New Yarns from Adriafil

Here are some bigger pictures of the yarns shown in the newsletter below.

First of all we have Globe.



Globe has 87m in a 50g ball and costs £3.20. The recommended needle size is 4.5mm - 5.5mm.

It is a mixture of 80% wool and 2% nylon and machine washable .

Mmm ... how lovely for a pair of multi-coloured Aran socks!

Next is Rap, a lovely multi-coloured yarn , but with a more tweedy effect.



Rap has 125m in a 50g ball and costs £3.45. The recommended needle size is 4.5mm but we think it is more of a double knitting yarn.

It is 100% merino wool and is machine washable.

Lovely for garments as well as accessories.

The third (and fourth, I suppose) is Mirage. We have solid colours and prints to match the solids. For now, we are stocking baby colours but there are loads of colours in the ranges.



Both have 125m in a 50g ball, with the solids costing £2.40 a ball and the prints £2.65. The recommended needle size is 4.5mm with a tension of 19 stitches and 27 rows to 10cm. Again we think it is a double knitting yarn.

It is a mixture of 50% wool and 50% acrylic and is machine washable.

Lovely for baby garments and not a bad price, considering the wool content!

Finally, we just had to get a couple of new colours in the Knitcol.



Have you tried this yet? Customers who have bought it once have always come back for more!

Nan is supposed to be finishing some UFO's over Christmas but there may be a change of plans!!

We are awaiting a Rico delivery and as soon as that comes we will post details.

Newsletter November 2008

Well, we are a bit behind just now, but here is the November newsletter. Better late than never?

It's Arrived!!!

We have been waiting for a box from Italy for nigh on two months and it has finally arrived! Yippee!!

Why were we happy to see it? Well, two reasons ....

.... first reason ....



.... this is Adriafil Knitcol. A gloriously multi-coloured wool yarn.

It has 125m in a 50g ball. The recommended needle size is 4.5mm with a tension of 16 stitches and 22 rows to 10cm.

It is 100% wool and machine-washable.

It costs £3.55 for 50g.

The second reason is ....



.... and this is Adriafil Yuppy. A lovely muted colours range of sock yarn.

It has 225m in a 50g ball. The recommended needle size is 2.5mm with a tension of 29 stitches and 43 rows to 10cm.

It is a mix of 70% wool and 30% acrylic and is machine-washable.

It costs £3.50 for 50g.

As usual, if you are interested in buying any of these, please contact us.

September Newsletter

Here is this month's newsletter for your perusal ... BTW, it should of course read September not April(oops, nobody's perfect) ...

... and here are the Rico sock yarns ...

As well as the Rico baby yarns, we have chosen some smashing sock yarns.

First off ....



... this is the Rico Superba Cotton Stretch Print.

Costing £4.99, it has 400m in a 100g ball.

The recommended needle size is 2.5mm - 3mm with a tension of 30 stitches and 40 rows to 10cm.

It is a mixture of 41% cotton and 39% wool and is machine-washable.

Then there is ....



... and look at those colours. Magnificent!!!

This one is Superba Santa Fe.

Costing £4.95, it has 420m in a 100g ball.

The recommended needle size is 2mm - 3mm with a tension of 30 stitches and 42 rows to 10cm.

It is a mixture of 75% wool and 25% polyamide and is machine-washable.

Finally, we have ....



.... Superba Druck and Superba Print. Again, cracking colours! (Nan especially likes the one on the left because it reminds her of Licquorice Allsorts!!!)

Costing £3.99, they have 420m in a 100g ball.

The recommended needle size is 2mm - 3mm with a tension of 30 stitches and 42 rows to 10cm.

They are a mixture of 75% wool and 25% polyamide and are machine-washable.

As usual, if you are interested in purchasing any of these beauties, please contact us.

New Yarns from Rico

Hello everyone!

I would like to show you some yarns that have just arrived from Rico in Germany. Rico is more well known in Britain for embroidery goods but in Europe they are massive in embroidery and knitting yarn.

To whet your whistle we have chosen just a few yarns but we think we have chosen well.



This is the Rico Baby Classic and it is yummy soft.

It has 165m in a 50g ball. The recommended needle size is 3.5mm - 4mm with a tension of 22 stitches and 28 rows to 10cm.

It is a mixture of 50% acrylic and 50% polyamide.

Baby Classic costs £2.10/50g. The colours in stock are tradtional baby colours: cream, pink and red. Red? Actually we ordered blue. Lost in translation?

Next up is Rico Baby Lolly-pop. Check out this funky baby yarn ....



Lolly-pop has 100m in a 50g skein. The recommended needle size is 4mm with a tension of 22 stitches and 28 rows to 10cm.

It is a mixture of 50% viscose and 50% acrylic.

Lolly-pop costs £2.10/50g and in stock we have three colourways: pinky, bluey and multi.

Website

I suppose you must be wondering why there isn't a Stitching Time website yet.

Well, there is one lurking in the ether - it just isn't populated yet. Every time we go to start working on it in earnest, something happens and that wee (ha-ha)job gets pushed to the side - again!.

However, I am putting it in writing and telling the world that we have extracted the digit.

Today, the technophobes were mucking about with the software.

There you are ... we have begun our uphill struggle. My head is full of meta tags and jpegs and all manner of software jargon and I have come to realise that I can't remember a blessed thing that I was taught on that wee course cough cough years ago. Oops, sorry, months ago.

So, we have been making up wee shops selling things that we have pictures of on my computer like a felted hot water bottle cover that went wrong and my swollen foot (but it is available in three diffent sizes and four different colours).

Oh, what a laugh we had. Not!

So, now we have to get on with it. Feel free to pester us with any amount of abuse if you don't see anything appearing anytime soon. Just remember, we are not fourteen anymore and it might take us that wee bit longer than your average techno-savvy teenager.

What was that? Sorry, the boss was just shouting that he now has RSI and I'll have to make him coffee. Is this a sign of things to come????