As the weather continues to heat up, I find that I still need a lightweight cardigan to wear in the office or outside in the evening. Our cotton boucle megaskeins are the perfect yarn, and with 475-500grams per skein, one
Summer knitting
Warm weather yarn
Finally (fingers crossed!) we seem to be heading towards warmer weather, which of course will affect the projects and yarn you want in your hands and lap. One of the most useful summer garments I ever knitted was a cap-sleeved
Glorious Cornish Sunsets
A benefit of living near the Cornish coast is being treated to glorious sunsets over the Atlantic coastline. The amazing colours that change so quickly as the sun sets are a constant source of wonder and inspiration. The warm rich
New yarn – DK Silky Smooth
Another new addition to the 2018 Perran Yarn collection is the gorgeous DK Silky Smooth. This supersoft rounded yarn is comprised of 50% superwash merino and 50% silk, so has warmth with amazing drape and sheen. Each 100gram skein has
Ripples in the Sand
Perran Yarns is named after our much-loved location near Perranporth in beautiful Cornwall, England. We moved here in 2007 and have always since felt so thankful to live in such a lovely community with unlimited access to amazing land, sky
Cornwoolly time!
There are just a few days left until the second fabulous Cornwoolly event at Heartlands this Sunday! We’re getting very excited as this is building up to be Cornwall’s biggest and best wool and fibre event of the year. Last year
Baby camel blend yarns
We’ve recently started to dye a few colourways in the sumptuous silk and baby camel blend yarn which you can find in our Etsy shop. The natural undyed colour of the yarn is a beautiful warm sand shade, which you
Free shawl knitting pattern
A few months back we were fortunate enough to take stock of some gorgeous fine boucle pure banana yarn in a 4ply weight instead of our usual laceweight version. I wanted to inspire knitters and show them how far a
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
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