Goodness, what's this?! Another yarn club? Am I mad?

Yes, quite possibly.

This one is a little different from the others, though. 

Yarn Club on sale 10am Friday 8 February 

The details:

Strictly limited to 20 places

Purchasing a place will cost NZ $54 plus shipping ($4 NZ, $7 Australia, $10 ROW)

What you get:

4 x Knitsch Sock 100% merino 4ply

One week prior to shipping, you will receive an email containing images of brand new Knitsch Sock colourways. From these, you can select as many or as few skeins of each colour as you wish. 

If your yarn selection total is more than 4 x 50g skeins, we will email your final cost for payment prior to dispatch.

Yarn will be shipped all in one parcel on 4 March, 2013

As usual, your parcel will contain sweet treats!

Lucky place-getters will not only see the brand colours before anyone else, you will touch them too! New colours will be launched at Unwind Retreat in Dunedin on 8 March, and won't be online until the week following. 

Simple, simple, easy peasy! 

Yarn Club on sale 10am Friday 8 February

The shop is packed with wonderful stock right now, and a few new features to make your shopping expedition that little bit lovelier!

There's a brand new bright pink chalk board door - we'll use it to tell you about exciting new products, upcoming classes, and maybe share some pretty pictures.

Mmmm all our Zealana is looking gosh darn fantastic. 

And a new window display is up - which as usual is impossible to get a decent photo of, so you'll have to use your imagination and go by the planning drawing:

You get the idea? Right? Yes?

Anyway. We're super looking forward to Saturday Sit & Knit this weekend - flourless chocolate cake is on the menu. Oh, and we had better mention the return of Thursday Knit Night - it'll be fortnightly this year, with the first session next week. 

Thursday Knit Night

It is always a good day when Malabrigo arrives! Hip hip hooray! This time round we indulged in the brand new Silkpaca Lace - a sumptuous blend of alpaca and silk. We're packed to the gunnels with brand new colours in Rios worsted weight, and piles more Sock yarn. 

There's also a shipment of classic single ply Lace on the way, which should land in a couple of weeks. 

It's mighty hard to resist these beauties, as usual...

Maabrigo Silkpaca Lace in Pink Frost, Polar Morn, Hollyhock and Abril

Malabrigo Silkpaca Lace in Polar Morn and Sunset

Malabrigo Sock in Terracotta (top), Archangel, Abril and Dewberry

Malabrigo Rios in Bobby Blue, Ivy and Lavanda

Words to describe Zealana: ..... nope, I got nothing. This yarn range needs to be touched. And seen. So i'll let the photos speak for themselves.

Zealana Willow, 70% Merino 30% Cashmere DK

Zealana Rimu, 60% Merino 40% Possum DK (pic above and below)

Zealana Heron, 80% Merino 20% Possum worsted 

Zealana Kiwi, 40% Merino 30% Organic Cotton 30% Possum 4ply & 3ply

These amazing yarns will be up online in the next couple of weeks. They are a delight to have in store!

January has brought a whole bundle of brand new babies to the worlds of my friends. As a rule I don't knit for other people, but babies...well, they're an exception. 

After quick, simple, cute baby cardigan patterns, here's my picks.

Bluebell Cardigan by Schneckenstrick (image by nadia1981 on Rav) 

Garter Yoke Baby Cardi by Jennifer Hoel

Garter Tee by Justine Turner (we'll have this pattern booklet in store shortly!)

All three of these patterns are knit in 5 ply yarn - so quicker to work up than 4ply patterns, and have a little bit more weight to them. We have loads of 5ply options in store - and can't wait to re-open tomorrow so you can see all our new treats that have arrived over the break!

xx Tash