I have to be honest: I’m still reeling from Edinburgh Yarn Festival at the weekend. I know it’s cliched but it was just so nice. There were so many different accents/languages being spoken and yet it felt like everyone was happily sharing this wonderful experience and so it didn’t matter that there might be a… Read More The EYF hangover
We have a lot going on just now so I thought it’d be helpful to let you know what’s happening and when! Apologies for the lengthy post; there’s a lot to tell! Edinburgh Yarn Festival We will of course be at EYF! Their website is HERE and you can look up all the visiting info… Read More What’s happening at ECY this month..
A few months back an order came in for Bowland DK. I thought nothing of it at the time, packaged the order and shipped it off. A little while later Lori Versaci, of VersaciKnits made contact to let me know that she had used it in a new pattern that would be released early in… Read More Interview with Lori Versaci
I thought I might introduce you to the new-new shades of Milburn 4ply which arrived yesterday. They’re HERE on the website firstly, and the 500g packs get a little discount so if you want a sweater quantity you’re best picking one of those and then getting any additional balls. Let me tell you a… Read More New Milburn 4ply shades! (And a lecture; sorry!)
Morning/afternoon/evening.. I hope you’re all well! We’ve had a busy start to the year, as usual, although it’s been a bit more chaotic with a 15 week old Labrador puppy about – I’m sure you’ll have seen my pics on social media! It’s getting easier as she gets older though and the days getting longer… Read More Update Preview: Jan 2017
In the intervening two years (two years!!) since The Bletchley COllection was published a gallery of beautiful Bletchley projects has developed, and I really just wanted to share some of the lovely things with you. … Read More Celebrating two years of The Bletchley Collection
aka Thea Colman – I’m sure you knew that already though! We love Thea’s work, and have collborated on a number of projects now, so I thought it’d be really nice to celebrate this with a gallery of Thea/ECY projects and a chat to her about her work. It comes at a time when she’s… Read More Baby Cocktails
We have new yarn! This is a new hand dyed base which I’ve had for a while but only recently had chance to dye up. It’s 100% Falkland Merino, with 400m to 100g. It’s a very plump, cushiony yarn – much thicker-looking than most of my other 4ply bases, and super-soft. Here’s one of each: … Read More New yarn: Falkland merino
Afternoon! I hope today is treating you well. Seeing as it’s a Friday and I’m blitzing through admin today, one of the things I had on the to do list was ‘publish Cornhill’. So it’s done. You can find it here on Ravelry: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cornhill It’s a very simple shawl (or scarf) which uses 400m of… Read More New pattern alert! (Cornhill)
We’ve not had much DK for a while so I thought it might be time to rectify that! Our schedule is slowly getting back on track as we make our way through the huge back log of work, hence the smaller-than-usual updates. Hopefully next year will be less disrupted. These yarns will go live on… Read More DK Surprise
