NEW YARN ALERT: Debbie Bliss Rialto DK Print

Rialto DK Print is a fab new yarn from Debbie Bliss which we are sure you'll love. It is made with soft, 100% Superwash Merino Wool - which means it's great for everybody and everything, including kids, men, blankets, etc, even boot socks! It knits up in stripes that will wow everyone. Use Debbie Bliss Cashmerino DK in a contrasting colour for ribbing to make your stripes pop!

• Available in 6 self-striping colourways
• 50g/ 105m
• 22 sts & 30 rows = 10cm/4" on 4mm needles
• Machine wash cool, lay flat to dry
• $9.97 per ball

 

I know it's hard to visualize how the yarn will knit up, so take a peek at the patterns from the Debbie Bliss Rialto DK Print Book drew up for this yarn HERE

Nutmeag made these Striped Baby Legwarmers (free pattern Legwarmies) with 1 ball of Rialto DK Print and 1 ball of contrasting yarn.  Or Try Hopscotch (another free pattern) for children's sizes.

Make a Caramel cardie (free pattern) using Rialto DK Print alternated with a solid contrast colour of Debbie Bliss Cashmerino DK. 

I think it would make an amazing Chevron Baby Blanket (use 4mm needles and cast on 193sts for a blanket about 31" wide) but keep in mind the striping will be much narrower. 

More modest striping options: use  Rialto DK Print alternated with a solid contrast colour of Debbie Bliss Cashmerino DK for pattern OhLaLa. 

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New Noro Taiyo!

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Noro Taiyo

(100g-200m) $18.50

Ooo-oo, you are going to luuuuuv Noro Taiyo!  It`s everything you always wanted Noro Silk Garden to be. Instead of Mohair it has Cotton (40% cotton, 30% silk, 15% wool, 15% nylon), which makes it soft, light, and airy - perfect for any time, but especially Springy. And of course, the price is really nice - it has double the yardage of silk garden, but costs approximately $3 less per 50g.  The colours are also nice in bright, keeping up with current colour trends, and great for kids and babies! Suggested needle size is 4.5mm to 5mm, and the tension is 18 to 16 sts = 4 inches. There is only one thing to keep in mind with this  yarn - if your project is fitted, make it on the small size, since both cotton and silk tend to stretch. 

Take a look and see what people have been making with Taiyo!

• Lizard Ridge Blanket (11 skeins in assorted colours)
• Ten Stitch Blanket ( 4 to 7 skeins)
• Log Cabin Squares Blanket (12 skeins: 2 in each of 6 colours)
• Equinox Raglan (3 to 6 skeins)
• Simple Top-Down V-Neck (5 to 8 skeins)
• Lady Eleanor Stole (6 skeins)
• Top-Down Raglan (4 to 5 skeins)
• Clapotis (4 skeins)
• Simple Triangular Shawl (4 skeins)
• Noro Striped Scarf (2 skeins: 1 in colour A, 1 in Colour B)
• Turn a Square Hat (2 skeins: 1 in colour A, 1 in Colour B, or leftovers from your Noro Striped Scarf)
• Entrelac Scarf (2 skeins) 
• Mossy Baby Jacket (1 to 2 skeins)

Noro Striping Tricks! 

You can get great striping effects using Noro yarns, all you need to do is use colours of yarn and alternate every other round.

1. Yarn A is a Noro yarn like Silk Garden, Kureyon or Taiyo. Yarn B is a solid colour, like Cascade 220, Lamb`s Pride Worsted, or Malabrigo Worsted. For example, Turn a Square 
2. Yarn A is one shade of Noro yarn, and Yarn B is another shade of the same Noro Yarn. For example, Noro Striped Scarf.
3. Use only 1 colour of Noro yarn, but Yarn A is taken from inside of skein, and Yarn B is taken from outside of skein (ie. opposite ends of the colourway). For example, this Equinox Raglan.

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