Hey! I have finally joined Twitter so you can follow what’s going on in the shop. Interesting, I know. My name is knittingparlour but hopefully the Webmaster will be able to put it on the side of the blog if you’re not a twitterer yourself.
Actually, today, new yarn from Sirdar has arrived. It’s called Nomad and it’s a lovely boucle (I know, but honestly it’s not ’80’s) in natural shades with a HIGH natural fibre content. Fabulous patterns too and good yardage. What more could you want? I am tempted to start a cute short sleeved cardi for layering in the autumn and winter but I am going to resist as I just added a baby blanket to my list yesterday for my good friends Stu and Bethan.
Our summer sale has started! We have up to 20% off a good range of yarns including some Rowan cottons, RYC Bamboo Soft, Sirdar Juicy, Araucania cottons, Debbie Bliss Eco and Aran Tweed and lots more bits and pieces too.
The sale will make way for the new yarns some of which have already started arriving. Just today the new Sirdar Nomad came in. It is a boucle in natural shades with some fantastic patterns one of which I have my eye on for my next project.
The Webmaster is busy revamping our website as it is starting to object when we add new things so we will start adding the new items in the next couple of weeks. In the meantime you know you can ring us or email if you want something that isn’t on the website.
The new Rowan Magazine will be out on 15th July and the Rowan yarns are arriving on 1st August. I think it is one of the best Rowan seasons ever. We’re also going to be a stockist of Gedifra. We have dabbled until now but they also have a great winter collection so we coudn’t resist!
We have received delivery of the new Clothkits designs! We have samples of some of them made up so you can see what they look like, and if you’re not that confident at sewing we can offer either an informal sewing session where we will help you make up your kit or we can make it up for you at a small extra charge.
The best thing is that the girl’s range now includes a skirt which goes up to age 15 and they have brought back the padded ‘Farm’ Jacket although we are still waiting for those as they have run out.
Pop in and have a look!
Let’s Knit Magazine are running their annual awards. Please vote for us in the best local yarn store and best internet store categories if you think we deserve it! We are incredibly proud of having won ‘Knitting Retailer of the Year’ in February in KnitToday’s awards and we want to try and win these as well! There is a link below if you would like to vote. Thanks!
http://www.letsknit.co.uk/index.php/lets_knit_awards
It is that time of year which is really odd for the knitter. You get bombarded with summer patterns and cotton even though there is a tiny window of hot hot summer! A lot of people (us included) tend to carry on knitting winterish things regardless.
But…this year, there are some really tempting summer knits and yarns around which are not just the bog standard cottons that you normally see. In the window this week are 2 of best examples. The lemon cardi on the left is from Rowan Magazine 45 and is knitted in Cotton Glace. Yes, it is perfect for summer but also can carry through to all but the coldest weather with the 3/4 length sleeves. Perfect for layering.
The green cardi is the one on the front of the Rowan Lenpur Linen book. The Lenpur has beautiful drape and again is not just a summer knit. Penny is knitting another of the Lenpur Linen patterns and is loving it. It is knitting up like lightning.
The fantastic fabric and patterns in the trunk are mostly Amy Butler along with some of our new patchwork gadgets. I have just made Amy’s Barcelona skirt and it looks fantastic. I am definitely going to make another one as the shape is so flattering. Plus it’s really easy and quick to make.
As you can see our window is mostly about sewing at the moment. We have had some beautiful new Amy Butler fabrics and patterns in and we are also showing off our Clothkits. We had sadly neglected them over the winter in our knitting frenzy! We continue to stock one of everything as far as we can keep up. Not available on our website but you can always ring or come over to Malvern and browse. It’s beautiful here in the sunshine. Combine a visit to us with a walk over the hills!
The fantastic green cardigan is in Rowan Lenpur Linen, knitted by Pat and has been very popular. It’s on the front of the Lenpur linen book. We have also been selling lots and lots of copies of the Rowan Classic Reminiscence book for the tapered rib cardigan. You might be able to see the back of it in the picture, it’s a beige shade. It’s knitted in Pima Cotton dk and is lovely. I started to knit it for the shop and then Rowan sent it as a sample so I stopped but I am going to finish it now as I feel like I’m missing out on something given how many people are knitting it!
We have some great Rowan wokshops coming up with a couple of places left on them for some lucky people! Sarah Hazell is doing a fairisle class making some mits. OK. It is Spring but you’ll have them ready for the winter and really, it’s about the knitting…
