Fuzzy Ribbed Scarf knitting pattern
It’s just a basic fuzzy scarf, but it’s very satisfying to make and deliciously cosy to wear. The shops are always full of cosy fuzzy scarves over winter and for all my years of knitting and crochet I’ve never actually made one, so here we go. The fabric ideally wanted to be symmetrical, and I really fancied making it sparkly as well as fuzzy. This also presented a good opportunity to see how much scarf I could get out of one skein of 4ply (400m) whilst making it just wide enough to be cosy but not so wide that I’d...
Why we prefer PayPal payments these days..
I offer lots of different payment options on the website and I know that these days most of us have our cards saved to our devices so we're generally using card payments. But.. I do still also offer PayPal, and if you use PayPal to pay me the money comes straight through to me, so this is a little request that if you're still using PayPal and you don't mind using it, that would actually be helpful for this small business of mine. Why? Because card payments are held by Shopify (my webhost - one that's widely used these days)...
How do hand dyed yarn updates work?
You may have seen me write things like ‘Pendle Sport is now updated’ or ‘shop update happening’ and wondered what this means.. Hand dyed yarn comes in small batches as it is dyed by me in my garden shed here in Yorkshire. This is what is so unique about it; but it does mean that batches can be in stock then disappear quite quickly. And once they’re gone they’re gone. So what happens behind the scenes? Well firstly I have to buy the undyed yarn, so I usually buy 5kg+ of each base which splits nicely into ten batches of...
A note about how variageted yarns knit/crochet up
A couple of people commented yesterday asking how this yarn (Pendle Aran in Leaf Piles, below) knits up, and I thought I'd make a full post with my answer. There's not much point with variegated skeins as its appearance will vary from skein to skein and depending your stitch pattern, the shape of what you're making, your tension, and so on. I completely appreciate why you're asking - honestly I do, but you could knit say a triangular shawl up in one skein and not get any pooling for example, but then you could knit a hat with a different...
2025 Christmas posting dates
A boring post I know but it's important to post this info somewhere! Here are our last dates for posting things in time for Christmas. I've added a working day to each of the Royal Mail dates to allow time for me to actually pack the order and transport it to the parcel box, as I don't have the car during the day and can't realistically walk to the nearest parcel box with all the post. Therefore I often miss the last collection of the day (it's meant to be at 5:30pm but often goes earlier!) and it goes the...