Quack Yarn

13/06/2026

12/06/2026

06/06/2026

I'm excited to be back at again this September and tickets are on sale now!

[1 Text at top and bottom reads "The Scottish Yarn Festival: The Director's Cut Starring Quack Yarn". In the centre, a film reel outline shows three photos of Quack's hand dyed yarn and hand printed project bags.
2 A dark blue, teal, and grey graphic of an old movie projector. Text reads "Playing on 12 and 13 September 2026. Civic Hall and Council Chambers Perth. A Scottish Yarn Festival Presentation: The Director's Cut"]

04/06/2026

Colour matching yarn to my garden 💛

[Video description: Fiona's POV as she fills a jar of water, cuts yellow and white roses from her garden, and then brings them into her dye workshop to use them for colour inspiration. She mixes dye, adds yarn, then hangs yarn in five shades of yellow and white out to dry. Finally she places her jar of roses on a stone among the plants next to her pond, and adds a glass jug full of matching mini skeins of yarn.]

18/05/2026

What's that in my pond? Oh that's just Gerald* and he's coming to as another stand buddy! You might have to search for him a bit, he's very small and likes to hide!

Pattern:
Yarn:
Green - "On Amphibian Watch" on BFL 4ply
White - undyed BFL 4ply
Jumper - "Secret Plans of Mystery Bulbs" on NonSW Merino 4ply

*Named by my 7yo



[Image description: Both photos show a small knitted frog wearing a jumper, sitting on a moss covered stone in the middle of a garden pond]

13/05/2026

Meet my new stand buddy who will make their first appearance at ! The garden themed stand is starting to gain some creatures. Any suggestions for a name?

I got the pattern on Etsy from a shop called Joans Garden, she's also on Ravelry but I can't find an account to tag on here. It has, hands down, the best engineering I have ever seen in a knitting pattern! This snail contains no wires for positioning and the only sewing is a few stitches to keep the shell coil in just the right place!

Yarn:
Shell: "Magenta" on Platinum DK
Foot: "Hidden Colours" on Platinum DK



[Image description:
All three photos show a large knitted snail sitting on paving slabs in my garden. The snail has a bright pink shell with a tight spiral coil on one side, and the brightly speckled foot is glazed with black, like an iridescent snail foot sparkling in the sun. Some old plant pots and overgrown plants can be seen in the background.]

08/05/2026

"Hidden Colours" is inspired by the little snail who came to visit me when I was cleaning out my pond (swipe to see the video!). At first, it looks like its foot and head are black but as it moves around in the sun you can see so many colours sparkling on the surface!



[Image description:
1 Two skeins of yarn sitting next to a loose hank. The yarn is speckled with bright pink, purple, blue, yellow, green, and orange, and over dyed with black.
2 A video of a little snail on a garden path. Its shell is a spiral of dark brown and pale yellow and its black head and foot are sparkling with many colours in the sun.]

08/05/2026

This is "On Amphibian Watch", it's a lovely mixture of greens with some subtle brown speckles. I have plans to knit a frog in this colour but my newts aren't green so we may need to add another amphibian based colourway soon!



[Image description:
1 A skein of variegated green yarn held in front of a garden pond.
2 Two skeins of variegated green yarn next to a loose hank of yarn in the same colours.]

08/05/2026

Remember the other week when I thought my pond was empty, then I realised it had newts in it (and a frog that I haven't seen since!), and within a couple of hours I had to save one of my newly discovered newts from the grass because a blackbird realised it was too big to eat?! This yarn is called "Pond Drama" and I think the name speaks for itself! 🦎🐸🐦‍⬛



[Image description:
1 A skein of yarn, dyed in a mixture of blues, greens, and browns is held above a shallow garden pond filled with various leafy and mossy pond plants.
2 Three skeins of blue, green, brown, and white variegated yarn sitting in a row next to a loose hank of yarn in the same colours in the foreground.]

08/05/2026

Climbing the Walls is based on the clematis flowers that burst into colour this April. It's so much fun waiting to find out what colour all the buds in the garden are going to be! (If you're new here, we moved house in January - I'm not just very forgetful! 😂)



[Image description:
1 A skein of white and purple yarn with pale greenish yellow speckles is held up in front of a wall covered in a cascade of purple and white clematis flowers.
2 Three skeins of purple, white, and greenish yellow yarn sitting in a row next to a loose hank of yarn in the same colours.
3 A clematis plant climbing old wooden trellis to reach high up the brick wall of a house. Purple and white flowers and green cleaves cover the plant.
4 A single purple and white clematis flower is held above garden paving on a sunny day. The centre of the flower is light greenish yellow.]