Monday 11 July 2016

NEW YARN: BATIK in 3 of my new Designs for Stylecraft

BATIK a new yarn Launched

On Saturday the 9th July a group of bloggers got together for the first time at the Stylecraft Mill in Slaithwaite. Great to meet up girls LINK TO THE BLOGGERS  

We were greeted by Annabelle Hill Sales and Marketing Director and 
Juliet Bernard of Blue Bear a Strategic and Social Marketing company....who talked us through the next 12 months with Stylecraft. We got to look, feel and try all the new yarns and colours and chat about the crochet/knitting world

GOODY BAG:
And we all received a fabulously, generous Goody bag too, Thank you it is a wonderful gift..... 
of Knit Pro hooks in a wonderful zip up case, chocolate, tags, bags, new yarns and a complete set of the new BATIK yarn 20% wool, 80% acrylic


GLENBRAE:
We were given an insight into the Glenbrae side of the business, a high tech range of bespoke hand-crested Golfing Knitwear...the baby of Stylecraft owner Richard Brown.

As one of Stylecrafts Crochet Designers, I have been working with Batik for a few months now and love it...I hope all the other bloggers and you all, will love it as much as I do. 

A beautiful range of 16 colours that blend together fabulously


BATIK: 
A 20% Wool 80% Acrylic yarn, beautifully springy that fills the space well. I have designed the Stylecraft Autumn Cal using this yarn and in Special DK another huge favourite with lots of people, as the second option.



BATIK AND THE MAY DAISY.. pattern HERE
The May Daisy in Batik compared to the Special DK..slightly bigger motif and a subtler colouring compared to the Special DK



BATIK GRANNY SQUARES:
Batik... can give a new look to your granny squares. I love mixing yarns together to add depth, with Batik it's done for you in 16 fabulous colours


3 OF MY NEW DESIGNS FOR STYLECRAFT BATIK:

Stylecraft Pattern 9298


 Stylecraft Pattern 9299


 Stylecraft Pattern 9300



TO COME IN SEPTEMBER A NEW CAL:
I'm so excited and pleased with the design I can't wait for September and hope you will all like the CAL design...Top secret for now so just a teaser.
The mandala motif I designed a couple of weeks ago, tried out in Batik. I had already tried one in Stylecraft Sundae DK and one in the Special DK for comparison.....all look lovely and all give a different look and feel



If you Click the links below you will see the full range of colours in these 3 yarns 

The motif pattern is the same but in the 3 different yarns gives you an idea of how they will crochet




HOT OFF THE PRESS: Sock yarn and Yarn Stories
Something we are all waiting for...a new range of Stylecraft Sock Yarns to be launched towards the end of the year that will compliment the beautifully soft Yarn stories Merino and baby Alpaca ranges already on the market from the team at Stylecraft.......its going to be a exciting year 

3 comments:

  1. I love your new mandala and your patterns. I cannot wait to work them up. I'm looking forward to your CAL too. xoxox

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    1. Hi Angela, thanks very excited about the Cal too...making another couple of them ready for the workshop in October with variations, very exciting xx

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    2. Sorry you missed the sneak peek at the get together..look forward to meeting you in January on Skype. xx

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