Showing posts with label knitting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label knitting. Show all posts

Monday, 3 October 2016

PLANNED COLOUR POOLING

Yarn Pooling or Colour Pooling has been around for a long time but seems to be back in fashion again....easy technique once you get going, here are a few tips to be mindful of and might help you if you want to have a go....worth a play if you have a ball of even space dyed yarn hanging around 
 Started out ok....but a knot through a spanner in the works





 so it reverted back to coloured squares instead of the Argyle type pattern 

Have a go, its fun to see what appears


TIPS:
1: Works best with colour changes of about 6-12" long, a colour change that gives you 5/6/7/8sts per colour.

2: Wind you ball and check for knots and joins..these can totally send the pattern off and it's not easy to tie it in the right position again.

3: Tension, tension, tension....you need to keep it even, variations can send the pattern off yet again.

Other than that if fun seeing it all emerge, takes quite a few rows to see the pattern.

There are lots of experience colour pooling experts on the net so check out a few of them then have a go it made rows of same stitch crochet less boring to do for me.

Couple of good You tube video's worth a watch... and a few Great pictures on Pinterest  

Twist Collection quite scientific and fascinating

Glamour for You  is a really good easy tutorial and video on Colour pooling and has a list of yarn that work well 

Dayan Knits a knitted version using Rowan yarns 

Repeat Crafter ME another good post about planned colour pooling

Only the Knitted post from UK so far that I could find...and anyone finding an evenly space dyed yarn easily available in UK let me know 

                                                   

Sunday, 11 September 2016

Head over Heels....

Another fabulous yarn release from Stylecraft

over the next few weeks the 
Blogstars 

will be releasing several new patterns using this super, soft, sock yarn.

 ‘Head Over Heels’ 
 released this September 2016, it is a self-striping sock yarn 
The balls are 100g and 400m. The composition is 75% superwash wool and 25% nylon.
 @ £6.99 and will easily make a pair of socks and comes in 6 wonderful colour ways

OLYMPUS
EIGER
EVEREST
FUJI
KILIMANJARO
MATTERHORN

I will be using the sock yarn in a simple pattern, with a twist yet to be revealed


It's certainly going to make some awesome blankets, wraps, scarves, hand warmers and of course socks too.

Has released a wonderful sock pattern you may know her as Josie kitten

HERE



The Patchwork Heart another blogstar 
has an awesome competition going on on her blog linked to this beautiful blanket in another  
fabulous new Batik yarn



The same Batik yarn as one of the Carousel Blankets ...Part one of the Carousel pattern to be released on 13th September....in just 2 days time



Tuesday, 7 June 2016

The Craft Room Shrewsbury...Fabulous new shop opening 13th June 2016

If you follow me on Facebook you will have seen my posts about the new store opening on 13th June

All the details can be found HERE....this post is to give you a feel of what the space is going to be like

There will be: Knitting, Crochet, Patchwork and Paper crafting classes..i I've just 3 minutes away so if anyone wants a chat and you are visiting shout and we can make arrangements to meet...just love all this space. The Team are working hard to fill the shelves for you all
 Drop in KnN space.....every day if you want to 

































Hope you will popping on the 13th June? With every purchase you will get a raffle ticket  to win a fabulous prize the draw will take place on the 30th June

In it to win it

Thursday, 2 June 2016

THE CRAFT ROOM SHREWSBURY....opening soon in Shrewsbury

I will be teaching some crochet classes as soon as the New Craft Room Shrewsbury
 is up and running officially

OFFICIAL OPENING DAY
The Craft Room Shrewsbury is Monday June 13th.

Facebook page:
THE CRAFT ROOM SHREWSBURY 

10am until 4pm



this will be the actual 
Phone number: 01743 465799


 On the official opening day 
There will be a fabulous 
RAFFLE PRIZE 
a ticket with every transaction and the 
the winning ticket will be drawn on June 30th 2016.

So come along and meet the team and shop 'till you drop.....
 Paper crafting, Knitting, Crochet, Patchwork.....and thats just for starters



This shopper will be a 
BEGINNERS CLASS 


This weekend I have been sampling some yarns for possible classes