New from Berroco

Bonsai - Enjoy the beauty and versatility of bamboo with this lovely worsted weight yarn. Bonsai is a ribbon yarn with a binder that adds a beautiful sheen, making it ideal for sweaters and accessories. It retails for $6.50 for a 50g skein. Berroco also sent us two pattern books, bonsai #255 (right) and #271, filled with lightweight designs for our upcoming summer season. Here is the shade card.

Comfort Sock - For those who love handknit socks but have trouble wearing wool, we are pleased to now have available an all nylon and acrylic blend yarn in sock weight . Great colours, and a great price too - each 100g ball retails for only $7.95! Check the shade card here.

DROPS Big Fabel

This is our our exciting thick sock yarn in 100g balls, 75% wool superwash / 25% polyamide.

Due to popular demand, and stemming from the the success of our Fabel sock yarn all over the world, we are now introducing DROPS Big Fabel. Big Fabel is produced in the same fine quality as the ever popular DROPS Fabel, but is spun thicker and with 4 threads. Big Fabel is spun with thick winter socks in mind, but is a very versatile, all-round yarn and will be used for gloves, hats, bags, and accessories, as well as for Jackets and Sweaters. Check the shade card!
DROPS Big Fabel has a popular gauge with a lot of pattern support. All patterns in Alaska, Silke-Alpaca and Paris can be used.The picture to the right is not knitted with Big Fabel, but shows a typical design for this yarn.

Boy or Girl?

Our grand child is expected in August and all we know so far is that "it's a baby". That doesn't stop Inge from going through our baby pattern books and picking her projects. Lovely little pieces have already been created and the expecting mom who visited us a week ago is happy and thrilled.

Inge knit this beautifully simple Raglan Sweater with soft, rolling edges and fully fashioned detailing on the raglan shaping, from Debbie Bliss "the baby knits book", with our perfect Debbie Bliss substitute Rowan Classic Yarns: Cashsoft Aran. The cashmere content of the yarn makes it wonderfully soft against a baby's skin. Inge added the cute little sheeps and needle felted their bodies to make the sweater look more baby like... Check the yarn's shade card! You may order book and yarn from www.needlenart.com/id20.html !

Alison did this sharp little Polo Pullover "Kieran" by Holli Yeoh (Bee's Knees Pattern) with 3 balls of Stella yarn from Naturally (100% Bamboo) as main colour and 2 balls of Regia Silk Color (self patterning sock yarn with silk), which creates a Fair Isle effect on the collar and sleeves. Needles: 2.0 and 2.5. The size fits 1-2 years and it's really warm and cosy for a spring or fall day! Find the shade cards here: Stella and Regia Silk Color, and order pattern and yarn from us!