Here they are finished.  They’ve taken just one ball of Buttersoft dk.  I am in love

and now I’m half way through some merry christmassy ones

heart heart.

I know, I know.  They haven’t arrived yet, but there is a good reason for that.  Knitpicks are changing their logo and packaging from 1st December, and they gave me the option of waiting a few weeks for the new stuff, which they didn’t have to do.  So that’s what were waiting for, meaning also that we will be one of the first retailers to have the new look products. Yipee! To further enhance your Knitpicks enjoyment, we will also be having some gorgeous, gorgeous fabric dpn cases, for that extra luxurious treat for someone, or for yourself!  Just have to wait a couple more weeks…………

Aren’t these pretty?  Knitted by Chantelle in Sweet Feet, colour SF4621.  The patttern is Express Lane by Diane Mulholland from the Inside Loop, here.  I’m so proud

Photo courtesy of C Smith.

Sweet Feet is a great standard 4ply, and the soft merino bamboo mix makes it ideal for baby clothes.  Pattern is from Patons Little Babies, vol 2, design six in size c, premature, with added pretty bits.  One skein and still plenty for the bootees

Here’s my very first project from white fluff to finished product!  APY merino roving spun with a lot of unintentional character — well, twas my first proper go!

This is the first part of a little set of hat jacket and bootees, from Patons Little Babies, vol 2.  Flowers added to make it even prettier. Knitted in Sweet Feet SF4749.

Spinning, that is! And I’m no exception.

I proudly present to you my first effort, spindled (is that a word?) from some APYarns Merino in rainbow colours.

Pretty, huh? I think it’s destined for a tea cosy. And here is the progress of the first Softee scarf. It was bigger than this, but the slip stitch pattern for the main body isn’t the one in the photo, so I frogged and invented a stitch which looks like it, which sits much more happily with the lace pattern than the printed one, and much more happily with me too!

xxx

Welcome to the gallery pages.

I’ve had the questions “what can you do with that?” and “what will it come out like?” asked. Pertinent questions too.  So this is where I’ll be showing you what can be done with these beautiful products. You’ll have to wait a bit though.  The first project is a scarf in Softee, and is just about half way done.

But not only am I going to show you what I make, but also what YOU make. I would LOVE to see what you guys do with my stuff.  All you need to do is pop a little pic to me via our email,  with a bit of info about the pattern if you like, and I’ll pin it up here.

So go, create!

There’s probably only one of you, so this just for you!

Well, we’re still on track to open tomorrow…..no really, we are.  Rick may have been strangled, and the kids locked away in the cupboard under the stairs all weekend, but I think we’re there.  I’m sure we will have missed something really vital, but we have wine at the ready to steady our first-order-might-go-belly-up nerves.  Hopefully, dear reader, that won’t be you!

While I’m here, I’d just like to thank our web design man, Dene. He’s done a good job, hasn’t he.  And sooo patient!

Do join us tomorrow for virtual champagne and truffles…

Juliet

Welcome to the Artist’s Palette Yarns blog.

We’ll be posting about all the goings on at APHQ, and anything knitty/yarny that grabs our attention along the way.

Here’s a little bit about us..

We’re Rick and Juliet. We started this company because I (Juliet) got addicted to yarn dyeing, and as there is only so much yarn one can knit in a single lifetime, we felt we needed to share it all with you guys.

I do all the interesting stuff, and Rick is ‘clever computer person’. He will also be wearing a groove between here and the Post Office with squishy parcels, only he doesn’t know it yet!

If you happen to be reading this before mid July, you will not be able to purchase anything yet, but products will be added over the next few days for you to look at. We hope to ‘open shop’ on Monday 14th.

Do come back and visit then.