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Friday, February 13

Product of the Month February

Addi needles now available at knitshop.co.uk

A great pair of needles gives wings to a creative project. knitshop.co.uk has added the popular Addi range of needles to the expanding range of knitting and crochet accessories on offer. Better yet, Addi needles are February’s Product of the Month, which means we’re selling them at a special discount price. Until the end of February, you can buy any Addi needles for a 15% discount.

Addi Knitting Needles in various sizes and types available now
at knitshop.co.uk

Addi Needles are made in Germany and come in a range of materials including metal, aluminium and bamboo. The highly regarded Addi Turbo Circular range, which knitshop.co.uk is stocking, has extra-long gold tips for precision knitting and crochet. These make it much easier to work on complex patterns and fine yarns and because you can consistently pick up stitches using the fine needle point, you can also knit or crochet faster!

We’re already contemplating embarking on a sumptuous shawl made from the wonderful multi-coloured Blue Tit Silk Yarn with a little help from some 100cm-long 3mm Addi Circular Turbo needles. The generous connecting cable allows you to splay out the whole garment along their length with no danger of your stitches slipping off the end.

Blue Tit Silk Yarn - so fine it is best knitted with lace needles.

Circular needles are great for small knitting and crochet projects too. Choose 80cm Addi circular needles if you’re making children’s clothes or our smaller 40cm or 50cm bamboo circular needles if you’re making hats, toys or gloves. Circular needles are also a must if you’re making socks.

Our pattern library includes both fine lacy designs such as Lacet Wrist Warmers and Reo Wrist Warmers and chunkier ones such as Roving Wrist Warmers that use fast-to-knit 12mm Addi Circular Needles.

You’re also sure to love our Alina Kolibra Wool Hat which knits up on 4.5mm double-pointed needles using a single skein of knitshop.co.uk Kolibri Wool Yarn.

super fine needles for super fine knits!

knitshop.co.uk now stocks a huge range of needles from ultra-fine 1.75mm Addi Turbo Circular Needles right up to giant 25mm ones We offer a choice of cable lengths and materials including steel, aluminium, plastic and bamboo. Feel free to email us for advice on which needles would best suit your projects.

But we also love the giant needles for super chunky knits!

Tuesday, February 4

Products of the Month February

Roses are red… and are so our February deals

We love February. It’s the most romantic month of the year and also marks the start of the shift away from forbidding winter to the new shoots of spring. We’re still wrapping up warm, but already thinking of places to visit and longer walks to enjoy with our nearest and dearest.

In fact, because Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, we’ve had a rummage through our yarns and come up with 10 fabulous red yarns you can use to get creative and show off your affections. And to encourage you in your romantic endeavours, we’re giving you 15 percent off any of these 10 red yarns throughout the month of February.

Lacet Wrist Warmer in Dark Red
as seen in the Knitting Magazine.

If you want to make something snug to keep your loved one cosy, how about knitting a pair of Lacet Wrist Warmers in Bright Red Mulberry Silk Merino Wool Yarn? You’ll need just a single skein of yarn and a set of 4mm double-pointed needles.

Your sweetheart is also certain to love a gift of snug wristwarmers made from a skein of our popular multi-coloured Kolibri Wool Yarn. Using 5mm dpns or a circular needle, you’ll be able to impress them with a pair of fabulous Velvet Wrist Warmers knitted in Red Berry Kolibri Yarn combining lace and cabled panels.

Wrist warmers are ideal for this time of year when it’s getting warmer but still a bit chilly. Another great way to cover up is with a lightweight Ladder Stitch Scarf knitted in knitshop.co.uk’s Cotton Linen Blend Yarn. Make one in Carnation Red from a single 100g skein.

For a cosy and soft scarf, opt for a couple of skeins of Red Cotton Plied Wool yarn . This luxurious yarn is warm and lightweight and looks wonderful when used to knit simple but bold patterns. For example, you could use it to create a k4 p4 rib pattern on 4.5mm needles.

Friday, January 17

Product of the Month January

Save 15 percent on knitshop Alpaca Fino Yarn in January

knitshop.co.uk has declared Alpaca Fino Yarn the Product of the Month. This means that as well as patterns designed especially for the yarn, you’ll be able to buy Alpaca Fino Yarn at the promotional price of £6.78 for a 100g ball, rather than the usual price of £7.90. Each ball contains approximately 200m of yarn.

Alpaca Fino Yarn in Dark Green, Burnt Orange
and Light Grey.

