About

Welcome to Under An English Sky, where I share my passion for creating a homespun home through knitting, quilting, stitching and gardening. My ethos is to strive to live a simple, seasonally relevant and authentically creative life.

I love observing the changing seasons in nature, and my heart has always been in creating a warm and inviting homespun home where family and friends are cherished. Every home and family has a story woven into the fabric of everyday living, and each of my yarns has its own unique story inspired by the countryside, the natural seasons, and the wonderful literature and stories I used to read to my children when they were small.

I homeschooled my children all the way through from birth to graduation. I started dyeing yarn in 2015 during the last few years of our homeschooling journey. 11 years later, my daughters have long since graduated from our homeschool, and my life's season changed. Now, I live in the Welsh countryside with my husband and our old cat Cleo. Living closer to the land and in tune with the seasons is spinning its magic, and my little homespun business is exploring a different path. I am turning my hand to gathering dye materials from the hedgerows and learning and exploring the slow art of natural dyeing of both fabric and fibre. So you may see the introduction of some naturally dyed yarns and fabrics.

I love to knit and create warm, cozy items for my family, but I also love to cross-stitch, embroider, sew and make quilts. These crafts of old make for an inviting homespun home where simplicity, treasured time with family and friends and love is woven together in each stitch and is testament to the values of yesteryear. As my business grows and develops, you may see some exciting changes here.

I hope you enjoy reading my blog where I write about my creative projects and keeping a seasonal, homespun home.

If you are a fellow fibre enthusiast or lover of homespun items for your home, then please do pop on over to my shop.

If you have questions, then please use the contact form to get in touch.