You have to be practical with your summer knitwear. A good summer fibre should be light weight and breathable. Something sturdy that you can throw in your washing machine with no risk of major damage. You are more likely to sweat in your summer clothes so picking up a yarn that can easily be washed Read the full article…
Today meet Billie Jean, the Aran yarn made of 100% pre-consumer denim waste, by Wool and the Gang and The New Denim Project. The New Denim Project is an innovative product line developed by Iris Textiles, an industrial textile group operating in Guatemala since 1956. The Engelberg family has been running the company ever since its foundation, and in 2013 was Read the full article…
Since we received the Jersey Be Good, there has been many of you asking what could be made with this interesting yarn. Due to its structure – the yarn is made of 3cm wide strips of jersey cotton – it offers a unique finish and works greatly with a wide array of designs, from home-wear, to accessories and Read the full article…
Three weeks ago we introduced you to our latest cotton yarn; the south African MoYa’s cotton DK. Straight away we loved the softness of this hand dyed yarn and its incredible colour palette. So as you can imagine we were really eager to show you what kind of wonderful projects you could create with it. Wendy Read the full article…
Summer is coming! To celebrate the return of the warm and sunny weather, today we are going to look at yarns and patterns that will hopefully inspire you to create lovely spring and summer projects. We’ve just uploaded some fab new yarns we can’t wait to show you. Our most recent addition is a DK Read the full article…
A Late August shawl for late August. The pattern is Late August by Sylvia Bo Bilvia. Knitted from the centre out it starts out growing really quickly and just as quickly the rows get really long! The lace repeats are fun and last the perfect amount of time until you get to change to a Read the full article…
Do you dream of your next project while you’re in the middle of your current one? About half way through my Juniper I started dreaming about what I wanted to cast on next. I am normally a semi-monogamous knitter, I tend to knit a lot of one project and then put it down and start Read the full article…
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