What to do with Canary Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn

Canary Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn
Today I would like to share with you some ideas I had about using Canary Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn. Canary yellow is a beautiful, refreshing, bright colour. Here are some suggestions you might find interesting to try out.

Canary Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn.

Ruffled Cardigan - This incredible piece is knitted in the colours Aquamarine for the main body and Amethyst for the ruffle. How about a combination of Old Lace with Canary as an accent colour?

Ruffled Cardigan in Aquamarine and Amethyst.
Lily Jacket in Wine, Oyster and Carnation.

My next suggestion would be the Lily Jacket. Here you will need 3 colours of Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn, the pattern suggestion is: Wine, Carnation and Oyster. How about Old Lace, Oyster and Canary?

Oyster, Old Lace and Canary
Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn

If you like wearing yellow, you can make this beautiful summer sun top designed by Susan Crawford. Tropicana was originally designed using knitshop's Mulberry Silk Twist Yarn, however Coquette is a great alternative to making this stunning summer piece.

Tropicana knitted in Mulberry Silk Twist.

For the Crocheter amongst our readers we have another great pattern available: the Cassie Camisol Cotton Top. A summery and delightful Camisol to wear on the warmer days of the year.

Cassie Camisol in Carnation Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn

And last but not least, you can make a Daffodil using the Canary colour. It is a 4ply yarn and therefore suitable for most knitting and crochet patterns available. We have the Daffodil Crochet Pattern available for you as an instant download.

Daffodil Crochet Pattern from knitshop.co.uk,
using Canary Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn.

Canary Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn is available today for only £3.47 / 50g ball. Click here if you want to visit the website and take advantage of this great offer.

If you have questions or would like to get in touch, please email us or leave a comment below.

Wishing everyone a happy crafting day,
Yours Julieta @knitshop.co.uk

Links to this blog:

Canary Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/coquette-vintage-cotton/2765-canary-coquette.html

Mulberry Silk Twist Yarn: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/31-mulberry-silk-twist

Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn, all colours: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/22-cotton-yarn

Daffodil Crochet Pattern: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/knitshop-pattern/3028-daffodil.html

 Cassie Camisole Crochet Pattern: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/knitshop-pattern/3081-cassie-camisol.html

Lily Jacket: www.knitshop.co.uk/knitshop-pattern/3050-lily-jacket.html

Ruffled Cardigan: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/knitshop-pattern/3150-ruffled-cardigan.html

Classic Lily Jacket as seen in Knit Magazine

Spring is finally here and the days are getting warmer. The perfect layering for the already beautiful but still cold spring evenings. Ideal for the first garden parties or smart for work, it will work with jeans, skirts and dresses.

If you’re looking for a striking jacket to keep out the cold without compromising on style, our Lily Jacket is just the ticket. This beautifully detailed garment was designed by Meg Crowther and has just the right amount of colour contrast detail. It’s knitted with knitshop.co.uk’s Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn, which has a luxurious sheen and fabulous stitch definition.

Lily Jacket knitted in Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn
colours: Wine, Carnation and Oyster

Most of the jacket is knitted in stocking stitch, which means it grows quickly, while the collars, cuffs and edging are knitted in contrasting shades using moss stitch. The combination of colours creates a jewel-like effect and references classic boxy jacket shapes from the 1950s.

To knit Lily Jacket you’ll need between eight and 13 balls of Coquette Vintage 4ply Mercerised Cotton Yarn in the main colour (depending on the size you’re knitting), plus two balls of the second colour and one or two 50g balls of the third colour. The pattern includes instructions for knitting Lily in sizes that fit 30in to 50in chests. Lily Jacket is a fantastic knit if you want the challenge of shape, grafting on borders and using multiple yarns at once, but don’t want to knit a complex lace pattern. As you can see from our photos, the end results is stunning.

Lily Jacket sleeve.

