Update Preview Part 2: BFL Sock
Following on from part one of this update preview, I thought I'd best show you the rest of what's going to be appearing. Firstly there's a little Bedale 4ply - that's the 4ply baby yak/silk blend. It's soft and cosy but drapey too. It's designed to be a good alternative to cashmere/silk blends, and I think it lives up to that really well. There's just one dyelot of Rambling Rose and one dyelot of Compost (I personally think the Compost is darker in real life). [start_gallery] [end_gallery] The rest of the update though is BFL Sock. Here's one of each,...
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Update preview: Tempo 4ply
The next Eden Cottage Yarns update is on Sunday at 12 noon UK time, and here's the first batch of yarn that'll be in it - this is all Tempo 4ply, which is our machine washable wool/nylon sock yarn. (That's the batch of Faded Bloom ^^) This particular blend is fine, soft, and drapey - it's by far the loveliest version of this fibre blend that I've ever encountered. Although I'm currently knitting a shawl in this yarn, I do have socks made in it, and they have withstood a huge amount of abuse - they are my most long-lasting and...
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Surprise update..
Today we have a surprise update for you. Except this is a preview for it making it less of a surprise now. Firstly, there are the Tunny kits I mentioned a couple of days ago - they're new, and there'll also be six kits for the pink/grey Holyrood shawl using Bedale 4ply (baby yak/silk). (the above photo is courtesy of Justyna Lorkowska - she designed this beautiful shawl) There's also a sale going on on a wide range of our patterns. Basically I'm wanting to move from A4 to A5 because A5 is so much more practical (for home storage,...
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This week at ECY
Another hectic week rolls by.. there's been a lot of yarn, as always. The amazingly good drying weather helped. It makes the laborious tasks (tying, twisting, and labelling) a lot more enticing when they afford the opportunity to sit outside and do them. It's not new this week but is still pretty new - I finally made myself a proper blush shade. I've been meaning to for ages, but somehow never got around to it. I love dusky pinks and apricots - well anything dusky really, so now I've got a proper blush I think it widens the palette. It...
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Update preview: May 2016
Just a quick preview of what will be in today's update, which goes up at http://www.edencottageyarns.com at 12 noon UK time. Firstly, we've not been able to get our superwash wool/nylon blend, Tempo 4ply, for absolutely ages, but finally it is back. Here's one of each colour: There's everybody's favourite: Titus 4ply. Here's one of each colour: Another one that's returned after not being available for a while is Pendle 4ply, which is soft, squidgy merino. It's technically machine washable, though I would really recommend that you try it. Here's one of each colour: I've also done a limited quantity...