Hi & welcome, thank you for checking out this blog post which will allow you to preview what is coming to my shop this Saturday 16th January at 7pm GMT.
This will be my first exclusive update where I have the yarn dyed & ready to post. I will be posting orders out on Monday & Tuesday following the update. We ship worldwide, please know since Brexit we are required to put customs labels onto any parcels heading out of the UK. Customer’s are responsible for their own customs charges.
Let’s begin!
I will have three new self striping colourways which will be available on the usual yarn bases; merino nylon sock 50g & 100g, bfl nylon sock, 80/20 merino nylon high twist sock, silver sparkle merino nylon & merino, mohair nylon. All will be sold with a 20g contrasting mini skein as pictured.
The first brand new self striping colourway is the first Valentine’s colourway, Chain of Hearts
The second brand new self striping colourways is Time Turner
The third new self striping colourway is called Amore
Stripes of deep Reds, blues & purples contrasted with a charcoal grey.
Over the Christmas break & in the last couple of weeks I’ve been inspired to dye some speckled & tonal skeins.
The first speckled colourway is Luna Speckled & will be available on 100g&50g merino nylon sock, high twist sock & sparkle merino sock - these all come with a 20g contrast mini skein in a beautiful rich teal colour.
Luna speckled is also available on DK weight merino nylon 100g/225m, non superwash merino DK & non super wash merino Aran.
The second speckled colourway is Apple Blossom, this colourway is dyed & will be available on will be available on 100g&50g merino nylon sock, high twist sock & sparkle merino sock - these all come with a 20g contrast mini skein in a beautiful rich magenta colour.
The third speckled colourway making it’s Debut is Roses Are Red, Violet’s are Blue. This will be available on 100g&50g merino nylon sock & 100g sparkle merino sock - these all come with a 20g contrast mini skein in a gorgeous pinky red.
I will have three different mini skein sets going into the shop, these consist of 6x20g mini skeins. Each colourway will be available on merino nylon sock, sparkle merino nylon & 80/20 merino nylon high twist.
OOAK set - Dare to Dream
Luna (slightly different tones from the original colours of the self striping)
Colour Wizard
I dyed Flash Dance as a midi set, you will receive 6x50g/200m 75% superwash merino/25% nylon. I dyed it with Stephen West’s Dotted Ray’s in mind but it’d be fabulous to use to knit socks, hats, shawls, cowls - you name it! Lovely & vibrant.
I will also have some sock sets with each of the individual skeins of Flash Dance which will come with a charcoal black 20g mini skein dyed on merino/nylon sock.
Jazz Hands (bare with neon speckles) & Twist and Shout Sock Sets
Twist & Shout - sock sets
OOAK Boogie - neon speckled sock sets - 100g sw merino/nylon with charcoal black mini skein (photographs below are version 1&2)
Finally I will have various OOAK DK & Aran weight skeins, perfect for mittens, hats, cowls, socks (this is a selection of what is available)
Finally, (congrats if you’ve made it this far!!) I will have various merino nylon self striping sock sets including colourways such as Platform 9&3/4, Celestial, Aurora Borealis, Grellow Cat at Midnight, Flash Dance etc
All of the yarn is dyed & ready to be posted. I will be posting orders on Monday & Tuesday following the update this weekend.
I will be posting photographs & information on my Instagram & Facebook accounts so feel free to follow me over there. I’m @stripeycatyarns on IG & Stripey Cat Yarns on Facebook.
I hope you can join me in this new year’s update. Thank you, Sarah xx