I’ve just updated the shop with some new sock yarn. The colour is Paintbox and it started as an experiment but I love it so much I’ve decided it will stay in my shop as a standard colour. I painted the skeins with a cool red, a deep reddish-orange, yellow, teal and…
Newsletter!
Did you know that I’m starting a newsletter for Little Yellow Cat? The first issue will be sent out this evening and I plan to send one on the 14th and 28th of each month. There will be knitting news, patterns, tips and special offers. If you’d like to join the mailing…
Retro Monday – Patons Book 105
>Today I’m looking at Patons Book 105 – one of the “Patons Classics” series of patterns. Patons have been issuing leaflets and books as part of their Classics series for decades. They usually contain raglan sleeved jumpers in 5ply and 8ply yarns with vee, crew and polo necks. Later editions have cardigans…
Elegant Ribbed Hat
Finally! I’ve written up the first pattern that I created for my destash for charity project – the Elegant Ribbed Hat. My goal was to reduce my yarn stash by knitting for charity – creating a few patterns at the same time. While I want the patterns to be easy enough for most…
Merino Pearl Sock Yarn
After being so busy with last weekend’s yarn market I’ve finally found a few moments to update the online shop. Today I added two colours in a new yarn base called Merino Pearl Sock Yarn as well as a few new skeins of the classic Champagne Sock. Merino Pearl is 75% Merino…
Hand Knitters Guild Yarn Market
Last Sunday I spent the day selling yarn at the Victorian Hand Knitters Guild yarn market. It was fun but exhausting. The Hand Knitters Guild yarn market is an annual event held at the Coburg Town Hall. This year there were over 20 stalls of hand dyed yarn as well as people…