Green Lace

Here's a wee pattern update: two new "for sale" patterns up on Etsy and Ravelry. First up is my Garden Party Cardigan. It's a light and floaty laceweight cardigan with a floral edging.

I made this to wear for a friend's wedding, it knits up surprisingly quickly given that it's laceweight. The yarn is Dyeforyarn's Lace / Tussah Silk, available on Etsy. This is a really special laceweight yarn available in a huge range of colours. You can buy this pattern on Ravelry or on Etsy.

The second pattern is a lacy hat pattern, perfect for Autumn.

The hat pictured is made with my own handspun, handdyed Bluefaced Leicester yarn, but I’ve suggested two commercially available yarns that would be fine too: Knit Picks Palette and Rowan Pure Wool 4-ply. If you want me to spin you up some yarn for this pattern though, just let me know! Again you can buy this pattern on Ravelry and Etsy. Thanks for looking!

Summer Hols & Handyed Yarn

That's me just back from my Summer Holidays, camping in the beautiful Highlands of Scotland. Climbed some hills (see above), ate good food, spun some yarn and generally had a good time. And while I was away, some hand dyed gems were drying out in the flat...

Just up in my Etsy shop, is this beautiful skein of handdyed, handspun Dorset horn yarn. 

This is a gorgeous bright, bright blue skein of Dorset Horn yarn, handspun and handdyed by me! Dorset Horn wool is pretty similar to merino, definitely "next to skin soft", and it's from a rare breed bit so you'll be doing your part to help preserve this endangered sheep. It's dyed a beautiful shade of blue using professional quality acid dyes, varying from an almost creamy sky blue through to deepest indigo. As you can perhaps see from the pictures, it's a wee bit thick and thin, a little fluffy and somewhere between a heavy worsted and chunky weight. Delicious. 

This skein weighs around 75g and is just over 100m in length. It'd knit up beautifully on 6mm/US10 needles, and is enough for a hat or pair of mittens.