Indiana Chatts & the Temple of Wool

Peter, aka Indiana Chatts, has been fossicking around the Mill the last few weeks & cleaning, creating, dying & spinning a variety of yarn that has been otherwise 'Lost'.

We have randoms (see Lilac Garden pic above), DK's, Mohairs, Merino, Boucle, more all listed & priced from $2.50 a 50gm ball. This is a great time to stock up & find a home for your very own Skeinz treasure....

Big Top

We have a number of Limited Release yarns bubbling away about to be launched in time for the Northern Hemisphere Winter. These are fun yarns, all made just for us, & using a variety of different fibres & materials.

One of the first of these is going to be Circus. A fun 10ply yarn designed especially for childrens knitting. Bright zany colours which scream hat's, jumpers, hoodies, fun, colour, play, noise. We are just awaiting labels & this yarn will be listed on the site (hopefully within the next two weeks), but in the meantime, enjoy the wee swatch I have been doing for Circus & if you haven't signed up for our newsletter or our Ravelry Group, do so & be the first to hear about Circus going live.

Yarn that Speaks to Me

I would upload dozens of yarns a month, you could say I was literally drowning in the stuff. I have to be made of stern stuff, do you know what it's like working in the thick of something that you love so much? It can be torture I can tell you!

I have become quite disciplined over the years, only re-homing yarns that I have a specific purpose/pattern for, but every now and again a yarn 'speaks' to me. Today it was this seductively coloured super chunky Merino Alpaca. A single roving yarn which is super soft & can be transformed into some ultra high fashion items. As soon an I saw the reds & purples of this yarn all I could think about was a Midsomer Murder Mystery, hence it's name "Death in a Chocolate Box", get seduced now, just freshly uploaded to skeinz.com

It's Alchemy.

Welcome to The Yarn Kitchen!

I felt it was time that Skeinz.com had it's own voice. So much of what I do for Skeinz is evolving & growing - it was time for me to share some of the goings on away from own personal blog.

Skeinz.com has grown dramatically over the past 4 months since we went live. Is wonderful to see something you created take on a live of it's own. So it's now time to catch our breath after a busy Southern Hemisphere Winter season & start stirring the pots for what's next.

Because Skeinz is sited at the yarn 'ground zero', alchemy takes place not with just colour, but also yarn composition. Keep your eyes out for some new yarns which are exciting blends of fibre & colour.

In the meantime make sure you are signed up to keep abreast of every new. Make sure you are signed up for our online yarn club, join our Skeinz group on Ravelry & as of today I also have a Skeinz page on Facebook.

Back to work!