted by a noisy baby. But here we are! Some time in my studio to show you few yarny bits and pieces, as well as a tiny bit of garden and cooking My current knitting projects, spinning progress, and a knit design in Laine's 52 Weeks of Sweaters Hello hello! I'm back, this time with a mum bun to chat craft projects ,… ## [Stay updated on your professional world (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/3HulngKelQaz) _2026-02-19 · **Sponsored**_ Keep in touch with people you know, build your career. ## [Cosy knitting patterns, scrap yarn and clearing WIPs \[Marina Skua Ep 77\]](https://marinaskua.com/blogs/marinaskua/cosy-knitting-patterns-scrap-yarn-and-clearing-wips-marina-skua-ep-77) _2025-12-21 · Sophie Petherick · Marina Skua - Blog_ It’s my last public crafty podcast video for a few months! Join me to see my recently released knitting patterns and some knitting, spinning and embroidery projects that I'm hoping to finish soon for a bit of a clean slate! Three (sort of) new knitting patterns, scrap yarn projects and finishing up some WIPs. I wasn’t sure if I was going to have time to film another podcast before going on… ## [Quickbeam cardigan, silly slippers and a finished Pediment in hand-spun yarn \[Marina Skua Ep 76\]](https://marinaskua.com/blogs/marinaskua/quickbeam-cardigan-silly-slippers-and-a-finished-pediment-in-hand-spun-yarn-marina-skua-ep-76) _2025-12-07 · Sophie Petherick · Marina Skua - Blog_ Settle in for some pom pom making with hand-spun yarn for some new felted slippers for my child, plus a look at my newly released Quickbeam knitting pattern, my finished hand-spun Pediment jumper, and current knitting and spinning projects. New cardigan knitting pattern, a hand-spun jumper, silly felted slippers and more long draw spinning practice. Winter is definitely settling in now, and it’s… ## [I'm going on maternity leave - here's everything you need to know](https://marinaskua.com/blogs/marinaskua/im-going-on-maternity-leave-heres-everything-you-need-to-know) _2025-11-26 · Sophie Petherick · Marina Skua - Blog_ As you might have noticed, I'm currently growing a teeny tiny human! With just a few weeks to go before I begin my maternity leave, I thought I'd better share a proper update on what’s going to be happening with all things Skua over the next year or so. Sorry, this is going to be a bit of a long one (you know I'm almost incapable of concision, right?), but hopefully, it’ll answer any questions you… ## [Sweater surgery to save my knitting project: chop up my knitting with me](https://marinaskua.com/blogs/marinaskua/sweater-surgery-to-save-my-knitting-project-chop-up-my-knitting-with-me) _2025-11-24 · Sophie Petherick · Marina Skua - Blog_ After putting it off for quite a few weeks, I finally attempted to tackle the yarn chicken situation with my Pediment jumper project. Help! I need to save my knitting project… I have two problems with my current knitting project, and one of them is fairly major: I don’t have enough yarn to finish this jumper. I am knitting a Pediment Sweater , one of my own knitwear designs. Pediment is a boxy,… ## [Autumn colours, cosy knitting and spinning projects (Marina Skua Ep 75)](https://marinaskua.com/blogs/marinaskua/autumn-colours-cosy-knitting-and-spinning-projects-marina-skua-ep-75) _2025-11-09 · Sophie Petherick · Marina Skua - Blog_ Join me for a bit of a chat about my current knitting and spinning projects, including my latest knitting pattern release, the Tortilis Mitts, and some nice autumn leaves in the woods! New ribbed mittens knitting pattern, lots of knitting projects, super local Zwartbles yarn, spinning plans and illustrated art prints. I’ve been having so much fun with all my craft projects lately. There's been a… ## [Spinning and swatching Zwartbles: how I get to know a new yarn and fibre](https://marinaskua.com/blogs/marinaskua/spinning-and-swatching-zwartbles-how-i-get-to-know-a-new-yarn-and-fibre) _2025-10-29 · Sophie Petherick · Marina Skua - Blog_ A few years ago, I got some Zwartbles fleeces from a local smallholding, just a 10-minute drive from me here in south-west Wiltshire. I took a long time to skirt and sort it, and finally sent some off to a local mill to be processed – half into spinning fibre and half into yarn. Now that the wool is back, I thought I’d take you along as I spin, swatch, and sample my new batch of local