Sharing your creations from Unravel 2025
Last weekend we had the great pleasure of returning to the Unravel festival in Farnham. We had such a wonderful time meeting all of our lovely customers and admiring their fabulous creations! Now we’ve had a few days to recover, we thought we’d share some of them with all of you.
We were super busy, so some crucial details like pattern names and designers slipped our minds. Becks has used her very best sleuthing skills to fill in the gaps in our memory, but please let us know if you recognise any of the ‘unknowns’!
First up, we have to talk about this incredible mitred square temperature blanket knitted by Fiona Morris in Knit by Numbers DK. With such a wide range of tonal colours, KBN is perfectly suited to the task of recording an entire year’s worth of high and low temperatures and as if that wasn’t enough, an extra bit of interest has been created by alternating between the two colours being knitted in stripes or two blocks. A round of applause, please, for this year-long effort!
We saw a lot of fabulous cardis at Unravel — they’re the perfect layering garment for an event like this when you’ve no idea how warm the venue will be!
(L-R) This amazing Syrup Waffle Cardi by Francesca Hughes (Ravelry | Lovecrafts), knitted by one of our lovely Mill Members, uses handspun limited edition Squish Dark to provide a background for the colourwork pops.
Talented Lola from Third Vault Yarns popped by to show us their own hand dyed Appledore DK version of Skeindeer Knits’ Selbu Coat (Ravelry) paired with a pretty epic jumpsuit! Lola dyes sci-fi and fantasy-themed colour ways on all sorts of bases, including some of our yarns, so if that sounds like it might be up your alley, definitely check them out.
And we just had to snap a pic of Kathy when we spotted her wearing this Woodlily Cardigan by Cecily Glowik MacDonald (Ravelry | Harrisville Designs) in Devonia Amber Blaze, the perfect pop of contrast colour with their blue outfit. Although it was originally made as a cardigan, Kathy felt it would be more wearable as a sweater, so simply sewed it closed!
Many of our customers are spectacularly skilled in the spinning department, too, like the creator of this stunning Sorrel Sweater by Wool & Pine (Ravelry | Wool & Pine). It’s made of handspun Yarnadelic ‘Nobody Knows’ held double with mohair silk and it felt so deliciously snuggly!
Speaking of incredible skill, Imke’s Appledore ‘Golden Knob’ vest was a massive hit with us and many of our Instagram followers, too, who all wanted to know where to get the pattern. Not only was this top handspun but self-drafted as well—seriously impressive but it does mean there’s no pattern. Sorry ’bout that!
There’s definitely a pattern for this stunner of a sweater — it’s the Goldwing by Jennifer Steingass (Ravelry | Lovecrafts) in Harvest Hues ‘Bramble’ and ‘Flax’. ‘Bramble’ is discontinued but ‘Elder’ or ‘Teasel’ would be good substitutes.
Another round of cardis next, starting with this fantastic classic crew-neck number with set-in sleeves. It’s in a super-wearable colour choice of Yarnadelic ‘Badi Da’, with its complex hues adding an extra dimension to this wardrobe staple… and its maker was delighted with it! We can’t remember the pattern (sorry!), but there are many which could be adapted for a similar look.
The Gramercy Cardigan by Emma Ducher from PomPom issue 42 (Ravelry) is another classic but with a colourwork twist. This customer knitted it in a limited edition Squish Light along with Yarnadelic ‘Hey Moon’, ‘Les Fleurs’, ‘Pink Moon’, ‘Black Gold of the Sun’ and ‘Waltz’ for the intarsia sections and it turned out so beautifully!
Back to those super-talented spinners again, this stunning short-sleeved lace cardi was knitted with handspun Yarnadelic in the colourway ‘English Sparrows’. Again, our memories have failed us (a weekend full of yarn fumes does that to you!) but we think this may have been self-drafted as well. Incredibly impressive work either way — just beautiful!
A dark, v-neck sweater is a fantastic, versatile wardrobe favourite and Devonia Cinder Glow with its gorgeous depth of colour works wonders in this customer’s handknit classic. Again, pattern unknown but pick your favourite v-neck pattern and you’re on to a winner. No wonder its maker looks so chuffed with it!
For the purple fans, how about this Stephen West design, the Glittering Snowscape shawl (Ravelry | Westknits) in Knit by Numbers 4ply. It looks like an entertaining knit with different stitch patterns in each section, not to mention different colours to keep you entertained throughout the project. And the finished product is the perfect squishy shawl to keep you cosy through the cooler months.
The Ebel Shawl by Alice Sleight (Ravelry) is always a hit with visitors to our stand and this customer was no exception. She made it in the suggested shades of Harvest Hues 4ply: Woad, Barley, Blue Spruce and Bracken.
Thanks once again for stopping by to squish our yarn and show us your makes—we were delighted to see so many of you there. Our next show is Wonderwool and we’d love to see more of your wonderful creations there!
Laura, Sonja and Donna
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