Alpaca Fino is an exceptionally soft sports weight yarn that comes in lots of distinctive shades. It’s made from 100 percent alpaca wool and can be knitted or crocheted on 3 or 4mm needles. Alpaca Fino Yarn knits to a tension of 22 stitches and 32 rows on 3.5mm needles.

colours: Dark Green, Red, Burnt Orange,
Anthracite and Light Grey

If you’re looking for ideas of what to knit using Alpaca Fino Yarn, why not try our new Jasper Tank Top pattern for boys? Jasper was designed by knitshop.co.uk founder Julieta Brandao and includes instructions for knitting sizes to fit 2 to 7-year-olds. Watch our for the next blog about our brand new pattern Jasper Pull-Over coming very soon.

There’s also a fantastic project to knit using Alpaca Fino Yarn in the latest issue of Knitting magazine (February 2014). The stunning Lacy Cabled Sweater pattern was designed by Natalie Smart knitted using knitshop.co.uk Alpaca Fino Yarn in Peacock. Better yet, Knitting magazine includes a competition to win the Alpaca Fino Yarn to make your own Lacy Cabled Sweater.

Lacy Cabled Sweater in Alpaca Fino Yarn, shade Peacock
image courtesy of Knitting Magazine

The Lacy Cabled Sweater is knitted on 3.75mm straight needles and a 3.25mm circular needle and includes lots of beautiful cable detail on the lower half and the arms. The top half of the pattern, meanwhile, is knitted in stocking stitch with a flattering soft v-neck shape. The sweater has pretty scalloped edges and sits neatly on the hips. You’ll need between six and nine 100g balls of Alpaca Fino Yarn to make your own Lacy Cabled Sweater. Instructions are given for knitting the sweater in six different sizes. You can get copies of Knitting magazine from the knitshop.co.uk magazines store as well as many newsagents.

pattern featured in the Knitting Magazine issue 125
image courtesy of Knitting Magazine

Natalie used the Alpaca Fino Yarn in Peacock for the sample garment in the Knitting Magazine. Julieta also recommends to knit The Lacy Cabled Sweater in Dark Berry-Pink or Moss-Green. To see all colours in stock and make use of the Product of the Month discount visit the knitshop.co.uk website.

Links to this blog:

Knitshop.co.uk Alpaca Fino Yarn: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/180-alpaca-fino

Alpaca Fino Yarn in Peacock: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/alpaca-yarn/1785-peacock-fino.html

Jasper Tank Top pattern: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/knitshop-pattern/2931-tank-top-fino.html

Alpaca Fino Yarn in Grey: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/alpaca-yarn/903-grey-alpaca-fino.html

Alpaca Fino Yarn in Navy Blue: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/alpaca-yarn/1258-navy-blue-fino.html

Knitting magazine: http://www.thegmcgroup.com/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=704

Knitshop.co.uk magazines: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/163-magazines

Natalie Smart Ravelry pattern page: http://www.ravelry.com/designers/natalie-smart

3.75mm bamboo knitting needles: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/knitting-accessories/1709-bamboo-knitting-needles-375mm.html

3.25mm circular needle: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/knitting-accessories/2063-325mm-100cm-bamboo-circulars.html

3.5mm circular needle: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/knitting-accessories/1878-35mm-40cm-bamboo-circulars.html

Wednesday, December 18

Knit Christmas mini stockings for your tree

Decorating the Christmas tree is a wonderful tradition. Take a look at Facebook or Twitter anytime in December and you’ll see photo after photo of friends’ Christmas trees duly trimmed. A well-decorated tree with unique elements is a point of pride for many of us.

Handmade items mark out your tree from everyone else’s – and often tells a tale in itself. The glitter-adorned cardboard angel your kids made at school; the snowflakes you made by folding a piece of paper on itself and snipping out tiny segments; the trinkets you got at the Christmas market.

Christmas Mini Stockings by Julieta I. Brandao
using Susan Crawford's Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn

Knitted decorations are another wonderful way to make your tree unmistakably yours. knitshop.co.uk’s Christmas Mini Stockings are a great example. The tiny stockings are quick to knit and give your tree a cosy homemade feel. They’d also look great strung up above a fireplace as bunting.

The Christmas Mini Stocking pattern contains five variations, so once you’ve got the hang of the basic pattern you can make plain and patterned versions. We’ve used yarns from knitshop.co.uk’s Coquette Vintage Cotton range for our versions. The stockings knit up on 2.75mm needles, but because they’re small they really won’t take long to make.

The green stocking is version two on the pattern.

The pattern is knitted in the round, with some shaping for the toe and heel. However, the instructions are very clear, so you should be able to follow them even if you’ve never tried shaping using the short row technique before.

Zig-Zag stocking is version four on the
Christmas Mini Stocking Pattern

Once you’ve made stockings with a zigzag pattern, you can challenge yourself with the Christmas tree and holly designs. The pattern includes a chart for each design as well as written instructions.

Christmas Tree Stocking is version three and is the first to use
all three colours of Coquette: Flame, Highland and Snow.