Zwartbles… ## [Slow autumn projects, yarn chicken, learning about ancient textiles \[Marina Skua Ep 74\]](https://marinaskua.com/blogs/marinaskua/slow-autumn-projects-yarn-chicken-learning-about-ancient-textiles-marina-skua-ep-74) _2025-10-18 · Sophie Petherick · Marina Skua - Blog_ A little look at my latest craft projects, and some yarn chicken nonsense. There’s knitting, weaving and spinning, plus plans for a new cast on. Plus, a look at some limited edition hand-dyed yarn and British wool spinning fibre I’ll have at Tetbury Wool Fair on Sunday! Hand-spun yarn for a weaving project, knitting plans, a game of yarn chicken and book recommendations I’d love from you. I’m… ## [My three favourite things about Jane](https://voiceless.org.au/my-three-favourite-things-about-jane/) _2025-10-08 · Ondine Sherman, Voiceless Co-Founder · Voiceless_ Last week, we lost one of the world’s greatest voices for animals, people, and the planet — Dr Jane Goodall, a beloved Voiceless Patron and lifelong inspiration to our Co-founder and Managing Director Ondine Sherman, and to all of us at Voiceless. In her new blog, Ondine reflects on Jane’s compassion, determination, and unwavering hope for a kinder world. Three threads define her legacy: radical… ## [How to split and pre-draft batts (or wool top) for handspinning fine yarn](https://marinaskua.com/blogs/marinaskua/how-to-split-and-pre-draft-batts-or-wool-top-for-handspinning-fine-yarn) _2025-09-28 · Sophie Petherick · Marina Skua - Blog_ This is my preferred method of fibre prep for batts or wool top: splitting and pre-drafting the fibre for speedier spinning, and making it easier to spin a fine, consistent yarn. These particular batts are wool and flax tow, but I use this method for most batts or hand-dyed wool top before I start spinning. Splitting and pre-drafting batts to spin fine yarn When I’m handspinning, splitting and… ## [A Bramble skirt for autumn, addictive hand-spun knitting, ambitious weaving (Marina Skua ep. 73)](https://marinaskua.com/blogs/marinaskua/a-bramble-skirt-for-autumn-addictive-hand-spun-knitting-ambitious-weaving-marina-skua-ep-73) _2025-09-20 · Sophie Petherick · Marina Skua - Blog_ I’ve got some new craft projects to add to my list of WIPs and there’s so much I am feeling really excited about. I think with the changing of the seasons, I am just ready for Autumn and all the crafts and layers of knitwear that come with it! A look at my latest knitting project, a finished object, ambitious weaving plans, 5 knitting patterns for Autumn and my new bramble skirt. The arrival of… ## [Late Summer vlog | walks, tiny harvests, loom betrayal, sewing plans, new yarn and fibre colours](https://marinaskua.com/blogs/marinaskua/late-summer-vlog-walks-tiny-harvests-loom-betrayal-sewing-plans-new-yarn-and-fibre-colours) _2025-08-31 · Sophie Petherick · Marina Skua - Blog_ It's a vlog celebrating late summer! A little look at the British wool yarn and spinning fibre colours in my August shop update, along with some sewing plans, a walk with a friend, and some tiny harvests from the garden. I was planning on sharing a little more of the prep for the shop update, but after a small incident involving my floor loom, I got a bit carried away with show and tell! A show… ## [Dreaming of autumn weaving and yarn spinning, escaping sleeve island (Marina Skua Podcast Ep 72)](https://marinaskua.com/blogs/marinaskua/dreaming-of-autumn-weaving-and-yarn-spinning-escaping-sleeve-island-marina-skua-podcast-ep-72) _2025-08-14 · Sophie Petherick · Marina Skua - Blog_ This month I'm mostly plodding on (enjoyably) with my ongoing spinning and knitting projects, and have started scheming in earnest for some imminent weaving on my floor loom. I'm really savouring these slow craft projects, knowing where the fibres have come from and spending so many hours with each material to eventually turn it into some kind of finished textile. Updates on current spinning… ## [Notice of conclusion of audit](https://woolpc.co.uk/notice-of-conclusion-of-audit-2) _2025-08-09 · woolparishcounciladmin · Wool Parish Council_ Annual Governance & Accountability Return for the year ended 31 March 2025Sections 20(2) and 25 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/234) The audit of accounts for Wool Parish Council for the year ended 31 March 2025 has beencompleted and the accounts have been published. ## [Blending