September 2024 Shop Update September 20 2024, 0 Comments

     

 

Hello and welcome to the September shop update. If you are new to our emails then this is our long monthly email, and in between are shorter emails, they usually come out on a Wednesday.

This shop update contains the yarn I dyed for Southern Wool Show so do check the quantities available as they are not all full batches. I will be dyeing more laceweight for Yarndale as I know there isn't a lot on line at the moment.

Next stage of the new heating at the studio is happening tomorrow, but hopefully that won't be as disruptive as the last lot. Otherwise the kids are just getting back into their activities, they both do various scouts and martial arts sessions in a week, and Ashley is getting stuck into his A Levels.

All the yarn is on the preview page already. There is Bliss Heavy Lace, Lustrous, Selkino, Floof and Crush, plus a small number of skeins of Crush DK and Enchant, and a top up of the kits that were sold out. There are also more mini skeins which are buy 4 get a 5th free as long as they are all the same price, and you can mix and match between the new ones and ones on line already.

 

    

 

Bliss Heavy Lace

I was amazed at how much of this sold at Southern Wool Show so I will say sorry for these being the only 3 colourways left! I have more yarn on order and will dye it up before Yarndale. I have already had requests for a couple of different semi solid colourways so the next batch will be a mix of variegated and semi solids, plus a few darker, more autumnal colours. Do let me know if there is something you would like to see.

  

 

Floof 

We have lots of Floof in stock at the moment, and I have added several semi solid colourways. Some are favourites and some and new creations. Hot Pink Floof anyone? Great to hold with another yarn to create an even cozier garment!

        

 

Selkino

Lots of colourways restocked on Selkino - our lovely, drapey, silk merino singles yarn. This is the yarn I used for my Clapotis above, in Lulworth Cove, and it is so soft and the drape is beautiful. I chose this for the pattern as the original was knitted in a wool silk single, all be it a thicker one, and I also thought I'd rather have a slightly finer weight scarf, so I chose the Selkino. 

 

 

 Lustrous

This was by far the most popular base for the August Reboot and I love seeing how vibrant the colours look on it. Because its 50% silk it has a great shine and is another lovely drapey base. These colourways won't be available again so don't miss out.

 

 

 

       

Crush

Lots of our favourite sock yarn left which is just as well as I was trying to dye enough for both shows! I still have a few colourways I need to dye so now would be a great time if you want to request a repeatable colourway I haven't currently got in stock. Its so difficult to predict which colours will be popular at different shows!

 

 

Colour Poppertunity Wrap

You may have seen this wrap in my stories or at Southern Wool Show. Its a new pattern from Stephen West, based on the mystery sock pattern released over the summer. Its a lovely big rectangular wrap with an interesting pattern of colour pop welts. The pattern uses 4 skeins of the main colour, in this case Dodo Feathers, and 3 colour pops. Our kit contains 400g of the mail colour and 40g each of the pops.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mini Skeins

Extra Minis from the August mini skein club. Buy 4, get a 5th free if they are all the same price! Crush, Bloom and Coorie can be mixed and matched as well.

 

Not much DK this time, I will hopefully have lots more at Yarndale and will certainly be dyeing more over the cooler months. Let me know if there is anything in particular you want to see.