Archive for May, 2008

Yarns dyed with Easter Egg dye

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

At Easter, I thought that dyeing yarn with Easter Egg dyes would be fun to do with my daughters. We mixed up the dye (including vinegar) in accordance with the instructions on the packet, and dip dyed the skeins.   
 
I had wound one skein of Footscray into two 50 gram skeins, on a skein winder with a [...]

Bomballa – 100% Bamboo

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

 
Bomballa is our 100% Bamboo double knitting yarn that drapes beautifully, and is wonderfully cool, and ideal for summer knitting.  We are currently making a store sample from Kate Gilbert’s Camellia (swatches soon!), and will be interested to see how the excellent drape works with that pattern. Being 100% Bamboo, the yarn needs fiber reactive dyes to [...]

Addi Premium Needles now in stock

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

We are very excited to announce that we will now be able to sell Addi Premium knitting needles.  These are fantastic quality, and make knitting a pleasure, especially if you use the Magic Loop technique. Shipping on the Addi premiums is free with any yarn purchase!

Merino worsted weight

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Merimbula is our classic worsted weight superwash 100% merino yarn. The page fully describing it is here. For retail sales, please visit our Ebay store, but wholesale queries are very welcome. 
The hat below is knitted up in the Amanda hat pattern, available for free from here.

Beautiful yarns from knotanotherknitter

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

At Yarn Workshop, we are always delighted to show the hand dyed yarns created with our base yarns. Knotanotherknitter is a client of ours who purchased Grafton, our yak/wool blend. The colourway above is Velvet, while the colourway below is Forest.
 

While Knotanotherknitter is based in the UK, she ships worldwide.  The yarns are really gorgeous!