April started out with such beautiful weather, but the last week or so has been very hit and miss – at least in Brighton! It’s left us wondering whether to continue with summer knits, or to try and fit in one last cosy project before the warm weather fully comes around. We’ve selected a handful Read the full article…
A while ago my brother asked me to knit him a jumper. I fancied him in a textured gansay or something stranded and Scandi-looking. Alas he had something very different in mind, so instead we settled on a simple stockinette jumper. This might have been for the best as the pattern he chose ended up Read the full article…
2021 may not have started the way we had hoped but things are finally looking up. Lockdown three is almost over, and we’re happy to announce we will once again be reopening on Tuesday 13th April – hopefully for the last time!We will be open our full opening hours, Tuesday – Saturday 10 am – 6 pm Read the full article…
Spring is finally in the air! The sun is making an appearance in Brighton and our summer bases have started to arrive in store. It’s had #TeamYak dreaming of transitional pieces and summer knits, luckily there has been so many wonderful pattern releases this month that we have lots of inspiration to guide us! It Read the full article…
I fell in love with the Elowen pattern from the very first time I saw Ready Set Raglan. The cover star of this amazing raglan book, I was immediately captured by the grunge rib aesthetic which reminded me of all those episodes of Buffy I’d marathoned over lockdown. I flicked through the book on one Read the full article…
The past month has been full of ups and downs, but the cold weather combined with lockdown has been the perfect knitting environment, and it shows from all the lovely patterns that have been released. It was hard to narrow down, but here are our top 6 picks from February’s new releases. © Julie Robinson Read the full article…
I recently realised that the inspiration behind most of my projects often comes from a yarn rather than a pattern. It usually goes like this: we receive a new yarn at the shop, I obsess over it for a little while and then a pattern magically materialised on my Ravelry feed or I come up Read the full article…
Can you believe it’s already 2021? The last year seems to have gone so slow yet so fast! Seen as we’re halfway through the 3rd national lockdown, some of you may be struggling for knitting inspiration so we’ve rounded up 8 of our favourite patterns from this month. We can’t wait to see what the Read the full article…
Happy Birthday to us! Like most people over the past year we’re celebrating a birthday in lockdown, and this year we’re turning 6 years old! To celebrate we’re having our annual birthday sale: this weekend receive 20% off store wide* when using the code yak6thbirthday The sale starts at 9am on Saturday 16th January Read the full article…
The last year has been tough and we were all hoping for better things in 2021. It’s safe to say entering a third national lockdown on the first week of January was certainly not the way we hoped this year would begin. To make this lockdown a little easier we’ve decided to organise a little Read the full article…
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