You can make several stockings in each of the five designs – or lots of stockings using one or two of the designs – using one ball of each colour of Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn. We’ve used Flame, Snow and Highland shades. There’s a 15 percent discount voucher on the downloadable pattern. Just scan this to get the discount code for your Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn.

Holly Berries Stocking, this is Julieta's favourite!
It is version five on the pattern.
It is using all three colours of Coquette: Flame, Highland and Snow

If you prefer, you can use knitshop.co.uk’s Sock Yarn instead. Using the Green, Bordeaux Red and Natural shades of Sock Yarn, you’ll get a more muted effect. If you use this yarn with 3.25mm needles the tension will be very similar. The designer Julieta Brandao also recommends to use knitshop.co.uk's Alpaca Fino Yarn in red, grass green and natural white using 3 - 3.25mm needles.

And please share your photos of your finished stockings or anything else you have made using knitshop.co.uk yarns with us on our Facebook page!

Green Stocking, Christmas Tree Stocking and Zig-Zag Stocking.

Green Stocking using Highland and Snow.

Red Stocking using Flame and Snow.

Links to this blog:

Knitted Christmas Stockings pattern: http://knitshop.co.uk/knitshop-pattern/2918-mini-stocking.html

Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn Flame: http://knitshop.co.uk/323-coquette-vintage-cotton

Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn Highland: http://knitshop.co.uk/coquette-vintage-cotton/2763-highland-coquette.html

Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn Snow: http://knitshop.co.uk/coquette-vintage-cotton/2801-snow-coquette.html

Knitshop.co.uk Sock Yarn: http://knitshop.co.uk/165-socks-yarn

2.75mm double-pointed needles: http://knitshop.co.uk/275-bamboo-dpn

3.25mm double-pointed needles: http://knitshop.co.uk/knitting-accessories/1564-325mm-dp-13cm.html

Knitting the round video instructions: http://www.stitchdiva.com/tutorials/knitting/on-double-pointed-needles

Short row shaping instructions: http://www.vogueknitting.com/pattern_help/how-to/beyond_the_basics/short_row_shaping.aspx

Knitshop Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Knitshop/82318014483

Monday, October 14

Samuel’s Waistcoat – a smart but snug top for kids of all ages

Exclusive knitshop.co.uk pattern to download

Samuel’sWaistcoat is a fast-to-knit chunky top that’s perfect for autumn and looks great on boys and girls of all ages. It’s made using our popular Thick & Easy Yarn and will fit kids aged four to 11.

knitshop.co.uk owner Julieta originally designed the pattern for her daughter when she was four years old and has recently made her another version now she’s nine.

The pattern mainly uses rib stitch (alternating knit and purl stitches), with some easy shaping. It’s a one-piece knit that only needs to be sewn at the sides. You knit the front of the waistcoat first and then continue knitting the fronts without casting off. This makes for a smooth shoulder line. Since you can’t knit the left front and right front at once, you simply slip the stitches from one side of the neck on to a stitch holder until you’re ready to use them. You can even slip the spare stitches on to the cord of a circular needle – they’ll be kept safe by needles on either end.

Samuel's Waistcoat knitted in Black Thick & Easy Yarn
using 9mm needles

The waistcoat has a cord to secure it at the waist. We clearly explain how to make the cord and whenever you should knit two stitches together to make holes to thread the cord through.

To make Samuel’s Waistcoat you need just three 100g balls of knitshop.co.uk Thick & Easy Yarn, costing just £17.70. There’s a choice of eight solid shades including burgundy, light blue, forest green, a soft grey, beige, white, bright green and orange.

For an alternative look, you could also knit Samuel’sWaistcoat in our Handspun Wool Yarn, which we used in the multi-coloured version of the pattern. This yarn is currently available in either variegated Burgundy or Mango shades. Handspun Wool Yarn is usually used with slightly smaller needles, but can also be used with the 9mm needles we recommend for this pattern.

If you’re using an alternative yarn to the one in the pattern we suggest you knit a tension square first (see this wiki link for details of how to make one). A tension square is used to check that the needle size you select takes a certain number of stitches and rows to knit a standard size 10cm x 10cm square when knitting in stocking stitch.

Thick & Easy Yarn knits to a tension of 10 stitches over 19 rows on 9mm needles. Change to a larger or smaller needle if your tension square needs more or less stitches than this. Since Samuel’sWaistcoat is a loose-fitting garment (and kids grow so fast), don’t worry too much if your tension is a stitch or two different from ours.

scan me for a 15% discount on Thick & Easy Wool Yarn!

scan me for an exclusive 15% discount
when you purchase the Thick & Easy Wool Yarn from knitshop.co.uk

Links to this blog:

Samuel’s Waistcoat pattern: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/knitshop-pattern/2838-samuels-waistcoat.html?utm_source=Samuel&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=samuel

Thick And Easy Yarn: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/106-thick-easy-yarn?utm_source=Samuel&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=samuel

9mm bamboo needles: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/knitting-accessories/1352-bamboo-knitting-needles-9mm.html

9mm circular bamboo needle: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/knitting-accessories/1755-9mm-100cm-bamboo-circulars.html

Instructions for how to knit a tension square: http://www.wikihow.com/Understand-Tension-in-Knitting

Friday, October 4

Product of the Month October

Product of the Month - Simply Striped Waistcoat and Beanie Hat Pattern

This cosy matching set was designed by Julieta Brandao, here is the previous blog about the pattern.

It retails at GBP 4.00 and is available to download from the www.knitshop.co.uk website. The best news, since it is our Product of the Month for October it is available for free till the end of October. Don't miss this fantastic opportunity, download your copy now by visiting: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/126-simply-wool-yarn

Simply Striped Waistcoat and Beanie Hat

This pattern also includes a 15% discount voucher for your purchase of Simply Wool Yarn at www.knitshop.co.uk. Visit me to see all available colours in the Simply Wool Yarn: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/126-simply-wool-yarn

Simply Striped Waistcoat and Beanie Hat Pattern
Using Simply Wool Yarn in Dark Turquoise, Yellow and Robin-Egg-Blue

Simply Wool Yarn In Yellow, Turquoise and Purple

The Simply Wool Yarn has been one of our most popular yarns, it is one of the first yarns we stocked back in 2004. Here is a previous blog about the Simply Wool Yarn. Other projects in Simply Wool Yarn are:

Beautiful Felted Rabbit using Cream Yellow
and Rust Red Simply Wool Yarn

Crochet-Felted Bags by Susie Johns
using Turquoise and Dark Lilac Simply Wool Yarn

Fair Isle Knitted Wrist Warmer by Julieta Brandao
FREE Download of the Month October - visit www.knitshop.co.uk for more details

scan me to download the pattern

or click here to download the pattern Simply Striped Waistcoat and Beanie Hat

Links to this blog:

Simply Striped Waistcoat and Beanie Hat Pattern Set: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/knitshop-pattern/2757-simply-waistcoat.html

Blog about Simply Waistcoat and Beanie Hat: http://knitshopcouk.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/simply-waistcoat.html

Blog about Simply Wool Yarn: http://knitshopcouk.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/simply-wool-yarn.html

Simply Wool Yarn by knitshop yarns: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/126-simply-wool-yarn

Friday, May 20

Step right up for A Stitch In Time

The knitshop.co.uk team are proud to announce that A Stitch in Time Volume 2 will be published end of August 2011. After the success of Susan Crawford and Jane Waller's vintage knitting patterns, we are eagerly anticipating the second volume filled with more vintage knitting patterns from the 1930's to the end of the 1950's.

A Stitch in Time 2 will feature 75 new unique knit patterns of vintage pieces including tops, skirts and accessories. The book features authentic styling and beautiful photography making this a great coffee table book. Excitingly, several of the patterns have used knitshop.co.uk yarns, so we can't wait to see the book ourselves!

A Stitch In Time 2 - knitshop.co.uk Mulberry Silk Yarn

As we are so excited about the release of the second volume, knitshop.co.uk are offering their readers a fantastic opportunity to pre-order their copy of A Stitch in Time Volume 2.

As part of your pre-order, you will receive a hard-back copy of A Stitch in Time as soon as it is released and it will be lovingly signed by Susan Crawford herself, making a wonderful gift or treat for a knitting lover. A printable gift certificate is available with every order so you can present this as a gift in advance of the release date.

Alongside this you will receive a sample skein of yarns from knitshop.co.uk used in the book. This includes a gorgeous Mulberry Silk, Cotton 4ply mercerised and Wool Yarn Tundra . Plenty to get you started on some amazing projects.

knitshop.co.uk will additionally offer with all pre-orders of the book a 15% discount off their Mulberry Silk collections and Cotton 4ply mercerised collections. This is an amazing opportunity to complete a beautiful vintage knit pattern featured in the book.

And if this is not enough to get you off your feet, into action and pre-ordering your copy, you will also receive a stylish project bag to encourage you to get organised and get cracking on your projects. You will also receive a pattern from the book, ahead of everyone else, at the beginning of May, as a preview of the pattern book.

A Stitch in Time £30 + P&P

To pre-order your copy of A Stitch in Time volume 2 please click here

If you have not already got your copy of A Stitch in Time Volume 1 click here

Links to this post:
Susan Crawford
pre-order A Stich In Time Vol 2
get A Stitch In Time Vol 1
Sample skeins
Mulberry Silk Yarn
Cotton 4ply Yarn
Wool Yarn Tundra
knitshop.co.uk

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