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It's that time of year!  Christmas is on its way and gift knitting is in full swing.  If you haven't yet cast on and are looking for some gift ideas that are quick to knit, we have you covered!  Here are our top picks: most of these patterns are free and only take one skein.  Of course, our shop is full of yarn, so if you need some stash enhancement you know where to look.

Sophie Scarf by Petite Knit

 

Bandanna Cowl by Purl SoHo

 

Classic Ribbed Hat by Purl SoHo

 

House Socks by Purl SoHo

 

Hexagon Market Bag by Salena Baca

 

Olallie Legwarmers by Rachel Kieselburg

 

Apiarist Cowl by Claire Borchardt

 

Simple House Slippers by Simone Alexandra Ærsøe

 

Headband With A Twist by Mirella Moments

 

Sunrise Coasters by Toni Lipsey

 

 

Last week saw the release of Ambah O'Brien's new pattern, the Fruit Tingles shawl.  We were instantly smitten with this shawl and decided to make it our spotlight pattern this week. 

The Fruit Tingles shawl can be knit using a main colour and up to six contrast colours; however, we decided to stick with two colours.  There have been some gorgeous two colour versions, so check them out on Ravelry. 

If you are worried about knitting the little 'fruit tingle' stitch pattern, don't be, as Ambah has recorded a very helpful and easy-to-follow tutorial on YouTube.  The rest of the shawl is a soothing garter stitch, so it's a very relaxing project.

Here are some suggested colour combinations using this week's Uptown Sock.  Simply choose which one will be the main colour and the other will be the contrast.  Just remember that you will need 2 skeins of the main colour and one skein for the contrast.

 

 

These are only a few suggestions, there are so many different possibilities!  You can see all of this weeks yarn here and grab your copy of the Fruit Tingles shawl here.

Happy Knitting!  xx

 

 

Our sock yarn sale begins this Friday at 9am AEST.  All of our sock yarns are 20% off with the code SOCK20.  Yarns will be on sale until Sunday night. Skein Points cannot be used during the sale.  To see all the sale yarns and to do some pre-sale shopping, click here.

This week, we are thrilled to be releasing more new colours, this time tie-dyed!  I was wanting to introduce colours that, when knit up, have little flecks of colour throughout the fabric.  I didn't want to use speckling because I wanted something more subtle.  I realized after a bit of trial and error that, if I tied the yarn in random places, I could get the effect I was looking for.  Here's a little swatch I did using the Indigo colourway.

 

It's a very subtle effect which just adds a hint of interest.  As you can see, the flecks are randomly spread over the fabric, which is perfect because I didn't want any pooling to happen.  The swatch shown was knit from our Cushy DK/8ply, which is our yarn base this week.  Keep an eye on Instagram for some sneak peaks of these new colours.  The swatch has been knit using the Indigo colourway and the main picture above (the orange colour) is Daylily.

Also this week, I have been dyeing up minis on our Cushy DK/8ply!  Minis are great for adding just a pop of colour to a project.  You can use them for adding a contrasting rib or stripes, as well as for heels and toes for some warm winter socks.  All of our minis are OOAK, so make sure you get enough of what you need.  I'll be dyeing these regularly and adding them to the shop, so keep an eye out for more to come!

 

Finally, we have combined some minis and full skeins of our Cushy to make some yarn sets.  These are great for hats, socks, gloves, cowls, pretty much any one skein DK/8ply project.  Of course, there are lots of yarns in the shop that you could make your own yarn sets from, but sometimes it's easier to just grab and go.

All of our yarns are going live this Friday 29th April at 9am AEST (Sydney time).  Make sure you've signed up to our newsletter to get a reminder as the yarns go live.  We also send you a little gift for signing up.

Have a great week and hope to see you Friday!  xxoo

This week we will be adding new sock sets to the shop.  These are fun and bright and have been dyed to micro-stripe when knitting socks!  Each sock set comes with a full skein and a contrasting mini dyed on our new BFL/Nylon yarn.  This yarn is perfect for socks and will hold up to lots of wear and tear, it's also the softest BFL sock I have found so great for people with sensitive skin.  Our sock sets go live this Friday at 9am AEST.  Hope to see you there!

 

This Friday we will be offering our Cushy DK/8ply as dyed-to-order. Yarns will be dyed next week, so you will have from Friday to Sunday (midnight) to put your order in.  They will ship the week beginning 7th March.

Let's have a look at the colours on offer:

From top L-R: Eclipse, Soft Blush, Golden Peach, Tamarind, Whisper, Sky, Tempest, Olive, Cassia, Sea Glass, Barley and Plum.

 

 

As always our update goes live Friday at 9am.  Hope to see you there!

This Friday we will be updating the shop with our lovely Uptown Sock.  This yarn base is a single ply, 100% superwash merino.  Its a wonderful yarn for tops, sweaters and shawls.  As always I'll be posting a few teaser pics via Ravelry.  Our yarns go live this Friday, 18th Feb at 9am, hope to see you there!

This Friday we will be adding our first lot of Autumn yarn bases to the shop!  With cooler weather just around the corner we are getting our shop ready early this year giving you time to plan and cast on your cooler weather knits!  This week we are kicking off with Sportlicious, a wonderful 'in between seasons' base.  This sport/5ply yarn is fabulous for cardigans, shawls, sweaters and ever thicker socks.

As always, our yarns go live Friday at 9am AEDT.  Hope to see you there!

Our Silky Sock will be back this Friday!  I've been dyeing up lots of colours for this weeks update, so keep an eye out on Instagram for a few sneak peaks.

Yarns will go live at 9am AEDT, hope to see you there xx

 

 

Our Valentine's day colourway for 2022 is Heart Of Glass.  This sweet colourway is a very pale teal with speckles of pink, purple and gold.  I was wanting a colourway that was a little different to the usual Valentine pink and red.  It's inspired by the song 'Heart Of Glass' from Blondie, which is why its a pale blue/green, the colour of glass.  This limited release colourway will be available this Friday on our All Rounder, El Merino, Sportlicious, Mohair Silk Lace and Cushy DK yarns. 

We will also have a few Valentine's Kits available, made up of our Journey yarn.  Make sure you check out our Instagram feed for more pic's!  Hope to see you Friday.

 

This Friday we will be topping up the shop with lots of lovely El Merino.

I've also been inspired again this week to create a new colourway (far right in the pic above).  This new colour is called Tempest.  Check out our Instagram feed to read about where the inspiration for this new colour came from.

As always our yarns go live Friday at 9am.  Hope to see you there!

We are back after a lovely break.  Hope you had a fabulous holiday season and a big Happy New Year to you!

All week I have been putting together lots of shawl kits ready to kick of the Shawl Season.  I'm in a shawl knitting mood, so it's a rather selfish update this week.  Kits have been based off four of my favorite shawls, check out our homepage to see them!  Kits will go live this Friday.

Also this week we are releasing a brand new colourway called Hydrangea.  If you follow me on Instagram you will know all about my love for these flowers, so I decided to honor them by creating a colourway.  I dyed up two big batches of Uptown Sock and Merino Silk Sport.  These will also be available Friday.

All of our yarns and kits go live at 9am AEDT Friday 14th January.  Hope to see you there!