It’s Halloween tomorrow and we have some fabulous felted pumpkins in our window to celebrate. We are also showing off our favourite pattern book, Kim Hargreaves Heartfelt, with 2 Big Wool garments. It is almost the most expensive pattern book we stock BUT it is our current bestseller which says a lot about how fantastic the range of patterns are.

For Kim Hargreaves fans, we have just taken delivery of her new Amber book. This will be on the website next week, in the meantime we can take orders over the phone. Very wearable designs and great shapes.

Pat and I had a fabric buying trip to Manchester and we now have a small collection of gems to add to our extensive cotton range. Some needlecord, funky tartan, as seen above in the window, and lovely linen mixes and checked cottons among others.

For Christmas 2008 we have launched all new Knitting Parlour hampers! Even more luxurious than last year, each one comes packed in a unique handmade cotton tote bag. No two are the same! The best gift a knitter could get; start dropping hints now!

Only 2 weeks ago we were sunbathing on a beach and swimming in the sea, in England! It’s hard to believe that now it’s time to dig the woolies out.

If you need some knitting inspiration, our window may help you out. We have Cheri from the Rowan Cocoon Collection knitted in Bilberry Cocoon. It is only a 4 row pattern and 2 of those are purl and the other 2 are identical but just offset by 1 stitch. It’s a great autumn knit because you can layer other things underneath. The Cocoon book has a great choice of garments. One of our customers has knitted at least 3 things from it already.

A great new addition to our range is the Sirdar Big Softie. It is a super chunky with a brilliant book to get beginner knitters on to knitting easy garments. Look out for it on the website next week. We have all the colours in the shop; if you can’t wait you can give us a ring to order.

It is almost time for the Autumn Quilt Show at the 3 Counties in Malvern. We will be there again with a fabulous new range of kits which will be available in the shop and on the website after the show, at the beginning of November. We are also taking a range of sock yarns including Noro, Araucania and our fave Artist’s Palette.

We are winter fabric shopping on Tuesday so we will have some great additions to our popular cotton range very soon. We do already have a couple of nice needlecords, see my lovely pinafore here. We are also able to order Burda, Simplicity and New Look patterns now. The books are on the pattern bar for browsing!

Unfortunately we are experiencing problems with the website ordering system. The good news is that you can still browse all our products and place orders by phone on 01684 892079 or via email at sales@theknittingparlour.co.uk

We can take credit card payments over the phone or if you send your order by email we will send you a Paypal invoice so that you can pay securely online. (In this instance please DO NOT email any credit card details to us)

For this limited period we are offering FREE UK DELIVERY on UK orders.

Well, I finished the Cocoon tank. I am really pleased with it, it blocked out great and I loved knitting it. You can just see in  the front of the window how many colours there are to choose from!