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Indigo Dragonfly are the most fantastic indie dyers. Not only do they come up with amazing colours, they throw in the BEST yarn names. Honestly. Prefer Buffy over Twilight? 'And then Buffy staked Edward. The End.' is a colour for you (and me!). If you're a movie or Dr Who or any other kind of fan, there's a yarn name just for you.

I think our next order will have to include some of their other yarn bases - any special requests?

Strange coincidence that shortly after having blogged about my first ever knit garment, Thermal, we've got more stock of the same yarn I used for it - Naturally Haven. 

Why did I choose it? Because it was soft, had a beautiful hand, and was machine washable. It's safe to say that after 5 years of wear, it still looks fantastic. 

In the same line, we also now have Naturally's Waikiwi on the shelves. The best thing about Waikiwi? It's PERFECT for socks. A mix of NZ merino, possum, nylon and silk mean it is designed for the wear and tear socks are subjected to. It almost seems a shame just to put it on your feet, though. Wouldn't it also make a glorious Thermal? I think so. 

I'm trying to force myself to finish knitting my second  Rocky Coast before casting on anything new...but with all this exciting stock arriving, it's proving a challenge! Knitting and daydreaming about future projects will have to do for now.

I'm having a weird old weird day. If you're having one as well, or simply feel like getting out of the house, it's knit night tonight (Thursday). Come on by for some yarn squishing, knitting and tea. And toffee pops. And whatever else I can rummage up for you. We'll be here, knitting, from 7pm - 9pm.

xx Tash

It is always a good day when Malabrigo arrives! Hip hip hooray! This time round we indulged in the brand new Silkpaca Lace - a sumptuous blend of alpaca and silk. We're packed to the gunnels with brand new colours in Rios worsted weight, and piles more Sock yarn. 

There's also a shipment of classic single ply Lace on the way, which should land in a couple of weeks. 

It's mighty hard to resist these beauties, as usual...

Maabrigo Silkpaca Lace in Pink Frost, Polar Morn, Hollyhock and Abril

Malabrigo Silkpaca Lace in Polar Morn and Sunset

Malabrigo Sock in Terracotta (top), Archangel, Abril and Dewberry

Malabrigo Rios in Bobby Blue, Ivy and Lavanda

 A picture says a thousand words...or draws a thousand gasps of delight? 

I'm going to leave these ones to speak for themselves - new Fyberspates colours have just been launched and we lept super fast to get them on the shelves as soon as we possibly could. They are seriously worth lusting after.

Fyberspates Lace (l-r) Primrose (new!), Gold, Treacle Toffee

Fyberspates Lace (l-r) Eau de Nil (new!), Slate, Wine Gum

Fyberspates Sport (l-r) Magenta (new!), Flying Saucer, Jen's Green (new!), Charcoal (new!)

Seeing as we're heading into the season of doing nice things for other people, Fyberspates is the perfect gift yarn. The lace skeins have a whopping 1000m and the sport 365m - so you just need one to make something really special. And Fyberspates is pretty gosh darn irresistible. I'd like one of each, thanks very much!