Cat & Sparrow UK
@catandsparrowuk.bsky.social
Rachael - owner of Cat & Sparrow UK - hand-dyed fibre and yarn emporium. Bristol, UK
Knitter, crocheter, spinner, weaver, dyer.
Catandsparrow.co.uk
Knitter, crocheter, spinner, weaver, dyer.
Catandsparrow.co.uk
Great Yarmouth is set to host the biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade. The Home Office has the power to block entry of overseas bands, which will scupper the promoters plans. But they won’t act unless we demand it. Email the Home Office now: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g...
Great Yarmouth to Host Britain’s Biggest White Power Concert in Years – HOPE not hate
Great Yarmouth is set to host the largest white power music gig held in the UK for at least 10 years, HOPE not hate can...
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September 1, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Great Yarmouth is set to host the biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade. The Home Office has the power to block entry of overseas bands, which will scupper the promoters plans. But they won’t act unless we demand it. Email the Home Office now: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g...
Please come and join our community. I've set up a Mighty Networks framework where we can collaborate, inspire each other, talk through issues like international sales, pricing, marketing and work together, because life is better that way!
#indiedyer #yarniebusiness #smallbusiness #knitdesigner
#indiedyer #yarniebusiness #smallbusiness #knitdesigner
June 23, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Please come and join our community. I've set up a Mighty Networks framework where we can collaborate, inspire each other, talk through issues like international sales, pricing, marketing and work together, because life is better that way!
#indiedyer #yarniebusiness #smallbusiness #knitdesigner
#indiedyer #yarniebusiness #smallbusiness #knitdesigner
Do you sometimes come across a book that sings to you as you read it? It hasn’t happened to me since I read Great Circle a few years ago. Now it’s happening again with Enlightenment by Sarah Perry. It’s magical.
June 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Do you sometimes come across a book that sings to you as you read it? It hasn’t happened to me since I read Great Circle a few years ago. Now it’s happening again with Enlightenment by Sarah Perry. It’s magical.
I love dyeing Willo-the-Wisp Lace. Silk and mohair take dye with such intensity, I keep having to stop to drink it in (not literally - don't drink the dye water, kids). It's the same when I'm knitting with it, which adds time to my knitting, but gives me much joy.
#knittingthreads #crochetthreads
#knittingthreads #crochetthreads
May 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I love dyeing Willo-the-Wisp Lace. Silk and mohair take dye with such intensity, I keep having to stop to drink it in (not literally - don't drink the dye water, kids). It's the same when I'm knitting with it, which adds time to my knitting, but gives me much joy.
#knittingthreads #crochetthreads
#knittingthreads #crochetthreads
I've got some new custom blended fibre in stock. This is Kite Flying - a blend of Corriedale, Merino and mulberry silk. It's the most uplifting colour to spin - pops of pink silk really stand out from the rich turquoise. I absolutely love it.
May 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I've got some new custom blended fibre in stock. This is Kite Flying - a blend of Corriedale, Merino and mulberry silk. It's the most uplifting colour to spin - pops of pink silk really stand out from the rich turquoise. I absolutely love it.
I had to cancel my stand and workshop at the Big Flock (which I am VERY sad about) thanks to a nasty dose of ocular shingles. I do not recommend. Good luck everyone, especially @birdstreetuk, who have worked so very hard to bring this into being. You guys are amazing.
May 16, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I had to cancel my stand and workshop at the Big Flock (which I am VERY sad about) thanks to a nasty dose of ocular shingles. I do not recommend. Good luck everyone, especially @birdstreetuk, who have worked so very hard to bring this into being. You guys are amazing.
I have mostly spent this week sleeping and saying ‘ow, my face’. It’s not been super fun.
May 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I have mostly spent this week sleeping and saying ‘ow, my face’. It’s not been super fun.
For an update on my week, google ‘ocular shingles’.
May 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
For an update on my week, google ‘ocular shingles’.
Today’s perfect, magical song is Learn to Swim Part II by Joshua Idehen. Trust me.
April 13, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Today’s perfect, magical song is Learn to Swim Part II by Joshua Idehen. Trust me.
It's only a few more weeks until #wonderwoolwales! I'm very excited to be exhibiting, and I'll be on stand N2 and I'll be bringing lots and lots of fibre with me, as well as sweater quantities of my #superherodk, #toastyaran and #rollingstonesock.
Come and say hello!
Come and say hello!
April 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
It's only a few more weeks until #wonderwoolwales! I'm very excited to be exhibiting, and I'll be on stand N2 and I'll be bringing lots and lots of fibre with me, as well as sweater quantities of my #superherodk, #toastyaran and #rollingstonesock.
Come and say hello!
