At knitshop.co.uk we’re looking forward to some sunshine and long balmy summer evenings, but we’re not quite ready to risk sleeveless cotton vests or camisole tops just yet. Instead, we’re hedging our bets with lightweight cover-ups and lighter yarns that provide warmth without bulk.
knitshop.co.uk Cotton Plied Wool Yarn is our Product of the Month for May and is the perfect yarn for late Spring. The yarn is a blend of 60% cotton and 40% wool. It’s soft and light as well as being warm. It comes in some lovely variegated colours such as Orange-Apricot and Blue-Green and well as single shade yarns such as Yellow and Blue.
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| Cotton Plied Wool Yarn in Blue and Green blended shades |
Cotton Plied Wool Yarn comes in 100g skeins of approximately 225m and knits up on 3-4mm needles and has a tension of around 26 stitches per 10cm. It’s ideal for projects that call for a thicker 4ply or DK yarn and, because of its strength, it’s equally good for knitting or crochet.
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| A Stitch In Time Vol 2 featured the Cotton Plied Wool Yarn in Apricot in this vintage knitting pattern. Pattern: Ribbon Threaded Jumper. |
One of our favourite patterns is Meg Crowther’s Julia jumper. This lovely pattern features a Lily Of The Valley motif on the sleeves and is knitted using Cotton Plied Wool Yarn in Blue. Julia Lily Of The Valley jumper uses between 5 and 7 skeins of yarn and knits up on 4mm single-pointed needles.
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| Julia - Lily of the Valley Jumper in Blue Cotton Plied Wool Yarn |
knitshop.co.uk newsletter subscribers can download the pattern for free throughout May. Combined with the Product Of The Month 14% discount on Cotton Plied Wool Yarn, this makes Julia jumper a great project choice for intermediate knitters.
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| Beautiful summer colours are available in the Cotton Plied Wool Yarn |
If you’re after a more straightforward project, our Sugar And Spice Ginger Silk Top is a great quick knit that flatters all shapes. Cotton Plied Wool Yarn has a very similar tension to the Mulberry Silk Twist Yarn used in the original pattern and comes in similar length skeins, so you can simply substitute yarns here.
Another of our patterns that will work well with Cotton Plied Wool Yarn is the Jasper Pullover Tank Top. This lovely slipover top is ideal for this time of the year and will fit kids from two to seven-years-old. You need two skeins of yarn for the main colour and one skein of the contrast yarn. . You’ll also need a pair each of 3mm and 3.5mm circular needles.
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| Jasper Pull-over originally knitted in 100% alpaca yarn. For a more summery version use Cotton Plied Wool Yarn. |
If there’s a pattern you’d like to knit or crochet using Cotton Plied Wool Yarn or another knitshop.co.uk yarn, please contact us for needle conversion and yarn substitution advice. We’re always happy to help!
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| Cotton Plied Wool Yarn is also available at the knitshop.co.uk Boutique Outlet in Lee Green |
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knitshop.co.uk Knitting and Crochet Yarns: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/81-knitting-yarn
Blue Cotton Plied Yarn: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/cotton-wool-yarn/1309-blue-cotton-wool.html
Blue-Green Cotton Plied Wool Yarn: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/cotton-wool-yarn/1314-blue-green-cotton-wool.html
Cotton Plied Wool Yarn: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/167-cotton-wool-yarn
Jasper Pullover Tank Top pattern: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/knitshop-pattern/2931-tank-top-fino.html
Julia Lily Of The Valley jumper pattern: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/knitshop-pattern/2726-julia.html
Mulberry Silk Twist Yarn: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/31-mulberry-silk-twist
Orange-Apricot Cotton Plied Wool Yarn: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/cotton-wool-yarn/1305-orange-apricot-cotton-wool.html
Product Of The Month: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/content/17-product-of-the-month
Sugar and Spice Ginger Silk Top pattern: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/knitshop-pattern/2725-sugar-spice-ginger.html
Tropicana Camisole pattern: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/knitshop-pattern/2778-tropicana.html
Yellow Cotton Plied Yarn: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/cotton-wool-yarn/1310-yellow-cotton-wool.html
3mm circular needles: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/knitting-accessories/2518-3mm-60cm-bamboo-circulars.html
3.5mm circular needles: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/knitting-accessories/2967-35mm-80cm-bamboo-circulars.html
4mm Bamboo Knitting Needles: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/knitting-accessories/1696-bamboo-knitting-needles-4mm.html
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