Louisa Harding in the shop!

As long time fans of Louisa Harding yarns and patterns we're REALLY excited to be stocking 2 of her yarns this Spring/Summer-

Ondine - 100% cotton, 50g ball with 110m, and £5.50 per ball

Ianthe - 50% merino, 50% cotton blend, 50g Ball with 100m, and £4.95 per ball

We have 3 pattern booklets for these yarns. And as both knit to the same DK tension - 22sts x 30 rows on 3.75 - 4mm needles, the patterns are easily interchangeable.

Some highlights:-

Nancy in Ianthe - available in 2 lengths, 11- 15 balls

Willow in Ianthe, 9 - 13 balls

Evie in Ianthe, 10 - 15 balls

Clam in Ondine, 9 - 11balls

Skipper in Ondine, 8 - 10 balls

Primrose in Ianthe, 7 - 9 balls

Isla in Ondine, 8 - 11 balls

The pattern books are stunning and the colours are gorgeous!

Ondine, 100% Cotton

Ianthe, 50/50 Merino Cotton

more lovely lace colours in the shop!

You can check out a slideshow of the pattern book here.

There are also 4 other Rialto Lace patterns in the Debbie Bliss Spring/Summer magazine.

our dummy has new clothes!

A long cardigan for that difficult transition between Winter and Spring.

Knitted in Freedom Purity it takes between 15-18 balls (£3.60 a ball)

A sample knitted by Karen is now in the shop along with the pattern and wool.

new yarn and some rearranging...

We're continuing to get ready for warmer weather...

We've extended our range of patterns and colours in Manos Lace and now we have a 4 ply pure wool by Rowan in a range of 12 gorgeous colours.

Combined with some new 4 ply patterns we're really excited about this lighter yarn!  And it looks great next to our Lang Superwash (remember its not just for socks!)

And then we couldn't resist moving the Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino beside it too (its not just for babies!)

Have you seen the lovely patterns in Celebrating Family yet? It uses Baby Cashmerino in ladies and children's garments, we have copies of the booklet in the shop.

Watch out for another lightweight yarn... Arriving soon!

new colours in Jamieson's Spindrift

Jamieson's of Shetland Spindrift ...Mmmmm, which colour?

Good job there is a gap on the shelf as there is more to come...

Something for the little ones

More patterns available in the shop along with the yarn...

Sincere Cotton

Sincere Cotton

Sincere Cotton

Sincere Cotton

in Rialto Aran by Debbie Bliss

in Rialto Aran by Debbie Bliss

new garment samples in shop...

...showcasing the yarns we have in the shop... come and check them out and plan your New Year project.

Debbie Bliss Peplum Cardigan in Rialto DK

Jumper in Norse

cabled waistcoat in Freedom Eco Purity

new mittens

To satisfy my cold hands and my need for something quick and bright to knit I settled on the turquoise Jamieson's of Shetland Heather Aran weight wool.

I bought this pattern by Oma Leni on Ravelry - very simple and fits my small hands well.

And the resulting mittens are very cosy!  It only took one ball to knit the small/medium size

now for something sparkly...

New yarn!

SMC Select Color Merino - a self striping DK yarn.  We have 4 colours in stock.

And 2 gorgeous pattern books too for DK and Aran weight yarns.... Patterns for man, woman and child!

I need mittens!

Well... I don't actually need mittens... More like I want them... And when you're surrounded by lovely wool it's hard to ignore the urge...

I have a scarf which I knitted 3 years ago using Noro Transitions.

The pattern was a simply woven stripey stitch effect based on the Scrappy Transition scarf on Ravelry.

It has lovely colours... Which just happen to match the gorgeous Jamieson's of Shetland Heather.  An Aran weight 100% wool, i.e. warm

I can't decide which colour to choose... I don't want stripes... I'm drawn towards the turquoise...

I think because of Sarah Jessica's new tights...

Day 32

After a marathon needle and hook unpacking session last night we installed our chip & pin machine today.

And so, apart from the stuff we're not sure what to do with yet and our uncertain till skills, we are

 OPEN

wall of wool

the other side

lovely buttons and ribbons...

come on in

Tomorrow (2nd December) we'll be open from 10am to 4pm and then on Saturday 3rd December from 10am to 5pm.  

Going forward our opening times will be:-

Sunday - CLOSED

Monday - CLOSED

Tuesday -10am - 4pm

Wednesday - 10am - 4pm

Thursday - 10am - 4pm

Friday - 10am - 4pm

Saturday - 10am - 5pm

We don't yet have all the wool we ordered and we still have a wee plumbing job on going but we do have alot of THIS! 

Watch out for a Pittenweem knitting group and classes & workshops in the New Year!

Day 31

more photos...

Rico Poems - 100% wool, knits to a standard aran weight.

more Rico Poems

 We also have some muted shades... Twilleys Eco Purity a chunky wool/alpaca blend.

Which has a great pattern book (and we have a few leaflets of individual patterns too!)

tiny photo!

Day 30 - a sparkly extra

And we also received some gorgeous stitch markers by Sarah at Fripperies & Bibelots...  these have to be seen in real life.. they are so tiny and sparkly!

a small selection of what we are selling

These photos are from Sarah, once we get ours properly unpacked and displayed we'll upload the photo.

These will make great gifts - we've already got our eye on them...

mini crochet hook to save your stitches!

Day 30

Jamieson's of Shetland

Yes the colours are that vibrant in real life!  We're stocking Spindrift (4ply weight) and Heather (Aran weight) and we're waiting for some Cobweb (1ply).  We're  trying to resist the urge to fill the gap with more spindrift...

Lang Jawoll sock wool

Lang Jawoll in solid colours (and a grey tweedy one too).  This sock wool comes in 50g 'balls' and each one has a matching spool of reinforcement thread which you can combine with your yarn to make your sock heels and toes harder wearing!

our sock wool cube

Day 28

BIG day today - the sign went up and it looks fantastic!

We sorted out the shelves and placed the yarn and patterns   Tomorrow we'll open the packs and price everything...

Zauberball - a 4ply/sock wool