Combining Milburn 4ply/DK with fluffy Eldwick Lace
Following the success of the ever-popular Love Note pattern by Tin Can Knits (available on Ravelry and available from them directly HERE) and having made mine in Milburn 4ply (HERE) held double with Eldwick Lace (HERE) I thought it would be cool to do an Eldwick Lace update of 20 colours specifically chosen to go with each of the 20 Milburn colours. You can also see these pics on Flickr HERE. Here's my Love Note (I made it using slightly smaller needles to get gauge compared to what they recommend): And here are alllll the swatches...
Coniston Fingering: projects and patterns using our sumptuous blend of merino and mohair
This blog post is designed as a useful resource for inspiration for Coniston Fingering. There are projects that use it, and patterns that call for it. It's so handy to have all this in one place! Just FYI - there are no links to Ravelry here. We've linked to patterns and projects that are available to purchase/view elsewhere. If they're only available on Ravelry we will say that, but not link to it. Coniston Fingering is one of our ever-growing collection of singles yarn! It is a blend of beautiful extrafine merino with luxurious superkid mohair (the finest and softest...
Eldwick Lace: projects and patterns using our mohair/silk fluff yarn
This blog post is designed as a useful resource for inspiration for a specific yarn. There are projects that use it, and patterns that call for it. It's so handy to have all this in one place! Just FYI - there are no links to Ravelry here. We've linked to patterns and projects that are available to purchase/view elsewhere. If they're only available on Ravelry we will say that, but not link to it. The first part of this blog post will give you patterns that specifically call for Eldwick Lace and the second part shows you our projects using this yarn....
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Why would I want that fluffy stuff? Here are all your mohair questions answered!
I thought I’d tell you a bit more about our mohair/silk laceweight yarn, Eldwick Lace. We’ve had lots of questions about it so it seems sensible to try and answer them. There’s a lot to tell, so I’ve broken it down into common questions so that if you don’t want to read it all you can hopefully find the information you’re looking for. I hope it’s helpful! What is mohair? Firstly let me tell you about the fibres. Mohair can take more than one form, which is the same for more fibres. What we use is kid mohair, which...
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