Well summer is certainly over as the days turn autumnal; time for cosy woolliness! We have several events coming up, kicking off with the 3 Bags Full Wool Market on Friday 6th October. It’s held at Liskeard Public Hall for
It’s the Woolly season!
New in – bamboo DK yarn
New to our Etsy shop this week is a beautifully smooth and drapey pure bamboo yarn. We’re starting off with 3 hand-dyed colourways, shown below, with more coming soon. The yarn is available in 50gram skeins with 100 metres per
Handdyed ribbons
Last year we introduced our range of recycled sari and chiffon silk ribbons, handdyed in the same colourways as our other Perran Yarns. The ribbons are short offcuts from sari production in India, which are sewn or tied together to
Lace banana top – free pattern
Our handknitted lace banana yarn top made it’s debut appearance at Cornwoolly and inspired lots of you! Many of you purchased our beautiful handdyed laceweight banana yarn and got your free knitting pattern for the top made from a single
Cornwoolly
We’re just 2 days from the first ever Cornwoolly show at Heartlands and preparations are ongoing as the excitement builds! We’re packaging lots of colourways of our recycled sari silk and chiffon silk ribbons to make sure you have a
A new look
In an earlier post I mentioned that we’ve been making some changes regarding printing lately. The big change that you will easily notice is our new labels! We’ve switched to skein bands, and they are being printed commercially instead of
Woolly Jazzies!
Anyone remember the Jazzies sweets from your childhood? They were my favourite! When I came across the yarn equivalent recently I couldn’t resist. One of our new bases for this year is this gorgeous 4ply merino with a bright rainbow donegal
loophole fabrics are here!
I’m thrilled that the recycled sari and chiffon silk ribbons that I hand-dye are so well-loved and have used the pictures of them in a new way – to create printed fabric! There are 3 designs available currently: Sorbet Swirl
Welcome 2017
Happy New Year! Yes I know it’s a little late, but 2017 has started out at top speed. We have new yarns to show you as well as a few changes being implemented behind the scenes. One such change is
Introducing Chunky Merino Chainette
Have you seen our new Chunky Merino Chainette yarn? It’s actually a superchunky weight as it has 60metres per 100gram skein, with a unique texture – like the french cords we used to make as children! I’ve designed a quick