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Wheat fields and cupcakes

By natalie | Published: 9th September 2010
Quick shop update this evening, I’ve been dyeing club yarn this week so there hasn’t been as much time to stock the shop. Wheat Field, crannog, 2 skeins And Cup cake, crannog, 2 skeins. Other colours are here. More next week, I promise. n
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And the winner is….

By natalie | Published: 4th September 2010
Liwella! I used a random number generator thing, but forgot the screenshot. Anyway, there is a skein of Crannog in need of some colour, so I await instructions from the winner. I absolutely loved reading all the stories. As a thank you, I’m also awarding a 20% off voucher to five other people selected at random, which [...]
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Happy Birthday!

By natalie | Published: 3rd September 2010
Today is my birthday, and it’s The Yarn Yard’s fourth birthday too. Tomorrow I will use the Random Number Generator to choose a winner for the skein of Crannog in a colour of your choice. There are a few hours left to enter. I’ll also be announcing a new comment give-away, with a birthday theme, so don’t [...]
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Advice needed please.

By natalie | Published: 29th August 2010
This is my latest sock. It’s K1 P1 twisted rib, and then K3 tbl P1 leg. I love the strong line of the twisted stitches, but the leg is biasing (if that’s a word). My friend Jane is here this weekend, and is an knitter of distinction, and the best we can come up with is that all [...]
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Shop Update will be tomorrow

By natalie | Published: 25th August 2010
…. at about lunchtime, I have a thumping headache which does not lend itself to getting things done accurately, so I’m giving up on this evening. There are photos on flickr of yarn so far. n
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Take Five (and win yarn).

By natalie | Published: 24th August 2010
I haven’t done a Take Five for ages. Five things to entertain, amuse and inform. 1.  All Mallard ducks are actually wearing dog masks. Be warned. You will never be able to look at a duck in the same way again. 2.  Sockupied. A new downloadable sock magazine from Interweave Press. It has patterns, embedded videos of cast on [...]
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Fleece Fiend

By natalie | Published: 22nd August 2010
Yesterday I was at the Broughton Gathering, the annual social meet-up for the Scottish Guilds of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers. It’s held in a village hall in the picturesque village of Broughton in the Borders, and every year the house opposite the hall has it’s annual open day for the National Garden Scheme, and every [...]
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Crannog

By natalie | Published: 20th August 2010
The new laceweight has a name. Crannog, suggested by Hilary who lives in Fort William. A Crannog is an ancient dwelling found in Scotland, where it’s known as a Crannog, and Ireland where it’s pronounced Cran-owwg. (Photos from L Grove’s photostream under Creative Commons Licence.) This reconstructed Crannog is to be found on Loch Tay in Perthshire. I love the [...]
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Variations on a theme.

By natalie | Published: 17th August 2010
I haven’t been “here” as much recently, mainly because I’ve been dyeing like a madwoman and getting ready for Knit Camp (of which more tomorrow). I need to tell you about a new yarn base (which sold out at the event, to my astonishment and delight), and a new pattern for it which will be available [...]
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Needle P*rn.

By natalie | Published: 2nd August 2010
At the very last minute, I decided to go to Knit Nation. Arranged to stay with my friend Jane, bought train tickets, booked a class, threw clean T shirts into a bag and just WENT. I had a fantastic time. and learned a lot. I met lots of people, I laughed with them, knitted with them and [...]
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