A NEW SPIN ON WENDY FRILLS SCARF YARN

Here at Something Crafty we are always busy creating and when the new Frills scarf yarn came in from Wendy we got all excited and thought we could do something other than a scarf, so look what we came up with, a gorgeous tea cosy that your mum would love for Mother’s Day!

The tea cosy is knitted with Frills from Wendy – there are 8 great shades to chose from.

1 Ball will make 2 tea cosies.

Using 6.5mm needles pick up 16 loops. Knit using every loop till work is approx 18cm long or length required. Thread loops onto piece of ribbon. Work another side to match, threading loops onto same piece of ribbon. Pull up tightly and knot ribbon, then tie in bows. Sew pieces together from bottom to make hole for handle and spout.

Designed by Kay Henry from Something Crafty, 131 Main St., Upper Hutt, New Zealand – ph 04 5274982…be sure and drop by and say “hi” to Kay for us!

My son Noel is 19 and told me a while back not to bother knitting anything for him any longer – “thanks mum, wouldn’t be cool”…that is until he found that the latest headwear fashion is knitted beanies! He always liked wearing hats but knitted beanies were never a priority – well that has now changed!

The other night he said “Mum can you knit me a couple of beanies”? He described the style he wanted and then went and got my yarn shade books and picked out the yarn and colour he wanted them done in, then in typical teenager fashion I was asked every hour “Mum are the beanies done yet”.

Lucky for me one of the yarns he chose was 10P Drift, this is a brand new yarn for this season from the Naturally collection – he chose the dark grey black colour, he wanted me to use the DK Loyal beanie pattern so I did a bit of size jiggling and got the desired result. The other beanie he chose Alpaca DK, which is the other brand new yarn from the Naturally collection that was launched for this season – he chose the lovely Silver Grey colour. He wanted a really long hat that hangs down so that was just done with some circular needles and knitted on a wing and a prayer, but he loves the end result.

Here are some pic’s of Noel wearing the much loved beanies and now he has a list of friends who all want beanies the same, so I don’t think I will be getting any rest any time soon:) The drift beanie didn’t use a full hank so I have enough left over for a beanie for a smaller person, and the Alpaca beanie took 2 balls, so it was still cheaper to knit than to buy ready made and it also means he is original.

The original shades of Waikiwi had black alpaca as part of their construction – this gave a lovely heather effect but it meant we could not get clean soft greys and browns (that are perfect for socks) or sharp clean tones in bright shades. 

To satisfy the requests from our retailers, we have created seven new Waikiwi shades (#407 – 413) made with natural alpaca instead of black – the end effect is the lovely new shades you’ll see but with the same exceptional handle Waikiwi is known for!  

There are also 5 new patterns available for Waikiwi – click here to view the new Waikiwi shades, and then click on the “Patterns” tab to see the new designs available – then get in touch with your local retailer to make arrangements to pick up what you need!

4 great new kids designs have just been released for Aran Tweed – click on the “Patterns” tab on the Aran Tweed page on our site! 

We received some nice feedback this week from one of the recipients of our regular free pattern:

“Hi, I love getting my free patterns. Ive knitted about 3 of them for my 15 month old granddaughter so far with more to go. Thanks so much for them. Keep them coming.”

Debbie Cowell, Auckland, NZ

We’ve added three new patterns to the collection for Naturally Lace!

Click here to view the Lace page, and click on “Patterns” to view all the patterns available, including the new ones N1171, N1172, & N1173!

Sportwool and Charly – new shades now available!

We have added 16 new shades to our Nirvana yarn from Filatura di Crosa!  Nirvana uses the highest quality extrafine merino wool that is mercerized to give you a cashmere – like softness with the luster of silk!  And because it is a superwash yarn, you can even machine wash it.  Click here to view the shade range!

More new patterns have been added to the collection for our new Naturally Yarns Drift – you can click here to view the Drift page on our site, and then click on the “Patterns” tab to see the patterns available! Contact your local retailer to pick yours up!

4 great new Misti Alpaca patterns are now available – click here to view them!