Pattern Inspiration

Introducing: Deco Swirl. This is one of the lovely cowls from our Drift Colletion; designed by Louise Zass-Bangham, with simple but super-effective stitch patterning. Both sizes sit well against the neck, and I think the pattern has a nice, clean, graphic sort of look. Here are some links for you Pattern page on Ravelry Buy the Ebook on Ravelry Buy the single print pattern Buy the print book Yarn is here And here's the Lookbook (which is basically a book preview) Don't forget we've also got a Driftalong KAL/CAL (#Driftalong) happening over on the ECY Ravelry group, and everyone is...

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Today I thought I'd introduce you to the next featured pattern in our lovely Drift Collection. Hardcastle is a pair of cosy cabled fingerless mitts.. they're beautifully detailed, and what I really love is that because the palm of the hands is ribbed, you get a really good-fitting mitt, which will stretch or contract to the size of your hands (although there are different sizes available too. Here's the pattern information Materials Eden Cottage Yarns Whitfell DK (DK, 50g; 100% baby Alpaca; 100m / 109yds per 50g skein) Shade: Lichen; 1 (2) x 50g skein(s) Needles and Accessories One set...

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Today I thought I'd introduce you to the next Drift Collection pattern in more detail - this is Pimms Cup by Thea Colman. Thea is based in the US, and has been releasing patterns that I have continuously queued. We worked together on a couple of previous patterns - Cardamom Rose and Dubonnet, so I was thrilled that she was up for being involved in our collection. Anyway, Pimms Cup is a slouchy hat, with a lace pattern and optional bobble. It has just the right amount of slouch, in my biased opinion. Here are the details you need: Materials...

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Following on from the fantastic response we've had to Drift (thankyou for all the lovely emails and comments), I thought I would introduce and feature each piece individually and show you more of the photography of each one. The lookbook contains a lot of the photography in one place too. Before I go on, I'll just say that Cloudburst is available as a single print pattern on the ECY website, the ebook is available on Ravelry, and the lovely print book will be available on the ECY website from Sunday the 11th of October (alongside our huge post-Yarndale update). Pre-orders...

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...a collection curated by Eden Cottage Yarns. Today is an exciting day my friends, for we can finally unleash upon you our lovely new Drift collection. After around ten months of work, photoshoots weekend after weekend, an awful lot of test knitting and crocheting, and a vast amount of editing on Clare Devine's part, we are happy to set it free! Let me just tell you that you can see the full collection, with all the photos including 'on location' at most of the photoshoots, in our lookbook. You can also see, queue, favourite, and cast on all of the...

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