Colourway Competition!

The 29th April 2012 will be the Lioness Arts Etsy Shop's first birthday and I'm planning some party games

To win a skein in your favourite colourway leave a comment blelow with the answer to the following question:

What is my favourite of all my colourways so far?


Here is the sold section of the Etsy shop if you need inspiration ;-)
All correct answers will be put tinto the random number generator and 2 winners will be announced on April 29th :)

We Love to Reskein: Part 2

Here are some of the sweet little mini skeins I made up with my dinky sample sized niddy noddy:

I just love them!

We Love to Reskein

I just bought a new toy, um, I mean tool ;-)

The Ashford Skeiner:

This really is a great piece of kit! As I reskein all the yarn that goes in the shop, it is important to have tools that make work a pleasure. 

I also bought a Sampler Size Niddy Noddy as I'll be putting together lots of sweet mini skeins for the Rainbow Gathering Stripes kits this week:

(By the way there'll be more kits in the shops once I've posted out the current kits)

These were shipped promptly from Forest Fibres via Amazon.co.uk, and although currently unavailable from Amazon it seems they can also be purchased through Forest Fibres directly or Handspinner.co.uk

A Look Back at the Yarn and Pattern Club

It has been a steep learning curve for me, this yarn and pattern club and it's been alot of fun! With January's subscriptions appearing in the shop in a few hours, and the last of the Autumn club parcels going in the post on Monday, I thought I'd do a little summary of the Autumn Club ~

It kicked off with a fabulous mystery pattern from Lisa Mutch of Northbound Knitting. I love Lisa's work, and I knew I could trust her to keep her design under wraps, although we were both dying to reveal it! The Canadian Postal strike meant she didn't receive her yarn in time to knit the sample in the mystery skein ~ Silky Sock in colourway 'Emma', so her sample of Deviate was knitted in a skein of Lioness Arts BFL Sock which she luckily had already stashed, phew! Below is my test knit, in Lioness Arts Symphony Sock in the Club colourway ~

At the end of August I gleefully mailed out 2 skeins of BFL Sock in colourways Heartache and Honey Moon, accompanied by the gorgeous Henslowe pattern by Beth Kling. Below is Beth's sample, in Heartache, and mine, in Honey Moon:

Its no secret that I'm a huge Veera Valimaki fan, and I loved knitting her Club pattern ~ Northanger Abbey. Her sample is in the repeatable colourway Picking Violets, but the Club colours are Keepsake and Forget Me Not, a variegated pink and a semi-solid blue on my 100% merino high twist base, King of the Jungle. By the way, Veera has a fab new website..

And the last Club yarn is King of the Jungle's soft and snuggly sister, Lioness Sock. A high twist heavy fingering like her 100% Merino counterpart, Lioness sock is 80% Merino 10% Nylon 10% Cashmere, and are accomanied by Micheline, a beautiful Stole / Scarf from Ariane Caron-Lacoste aka Falling Stitches

Thanks so much to Lisa, Beth, Veera and Ariane for joining me on this adventure, to everyone who tested the patterns and of course to everyone who signed up, there wouldn't be a club without you!

Little Rose

Here's a picture of my little rose Leonie, wearing her new tunic. The main colour I used is Old Rose on Viola merino fingering. I bought it several months ago from the Viola Etsy shop, and it's been waiting patiently for the perfect project. The yarn was lovely to work with. For the contrasting colour I used my very own lady dedlock on King of the Jungle 100% Merino, some of the yarn leftover from my Northanger Abbey hat test knit.

The pattern is now available on Ravelry, and in the Lioness Arts Etsy shop too

They Mess You Up, Your Mum And Dad...

So, I guess if your mum loves wool, and your dad loves books, this is how you spend your days ;)

KAL and Yarn Club Fun!

I'm so excited about the upcoming Lioness Arts Yarn Club! The club begins with a mystery skein and pattern and continues with beautiful yarn and patterns from Beth Kling, Veera Valimaki and Ariane Caron-Lacoste, finishing at the end of October.

I'm offering single skein membership as a prize in the Lioness Arts KAL. Use any Lioness Arts pattern or yarn and post a pic in the FO thread by 31st July for a chance to win!