We’ve been so busy since the store re-opened, and are delighted to introduce Roz.  Roz is an enthusiastic knitter , spinner, and patchworker, and is helping out in all ways with your orders.

This beautiful Peacock Feathers shawl was knitted by Marcy P out of Footscray.  She intends to dye it after knitting – hopefully we will be able to see the shawl as well after dyeing.  Marcy receives a $10 Yarn Workshop voucher.

The craze for Ishbel is sweeping the world, and Soozs has knitted a gorgeous one [...]

Yarn Workshop is relocating to Sydney, Australia, and the store will be closing soon to allow us to organise the move.
The last date for orders in the retail store will be Friday 6 November 2009. We would like to thank all our customers for their support throughout the needle sale, and Friday 6 November [...]

We have finally received our stock of Addi Lace Needles, and they are part of our Massive Needle Sale – 25% off all knitting needles.  We will not be stocking knitting needles in the future, mainly because the Hong Kong distributor for Addi came under pressure from Skacel to block sales to Yarn Workshop.
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This beautiful Aoelian Shawlette was knitted by the fabulous Knitabulous, out of Ailsa that she hand dyed.  As you can see, she has an amazing eye for colour and design, as well as some great technical knitting skills. I was proud and delighted to wear this to opening night reception at the Sock Summit. If [...]

We have just updated the store to introduce our new yarns, Ailsa (100% silk laceweight), Kiama (50% wool 50% silk fingering weight), and Awaba (100% silk fingering weight). Watch our mailing list tomorrow for a special coupon code for all retail orders placed before 19 June 2009.
We are so excited about these yarns, and are [...]

We have discounts available on Roma, KnitPro knitting needle sets, and Ashford Acid dyes until June 19. Enjoy all thse wonderful products at specially reduced prices.
Yarn Workshop will be taking vacations this summer, and we have updated the blog sidebar, with the dates that we will be away. Yarn Workshop will be on vacation from [...]

We are delighted to introduce our new cobweb weight yarn from Zegna Baruffa, Roma. It is milled for us in Italy, and might be familiar to you as Baruffa Cashwool. It is 100% extra-fine merino, and is wonderfully soft.

Each skein of Roma is massive, with over 3,750 metres, or over 4100 yards.  Many of our [...]

At Yarn Workshop, we love to knit with all our yarns, and I have recently finished two projects using Yarn Workshop yarns. Above is a completed Juno Regina scarf (free pattern) knitted with kettle dyed Geelong. The yarn was dyed with Jacquard Fire Engine red dye, and then overdyed with Ashford Brown dye.  I made [...]

In the knitting community recently there has been some confusion about the emergence of the new KnitPro brand of knitting needles.  Here at Yarn Workshop we have received queries about whether KnitPro is a generic Knit Picks brand, or a competitor? As a seller of both Knit Picks branded and KnitPro stock, I would like to clarify the [...]