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As well as the bonkers brights of city scapes, I a

As well as the bonkers brights of city scapes, I absolutely love the colours of nature. Vivid greens and yellows of the grasses and leaves are so beautiful. The dunes of Aberffraw always remind me of the dunes of Northumberland, you want to launch yourself from the top and roll like a 8 year old all over again.

DK and mohair here, more to come in this colourway including silk merino, sock and bamboo.
Happy days 💚

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Thank you @whatmaggiedidnext for sharing photos of

Thank you @whatmaggiedidnext for sharing photos of your finished hat, it is fantastic!

It makes me so happy to see my yarns out in the wild and transformed into the finished project of choice. As well as releasing my colours out there, I also love to see people learning new skills and wanting to create. Passing skills on is what keeps it going, thank you Maggie for getting it, this is what Mamie and Florrie is all about 💙

Maggie knit the #hipsterhat by @petiteknit in Mamie and Florrie DK yarn colourway Mackie Mayor. I’ll be dyeing more soon, in the meantime there are a few colours in my shop and more on the way.
It’s a fab one skein project and results in something you’ll wear again and again.
Thank you Maggie ❤️
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Happy Friday!
I hope you’ve had a good week, I’ve spent mine dyeing and planning yarn, here’s a little peak at some of what I’ve been doing.
Now I’ve a glass of wine in hand, stained hands with pink and yellow dye. I look like I’ve smoked ciggies since I was six and been involved in a serious accident with Barbie. But it’s all good, it’s all 💛
I’ve been dyeing for more shop updates and I’ve a couple of dates coming up;
Trunk show at @wiseheartandwild and then the following week I’m at the @thewoolmontyshow in Sheffield, not the Full Monty, I’ve not lived.
Have a wonderful weekend, love and happiness.

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How I start my day has an impact on how my day goe

How I start my day has an impact on how my day goes, I’ve worked that out over the years! If I’m stressed first thing it’s going to be a stressful day, if I’m happy then the smile lasts all day.
I walk Wodge first thing probably more so for me than him, it physically and mentally sets me up for the day, I absorb everything around me before racing to the next thing. When I’ve got time I’ll swim. This is my beautiful friend Kath this morning 💙 in cold water, in nature with the sun almost risen.
It comes to those of you juggling children, it does come, but I do get up silly o’clock to fit it all in!

As it’s mental health week this week I’ll share this works for me. It’s magic and so important for keeping my scales balanced just to the right side of my crazy and fuels my creativity.

#derbyshire #highpeak #outdoors #outdoorlife #anxiety #anxietymanagement #anxietyhelp #myquietbeauty #seekthepositive #mentalhealthawareness #mentalwellbeing #creativity #outdoorswimming #mamieandflorrie #friends #knittingforhealthandwellness #lovethewater #switchoff #slowliving #peakdistrictliving #peakdistricthlife #knitlife #yarndyersofinstagram

I spent the day with Rachel @tangledyarnuk it was

I spent the day with Rachel @tangledyarnuk it was wonderful being among the yarns, colours and haberdashery, her new premises is fantastic and head to toe colour and texture.
It was great to meet Heike @madewithloops and her friends visiting while on a knit retreat in Wales 🧶
I also took my yarns, thank you all for a gorgeous day!

📷 @tangledyarnuk

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I’ve updated my website with skeins of colour 💛 and As an introductory thank you I have applied a 10% voucher available for a short time only, the code is Go Mamie! There’s a link to my shop in my bio if you’d like to 👀.
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These are a couple of my favourite yarns, I call them subtle brights, who knew!
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One thing I’ve learnt is photographing yarn is not easy! A pet or child,don’t believe the rumour, catching those colours just right is a skill.
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Happy Saturday, I believe the sun is going to shine ☀️

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#pink #yarn #anycolouraslongasitspink #highpeakcraft #handdyedyarn #independentdyers
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When the snow is pink Wodge and I go walking 💕

When the snow is pink Wodge and I go walking 💕
Always looking up and down, there’s so much beauty out there, even in Christmas socks in May at 8am!

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I was lucky to get vouchers for a big birthday and

I was lucky to get vouchers for a big birthday and Christmas to stay at @anotherplacehotels and we’ve had the best time playing out on the water. Kayaking, night swimming (thank you @colin_hill_swims )and actively unwinding, what amazing place and adventure. Refreshed and ready now for the hard work to begin. Thank you @anotherplacehotels we hope to return.

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One of my first jobs this week is to photograph an

One of my first jobs this week is to photograph and post an update to my website, an update will be dropping Friday at 5pm 💛
I’ve a growing to do list, just a few more days of colour catching and I’m on it 🌈 today we’re heading North, what are you doing?

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And so after years of dreaming and months of plann

And so after years of dreaming and months of planning I am officially self employed giving Mamie and Florrie my full time. I am beyond excited. Sometimes you just get that little nudge that tells you that the time is right, and it is now.
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Mamie and Florrie; Yarns inspired by places and hand dyed in the Peak District is now my full time job.
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Thank you to my family and friends who have encouraged me and not stopped believing that this IS my thing, thank you.
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A huge thank you to @julietillyflop who a long time ago I briefed with my branding and she read it perfectly. Not twee, representing the Peaks where I dye, black and white as a perfect contrast to the screaming bright colours of my yarn, and the amazing idea to name each yarn with the @what.three.words location it was inspired by, Julie you’re a genius.
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I’m going to have a couple of days off to switch roles in my brain completely and be back next week still shocked that this is it. The hard work starts now, and I’ve lots planned and in the diary. Let’s go!!!!!

🌈💛🌈Thank you, thank you, thank you 🌈💛🌈

Mamie and Florrie, I hope I make you proud.

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The Hacienda aka ///dated.club.twin If you search

The Hacienda
aka ///dated.club.twin
If you search ///dated.club.twin on the what.three.words website it’ll take you to the exact location of the Hacienda which this skein takes inspiration from. Recognise the colours? This would make a great #hipsterhat with a nod to the Hacienda 💛
Ironically I never got to the club in the bricks and mortar form, by the time I moved to Manchester it was about to close, but we do go to @fac51thehaciendaofficial Classical most years, and DANCE!

If you want to knit your own ode to the Hacienda tap on the link and head straight to my shop.

But back to Manchester in the 90s, my favourite club was Champers, now called Big Hands. A small club on Oxford Road next to the Contact Theatre, it was a scream, I was there most Friday’s and Saturday’s, after a visit to Dry Bar, before a visit to Rusholm for a curry, were you there?
There’s a lot of memories in that colourway 🤣

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Checking my work in the early morning light. It’

Checking my work in the early morning light. It’s a routine after crocheting late at night. I’m making a baby blanket for a second baby, the first I crocheted for some years ago and it’s always lovely to be asked to crochet for a new baby. This is such soft alpaca and I love blending colours to make rainbow blankets.
Photos too of my morning walk and, instead of a routine lunch break, I went for a quick road trip past Mam Tor and Rushup Edge. Sometimes it’s just too gorgeous outside for routine and sunshine and fresh air win every time 💙

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