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Di Gilpin's Wool Hoose

The Wool Hoose, Di Gilpin's knitwear design studio on a farm near Kellie Castle, with its own yarns, patterns, knit club evenings and workshops.

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Welcome

On Comielaw Farm, in the quiet country near Kellie Castle, a stone building with arched timber doors is home to the Wool Hoose, the design studio of the Scottish hand-knitting designer Di Gilpin.

Visited and photographed by Simon Hird

Inside, the workroom is bright and white, with rails of knitwear, a long table for knitting at, and boxes of yarn in soft, earthy colours. Di has her own yarns, Lalland Lambswool and Bell Wether Merino, and her own patterns and kits, from wraps to jumpers.

The studio opens on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and on some Thursday evenings the Knit Club gathers round the table. Di and Sheila also teach workshops here for small groups, in colourwork, lace, ganseys and designing your own, with a Scottish lunch of local food on full days and always tea and cake.

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Before you go

The studio opens on Tuesday and Thursday, 10.30am to 4pm, with Knit Club on some Thursday evenings; workshops by arrangement.

Where
Comielaw Farm, near Pittenweem, KY10 2RE.
Knit Club
Thursday evenings, 6.30pm.
Workshops
For groups of four or more.

Opening hours

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Monday
Closed
Tuesday
10.30am–4pm
Wednesday
Closed
Thursday
10.30am–4pm, 6.30pm–8.30pm
Friday
Closed
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
Closed

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Two women sit knitting at a long table, a dog lying between their chairs and a desktop computer and shelves of wool visible behind.
Did you know

Tea and cake.

Every group workshop at the studio comes with tea and cake, and a Scottish lunch on full days.

Two women sit knitting at a long table, a dog resting between them and shelves stacked with balls of yarn behind.
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The Knit Club.

Knitters gather round the studio table on Thursday evenings for the Knit Club.

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Where it is

At Comielaw Farm, near Kellie Castle, inland from Pittenweem, KY10 2RE.

Close byComielaw.
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  2. Keny Drew East Neuk GlassKeny Drew East Neuk GlassUnder a mile 1 min by road
  3. Turreted stone castle tower with conical slate roofs and stepped gablesKellie Castle & GardenThe castle and rose garden nearby.Under a mile 5 min by road
  4. Timber lodge with covered veranda and hanging flower baskets overlooking open fieldsSt Andrews Farmhouse Cheese CompanyThis award-winning cheesemaker makes its cheeses from the fresh milk of local Friesian cows in the East Neuk2 miles 3 min by road
  5. The front of Craig Millar @ 16 West End in St Monans: its sign above white-framed windows hung with flower baskets, behind a whitewashed wall.Craig Millar @ 16 West End2 miles as the crow flies
  6. BowhouseBowhouseThe food hub between Elie and St Monans.4 miles 6 min by road
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  • Sleeps 2
  • In Pittenweem
  • 2 miles from Di Gilpin's studio
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  • Sleeps 2
  • In Pittenweem
  • 2 miles from Di Gilpin's studio
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  • Sleeps 4
  • In Pittenweem
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