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KNITTING FOR BABY
Lova Babygrow                             Fia Hat                             Jonas Comfy BottomsOne of the nicest things about being a knitter is...
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YUMIKO IN JAPAN
AvrilI'm Yumiko Isa, a design intern working at MillaMia. At Christmas I went back home to Japan to spend the holiday with my family and whilst I was there I visited some of the most popular yarn and...
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COLOUR CODED - help choose our front cover
We need your help!The second of our adult collections is due for publication at the end of February and we'd love your help to choose our front cover. Called 'Colour Coded', this latest collection of 6...
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MILLAMIA at TNNA Long Beach, USA 2013
MillaMia at TNNA, Long BeachAt the beginning of 2012 Helena and I had an amazing experience participating in the TNNA (The National Needlearts Association) Show in Phoenix USA together with our US...
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MILLAMIA FEATURE IN POM POM MAGAZINE
Issue 4Last year a stunning, new-style magazine appeared in the knitting community. Small and perfectly formed with a quirky, crafty aestheticPom Pom Quarterly quickly became known for it's chic...
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YUMIKO IN SURFACE ASIA MAGAZINE
Our lovely intern, Yumiko Isa is also a knitwear designer with a keen eye for detail and texture. We are very proud to have her working with us and sharing her amazing design ideas and passion for...
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CHSI - Stitches at the NEC Birmingham
It's actually been a whole year since I started working for MillaMia and what a whirlwind 12 months it's been! I remember my first Trade Show so well (CHSI 2012) where I felt a lot like I'd been thrown...
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UNRAVEL 2013
Unravel Show guide with illustration by Amy BlackwellThis post is going to be an unashamed glorification of all things Unravel.Look away now if you're ruing the day you missed taking a trip to this...
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COLOUR CODED is here!
We are enormously excited and thrilled to announce that the second in our trilogy of patterns for adults, Colour Coded is finally here! This collection has a distinctly different feel to our first...
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STOCKIST PROFILE: Nancy's Embroidery Shop in New Zealand
We are thrilled to share this stockist profile with you as Nancy's Embroidery Shop in Wellington were our first stockist in New Zealand, and as such, are very special to us!Nancy’s Embroidery Shop...
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An amazing gift
Since the birth of my son just over 2 weeks ago we have been overwhelmed by wonderful gifts. The hand knitted ones of course being among my favourites. There is never a lot of time with a newborn in...
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OLYMPIA - Knitting and Stitching Spring 2013
We were on the road once again this past week - making an appearance at the newly branded Spring Knitting and Stitching Show (formerly Stitch and Craft) at London's Olympia.The Show took place from...
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EASTER PROJECT - use up your scraps!
If you're anything like me, you will have bags or bowls or boxes filled with oddments of yarn from the various projects you've knitted over the years. If you're anything like me and you've been...
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YUMIKO visits Wool House
Last week I was thrilled to be able to visit the Wool House exhibition at Somerset House. It is a celebration of wool presented over 12 days byThe Campaign For Wool and curated by Arabella McNie who...
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MILLAMIA in knit.wear magazine
As you may all know, these last 2 months have been a whirlwind of activity at MillaMia HQ. We've launched a new adult collection - Colour Coded, exhibited at 2 major trade shows and 2 retail shows and...
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EXPLORING SHAPED INTARSIA
In my last post you may have noticed that I was VERY impressed with an article by Daniela Nii in knit.wear magazine. The technique in this tutorial is 'Shaped Intarsia' with the intent to show knitters...
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A NEW OFFICE
The MillaMia office/studio has been firmly located in a spare room at home since we started the business back in 2009. It was a relatively small operation back then, and in terms of the space MillaMia...
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AN AFTERNOON OUTING
Inside Mrs MoonI have often said that I am a one-woman campaign set on teaching knitting to everyone I meet. The variety of pupils has been wide-ranging and only a very few of those have been...
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CLASSIC ELITE YARNS - blog feature on MillaMia
We are very fortunate to have found an incredibly well-respected company to distribute MillaMia in the US. Our partners, Classic Elite Yarns, have been long established in America as a provider of...
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INTERVIEW WITH ANN ROWLEY - winner of The Great British Sewing Bee
Master craftswoman, Ann RowleyIt was with an enormous jolt of pleasure that I discovered the BBC were televising a new program called The Great British Sewing Bee - a competition to find the best...
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