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Adjusting to our new working from home normal, with tips from the point of view from a knitter and a photographer. Imogen – The Knitter Fig Tree Yarns shares its space with my music school and in the absence of students, I have set up my desk on the Yamaha grand piano. I have a […]
Rediscover the Shift Cowl by Drea Renee Knits in Spincycle Yarns all over again! Dyed in the Wool by Spincycle Yarns has been one of our best-selling yarns of all time, and we can definitely see why! Then along came the The Shift… These skeins really boomed into popularity when Drea Renee Knits published her […]
Make it from milk? The newest natural fibre knitting trend! The process of spinning fibre out of milk began in the 1930s. It seemed really odd to us until we tried it: Anzula Luxury Fibers’ Milky Way has fantastic drape with a beautiful sheen and the feel of silk. Thinking about it, of course, there are lots of yarns created from natural […]
There is nothing we wouldn’t do to make sure we offer our customers the very latest in yarns and trends. That includes travelling all the way to the USA from Jersey, Channel Islands to do just that! I’m winding down from my trip to California to attend my first Stitches West 2020 festival. I have […]
We are travelling to San Jose, California, this morning for the wonder that is Stitches West. The ‘we’ in this context is me and my swatch; Flo is staying back in the London office to handle orders and post more gorgeous Instagram photos there. (Sorry Flo – next time!) I am swatching for ‘Water Bearer’ in […]
It has been a while since we did some ‘personnel’ profiles here at Fig Tree so here is one for starters to welcome all our new patrons and followers! This is me, Imogen. My grandmother taught me to knit, my mother to sew. For several years of my life I was an opera singer and […]
It has been hot this summer. Very hot. My knitting has slowed down to a snail’s pace and I have been enjoying the slow pace and I’m really enjoying it. I don’t mean that I have been knitting fewer projects – far from it, in fact; the summer vacation is a good time to catch […]
So Fig Tree Yarns is only open on Fridays. Jersey is a very small place and not everyone knits – strange, I know, but there it is. Nearly all our business is online and most islanders know where we are and how to get hold of us. But last Saturday, we opened especially for a […]
Camel Wool – What is it? What does it feel like? What can you knit with it? This fibre is not half as well known as it ought to be! Camel wool is super soft and can be found blended into some of our favourite yarns that we stock on our site. We thought we’d […]
With the final countdown to Edinburgh Yarn Festival reaching its last couple of days, (Thursday 21st March – Sunday 24th March), we thought we’d provide the full list of yarns and products we have on their way to our booth F6. If you’ve attended the festival before, you know it’s a very busy few days, […]
