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Kaffe Fassett Shadow Stripe Socks

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Gosh, on a cold winters night is there anything as nice as toasting your toes in front of the fire with a mug of hot tea and a couple of biscuits… yes, this can be improved by adding a pair of warm hand knit socks onto those toes!

Kaffe Fassett Socks Shadow Stripe 3871

Some sock yarns are just perfect for a pair of men’s socks particularly if he prefers socks that are a little more subtle in their colour scheme. One of my favourite sock yarns is Shadow Stripe 3871 from the Regia Kaffe Fassett Design Line. The great thing about Regia sock yarn is that it feels nice to wear but is a machine washable tough hard-wearing sock yarn.[Read More]

Happy Valentine’s Day

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Wishing you a wonderful romantic Valentine’s Day!

Valentine Fingerless Mitts

My Valentine Fingerless Mitts have become my go to sock yarn fingerless mitts pattern. They just fit so comfortably and look great on. These were knit using Sweet & Spicy 2 in Chilli 8616 a delectable pink and biscuit colour combination that is very romantic and feminine. Perfect for wearing on Valentine’s Day!

Much as I adore the Sweet & Spicy and Sweet & Spicy 2 ranges I can hardly contain my excitement that Sweet & Spicy 3 will be with us soon!

Dyer Consequences

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Kelly Flynn and her friends are struggling to deal with acts of vandalism to their property when one of the customers of the House of Lambspun yarn shop is murdered, in Dyer Consequences, the fifth Knitting Mystery by Maggie Sefton.

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Kelly is an accountant who has recently arrived in Fort Connor in Colorado. She has discovered the joys of knitting and spends a lot of time with her new friends in the yarn store next door. What’s more, the House of Lambspun is attached to Kelly’s favourite coffee shop Pete’s. Kelly’s cottage was bequeathed to her by her aunt and she is now also the owner of a ranch in a nearby Bellevue canyon (complete with 15 alpacas).[Read More]

John Arbon Sock Yarn

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Have you ever wondered how the sock yarn you’re using to knit your new sock with has been made?

I must admit that I do. I have always found the machinery that is used to create the fine worsted yarns that are such a pleasure to knit with, to be fascinating.

I came across a wonderful video on youtube recently that shows John Arbon’s traditional mill in North Devon that spins fine worsted yarns and thought I’d share it with you. There is music on the video.

The Knitting Squirrel stocks John Arbon’s Alpaca Sock Yarn and Exmoor Sock Yarn. Both of which are gorgeous slightly rustic yarns to knit with although they soften beautifully with wear and washing.[Read More]

Sockhead Slouch Hat No1

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So far, this winter has turned into the winter of the hat. Particularly, the Sockhead Slouch Hat designed by Kelly McClure. If you haven’t come across this free pattern yet, you are in for a treat.

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As soon as I saw the Opal Happy Sparkle sock yarn when it arrived at the yarn shop, I just knew this yarn would be utterly divine knitted into a sockhead slouch hat. If you read my blog regularly, you’ve probably noticed that I love purples, blues and greens. [Read More]

Casting Spells – Sugar Maple Book 1

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Sugar Maple is not the normal quiet New England village.  It is not just that the residents are all flawless or that the scenery is picture perfect.  All of the residents of Sugar Maple share a secret which the tourists could not guess at.  They all have magical powers.

Casting Spells by Barbara Bretton

All of the residents that is except for Chloe Hobbs. Chloe is the owner of Sticks & String, a popular knitting shop in Sugar Maple.[Read More]