I have had a great opportunity to exhibit some work as part of Merci Mill's sow-sew project. It has involved using a flax yarn which has been grown on wasteland just outside manchester and dyed using natural dyes. The experimental project has been about producing a sustainable, local material with a potential to develop it further in the future.
I was keen to try knitting with the flax yarn as this is what I intend to specialise in next year; I had to ply it with another yarn for strength but I think this has provided a lovely mottled colour. I decided to be quite free with my samples and mostly play around with textures.
