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A Quick & Dirty Guide to Summer Yarns
Posted by Casper Alixander on
We've had a bit of a restock and reshuffle so all of our summery DK yarns are in the same place. We've done full blog posts on most of them before, but sometimes you just want a quick and dirty explanation of all of them, right?So, I'm going to list all of our summer yarns with a couple of key-word sentences after, and that way you can click into the ones you think you might like!
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- Tags: summer, tips, yarn showcase
We've Got New Stuff...
Posted by Casper Alixander on
A few times a year we get a bit of excitement in the shop when King Cole release a bunch of new stuff all at once.
Allow Me to Show Off Just a Little...
Posted by Eleanor Burke on
I MADE A REALLY NICE JUMPER AND I MADE IT UP MORE OR LESS! So, Dr Chris is working over in Sweden at the minute and so I've been thinking of knitting him something lovely in wool for a little while. Two (now three...) weeks ago, I got chatting to a gorgeous customer about fairisle projects, I can't even remember what was said honestly but she totally inspired me and I cast something on that very night! I knew I wanted to do a top down, I knew I wanted it to be based on the navy colour in the King...
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- Tags: body positivity, colourwork, Eleanor, fairisle, finished object, knitting, nottingham, wool aran
THE Granny Square Jumper.
Posted by Eleanor Burke on
I so enjoyed writing my last blog, and I've had a bit of a weird morning so I thought I'd sit downstairs in the stillness of the office and have another go. This time it might be a more familiar piece as it's appeared a lot of social media and on the newsletter (haven't sent one of those since before Christmas but who knows what might happen...). The piece in question is this one: I love that picture of me, it was a happy time in autumn last year and the whole garment had been a dream to put together. I...
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- Tags: 5944, bamboo cotton dk, body positivity, cottonsoft dk, crochet, crochet along, finished object, luxury merino, nottingham, personal, subtle drifter dk, thoughts, yarn showcase
IT SPARKLES.
Posted by Casper Alixander on
We've done it. It's finally in. Our shelves are blessed with the gorgeous Opal Pretty 4ply after waiting literal months. We are so ready.
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- Tags: opal, sock making, sock yarn, yarn showcase