An introduction to knitting lace from charts
Although lace knitting charts are not for everyone, they are very useful for providing a visual indication of what your knitting should look like, and so many people choose to use them. For example, if the chart looks like this: Then your knitting should look like this: It enables you to easily see that the yarn over holes on the top row sit centred above the ones on the row below (for example), which means that as soon as you hit one that isn’t sitting right you can go back and find where the problem is. ...
The story of colour development in a dye studio (shed)
I’ve spent quite a lot of time this week working on colour development and thought you might be interested to read about it - Claire and Debbie were, anyway, as they saw the work in progress and were wondering what on earth I was doing. They also had the unbridled joy of watching me flicking really slowly through my wildflower book to find the plants I was looking for and check their names. I do talk to myself whilst I'm doing this (yes, and I'm only 33) so I think they've learned to just ignore my ramblings. This week I was...
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Christmas gifts: the best ideas for knitters, crocheters, and yarn addicts
Stuck for what to buy the yarn addict in your life? You're in luck because crafty/creative/yarny people are easy to buy for - it doesn't take much to keep us happy! Whether their (or your) thing is crochet or knitting, or neither ..yet.. (!) we've got loads of lovely gift ideas for you. Similarly, if you've been given an Eden Cottage Yarns gift voucher, why not use it to buy yourself one of our gift ideas? We've started by creating a special gift collection/category on the ECY website HERE, so that should help you with a starting point. Here are some of...
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Frail Shawl Colour Combinations
The Frail Shawl by Robynn Weldon is a beautiful brioche shawl worked using two colours of 4ply yarn to give the delicate skeletal effect of wintry leaves. The shawl uses 100g (2 x 50g skeins) of Bedale 4ply in Dark Oak and 100g of Titus 4ply in Bark. This combination is stunning and gives a subtle yet effective contrast. As these colourways are not currently available, here is our selection of the best combinations using available yarns. 1. Pendle 4ply in Compost / Bedale 4ply in Green Tea 2. Hayton 4ply in Compost / Nateby 4ply in Fen 3. Nateby 4ply in Tarn / Titus 4ply in...
Free pattern: Wharfe Headband
This simple headband only uses about 35g of Pendle Chunky yarn, meaning you can get two out of a 100g skein - or you could make a pair of fingerless mitts out of the leftovers. My Langrigg pattern is ideal for this. I’m aware that I look like a right eejit in a headband, but as someone on Facebook pointed out: better a warm eejit than a cold eejit! The thing is, I tie my hair up quite a lot (because actual hair styling isn’t part of my morning routine), but I still really need to wear something warm on...