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Hello all from ECY Shedquarters. We have been really busy (as always) but we have a few bits of news to tell you about. We are busy working on a few wholesale hand-dyed yarn orders, including one destined for South Korea! If you have a local yarn shop that you would like to see our yarns in, please do ask them to get in touch with us. We have also been working on yarn for our website and our latest update is now live featuring Eldwick Lace and Keld Fingering.

Eldwick Lace is our fluffy mohair/silk laceweight yarn and is a gorgeous yarn whether used on its own or held double with other yarns. Keld Fingering is a blend of Merino with linen spun as a singles yarn. The linen gives the yarn a rustic and slightly uneven look due to the slubs of linen throughout which doesn’t take the dye in the same way as the Merino. This means the yarn has a slightly marled effect, especially in the darker colourways. These two yarns are both absolute favourites of ours here and so this update is a big one. We have lots of semisolid colourways of Eldwick Lace available and on Keld we have a great mix of semisolids AND variegated colourways.

You can find out more about both these yarns in our blog posts which can be found on our Yarn Specific Blog Post Index HERE. On this page you will find Introduction blog posts and Projects and Patterns blog posts, which give you plenty of pattern inspiration incase you are wondering how to use these yarns.

We have lots of other updates in the planning stages including Titus Lace and Rosedale 4ply so keep an eye out for those coming soon!

I have some exciting news for you today: our bumper Tempo 4ply update is live on the website and we have lots for you to choose from. We have several variegated colourways in this update as well as a wide range of semi-solid colours.

Tempo 4ply is our original sock yarn and is 75% Superwash Merino / 25% nylon. The Merino in Tempo is less fine than many of our other yarns meaning that it isn’t as soft but it is more durable and hard wearing making it perfect for socks, toys, homewares and garments; but it also works well in shawls including for lace patterns. Being Merino, this yarn is still soft enough for next-to-skin wear for all but the most sensitive skin (✋ sensitive skin here and I can wear it).

You can find all Tempo 4ply on the website now and if you are looking for inspiration of how to use this wonderfully versatile yarn check out our Patterns and Projects blog post HERE.

Happy February yarn fans! We are really excited to finally be able to share Brimham Aran with you. This update has been in the works since last autumn which you will be able to see from some of the colours included. Various things got in the way of the update but we are so thrilled that you will be able to get your hands on it. As with our other Brimham yarns this is a blend of extrafine Merino with nylon and this time in an Aran weight (85% Merino/15% nylon). It has all the softness you would expect from the extrafine merino but with the added durability that comes from the nylon. As this is the first update of Brimham Aran we have mostly gone with our signature semi-solids but with a couple of variegated colourways including our newest — White Iris. You can find all Brimham Aran on the website now!

We have received our latest Milburn delivery so our out of stock colours have been restocked and the next batch has been requested. Older dyelots of some colours are reduced in price so that we can keep the stock as current as possible. This restock means many of our Milburn yarn packs are back in stock including our Milburn blanket packs which are available in both 4ply and DK weights. Blanket packs include one ball of each colour in the Milburn palette — that’s 20 balls!

Now that Royal Mail appears to be running more smoothly again for domestic shipments, we have reinstated First Class and Second Class shipping options on our website. You can still select Courier or Signed For services for extra piece of mind but cheaper options are now available again.

International shipping is sadly still a bit of a mess due to the backlog of parcels from Royal Mail strikes in December and the cyber attack in January. Here is a summary of the current situation:
– International orders placed and shipped before 23rd December should have been delivered. Contact us if they have not.
– International orders placed over the festive break are in the system and starting to be processed.
– EU orders placed since 12th January have been shipped and should be moving through the system.
– International orders (other than EU orders) shipped between 12th January and 31st January are being held by Royal Mail.
– International orders shipped after 31st January *should* be almost back to a normal service but will be slower than the service has been previously.

We still only have tracked international shipping on the website at this time but we do also have courier shipments available which will be much more reliable at this time. Thank you for your continued patience with us through this difficult period.

Hello all from a very frosty ECY Shedquarters. Our latest update is now live on the website and it is Bowland Aran! This is our Bluefaced Leicester Aran-weight yarn, so if you are a fan of British yarns this is the one for you! We have restocked with a variety of colours so you have plenty to choose from.

Despite the recent price increases, we have made the decision to keep Aran- and chunky-weight yarns cheaper to make those larger projects a bit more affordable, so we really hope that that helps. As a special extra we will also include a free print copy of Cardamom Rose by Thea Colman in with any orders of three or more skeins of any of our Aran yarns!

Since its debut, Bowland Aran has been really popular, being selected for a number of designs and chosen for many projects. You can see these in our Projects and Patterns blog post HERE. One of our favourites is the Woodbine sweater by Fiona Alice which you can find on LoveCrafts. This uses two colours of Bowland Aran with one colour of Eldwick Lace and we have a selection of yarn packs for this design on the website. We added a handful of batches of Eldwick Lace to the website for these packs so do check out the selection of these as well. The Bowland Aran restock means that we were also able to restock yarn packs for some of the Aran-weight designs in the Cat Knits book by Marna Gilligan. We have copies of the book available on the website and yarn packs for some designs. The Flippy Kitten Mittens and the Peeky Pom Pom Hat are both quick makes and an easy introduction to intarsia knitting.

Coming up very soon we will have a few batches of Bowland 4ply hitting the website to correlate with the release of the Snowdrop Sweater pattern from Zara Powter, aka LilyPurlDesign, which is available on Etsy now. Shortly after that we will also have a new Aran-weight yarn, Brimham Aran, which is extrafine Merino with nylon. This is a lovely soft yarn but with the added durability that comes from nylon. Looking further forward, January will see a bumper mini skein update which features ALL the mini skeins in our range! So although we have now passed the last recommended postage dates for arrival before Christmas there is a lot more to look forward to. If you are stuck for last minute gifts we do have digital pattern downloads and gift cards which are delivered to your inbox automatically, even when we are closed!

We will be closed from Friday 22nd December, through until Monday 9th January so orders placed over the festive period will not be sent until after we are back in the new year.