There are lots of new yarns appearing at the moment. Sadly, it still isn’t possible to pop into your local yarn shop for a good squish at the moment but many of your favourite shops will still be getting them in and will be very glad to take your orders and send them out. So,… Continue reading A look at some new yarns
Tag: cotton yarn
Summer yarns for 2020
We are having some lovely sunny weather at least part of the time and even if you are still mainly at home you will be in need of some summer knit and crochet ideas. There are some lovely cotton and other lightweight yarns around at the moment, so we’ve picked out a few examples for… Continue reading Summer yarns for 2020
Know your yarn: Cotton
When you look back through old knitting books, you can see that for a long time they were written for yarn made from wool because it was readily available and cheap to knit. This is why for some people “knitting yarn” and “wool” mean the same thing. As you look back through patterns of the… Continue reading Know your yarn: Cotton