THE JOY OF JOURNALS

A long time ago...when I had a "proper" job as a library person, magazines got to be called "journals" and I still call 'em that. Well, this week was JOURNAL week!  Through my letter box dropped first, Handwoven from the States, then came the TAFTA journal (yummy stuff) then all at once dropped Yarn, Embellish and Felt.  Oh heaven!  But the trouble is, I sit with my cup of tea and spend the whole day reading them all cover to cover and back again and then I have to wait ages for the next lot!  I do though, dip and flick over the ensuing interval, and resort to browsing the back issues when it all gets too much.

So imagine my excitement when opening up Embellish, to discover two of my lovely makers / friends have articles in this issue: it makes you so happy to see two Tasmanian girls getting the exposure they deserve!
                   Rita Power has shared the joys of her path through textiles and
                   Robin Darke has shared with us another of her beautiful little make-it-yourself projects : twisted buttons and rings.

Then in the current Issue 28 Yarn Magazine,  knitwear designer Jude Skeers has given us a lovely pattern to use the marvellous new Zauberball wool/nylon 4 ply from Schoppel Wolle.  The Lucky Ewe @ Oatlandshandmade has Zauberball and Crazy Zauberball both in-stock now.  Come in a try this stunning new yarn which has the look and feel of hand dyed about it : I decided to stock this yarn because it matches so well with many of our own Tilly's Yarns.  Sock yarn doesn't just have to knit socks!! 

We have also some great free scarf patterns to use this yarn as well!

 

NOW IN STORE - ZAUBERBALL

Tilly decided she wanted to stock a millspun yarn to complement our colourful range of fingering weight (3-4 ply) yarns.  She chose this one because the COLOURS ARE JUST MAGIC!  Zauberball by Schoppel Woolle, Germany.  Two ranges : plain (if you can call these rainbow balls plain) and Crazy (which has a marle effect), both in 15 colours.  We have the complete range and if you want more I can quickly obtain from the distributor.  Made in Germany, the mix is wool/nylon so it's a "sock wool" but that just means machine washable 4 ply!  The main attraction is that it will mix and match with our hand-dyed 3-4 ply range.  1 x 100g ball for a pair of socks, 450 - 600g for a garment. $24 per ball.

 

STORE IS STOCKED

Lots of great new fleece fibre and yarn listings in our Online Shop  and also now on Etsy - just look for TheLuckyEwe.  I also have our Superfine Merino tops listed in our EBAY Store.

Our Superfine Merino Pure Colour Wheels are listed - there are lots of 100g ones as well as 3 lots of 1 kilo - enough for a garment!

 In stock also in the Shop, Felters' Christmas Packs, hand-dyed Silk Cocoons, dyed wool slubs for texture, gorgeous gold Cricula Cocoons, heaps of yummy yarns - Tassie Fine Merino 3-4ply , Ultrafine Merino 8ply, sock wool from Wendy, lots too of undyed lace weight, (Tilly's Lace), light fingering and fingering and more colours coming our of the pot each week (!) together with super yummy English Lecicester hand-dyed fleece and curls and naked ones too if you want to dye your own.

As promised too, you can check on our Shop Patterns and Ideas page to download patterns for some of your yarns.  More coming too!

Been busy........