Knitting Kits at Lucy Locket Land

Recently I teamed up with the lovely Lucy, from Locket Land and I'm delighted to announce two new knitting kits have been produced from my knitting patterns. These were launched last week at Yarndale in Skipton, North Yorkshire.

First is the Counting Sheep kit, this includes yarn made with fleece from my shetland sheep. Several natural colours are in the kits and there's enough to make a mini flock of at least five sheep. 

The image below shows some of the skeins in preparation ranging in colour from white, fawn, grey, brown and black.

The sheep kit includes the printed pattern, shetland wool yarn and natural wool filling in a neat presentation box. These are available online from Lucy's website and from her bricks and mortar shop (more about her shop later). 

Counting Sheep Knitting Kits

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Next, it's the Mini Red Roof Croft House pattern which has been so popular. 

For the Wee Croft House Knitting kits Lucy hand dyed shetland wool in pretty primary colours for the doors and roofs. There's enough yarn to make all three of these cute little houses.

Image courtesy Lucy Locket Land

The house kits include the printed pattern, the yarn and natural wool filling in cardboard presentation boxes. As with the sheep the house kits are available from Lucy's website and her shop.

Wee Croft House Knitting Kits

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The knitting kit production line...

Image courtesy Lucy Locket Land

Now, a little bit about Lucy's bricks and mortar shop. It is an exciting creative hub located near Sunderland in the north east of England. The shop stocks stunning yarns, unique work by local artisans, there are craft workshops (not just knitting) as well as knitting groups. 

Here's a little look around... 

Image courtesy Lucy Locket Land

Image courtesy Lucy Locket Land

Image courtesy Lucy Locket Land

Hope you enjoyed that quick visit.  Check out the opening times and keep up to date with news via Lucy's Instagram and website.

Yarn etc

While planning a trip to Harrogate I came across this lovely shop called Yarn etc. having seen attractive interior photos on the shop's Instagram feed. 

Fiona Burks is the new owner and driving force. Along with two friends, both also called Fiona, (collectively the "Fi Amigos") they offer a friendly place to shop and enjoy learning to knit and crochet. After taking over in March 2016 the owner has transformed the shop and received a nomination in the British Knitting & Crochet Awards for the Best Local Independent Yarn Store, North of England. (Finalists to be revealed on 28th September 2017).

I arrived on a Saturday afternoon to find plenty of parking outside and this attractive window display featuring an underwater scene of sea creatures. 

Unfortunately, Fiona (the owner) was away when I visited, however, I was made very welcome by the other two "Amigos". Holding the fort were Fiona Warrington who teaches crochet and Fiona Finch who teaches knitting. 

On one wall a large blackboard was the main feature with information on knitting and crochet classes. It advertised a range suitable for beginners and more advanced, along with workshops with seasonal interest.

Other walls were full of colourful yarn displays...

Smaller displays including these cute mini 25g balls...

Displays with examples of finished items...

Popular book titles...

...and lots of finished knit and crochet items. In particular I liked this eye catching crochet throw using up spare yarn, created by the owner, Fiona.

I could spend all day, every day, in this lovely shop and chat about yarn with the Fiona's.  Just wish I lived nearer.

Best wishes for the British Knitting and Crochet Awards!