For our version, we used Coquette Vintage 4ply Mercerised Cotton Yarn in Burgundy as the main colour, with Oyster and Pastel Pink as our contrast yarns.

We’re still stocking some shades of our Coquette Cotton Yarn 4ply Mercerised, but won’t be restocking this yarn once it’s sold out. If you can’t find the colour you want, check out our Coquette Vintage yarns instead as this range replaces our 4ply Mercerised Yarn.

Lily Jacket in style classic for work!

For example, you could substitute the oyster shade for the Coquette Oyster yarn and use Coquette Vintage Yarn in Carnation instead of the Pastel Pink 4ply yarn. For the main colour use either Coquette Wine or Flame. The yarns knit to the same tension on 3.75mm needles. Coquette has a noticeable sheen and wonderful drape, just like our 4ply Mercerised Yarns.

Meg’s Lily Jacket pattern appeared in Knit magazine issue 38 in July 2011, where it was knitted in lighter colours to give a more summery, casual look. This version used 4ply Mercerised Cotton Yarn in Silver, Light Lilac and Purple. To recreate this version we recommend using http://www.knitshop.co.uk/coquette-vintage-cotton/2803-carnation-coquette.html

Back neck of Lily Jacket.

Links to this blog:

Lily Jacket pattern: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/knitshop-pattern/3050-lily-jacket.html

Knitshop.co.uk 4pl Mercerised Cotton Yarn: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/129-4ply-cotton-mercerised

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

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

3mm bamboo needles: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/knitting-accessories/1547-bamboo-knitting-needles-375mm.html

Meg Crowther Ravelry page: http://www.ravelry.com/designers/meg-crowther

Lily Jacket in summery colours: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/lily-jacket

New Season Cotton 4ply Shades

We've introduced four new shades to our mercerised ply cotton collection. The knitshop.co.uk team have been busy researching this year's trends and colour must-haves and we've developed these four beautiful colours to add to our yarn selection.

Rose Pink, Electric Blue, Canary Yellow and Pumpkin Orange are all welcome additions and we're sure you have a key project this year that will deserve a bold and intense colour such as these.

Mercerised cottons are popular for their finish and lustre but also for it's strength and how successfully it dyes, which is how we've achieved these intense shades. Knitshop's mercersied come in fabulous ranges of colours from primary colours to more unusual colours that can really help make knitting and crochet projects more personal and bespoke.

We offer around 15 shades in the cotton 4ply including scarlet, leaf green, coral pink and silver. These new colours will certainly war-up the collection and the shop is certainly bursting with colour at the moment!

Rose Pink
This light and yet hearty pink is ideal for girl projects from baby knits to girls hats, boleros, and more. The girls here are loving the pink option, of course, and we have a variety of projects underway with this pink cotton involved. We suggest blending it with the Pumpkin Orange.

Electric Blue
We know this blue will be used widely within projects as it is bang on trend this 2012. A very bold yarn, if you're not confident about using this within projects, perhaps think about using it as a stripe and not a block colour. We think this would be suitable for many of Susan Crawfords vintage knit patterns found in A Stitch In Time volume I and II.

Pumpkin Orange
Another trendy colour for the season, we just love this new addition. Almost sour, this again is intense and bold but fantastic to brighten darker shades such as greys, silvers and charcoals. A very uni-sex colour, we think it's an all round success!

Canary Yellow
Who does not like yellow? This is such a beautiful shade of yellow, it takes all the best of yellow and pours it all onto this cotton. Bright, intense, cheerful, what more do you want for a yarn. We suggest Tropicana by Just Call me Ruby.

The mercerised cotton 4ply is sold in pull out skeins of 50grams at just £3.90 for each ball!

Cotton Special offer:
£2.90 per ball if you buy 20 per colour or more. And £3.00 off if you buy 10 per colour online!

Keen to get stuck in and use these new yarns? We have a perfect pattern for you. The Lily Jacket pattern is available instore and soon online. A girly jacket, all the girls here are desperate to use the Rose Pink!

