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Purlescence 🧶 Beautiful yarns, inspiring ideas 🧶
Home of knitting & crochet for all seasons. Goodies to get your needles & hooks into!

29/10/2026

Does anyone else reach for their needles before anything else on a stressful day? 🧶

There’s a reason knitting feels like a long exhale — the rhythm of hand knitting works rather like a breathing exercise. Repetitive, soothing, and it gives a busy mind one gentle thing to focus on. Stitch by stitch, row by row.

So if today has been A Lot, consider this your permission slip: pick up something soft, knit a few rows just for you, and let your shoulders drop away from your ears.

Which yarn do you reach for when you need to decompress — smooth and drapey, or woolly and rustic? Tell me below 👇

And save this one for the next day that needs a deep breath — or share it with a knitter who’s having one of those weeks.

Can you guess what September’s big news is? I’ll give you a clue: it’s all about colour, but not the kind you knit with....
02/10/2026

Can you guess what September’s big news is?

I’ll give you a clue: it’s all about colour, but not the kind you knit with.

Before we get there, there’s a finished cowl, a window in Westminster that changes colour with the tide, and a weekend at Yarndale.

Drop your guess below, then swipe to the last slide to see if you’re right!



Which shade of Cumulus would you lead with?

This first finished Fire Acer Cowl uses three shades, knitted into pure autumn, and it’s got me itching to cast on another. If you haven’t started yet, the KAL Live replay is waiting for you, so there’s still plenty of time to join in.

Save this for when you need a cosy autumn cast-on, and keep swiping for the big news!



Would you knit in these colours?

New Dawn by Mary Branson hangs in Westminster Hall and celebrates the campaign for women’s votes. Its light shifts on a 12.5-hour cycle, matched to the rise and fall of the Thames, so it never looks quite the same twice. It’s the most extraordinary colour story I’ve seen in a long time.

Save this for your next palette inspiration!



Were you at Yarndale this year?

It’s always a joy to be surrounded by knitting yarn, wool and the loveliest crafty people, and this year was no exception.

Tell me your best find below, I’d love to see what came home with you!

One more swipe for the news…



Did you guess right?

Lewis and Hue, our brand-new sister company, is officially open! 🎉

After years of helping you choose the perfect colours for your knitting, we’re now helping you find the colours that make you glow, with 16-season colour analysis and style analysis.

Follow Sarah | Colour Analysis & Style for colour tips, season reveals and behind the scenes, and share this to your stories if your friends would love it.

Have you ever had your colours done?

25/09/2026

What do you think we’re loading into the van? 🚐📦

One box after another, in they go, each one planned, labelled and stacked in its place. Every one is packed with our Yarndale picks: firm favourites, beautiful yarns from brands we love and a few colours we can’t wait for you to see in person.

We’re not giving away exactly what’s inside just yet… you’ll have to come and find us to unpack the secret!

We’ll be at stand I14–16 in Skipton this weekend. Come and say hello.

Tell me below… what are you hoping is in those boxes? 👇

19/09/2026

Ever been cornered by someone who’s just had a delivery?

Sorry in advance. There was no way to show you these one at a time, so you’re getting them all at once, in the order I grabbed them off the shelf. No structure. No plan. Just a lot of colour and a lot of enthusiasm.

Every one of these earned its place here, and we’d happily talk you through each individually if you had the afternoon spare.

Which one made you hit pause? Tell me below 👇

Our autumn knit-along starts next week. Why not joooio us?We’re using just 3 balls of Jeni Hewlett Cumulus yarn to creat...
11/09/2026

Our autumn knit-along starts next week. Why not joooio us?

We’re using just 3 balls of Jeni Hewlett Cumulus yarn to create the stunning Fire Acer Cowl. But we can’t decide which colours we like best!

Drop your favourite number below?

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Unit 4 Firs Farm, Leckhampstead
Newbury
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