Come and say hello!
I know my hrt has stopped working because I am filled with unexplainable rage (in addition to the entirely explainable rage) and today I forgot the words for sieve and middleman. Also I have a twitchy eye, leg cramps and an itchy face. Also, I do not want to knit.
April 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I know my hrt has stopped working because I am filled with unexplainable rage (in addition to the entirely explainable rage) and today I forgot the words for sieve and middleman. Also I have a twitchy eye, leg cramps and an itchy face. Also, I do not want to knit.
My cat is a graceful and elegant creature but when she walks downstairs she looks like a sack of potatoes rolling down a hill.
April 3, 2025 at 7:29 AM
My cat is a graceful and elegant creature but when she walks downstairs she looks like a sack of potatoes rolling down a hill.
It’s been a day. Went from ‘I’m really good at what I do and I am kicking arse’ to ‘I am a charlatan and should be excluded from all yarn-based things for the rest of eternity’ in the space of 3 hours. Still reeling from the whiplash.
April 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
It’s been a day. Went from ‘I’m really good at what I do and I am kicking arse’ to ‘I am a charlatan and should be excluded from all yarn-based things for the rest of eternity’ in the space of 3 hours. Still reeling from the whiplash.
New colourway alert! This is Hummingbird – a rich mix of royal purple, turquoise, peacock blue and deep petrol blue – dyed onto my Polwarth/Shetland/Silk blend. I love dyeing jewel tones onto this base, because it takes dye so very beautifully, and with such depth of shade. It's quite captivating.
April 1, 2025 at 10:10 AM
New colourway alert! This is Hummingbird – a rich mix of royal purple, turquoise, peacock blue and deep petrol blue – dyed onto my Polwarth/Shetland/Silk blend. I love dyeing jewel tones onto this base, because it takes dye so very beautifully, and with such depth of shade. It's quite captivating.
Sad sock alert! Alas, my very special Roseraie socks, which I designed and knitted in my lovely NON-SUPERWASH #RollingStone sock yarn, made it into the laundry basket this week. Their adventure in the washing machine (30 degrees) and tumble dryer, has left them feeling a little shrunken. 😭
March 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Sad sock alert! Alas, my very special Roseraie socks, which I designed and knitted in my lovely NON-SUPERWASH #RollingStone sock yarn, made it into the laundry basket this week. Their adventure in the washing machine (30 degrees) and tumble dryer, has left them feeling a little shrunken. 😭
ADHD is getting in the way of my knitting mojo because the thought of getting out my swift and ball winder is utterly exhausting and all my yarn is in hanks.
March 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
ADHD is getting in the way of my knitting mojo because the thought of getting out my swift and ball winder is utterly exhausting and all my yarn is in hanks.
Is Mum Does the Washing the best song I’ve heard this year? Yes. Yes it is.
February 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Is Mum Does the Washing the best song I’ve heard this year? Yes. Yes it is.
Towering achievement for today: successfully identified teatime themetime links on 6 music Radmac, AND got the variant B. It can only go downhill from here.
February 2, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Towering achievement for today: successfully identified teatime themetime links on 6 music Radmac, AND got the variant B. It can only go downhill from here.
I’ve taken the day off today to spend the morning at Bristol Lido with my lovely husband. It’s absolute bliss and the food is always spectacular. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
January 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I’ve taken the day off today to spend the morning at Bristol Lido with my lovely husband. It’s absolute bliss and the food is always spectacular. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
This is in the Lendrum right now. I’m going to go and ply it.
January 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This is in the Lendrum right now. I’m going to go and ply it.
Look at this handsome beast. #allotmentlife #cat
January 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Look at this handsome beast. #allotmentlife #cat
I’ve been spinning up lots of samples lately. All new shop stuff. It’s been so much fun. #yarnspinning #handspinning #woollygoodness
January 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I’ve been spinning up lots of samples lately. All new shop stuff. It’s been so much fun. #yarnspinning #handspinning #woollygoodness
Calling all UK-based indie yarn and fibre dyers and yarn adjacent people. I’ve created a community on Mighty Networks where we can support each other, network, collaborate and find information. It’s tough out there. Come on in!
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January 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Calling all UK-based indie yarn and fibre dyers and yarn adjacent people. I’ve created a community on Mighty Networks where we can support each other, network, collaborate and find information. It’s tough out there. Come on in!
#indieyarndyers #yarn
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Well, here we are. I know that leaving Facebook and Instagram will harm my business and I’m struggling with it, but I’m also finding it next to impossible to justify staying.
January 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Well, here we are. I know that leaving Facebook and Instagram will harm my business and I’m struggling with it, but I’m also finding it next to impossible to justify staying.