Archive for January, 2008

Merino Laceweight

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

We are excited to announce that we have a small amount of merino laceweight in stock.  It is a 2/17nM pure Australian merino, and is a relatively heavy laceweight yarn.
 
It will felt, so caution should be used when dyeing.  In the near future we’ll be posting the swatch from Secret of the Stole II completed [...]

Beautiful socks created by TheWoolenDiva

Monday, January 21st, 2008

TheWoolenDiva has sent Yarn Workshop further photos of her finished product – the socks.  You can see the wonderful variation in the yarn.

 In the close up you will see the detail of the yarn.

Beautiful yarns created by TheWoolenDiva

Friday, January 18th, 2008

At Yarn Workshop we are proud to provide the raw materials for your creations, and are delighted when our customers send us photos of their creations.  With your permission, we will be delighted to share those photos with all our customers.
TheWoolenDiva (her Ebay identity) has sent me these photos of her most recent creations. She [...]

Better photos of the 75% wool / 25% nylon sock yarn

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Here are some photos of the yarn close up – dyed and knitted (colours are not completely accurate, but the photo captures the details of the fibre);
 
and undyed in the hank.

Sample socks

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

Here are the sample socks knitted up from hand dyed 75% wool/ 25% nylon sock yarn.  The yarn was dyed using Dylon general purpose dyes, and the socks had been washed several times prior to the photo being taken.  They continue to wear well, and are pleasantly soft.

More swatch samples will be posted in the [...]