Natural beauty

Organise your needles and tools with one of Muud’s practical & stylish leather storage cases Find details of UK stockists at www.muudstore.com Fable is a beautiful yarn from West Yorkshire Spinners, w

OUR FAMILY business is based around a breeding herd of about one hundred alpacas, and the manufacture of British alpaca yarns for knitting, crochet and weaving. Classical MileEnd Alpacas is the animal

Shade pictured 17 Ball weight/length 50g/235m Needle size 3.5mm (UK 10-9/US 4) Tension 28 sts and 37 rows to 10cm Fibre content 100% wool Care Hand wash RRP TBC Contact www.hobbii.co.uk Copenhagen Fib

Megan Allen looks at the fascinating past and present of Britain’s wool towns

Nature is the common thread woven through Sophie’s crafting business, Forest and Dot – from the workshops she holds in woodland teepees to the yarn she dyes by hand with locally foraged plants. Herita

Claire Turner used to be an international model. Now, she has her own fashion range, handcrafted from the plush fleeces of alpacas on her New Forest smallholding