http://www.artistspaletteyarns.co.uk/blog Random ramblings from the APY alchemist Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:43:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just to let you now that orders placed from tomorrow , Thursday 11th Feb 2010 to Monday 15th Feb 2010 will be posted out on Tuesday 16th Feb 2010. We have a date with the Tower Of London, amongst other things!  Let's hope I come back with both the children ... http://www.artistspaletteyarns.co.uk/blog/important-customer-info/ More silky goodness.. Glisten, 50g skeins, 400m per skein. http://www.artistspaletteyarns.co.uk/blog/glistening/ There's a whole new batch of Anna's Lace, and I've fallen back in love with it!  I feel I've really got the hang of how it performs with the dye, and I've got some lovely deep colours.   Here is a peek, and there are more colours to go on soon. Purdy, ... http://www.artistspaletteyarns.co.uk/blog/annas-lace-hurrah/ They didn't quite make it in time for Christmas!  They're very nice though... There's also some sock blockers in a trial medium size, and the versatile KnitPro set of interchangeable crochet hooks. New yarns are trickling into the shop this week too, and there is a stocking up of the bargain basket ... http://www.artistspaletteyarns.co.uk/blog/knitpro-goodies-are-here/ If you have seen the latest copy of The Knitter, you may have seen the yarn review for Heirloom Gossamer.  I would like to say that the yarn was NOT designed either BY me or FOR me, but was designed by and for Fleegle. Here is an extract from the letter ... http://www.artistspaletteyarns.co.uk/blog/huge-apology-to-fleegle/ It's that time of year again!  Here's what's in the sale..... Buttersoft dk Pop Sox (older spinning - the new soon-to-be-here Pop Sox is just very slightly different in feel, having been spun at a different mill due to the closure of the old mill - still in the UK though!) Gleam, the ... http://www.artistspaletteyarns.co.uk/blog/sale-sale-sale/ ...glistening. I've been amassing a shelf full of Glisten over the past couple of months.  I dye these in a different way to everything else, and they sit and marinate when I'm dyeing other stuff.  Thought it was about time they saw the light of day! There's a whole rainbow of new ... http://www.artistspaletteyarns.co.uk/blog/this-week-ive-been-mostly-5/ David's beautiful sweater knit in almost 800g of Buttersoft dk in Rainbow.  The pattern is a traditional Guernsey style from Rowan's Classic Knits for Men (The Book Depository link). http://www.artistspaletteyarns.co.uk/blog/davids-buttersoft-sweater/ ...trying not to panic! You may have noticed that there is hardly any sock yarn in the shop.  Fear not, my knitty chums,  it's all going to Harrogate for the Knitting and Stitching Show.  Nothing ever sells out, so there will be some replenishment next week.  The yarn will be on  ... http://www.artistspaletteyarns.co.uk/blog/this-week-ive-been-mostly-4/ Contrasting, coordinating and clashing! Do let me explain.. The Sock Knitters Anonymous group on Ravelry has a challenge each month, and every other month the challenge is a mystery sock pattern.  4 clues, each released a week apart and this month it is slipped stitches in colour, aka mosaic knitting.  I haven't ... http://www.artistspaletteyarns.co.uk/blog/this-week-ive-been-mostly-3/