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
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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

Simply Wool Yarn

Get felting with knitshop.co.uk Simply Wool Yarn

Simply Wool is a lovely double knit weight yarn made from nothing but 100 percent sheep’s wool. It knits up on 3.75mm to 4.5mm needles and is ideal for whipping up cosy tops and outerwear really quickly. Just 21 stitches over 24 rows makes a 10cm tension square. Once you start knitting, your projects will grow really fast.

Simply Wool Yarn in Yellow, Purple and Ocean Blue

Each 100g ball of Simply Wool has a meterage of approx 200m, so you only need a couple of balls to mak a scarf or a jacket for a toddler. At £5.90 per ball, this means it’s pretty good value too.

The lovely yarn is used as the basis of some of knitshop.co.uk customers’ favourite patterns, including the snug Fairisle Wrist Warmer. Another great example is the Simply Stripes Kids’ Waistcoat, which uses just two skeins of Simply Wool. (or three if you’d like to use two different colours of stripe as well as the main body colour).

Kids Simply Waistcoat and Hat Pattern Set

Of course, Simply Wool lends itself to crochet too – you could make some stunning cushions with it. But where it really comes into its own is as a yarn for felting. 

Felted Bag using Simply Wool in Deep Pink and Turquoise

The process of knitting and felting is also called fulling. This simply means that the woolen fabric is shrunk and matted to a thick and solid piece. A knitted piece of woolen fabric is placed into the washing machine and the felting happens due to the friction and agitation of the wool. You can make many different items using this felting technique. Amongst those most popular are bags, slippers and hats. All you need is a 100% wool yarn or a wool blended yarn with another animal fibre that shrinks.

Knit-Felted Rabbit made from Simply Wool Yarn

knitshop.co.uk's Simply Wool Yarn is perfect for fulling. 25 amazing shades are available for you to choose from, including vibrant Orange, Tomato Red, zingy Purple, Raspberry Red and Ocean Blue. Subtler shades include Cream, pure White, light Lilac and medium Grey-Aquamarine. Visit knitshop.co.uk now to view the full colour range.

Simply Wool Yarn various colours

Links to this blog:

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

Fairisle Wrist Warmer pattern: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/knitshop-pattern/2732-fair-isle.html

Simply Stripes Kids’ Waistcoat pattern: http://webmail.knitshop.co.uk/knitshop-pattern/2757-simply-waistcoat.html

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

4mm needles: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/knitting-accessories/1708-4mm-sp-bamboo.html

4mm crochet hook: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/bamboo-crochet/1636-4mm-metal-hook.html