Meet the Maker – Mount Bodangora Merino
The Merino sourced for Great Southern Yarn, is grown at Mount Bodangora in the Wellington District, south of Dubbo, NSW. Mount Bodangora [...]
Great Southern Yarn – Colour Naming
I've always fancied the job of naming paint colours. Although after the 23rd shade of off-white, possibly not. So, I did look forward to [...]
Meet the Maker – Julie Steepe of Lucy Land
Julie Steepe is the owner of Lucy Land farm at Bulehdelah, on NSW’s mid-north coast. Lucy Land came about when Julie’s pet sheep, Lucy, [...]
Meet the Maker – KPC Yarn
The KPC yarn story began over 70 years ago in Shanghai. After a move to Macau in the 1950’s, the successful family tailoring business [...]
A labour of love. Jennifer Smart of Mulberry & Flax
Mulberry and Flax reflects my own love of textiles and yarn and the joy of finding a wonderful shop to lose myself in, fondling the [...]
Meet the Maker – Pirate Purl Yarns
For Newcastle-based maker, Katrina Kellett, dyeing yarn in her own colourways forms an integral bond between farm and fashion. Made with ethically grown fibre [...]
Woolganic – good for the sheep, good for the earth, good for you
Woolganic was created by Mel McMillan after a fruitless search for an Australian organic wool yarn with which to knit for her children. Mel decided to [...]
Carle Dehning from Nuturing Fibres
In 2003 I started to knit socks and began my quest for the perfect sock yarn. The colours/quality available locally were so disappointing that I [...]