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New WYS Shetland Yarns!
Hello everyone, sorry for being quiet on here - we are in the middle of the Wool Season so things are pretty busy in the wool store and we are working on lots of things which we will share soon! but today we happy to share the two new ranges which have been launched with our ongoing collaboration with West Yorkshire Spinners. In these ranges, West Yorkshire Spinners purchase the raw Shetland Wool from J&S and using their state of the art dyeing and spinning capabilities to create now 3 different ranges using Real Shetland Wool. First up is the Croft Double Knit range: The Croft Double Knit carries on from the success of the original Aran Croft range with 12 solid colours and 6 speckled shades, and alongside the range is a pattern book containing garment and accessory patterns by Sarah Hatton and Rosee Woodland. Technical Information: Hank Size: 100g Composition: 100% Shetland Wool Weight: Double Knit Needles: 4mm US6 225 Metres / 246 Yards Tension: 28 Rows - 22 Stitches You can find the Croft DK on our online shop here, and the pattern book here. Next up is something new and exciting - The Croft Wild Shetland Aran Roving Yarn: This yarn is a really unusual loosely spun Aran yarn available in a range of 4 colours inspired by Shetland and its landscape, we also have the undyed Ecru to go along with it. The yarn has long colour stretches resulting in an interesting effect on the finished item as you can see in the swatches l-r: Rolling Hills, Stormy Skies, Fired Earth and Turning Tides Technical Information: Hank Size: 100g Composition: 100% Shetland Wool Weight: Aran Roving Needles: 5mm US8 166 Metres / 182 Yards Tension: 24 Rows - 18 Stitches We also have two kits available for this range, the Finlay and Alana Sweaters, you can find them on the online shop here and here. You can find the Wild Shetland range on the online shop here. We look forward to seeing what people make with these new ranges, happy knitting!
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New Croft Shades
Hello everyone, happy Friday! You may have seen on our Instagram last week we welcomed 6 new shades of the Croft Yarn, this is a yarn produced by West Yorkshire Spinners using raw Shetland Wool purchased from us! Initially, there were 8 speckled shades then 12 solid were added and with this batch 4 more speckled and 2 solid shades bringing the total up to 26 shades! L-R: Lunna Quendale, Copister L-R: Huxter, Hillswick and Marister It is a great yarn for both colourwork and textured knitting, although named as Aran weight by WYS we would say its more of a Heavy DK / Worsted weight so it can be knitted at a wide range of gauges and it is treated so its machine washable but it still holds a Shetland Wool feeling - just not as rustic as some of our own ranges. Another pattern book has also been added to the range featuring patterns by Mary Henderson and Rosee Woodland, it contains a mix of garment and accessories all knit using a range of the colours. We were also sent a pile of free patterns for this nice hat - which is perfect for one hank! So if you order any Croft Yarn we will include a free pattern (until we run out!) You can find the Croft Yarn on our the online shop here Me (Ella) and Sandra are heading to the Unst Show tomorrow so keep an eye out next week for a post about what we see, till then have a nice weekend and happy knitting!
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