Torzal is Malabrigo's newest yarn, and it takes a different approach to colour from anything else in the range. Rather than dyeing the finished skein, multiple colour tones are blended into the fibre before the two-ply is spun — producing a marled, handspun-inspired effect where the colour is never flat, never static, and continuously shifting across the knitted fabric. 100% superwash merino, sport to light DK weight, 50g and 160 yards per skein, machine washable. Eight colourways at £11.50 per skein at Craft and Canvas, Hebden Bridge.

The finished pieces look like they take years of skill to produce — small sculptural animals with detailed surfaces, precise pictorial panels worked in wool. The technique behind them is straightforward: barbed needles mechanically tangle wool fibres into felt, and everything else is a variation on that action. In this complete beginner's guide we cover the equipment you need (needles from £1.99, foam pads, finger protectors, felting wool batt at £1.95), the full range of 12 needle felting kits we stock from £7.99, and how to progress from kits to working freely with loose wool. All stocked at Craft and Canvas.

Oil painting without solvents is not a compromise — it is a genuine development in artists' materials. Winsor & Newton Artisan Water Mixable Oils use the same quality pigments as traditional oils in a modified binder that thins, blends, and cleans up with water. The painting experience is substantially the same: slow drying, rich blendability, the fat over lean principle, the full range of oil techniques. In this complete guide we cover the full 40-colour Artisan range (37ml tubes at £7.35), the Artisan Linseed and Safflower Oil mediums, varnishes, the fat over lean principle, drying times, and the Water Mixable Oils book at £14.99. All stocked at Craft and Canvas.