Silk/Linen Fingering – Blush

Silk/Linen Fingering – Blush

Colour The Blush colourway is a subtle mix of various shades of light pink. