Sock Club

 

Just a quick post to let you all know that the memberships for the Skein Sock Club will be available on Friday the 2nd of March.  This time there will be 60 places up for grabs, 30 places will be posted on the shop at 12pm and the other 30 at 8pm Sydney time.  Membership includes..

• 2 skeins of yarn each month for three months. 
• Each month the yarns will be dyed in TWO exclusive club colourways available only to members. You will receive 2 skeins in two different colourways each month. Members can request custom orders using these colourways during this time.  Club colourways will only be available to members and will not be offered as regular colourways.
• Yarns include Top Draw Socks, BFL Sock and Merino Cashmere Fingering. 
• Sock Club begins in April, yarns will be sent out in the last week of each month.

Price (AUD)

$152 (not incl. postage)

 

Postage 

Australia $12

USA + Canada $24

NZ $17

Asia Pacific $$21

EU + Non EU $30

See here for more information about each of the yarns.

Hope you can join up!

Lazy Saturday

Its a rainy Saturday morning here, which gives me a perfect excuse to relax on the couch, catch up on some podcasts and, of course, enjoy some knitting time.  

 

I have been working on another design, this time a cardigan knit from Worsted MCN.  I thought I would post a little sneak peak of the swatch, as you can see I have chosen yet another variegated colourway, its a sock club colour called 'Sweet Violet'. 

Have a wonderful weekend!

Wave

Over the weekend I released my first design, a small shawl called Wave.

 

'Wave' is knit from the bottom up and is shaped into a wide triangle which, when thrown over the shoulders, will sit perfectly in place. The shawl is also long enough to be scrunched up and used as a light-weight scarf.

The alternating 'waves' of Turkish Lace and Garter Stitch look really nice when knit with variegated yarns (I have a real soft spot for these types of colourways!) but of course semi-solids would look wonderful too!  The other great thing about these stitch patterns is that they both form a knitted fabric that is totally reversible.

Wave is a one skein project which requires a yardage of around 366 - 402 meters / 400 - 440 yards.  My samples were knit using a skein of Skein Silk/Cashmere Lace and BFL Sock, both of which are variegated colours.

Wave is available as a free pattern, you can download the PDF here.  

Hope you enjoy!

Lace Club

Just a quick reminder that memberships for the next Skein Lace Club will be available from the shop tomorrow, the 28th Jan at 12 pm Sydney time! 

Starting the last week of February, you will receive around 100g of lace yarn each month for 3 months, all dyed in exclusive club colourways.  Yarns to be included are Merino/Silk Lace, Vintage Lace and two 55g skeins of Silk/Cashmere Lace.  Check out the 'yarn' section of the shop for more information about the bases on offer!

Price

$126 AUD (not including shipping)

Shipping Cost

Australia - $12.00
US/Canada- $24.00
EU/Non EU- $30
Everywhere else - $24

(Buy 2 places and receive free shipping on the second order.)

Places are limited to 30!

Next Shop Update - 20th January 2012

These will be all the yarns featured in the shop update this Friday! For a full description of yarn bases, check out the 'yarns' section on the shop.  Hope to see you there :)

12pm...

Merino/Silk Worsted...

Industrial Age

Pastel Sky

Raku

Wild Apple

 Himalaya...

Blueprint

Cocoa

Midlands

Outlaw

Merino/Cashmere Fingering...

Fallow

Fig

Savannah

Whitewash

Vintage Lace...

Bittersweet

Outlaw

Plum

Tribal

8pm...

Himalaya...

Hopeless Romantic

Make Hay While the Sun Shines

Quill

Wild Apple

 Worsted MCN...

Be Mine

Nori

Outlaw

Static

 Merino/Silk Sport...

Blue Wren

Buttercup

Lush

Wintertide

 Top Draw Socks...

Dolce

Industrial Age

Kasbah

Metallurgy

 

Christmas Socks and a new Skein Knit-Along

 

I haven't had a lot of time lately to do much knitting, especially with the Christmas rush, but I did manage to finish a pair of socks in time for Christmas for my Dad..

Pattern: Movie Night Socks by Anne Hanson

Yarn: Skein Top Draw Socks - Mangrove

Needle Size: 2.25mm / US 1

These turned out really well, great fit and super fast to knit.  It must be the summer weather because I have CO for another pair of socks, which Im making fast progress on, but more about those later :)

I also wanted to mention that we are running a Skein 12in2012 knit-along over on the Ravelry group.  Basically its 12 projects knit in Skein yarn over the next year and if you complete this challenge you could win $200 to spend at the Skein store, plus all those who complete the challenge will receive a free pattern by Indigo and Quince.  There will also be monthly prizes, so if you finish a project and post a picture of it in the 12in2012 forum thread your eligible to win a skein of Skein :)  See the Skein Ravelry group for more details.

FO: And So Are You + some WIPs

Pattern: And So Are You by Rose Beck

Yarn: Skein Merino/Cashmere Fingering - Colourway Night Owl

This shawl is one of the three patterns featured in Rose Becks Be Mine Collection a wonderful collection of floral inspired shawlettes.

Be Mine was such a quick knit, although if I make this again I would love to make it a little larger (I opted for the medium size) I think the cold winter weather has something to do with my sudden love for larger shawls.

This shawl however keeps my neck nice and warm and looks great under my coat.  I love the little wildflower stitch pattern and the feminine frill at the bottom.  I didn't worry about blocking, although the top of the shawl pulls in slightly (my fault entirely, I really must try and knit a little looser!) and could do with a quick block, although I think this will also block out with wear.

I have also cast on for another shawl from the Be Mine collection...

 

...this yarn is the Exquisite Sock from Lioness Arts and as soon as it arrived I knew it wanted to be a Sugared Violets shawl.  The colourway is called Starlings at Sunset and is knitting up beautifully.

Also on my needles is Peasy cardigan by Heidi Kirrmaier... 

 

...Im knitting this with another wonderful hand-dyed yarn from the WalkCollection

 This is BFL-DK in colourway Moor, it is such a stunning colour I cant wait to finish and wear it.  I've had the Peasy cardigan in my queue for quite some time, and again as soon as I saw this yarn it knew what it wanted to be...how could I resist!