The Lily Jacket pattern designed by Meg Crowther from the knitshop.co.uk was first seen in Knit Magazine last year. We've been inundated with keen knitters writing in with images of their Lily Jacket project knitted up with our Mercerised cotton. Julieta's colour choice: bordeaux, oyster and pastel pink, making the jacket rather smart-looking. We're keen for more knitters to try their hand at the pattern and incorporate the new yarns.

Best of luck with the 4ply mercersied cotton!

Links to this post:
Rose pink
Electric blue
Pumpkin orange
Canary yellow
Cotton 4ply Collection

Summer Sizzlers

As the sunshine and warm weather continues to surprise us, knitshop.co.uk has been stocking up on summer yarns for our lightweight knits and crochets.

We've just recently received stock of a 4ply 100% mercerised cotton that has been dazzling in the sun rays at the knitshop.co.uk. The stunning sheen of the mercerised cotton has been almost blinding passers by and calling people into the shop to pick up a selection of colours.

As many keen knitters know mercerised cottons are popular due to their finish and lustre but also for it's strength and how successfully it takes dyes. Mercersied cottons in particular come in fabulous ranges of colours from primary colours to more unusual colours that can really help make knitting and crochet projects more personal and bespoke.

Currently the knitshop.co.uk are offering this classic and traditional mercerised cotton, in-store and online, in inspiring colours including girly favourites, fushia, light lilac, light pink and ice blue. A great combination! More exotic colours up for grabs includes a silver mercerised cotton and a beautiful oyster colour. Also available are some muted naturals such as green, yellow, brown, orange, purple and royal blue – gorgeous.

A total of fifteen colours are currently available and we are soon receiving even more colours! The 4ply mercerised cottons come in 50gram balls and can be machine washed at 40 degrees, however a wool wash is recommended. The knitshop.co.uk recommend 2.5-3 mm needles (shop here for needles) for the best tension and textile finish.

This particular 4ply mercerised cotton has caught the eye of many knitters including Meg from the Knit Magazine, who has worked her knitting magic with our cotton and designed a pattern for a Lily Jacket. Our silver, purple and light lilac 4ply mercerised cotton was perfect for Meg to sample her latest pattern, the lustre of the cotton is perfect for this jacket and in particular the silver really is sublime.

Meg's pattern is available to purchase through the Knit Magazine, and knitshop.co.uk is excited to announce that Meg will be designing patterns exclusive for the knitshop.co.uk. So be sure to keep an eye on our site for more information about these forth coming patterns.

The 4ply mercerised cotton was also used in Susan Crawfords' vintage pattern featured in her latest coffee table knitting pattern book 'A Stitch in Time II'. Click here for more information about Crawfords' vintage pattern book and to pre-order your copy through the knitshop.co.uk.

If you feel inspired to incorporate some mercerised cottons in your projects then take a look at some of our patterns available for this Spring Summer! Julieta Brandao in particular recommends the cotton for vintage knit and crochet projects. Julieta recently achieved some knitted fingerless gloves using a lacy knit technique that really brought out the qualities of this yarn. Watch out for a free pattern, using the cotton 4ply, to be published on knitshop.co.uk's pattern page very soon.

Here are some comments from knitshop.co.uk customers who have already received their yarns;

“I just love working with the cotton, the colours are very fresh and the quality is absolutely fantastic!”

"I am in the process of knitting a shawl with the purple cotton, I love the handle of this yarn. I have recommended you to my crochet group. Once again , many thanks"

"I got the yarns today. What great colours!"

Links to this post: 
Cotton 4ply mercerised
Shop - 326 Lee High Road, Lee Green
Lily Jacket on Ravelry
Knit Magazine
Knitting Pattern
Step right up for A Stitch In Time
Pre-order A Stitch In Time 2
Julieta Brandao
Fingerless Gloves / Wrist warmer