It’s that time of year when we may be thinking of which project to take on holiday with us – how do you choose? For me it has to be something small & easy to carry in my shoulder bag,
Holiday Projects
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
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
Favourite stitch dictionaries
One of the most useful resources I couldn’t work without are my stitch dictionaries, which enable me to create pattern such as my latest Lacy Heart Shawl. These are a few of my favourites: The Harmony Knitting and Crochet guides
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
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
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
Bags, staples and cardboard
Just thought I’d share this picture which sums up today (and several others) for me, packaging my hand-dyed recycled sari silk and chiffon silk ribbons. I dye the ribbons in 100gram skeins, as with my other base yarns. However many