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Flock - Yarn & Knitting Store
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Flock is a specialist knitting store based in St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex, UK. TN37 6DU

We offer a range of beautiful, natural knitting yarn & hand picked tools & notions.

(All posts by Chris, the in-house beginner)


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I remember making pompoms exactly in this way as a kid.
lbflyawayhome.bsky.social Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 4d
Pictures that explain things.
Making pompoms

(More things to Make, 1973)
Artist: Eric Winter
A series of pictures and illustrations showing how to turn a ball of wool and two cardboard disks into a pom-pom
November 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Oh, so you need something wintery to listen to while you curl up on the sofa with your needles and wool? We have just the thing! Harriet's created an atmospheric winter playlist for November:

www.flockworkshop.uk/journal/flock-playlist-november-25
Flock Playlist November 2025 — flock | Knitting & Wool Shop
Harriet's shop playlist for November. The clocks have changed and bonfire season is in full swing here in Sussex. Time to hunker down with a cup of something hot and work on a cozy project.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Here's 3 mins of escape, which I'm sure many of us could use. This gorgeously made short film from Uist Wool always reminds me of the many, wider reasons I love working with such a wonderful material.

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Process: The Making of Uist Wool
YouTube video by Measured Lines
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November 11, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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My autumn/winter knit is done. A shawl neck zip up cardigan from an Erika Knight pattern. Knitted in Natural Meadow chunky (100% Suffolk wool) from Baa Ram Ewe in Pimpernel Orange.

Pattern can be found in 'Work in Progress' by Erika Knight

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A chunky rustic knit cardigan in deep rust orange lays flat across a wooden table top
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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I you fancy learning to make these lovely crochet festive baubles with Vivienne Richmond of botaniq, using natural dyed 'plant silk', you can book a place on our workshop on Nov 30th. The class will be held in our shop in St Leonards on Sea.

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#knitsky #crochetsky
a slection of red and yellow ruffled crochet baubles hang from a metal jug filled with folliage on a wooden table.
November 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Nice to see a friendly face in project bag 😊.

#mouche #knitsky

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The face a little woollen polar bear called Mouche peeks out from a knitting bag on a shop counter.
October 28, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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We have a restock of 'Work in Progress' and copies of 'Indoors' by Erika Knight. She has also given us some new samples from 'Texture' to display in the shop.

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Two piles of Erika Knight knitting books sit on top of a pine table with two pairs of knitted gloves
October 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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The shop is open but just taking a quiet moment to measure my first sleeve of the Erika Knight shawl collar cardigan Im making.

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October 9, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Something about autumn just makes me want to wear big wooly jumpers and corderoy jackets while listening to Ronnie Lane and drinking real ale.

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Ronnie Lane and Slim Chance. How Come
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October 9, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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One of today's customers was nice enough to leave us some apples from their tree. A lovely taste of autumn.
October 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Another week starts in the shop. Doors are open & the teapot is filled. Ready for the day ahead.
October 1, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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At flock we think its important to have a visual guide to British sheep breeds nearby at all times. You never know when it may be needed.

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Two shelves on the wal of flock's shop with a selection of books, a knitted chicken, a wooden bird, a childs knitted top and a framed poster showing British sheep breeds.
September 30, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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20+ Knitters and Crochet Artists Stitch an Astonishing 3‑D Recreation of Picasso’s Guernica
20+ Knitters and Crochet Artists Stitch an Astonishing 3‑D Recreation of Picasso’s Guernica
Softness is perhaps not the first quality that springs to mind when one imagines recreating the chaos and anguish of Picasso’s Guernica in a 3-dimensional representation. Though how else to describe ...
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September 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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A lovely book filled corner in our new shop. With a traditional gansey knitted by Harriet and an oak curlew made by Chris.

#knitsky #interiors #shops
an antique French cupboard covered in books next to a mannequin on which is displayed a knitted gansey sweater. On the cupboard is a wooden statue of a curlew above which is a wooden shelf covered in wool yarns.
September 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Its so heartening to meet so many people coming to the new shop wanting to learn to knit!
Our classes will be held at the shop in St Leonards and can be booked online.

www.flockworkshop.uk/classes-events

#knitsky #stleonardsonsea
Classes & Events — flock | Sustainable Yarn and Knitting Store
Upcoming knitting classes and events at Flock.
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September 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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The wonderful Erika Knight book 'Texture' is now in store along with several of the designers original samples from the book. We love the deconstructed creative approaches of these patterns, its a flock favourite.

#knitsky #erikaknight
September 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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For those of you interested in natural dyeing, here is our journal article on our visit to local natural dyer Vivienne Richmond of botaniq. Revisiting the wonderful colours of her garden workshop.

#naturadyeing #knitsky

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Natural Dyeing with Vivienne Richmond of botaniq — flock | Sustainable Yarn and Knitting Store
Vivienne Richmond is a natural dyer and textile historian based in East Sussex. Early last month, Chris and I visited her garden dye studio to learn about the process of creating Botaniq plant dyed ya...
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September 16, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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Stormy weather here over the last couple of days brings the pleasure of knitting on the sofa, in the window, listening to the crashing waves.
September 16, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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When life in the shop seems to all be in the same colour palette.

#knitsky #tea
A big ball of green wool, on a table next to some green tea with someone knitting in green trousers
September 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Today the flock window signage went up. We are so happy with the results. 💃
An shop front painted avocado green with the flock logo in big letters in one window
September 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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We love a coptic sock! Mostly because they make you look a bit like a duck 🦆
September 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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It's a wild and windy morning here in St Leonards and it feels like knitting weather. We are open form 10am today and have lots of lovely things, including an exclusive batch of natural dyed yarn from Annabel Williams created just for flock!

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a lovely selection of yarns is displayed in the shop. Some hanging on wall displays and in the foreground is a table display of yarns and books. Including an exclusive batch of natural dyed yarn from Annabel Williams created just for flock.
September 10, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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We had a lovely 'soft launch' day on Saturday with so many new friends and customers. We were so busy I forgot to do any posts on here on #knitsky
A small 'A' chalk board outside a lime green shop front says flock knitting shop is now open!
September 10, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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We have the keys to our new shop and its starting to take shape 🧶💃🎉

#knitsky #hastings #stleonardsonsea
September 2, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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As we are currently are unable to ship to the USA we would love to hear about any small producers in the States that are making great breed specific yarn, especially small flocks. We'd like to spread the word to our US customers and learn about them ourselves. 🇺🇸🐑🇬🇧
A very tidy little sheep stands on well cropped grass and looks in to the camera.
August 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM