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Wednesday, May 7

Product of the Month May

knitshop.co.uk Product of the Month May: Cotton Plied Wool Yarn

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

Cotton Plied Wool Yarn is also available at
the knitshop.co.uk Boutique Outlet in Lee Green

Sunday, April 27

Drop in, knit and save at knitshop.co.uk on Yarn Shop Day

Yarn Shop Day at knitshop.co.uk - 10% Discount and free classes!

Knitting and crochet are passions for us at knitshop.co.uk and we love the fact we get to share them with our customers, offer crafting advice and see the results of your amazing creations. We’re hoping Yarn Shop Day on Saturday 3 May will be the perfect excuse to meet some of you and to have a nose at what you’re knitting, crocheting or felting.

Yarn Shop Day is a celebration of yarn shops up and down the land. It takes place on Saturday 3 May and is the brainchild of Let’s Knit and Let’s Get Crafting magazines. Let’s Get Crafting editor Ella Johnston describes local yarn shops as “a truly valuable resource for knitters and crocheters”. As part of this nationwide celebration of local yarn shops we’ll be holding a Drop In and Knit event at our Boutique Outlet at Lee Green, Lewisham 10am to 3pm and we’d love you to join us.

a large selection of high quality designer yarn and natural fibers!

To show you how much we appreciate your continued support, knitshop.co.uk is offering customers 10 percent off anything and everything on Saturday 3 May – aka Yarn Shop Day. This is in addition to any discounts we may be running at the time. See our Specials for current offers. This means you’ll be able to get hold of our best-selling yarn such as the every-popular Cotton Yarn DK for just £6.10 per 100g ball. Coquette Vintage Cotton yarn, meanwhile, will cost £4.45 per ball and a 100g (220m) skein of knitshop.co.uk Cotton Linen Blend will be £7.18.

Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn

Of you could use this across-the-store Yarn Shop Day discount offer as an excuse to try a more unusual yarn such as Blue Tilt Silk Yarn which is ideal for detailed lacy knits, or to indulge in a new pattern book to inspire your next crochet and knitting projects.

Of course, as well as getting to meet fellow knitters and crocheters, by coming along to our open house Drop In and Knit event on Yarn Shop Day, you’ll also save on postage for your new purchases! If you can’t make it on the day, remember that we offer free postage on orders of £36 and above.