HRYC
Meet Margaret Stove in-store!
It is a big week for us this week - our family is celebrating Margaret Stove's investiture with the Queen's Service Medal. We'd like to invite you along to a reception to celebrate this amazing achievement - and see some of her work up close and personal.
Thanks to being occupied putting together the exhibition, this is about the shortest blog post ever. Hopefully see you tomorrow!
This is what a knitter looks like
Each year Holland Road Yarn Co provides the tote bags for Knit August Nights, and i'm just back from the super amazing and inspiring weekend that it always is. If you ever have the chance to go, you absolutely should. I'm still recovering but have managed to get all the yarn back on the shop shelves...including masses of Knitsch:
with some new and limited edition colours which will be online soon...
and new colours of Zealana Air (also online very soon)
l-r Bright Gold, Grey, Cobalt Blue, Ink
But most exciting of all, is our brand new tote bag design thanks to Colleen of Dear Colleen:
You can pick up one of your own for $15 or get it freeeeee if you spend $100 or more. Hooray!
Madeline Tosh: Dandelion
Days like today are why I opened Holland Road Yarn Co. Days where I pick up a newly arrived yarn and mutter 'oh, you're so beautiful'. When I want to pinch it all off the shelf before you get a chance to fondle it. But then I remind myself of the other reason - to share the joy of such amazing yarns with you.
Madeline Tosh's Dandelion is that yarn. My obsession with anything containing linen continues, and Dandelion has me smitten. It is lustrous and light and bouncy and I can only imagine how wonderfully it will drape. MadTosh's colours simply shine out of each skein, making my woolly heart sing.
clockwise from top left: Fern, Lepidoptra, Parchment, Fathom
But what to make with it? Each skein is about 80g and 295m, and because I can't justify taking more than one off the shelf for my own selfish needs, i've tried to find one skein patterns.
Different Breeze by Sachiko Uemura
It was worth the pain of waiting so long to get our hands on it! Now to decide which colour i'm going to claim for my own....
It's been a week.
It really has. Some silly person (that would be me) arranged to move house in the middle of what is always our busiest month of the year. All moved now, and it seems a good time to catch up on what else has been going on at HRYC.
Moving house always means stress, and so called for super simple knitting. I'm going to call these my Happy Socks, because how could one not be happy with bright colours like these on your feet?
Using leftover bits of Knitsch Sock, and the pink is Wollmeise. Using our Super Simple Sock pattern which is free!
Also over the weekend we were very very pleased to host the amazing Rachael Herron. A full house of very happy readers and knitters made for one of the best afternoons ever.
Rachael (left) treated us to a reading of the first chapter of her new book, Fiona's Flame.
With special treats thanks to Sweet Bakery and Karma Cola!
In other news (I really am trying to cover everything in one go today!) I'm about to go and pick up our Madeline Tosh order. At last! So it's all up online right now if you want some of your very own to snuggle.
Madeline Tosh DK in Fluoro Rose
and we finally have the super popular craft scissors back in stock, and this time they've made it online!
And last but not least we have Knitsch Sock Isobar kits up for pre-order again. Hooray! This time in a fun new range of colours...
Phew! I think that's it for now! xx
Upcoming classes and events
A super quick round-up of events we have coming up in August (super quick because i've already written this post and lost it once *cries*)
Tech Knitting is back
Beverley Francis is back with us this weekend for a repeat of her super successful tech knitting sessions. Learn how to make your finished knitted items that much better with professional techniques, tips and tricks.
Saturday 9, 16 & 23 August
1.30pm - 3pm
Grand Arcade shop
$100 for 3 sessions
Rachael Herron Book Launch
We are HUGELY excited to welcome Rachael to the shop for the Wellington launch of her latest book, Fiona's Flame. The fifth in a series of books based around knitting (oh, yes!), Fiona's Flame takes us back to Cypress Hollow for a fun frolic. Come along and meet Rachael, ask her your burning questions, get a book or five signed, and enjoy some tasty treats from our awesome sponsors Karma Cola and Sweet Bakery.
Saturday 16 August
1pm - 3pm
Grand Arcade shop
free! with free treats from our awesome sponsors
Learn to Knit
Our beginner knitting classes continue to be super popular, so we'll now hold them once a month. August's date is Saturday the 16th, in the morning this time. The class includes yarn and needles that you can take home!
Saturday 16 August
10.30am - 12.30pm
Grand Arcade shop
$20 including needles & yarn
Knit Night
and a friendly reminder that we have knit night every Thursday, alternating between Grand Arcade (wellington central) and Petone. We know it can be hard to remember when it's on, so if you'd like a weekly reminder email (it'll be approximately one line long), fill out this form.
Happy knitting! xx Tash
