Looking back at the Four Seasons Collection by Jaya 🥰
The fourth and final design of the Four Seasons Collection by Jayalakshmi of Apoorva Designs has now been released and so this feels like the perfect opportunity to look back over this wonderful collaboration. If you would like to know more about Jaya take a look at our interview with her HERE. We introduced the Four Seasons Collection in another blog post which you can read HERE but at that time the designs were all very much under wraps so now we can talk you through all four of them! Spring - Echoing Green The Echoing Green Shawl is a top-down, half-circle shawl knit...
Woodbine: a modern take on a classic pullover
In September this year issue nine of Laine magazine was released, and the cover design is the Woodbine pullover made using our Bowland Aran and Eldwick Lace. The bittersweet element of this is that it might be the last issue of the magazine (we're not 100% sure but they did say they'd be stopping after this). We are honoured to have been involved and wish the team all the best moving forward. We produced six different colourway options - the original colours, plus a set of blues, a set of purples, a set of greys, a set of pinks, and a set of...
The Drift Collection... four years on! We revisit an ECY classic.
Today marks four years since the release of our Drift Collection! Can you believe it?! I know some of you will have been involved in test-knitting for it and will know how big a deal it was for us. I (Victoria) still worked alone at that point, and producing a quite large collection from loads of different designers, whilst still running the business, was a huge challenge. I did most of the photography myself (I couldn't afford to do anything else!), but did have a paid tech editor, and proof reader, of course. Meanwhile I was also still dyeing yarn,...
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What can I do with ECY Yarnlings™?
We've published a blog post answering the most commonly-asked general questions about Yarnlings™️, which is HERE, but thought it would also be helpful to create a post with lots of ideas on what to do with them. Scroll forth and be inspired! (Oh, and yes - I did get the word Yarnlings™️ trademarked - wouldn't you?!? 🤣) Patterns specifically calling for Yarnlings™️ The original! Quadratic shawl by Mr ECY, David O'Kelly - it uses five Yarnlings™️. Naname Socks by Yucca use Yarnlings™️ in the rainbow version. (This is a Ravelry link) Patterns that Yarnlings™️ would be good in Full...
More mini skein project ideas for knitting and crochet 💙
18 months ago Victoria wrote a blog post with some ideas of how to use mini skeins. If you haven't seen it, take a look HERE. Six months ago we introduced our third variety of mini skein giving you the choice between Carlisle Fingering, our superwash merino singles yarn, Nateby 4ply, sparkly lurex blended with superwash merino and nylon, and the most recently added Brimham 4ply, superwash merino and nylon. Updates over summer are going to heavily feature mini skeins and so we thought it was the ideal time to give you some more ideas of ways to use them....