HRYC

March 10, 2014

Zealana Air + Koigu = the most amazing yarn ever.

When I received an email from Zealana about their latest incarnation of Air, I couldn't have been more excited. Air + Koigu, visions of glorious hand-dyed possum silk & cashmere danced across my vision. And oh, are they a vision!

There's 350m in each 50g skein, so I hunted out a few patterns you could whip up out of just one:

Citron by Hilary Smith-Callis

Cashmere cowl from the Purl Bee

Eva by Stricklust

March 04, 2014

Share your FOs and be in to win!

Finishing projects is such a great feeling. This past week i've got two shawls off the needles, and now i'm working on getting two more all finished up. Also, at long last, i've managed to get photos of a finished Stasis:

Knit in Zealana Rimu Fingering, I had an interesting time with neckline on this project. Which made finishing all the more satisfying.

Over on our shop Ravelry group we've run a 'Focus on Finishing' thread the last two years. Having someone come in and show me their finished Follow Your Arrow shawl on the weekend got me thinking. Let's show these things off!

#HYRCFO March promo

Here's what you do:

1. Bring in your finished object made from yarns purchased at Holland Road Yarn Co (to either store, Grand Arcade or Petone)

2. We'll take a photo of you wearing it, or, if you're shy, your FO

3. Fill out a quick form with the project details and saying it's ok for us to share the pic

4. Get a 10% off voucher (HOORAY!)

5. Go in the draw to win a $100 HRYC gift voucher (double HOORAY!!)

What will we do with the photos?

We might do any of these: print them off / put them on our wall / post to instagram / post to facebook / put them on the blog / feature them in our newsletter

Photos taken in Petone will be on our fun little Fuji instax camera (yay!).

Don't live nearby?

Post a photo of your HRYC FO on instagram with the hashtag #HRYCFO and tag @knitsch. We'll do a special draw for a $50 voucher.

Winners will be drawn at 10am Tuesday 1 April 2014 and be advised by email.

T&Cs (of course)

Promo runs from right now to 31 March. Only one item / voucher per person per week (max of 4 entries / 4 vouchers). Vouchers may only be used one at a time, not to be used in conjunction with gift vouchers, or purchases of vouchers, classes or already discounted items. Discount will be valid until 30 April.

February 28, 2014

What to knit next?

From where I sit I can see a mean Southerly rolling in, and on checking the weather report for the next week, it looks like we're finally in for some cooler weather. Good time, then, to have a nosey on Ravelry and think about what to knit next. Here's a few things I stumbled across...

Pebble by Laura Aylor

Oriental Bay by Sue Schreuder

Better Together by Erica Jackofsky

Carpino by Carol Feller

Ashburn by Melanie Berg

Have any patterns taken your fancy recently? I'm trying to finish up current WIPS before getting carried away casting on a bunch more. xx Tash

February 26, 2014

What are you knitting?

I realised over the weekend that all my current WIPs are patterns by Ysolda Teague. It's fair to say that 5 years on from discovering Ysolda's patterns, i'm still quite besotted with her design style. Above you can see two versions of the Follow Your Arrow Mystery Knit Along: the left in Zealana Kiwi Laceweight, and the right in Knitsch Sock Sinatra (a yarn club colour from last year). The gold is Pumpkin Ale, knit in Malabrigo Rios in Sunset.

The other thing which pleases me greatly is they're all primary colours. Completely unintentional, but I like how it's worked out that way. The blue Follow Your Arrow is finished and waiting to be blocked; the red is in the naughty corner until I can find some 120% concentration time to figure out how on earth Clue 5B works.

While i'm navel-gazing over projects, what are you knitting at the moment?

February 20, 2014

Knit Night is back!

Hip hip hooray! After a wee summer break, Knit Night starts back today. It's also our third birthday - hooray! I can't believe how quickly three years have run past, and how much fun we've had along the way. Thank you so much for all your amazing support - we couldn't do this thing without you.

So! Knit Night! Every Thursday, alternating between the two shops. If you can't make it out to Petone, we'll be keeping our Grand Arcade doors open longer every second Thursday for our town peeps to come and relax among the yarn.

To further celebrate Petone's third birthday, we have a bunch of specials! 30% off all Cascade Sport (non-superwash), Zealana Willow, Echo cotton (all in Petone only) and 20% off all Waikiwi sock (both stores). Also in Petone - a basket of cheap treats! Huzzah! All specials on until Sunday 23 February.

P.S Our Petone shop is back to normal hours again: 10am - 5pm Wed - Fri, 10am - 4pm Sat, 11am - 3pm Sun.