Lindsay Lewchuk (aka KnitEcoChic) has just released a beautiful shawl pattern called Awaken.
Here is her sample made out of eco-stitch linen sport yarn in the colour Hot Pink. The shawl can be made in 2 sizes and is an ideal Summer knitting project. You can find more details about the pattern here.

 Here is LIndsay's own introduction to the design:
"Awaken to fresh stitches! Sunrise, sunset, whatever your time of day – enjoy an awakening of your spirit in the beauty of the rising or setting sun while clicking your needles away. Toss your knitting needles, yarn, and pattern in a chic knitting bag and prepare for a joyful encounter with the sun. Then marvel in some breathtaking moments while awakening your stitches into your Awakening shawl.The tech edited and test knit intermediate level pattern is fully written and fully charted."

Aquapearl is a new semi-solid in sport weight linen yarn. There is some variation in the colour shade which will give a slightly mottled, watercolour look to the knitted/crocheted fabric.

Lilac Mist is also a semi-solid, but with slightly less shade variation.

We now have 10+ colours available in our new LinenNaturals range. These are all hand-dyed on the natural silver/beige base colour. Here are our 2 most recent additions. Beetroot and Anthracite, and below them the natural base colour of the yarn. Look out for new later additions to the range!

I am currently working on a new range of linen yarn. Here is a preview of 4 of the 12 available colour ways.
Initially, the new colours will be available in 50g skeins, with a view to producing larger 100g skeins further down the line. I will post more information at a later date. Watch this space!

During the run-up to Christmas and New Year, I've been busy making linen spa mitts for gifts. I decided to practise my crochet skills (which are not very developed) rather than knit them. I tried out a new-to-me block stitch, which I was quite happy with. I chose the natural sport weight and the Bliss pale blue colour way. Please contact me if you're interested in the pattern.

Happy New Year to you all!
We finally moved in to our new home end November. We are now living on the beautiful Isle of Wight off the south coast of England, a few yards from the sea on top of the cliff in Sandown. Here are a few photos taken down by the sea a short walk from our house. It wasn't very sunny on the days these were taken, but you can see the steely blue of the November sea and the moody skies. I will try to post some brighter, sunnier photos in the Spring and Summer.

And finally, a few of our hand-dyed linen yarns to add a splash of colour! 

After living in limbo for one year, we are finally moving house. Hopefully by next weekend we will be in our new home. We are leaving Cheshire and heading South. I will not reveal where we are going yet, as I'd rather wait until we are finally there before announcing it, but here is a clue: it will be very close to the sea.

I am sorry for any inconvenience this will cause during this week in getting orders shipped out.

​One of the very first tasks in our new home will be to build a brand new dyeing studio. After a rather frustrating few months, I will finally be able to concentrate on dyeing up this marvellous natural linen fibre.
In the meantime, here is one of the many ways you can put linen to use in your home. I whipped up some linen scrubbies on the knitting machine and they are great for washing the dishes. When they need a clean, just throw them in the washing machine.

We are offering a very generous 25% off our undyed soft white and natural sport weight linen yarns until the end of October 2017. If you want to try dyeing linen yarn for yourself, we recommend the soft white here.
For a 100% natural yarn in all its splendour, try the natural undyed with its silver beige colour here.

I recently had the pleasure of taking part in a test-knit for a pattern called Fluxion on Ravelry. The pattern was designed by Claudia Eisenkolb (himawari) and is recommended for silk yarn, but I made it out of eco-stitch linen sport weight yarn in the Hot Pink colourway. The cowl neck gives an elegant finish to the top and the linen yarn gives it the ideal drape. Click here to see more photos on my Ravelry project page.

Two new colours have just landed in the shop. One is a semi-solid grey with light/dark variations. It is called Cloud. It is slightly lighter than Steel, as you can see from the knitted samples below.

The second colour is Azure, a beautiful bright turquoise with subtle light green highlights with a hint of darker blue.

I have now finished a series of 4 linen scarves in different colour ways, using my own design, the Calva Dorsa, which I posted about a few weeks ago. i must admit this is quite an addictive knit. No sooner is one off the needles than you want to choose 2 new colours to see how the combination will turn out. The scarf makes a great gift, although I will be keeping the very first one (the prototype!) for myself. It only takes 2 skeins of Sport weight yarn and the colour combinations are endless. A feature of the pattern is that there are only 4 ends to weave in, despite changing colour blocks along the length of the scarf.
The pattern is still free if you purchase eco-stitch yarn to make it (coupon code).

It's very hard to choose a favourite, but for the moment I think the Hot Pink one is winning for me.
​How about you?

The introductory offer (15% discount), announced in my last post for the 4-ply/Sport Natural linen yarn will continue throughout May. On top of this, we are adding the undyed 4-ply/Sport Soft White to the offer. The Soft White (undyed) will be ​20% off, making it only £7.20 for a 100g skein. You can use it as is or it can also be dyed up for your project. These reductions have already been applied to the shop.

The new addition to our range of linen yarns is the 4-ply Sport weight natural yarn, as mentioned in our last post. There is currently a 15% discount on 100g of this linen yarn until May 15th, making the price £7.65 a hank instead of £9.

Natural linen yarn in 4-ply Sport weight. This yarn is softer than our DK Natural yarn (a more rustic yarn) and can easily be combined with your hand-dyed Sport weight to create interesting effects, or be used on its own. It knits/crochets to the same gauge as the hand-dyed Sport.

The pattern is available for purchase here on the website: Calva Dorsa. It is FREE with a coupon code if you purchase any 2 hanks of Sport/4-ply linen yarn to make it.

These colours really make me think of Spring, so what better name to give it?
We already have this colour way in the DK weight, but it is now available in Sport weight.

Denim never seems to go out of fashion.
It can be knitted/crocheted by itself or with another contrasting tone, shown here with Powder Pink.

I recently took part in the Ravelry Giftalong2106, for which I have just completed the Pitch Cowl by KnitEcoChic. See pattern here. I opted for the longer version so I could wrap it round twice.

This was made with our sport weight 4-ply linen hand-dyed yarn in the French Navy colour way and and a OOAK pale blue/lime variegated yarn.

Just a reminder that we are discontinuing the DK weight in order to concentrate on the Sport/4-ply weight in our hand-dyed linen yarn. Consequently, we are selling all our 100g hanks at only £10 each until they are gone.