Happy February from ECY Shedquarters! Thank you so much for all the sale orders through January. Some of the older yarn can now be found in the Reduced to Clear section of the website. Now that the sale is over we are looking forward to this year. We are working through a couple of big wholesale orders which is super exciting, but we are also making progress with yarn updates. Our first update of 2024 has gone live and consists of mini skeins in Brimham High Twist and Rosedale 4ply.
Brimham High Twist is Superwash extrafine Merino with nylon, two-ply, high-twist yarn in a fingering weight. Rosedale 4ply is Superwash extrafine Merino, nylon and gold Stellina. Both are ideal sock yarns which can be paired with a full skein of any of our other sock yarns to give contrast details for toes, heels and cuffs. They would also be great for fingerless mitts or any other project needing smaller quantities of yarns.
With lots of mini skeins available we have also added our mini skein lucky dip selections back to the website. You can choose five, 10, 12 or 24 mini skeins and we will put a set together for you. If you choose 12 or 24 minis we can even gift wrap them for you for a small extra fee so that they are a total surprise, just select the WITH Gift Wrapping option from the drop down menu.
A little note about yarn packs: our yarn packs are made up of yarn from stock that’s listed as individual batches, and when orders are placed the website pulls yarn that’s in yarn packs from the stock we’ve added. However, if you buy multiple yarn packs in an order, or a yarn pack plus individual skeins in one order it can oversell them which means we would need to refund them or ask you to choose something else. It’s a frustrating glitch that we’ve never been able to fix. If you are buying ONLY a yarn pack it will be correct or if you are buying ONLY individual skeins it will be correct. It’s the combo of both that confuses it. If you aren’t sure how much stock there is please check the individual yarn batch listing to see the number of skeins in stock.
We will be at Unravel at Farnham Maltings on Friday 23rd – Sunday 25th February. It is the first of many shows this year so if you can come along to support us it would be great to see you! Tickets and more information about the even can be found here.
We are making good progress with our Oakworth 4ply and Oakworth DK updates which will be next to go live. Shortly after we will have Nateby 4ply, Bowland Aran and Keld Fingering in the schedule. We are working hard behind the scenes and will let you know when these yarns are ready!