I love the postman

The postman just arrived with a big box of Panda Silk. What a texture! It’s a bamboo silk mix and I can tell it’s going to be one of my new favourite sock yarns. It’d be stunning in a lacy shawl or wrap, too. It’s not on the store yet, but I’ll photograph and upload [...]

9 Colourways of Panda Cotton

New today: 9 more colourways of Panda Cotton, including the fiery warm Red Cinnamon. I am intrigued by the curly texture of the yarn. Some people have said that it can be splitty to knit with, but I don’t mind working with a splitty yarn if the resulting fabric is worthwhile. This Panda Cotton feels [...]

Dr Laura the Sock Guru

Dr Laura is the Sock Guru for Crystal Palace Yarns. Her blog, Socks and More, features items made from the Crystal Palace range. She has a year-long contest going at the moment, with a different colour each month. In April it was blue. For May, it’s lilac and/or yellow.

So if you fancy knitting up a [...]

Itching to cast on

This morning: 11 colourways of Panda Cotton, which is a mix of bamboo, cotton and elastic nylon. Ooh, I want so much to cast on with some of these wonderful yarns. Give them a whirl around the needles. They’re calling out to me!

But first things first: they all have to be photographed, uploaded and described. [...]

So many goodies – TOFUtsies and Crystal Palace

Today is an exciting day for Yarnomat because two big boxes have just arrived. One is packed with TOFUtsies yarn, and the other is full of various Crystal Palace yarns including Maizy, Panda Cotton and Panda Wool.

I’m still working my way through photographing all the colourways of the Cherry Tree Hill, but now we have [...]