Fab new colours added to Botany Lace

Dionne    Knitting and Crochet, What's New     araucania, Botany Lace

We cannot maintain supply of this beautiful yarn.  We are currently the only stockists for Araucania Botany Lace and our customers cannot get enough of it.  That yummy chocolate one on the top row on the far right has sold out within a week of arriving in store.  It has to be touched to be believed.   So divinely soft and such luscious colours.  I am thinking of the turquoise/blue colours for myself for my nephews wedding this autumn.

We now have the entire palatte of 20 colours, when we haven’t sold out ….

They are all available online and in store now.  Over 400 metres per 100 gram skein of the softest Merino yarn in beautiful colours.

It’s a mongrel of a job and it is not finished yet.

Dionne    Cross Stitch, Tapestry and Needlepoint     14 count, 28 count, aida, banding, canvas, even weave, linen

Loading fabric is a major job

I need a lie down and a drink, preferably some nice chilled Australian bubbles … with a strawberry in it!  Currently I am into Tigress Pinot Noir Chardonnay Cuvee Brut from Bay of Fires in Tasmania (just thought I’d share)

Just finished loading every 14 and 28 count fabric, canvas, banding in the shop. 101 products later, ….no I am not exaggerating. The killer is calculating weights and sizes for every cut amount from 10cm to one metre in 5cm increments and not forgetting to do the half widths that we offer in the aida, even weave and linen.  So, we have the cross stitchers covered and some of the needlepointers.

Now I have to do the 9 count, 10 count, 11 count … you get the picture.

Anyway, it is here and waiting for you, only 34 months after I started the website, but who is counting. Just click on the fabric you want and select the amount from the drop down menu. It looks so simple from the front end of the site.

Funky Free Projects for Christmas and just for fun.

Dionne    What's New     Cross Stitch, Free stuff

The [make it]® manufacturers have released 9 free Christmas design ideas for their Circle Timber Cross Stitch Kit and Oval Timber Cross Stitch Kit.  The colours are probably in your thread box anyway, so all you need is the timber shape and finishing felt.  The kits have both of these items.  So all you have to do is click on the links below and download the sheet you want.

Here is the link for the  Circle Christmas Chart Ideas.  Here is the link for the Oval Christmas Chart Ideas.

Or how about using the Heart Timber Cross Stitch Kit to make yourself some earrings.  Those helpful [make it]® people have come to the party and have another downloadable sheet for you to follow if it is a little too daunting to tackle it without instructions.