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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

More Inventory & New Shades of Schoppel Crazy Zauberball

Schoppel Crazy Zauberball
We just got a shipment of Schoppel Crazy Zauberball sock yarn with lots of beautiful colours, including some new ones for Fall 2014!

Schoppel Crazy Zauberball is a wonderful, self striping sock yarn with a long colourway. The yarn is made from 2 plies, each a different colour, which creates a marled effect as well. It's a hard wearing yarn with 25% nylon, so your socks should wear well and last a long time (depending on wear and washing). We really like the Magic Zauberball Stripe Socks free pattern (picture to the left) and the Sock Head Hat free pattern for this yarn.

75% Superwash Virgin Wool, 25% Nylon
100g/420m (460yds)
Fingering Weight Sock yarn
2mm to 3mm/US 0 to 3 needles
Made in Germany
Pattern ideas for this yarn

Tuesday, October 08, 2013

NEW Schoppel Pur

Schoppel Pur
Schoppel Pur is another cool semi-felted yarn like Schoppel Alpaka Queen (in fact the two work well together). It's a single ply, with a marvelous, felted texture and no twist. It is also self striping, which is always fun.

100% merino wool
100g/150m
12 sts & 19 rows = 4"/10cm
6mm to 7mm needles
see colours HERE
soft, single ply, semi-felted, self striping
made in Germany
$24.97/skein

Short Story Hat

FREE Pattern
1 skeins Schoppel Pur
5.5mm needles
6mm-16" circular + double pointed needles

Eternalism

3 to 5 skeins Schoppel Pur
6mm & 6.5mm needles (see pattern for details)
pattern from Knitscene Winter 2010/2011, or available for download for $5.50 HERE.

Bluebell Hat

FREE Pattern
1 skein Schoppel Pur
6mm-16" circular + double pointed needles
picture by stricklieslmaus

Thorpe

FREE Pattern
1 skein Schoppel Pur
5.5mm-16" circular & double pointed needles
picture from vavlouki

Montgomery Fingerless Mitts

FREE Pattern
1 skein Schoppel Pur
5.5mm double pointed needles
picture from jamie820

Moebius Riff Cowl

FREE Pattern (pattern instructions on pgs 21, 30 + 31. Reading the pattern is a little confusing, basically you do the following: Use Mobius Cast-on technique, cast-on 100 sts, turn to pg. 31 and follow instructions "K" (the stitch pattern), and "L" (the cast-off).
2 skeins Schoppel Pur
6mm-47" circular needles

Monkey Jacobus

1 skein Schoppel Pur, 1 skein Schoppel Alpaka Queen
5mm needles (see pattern for details)
pattern available online via Ravelry for $6.50

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Thursday, October 03, 2013

Schoppel Alpaka Queen

Schoppel Wolle Alpaka Queen
My sister-in-law says that the day she met my brother he was wearing a lime green body suit. She says that it was not love at first sight, but she knew immediately that this was a person she wanted to know, and who would probably figure into her life. My feelings toward this yarn are similar. When the sales rep first brought it by I was curious, it is a single ply, but slightly felted, so it has no twist. It comes in natural (sheep-esque) colours, and when knit in a simple stitch it has a very modern, felty aesthetic. I couldn't stop picking it up, looking at it, holding it, putting it down, and 5 minutes later picking it up again. Whether Alpaka Queen will become a true love (I'm kinda polyamorous when it comes to yarn) I can not yet say, but I think it will definitely figure into my life.