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 [...]
At the Sock Summit, one of our most popular yarns was Bomballa, mainly because people could see and feel this Clapotis that was knitted with Bomballa.
Because Bamboo is a cellulose fibre, it must be dyed with dyes that are designated as being suitable for cotton. It is easy to achieve a subtle variegation on Bomballa [...]
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 [...]
Here at Yarn Workshop, we love receiving pictures of your creations. We are constantly astounded by the beautiful things that are created by our talented customers. Knitabulous has created these socks out of Yarn Workshop Footscray. She dyed the yarn, and knitted them using Cookie A’s fabulous (and free!) Hedera pattern.
Not only is Knitabulous obviously a [...]
Mintheweaver has been a long time customer of Yarn Workshop, and receives $10 off her next order for having her yarns featured as a part of our blog! These yarns were dyed with Mother Mackenzie’s Miracle Dyes over a Footscray base, and knit up beautifully. Min appears at fiber festivals, and also sells her [...]
The hat above was knitted out of Footscray using the magic loop method, and only required about 30 grams of yarn. The pattern is being written up, and will be the first free pattern to be offered through Yarn Workshop.
You will have noticed our new e-commerce site. We are still uploading stock, and are offering an [...]