Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Needful Yarns Kim & Kelly at Village Yarns



What a cute bear and blankets adorning our windows at Village Yarns in Toronto. These patterns are among our best sellers for parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles.


The cheeful colour range of Needful Yarns Kim Cotton blend make this a practical-care choice as it goes in the washer and dryer without any fuss. Both blankets feature easy to follow instructions for beginner knitters, including the Colour Block Baby Blanket which is a great introduction to the Intarsia knitting technique. Very little yarn ends to sew in with this project.



This colourful bear pattern is knit in Stocking Stitch using the Intarsia colour block knitting technique in the solid Kim colourways. The bear pattern is from our best selling book Family Circle Easy Baby Knits, featuring over 50 designs including clothing, blankets and toys.





These baby blanket patterns are exclusive to Village Yarns and free with the purchase of Village Yarns Baby Blanket kits featuring King Textiles Kim & Kelly.



KIM - available in 29 solid colours.
Composition 55% Cotton, 45% Acrylic.
Yardage 108 Yds.
Gauge 19 STS x 26 ROWS
Needles US:8.0 Metric:5mm UK:6



KELLY - available in 15 self striping colours.
Composition 55% Cotton, 45% Acrylic.
Yardage 108 Yds.
Gauge 19 STS x 26 ROWS
Needles US:8.0 Metric:5mm UK:6


Please contact us for more information on Needful Yarns products and Family Circle publications or to order at villageyarns@sympatico.ca or toll free 888-343-8885 or Toronto local (416)232-2361. We ship worldwide.

Enjoy your passion!
Village Yarns
Toronto, Ontario CANADA
www.villageyarns.com

Sunday, August 26, 2007

Prism Lace Wool at Village Yarns


We invite you to Village Yarns to see our complete collection of Prism Yarns including the exquisite Prism Lace Wool; 100% Merino Wool spun it Italy and hand dyed by Laura Bryant and her team at Prism in St. Petersburg Florida.


The hand of this wool is so soft it has to be touched to believe, with enough stick to the fibers that it doesn't slide around so your lace has beautiful definition. Great yardage with 1460 yards per skein allows knitters to complete many lace projects with a single skein.



One skein does a generously sized shawl or several scarves. The perfect choice for "mystery shawl" knitters.


When Lace Wool arrived at Village Yarns last February we knew that a sample must be knit using the "Flirty Ruffles" lace shawl pattern by Dorothy Siemens of Fiddlesticks Knitting. To show our customers how large a shawl can be knit from one skein of Prism Lace Wool, we reduced the finished size from that on Dorothy's pattern. For a larger shawl with more volume, a second skein would be purchased.


At Village Yarns you can touch and try on our sample of "Flirty Ruffles". Knit in Prism Lace Wool it is light as a feather with the subtle, beautiful colours of Prism hand dyed yarns. Village Yarns store model was knit in the Prism Dune colourway.


Prism Fall Fantastic Book 42, new for Fall 2007 at Village Yarns features Lace Wool on the front cover, left image. An inventive wrap with sleeves that can be worn several ways. Click on the highlighted book name to take you to a preview of Fall Fantastic; at the bottom of page 3 is "Lacy Wrap", knit using 2 skiens of Prism Lace Wool .

Prism Lace Wool is available from Village Yarns in 60 gorgeous hand dyed colourways. Remember that we ship worldwide so contact us toll free at 888-343-8885 if you have any questions or wish to order Prism Lace Wool.

For your viewing pleasure, here are some eye candy shots of 23 of the 60 colourways of Prism Lace Wool available at Village Yarns in Toronto:

Prism Lace Wool:
100% merino wool
3.5 oz skein/1460 yards
Needle size variable for Lace Weight patterns.


























To view the complete colour range for Prism Yarns, click on this link to their website:

Prism Hand Dyed Colours at Village Yarns Toronto

Please contact Village Yarns in Toronto for more information on Prism Lace Wool or to order at villageyarns@sympatico.ca or toll free 888-343-8885 or Toronto local (416)232-2361. We ship worldwide.

Enjoy your passion!
Village Yarns
Toronto, Ontario CANADA
www.villageyarns.com