fibres on a drum carder for my spinning project (hand-dyed wool and flax tow)](https://marinaskua.com/blogs/marinaskua/blending-fibres-on-a-drum-carder-hand-dyed-wool-and-flax-tow) _2025-07-31 · Sophie Petherick · Marina Skua - Blog_ After years of skirting, dyeing, carding and hackling, I'm blending up my wool I hand-dyed with onion, woad and rhubarb, with my precious hoard of processed flax tow. I started working on and planning this spinning project in 2020, and it's so close to becoming real handspun yarn! How to blend wool and flax tow fibres on a drum carder for a handspinning project One of the biggest benefits of… ## [Summer crafting! Flax prep in the garden, weaving, knitting (Marina Skua Podcast Ep 71)](https://marinaskua.com/blogs/marinaskua/summer-crafting-flax-prep-in-the-garden-weaving-knitting-marina-skua-podcast-ep-71) _2025-07-17 · Sophie Petherick · Marina Skua - Blog_ Summer is upon us, and that means some garden time! Join me for a look at some of my recent knitting, weaving and spinning projects, as well as a little garden tour and some calming flax processing at the end. A finished weaving project, updates on my spinning project, new knit designs and a little flax processing. It’s been a while since I filmed anything, as I had to take some time off for… ## [NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS](https://woolpc.co.uk/notice-of-public-rights) _2025-06-02 · woolparishcounciladmin · Wool Parish Council_ Name of Smaller authority: Wool Parish Council NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS AND PUBLICATION OF UNAUDITED ANNUAL GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY RETURN ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 Sections 26 and 27 The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/234) ## [A very chatty Q&A: Designing knitwear, how I approach crafts, my favourite knitting needles and more](https://marinaskua.com/blogs/marinaskua/a-very-chatty-q-and-a) _2025-05-15 · Sophie Petherick · Marina Skua - Blog_ A relaxed and somewhat lengthy chat, answering your questions about my crafts, knitting, spinning, dyeing and weaving. Answering all your questions about my creative, craft-filled life All my current craft projects are at stages where I can’t really show off any progress, so we’re doing something a little different today. It’s been a while since my last Q&A - let’s catch up on my creative,… ## [Spring green British wool and handspun yarn (Marina Skua Podcast Ep 70)](https://marinaskua.com/blogs/marinaskua/spring-green-british-wool-handspun-yarn-marina-skua-podcast-ep-70) _2025-04-28 · Sophie Petherick · Marina Skua - Blog_ The garden is properly coming to life and full of green - and my latest spinning project matches! I'm so close to finishing an ongoing knitting project in handspun yarn, and there's a look at some of the hand-dyed spinning fibre I have available at the moment. A new spinning project, spring greens and limited edition hand-dyed spinning fibre. If you’re a regular to the blog, or my podcast, then… ## [Hand-dyeing, spinning, weaving and sewing a skirt with British wool](https://marinaskua.com/blogs/marinaskua/i-sewed-a-skirt-out-of-hand-spun-fabric-dyeing-spinning-weaving-and-sewing-british-wool) _2025-04-18 · Sophie Petherick · Marina Skua - Blog_ I designed a blend of British breeds wool tops for spinning, and wanted to see how the naturally heathered grey wool would take dye. I ended up spinning my dyed sample batch into yarn, then weaving that into cloth and sewing it into an (almost) zero-waste tweedy skirt. I sewed a skirt out of hand-spun fabric made using hand-dyed British wool fibre Some ambitious craft projects are meticulously… ## [Springtime craft projects: fibre prep, spinning, knitting and weaving (Marina Skua Podcast Ep 69)](https://marinaskua.com/blogs/marinaskua/springtime-craft-projects-fibre-prep-spinning-knitting-and-weaving-marina-skua-podcast-ep-69) _2025-03-31 · Sophie Petherick · Marina Skua - Blog_ I'm full of creative energy now the days are getting longer, and I have quite a few big multi-stage textiles projects in progress. I'm making exciting plans for weaving cloth with hand-spun yarn on my floor loom, which I'm just beginning to get used to. Embracing spring crafting with slow making, hand-spun yarn and lots of creative energy There’s something magical about spring and these longer…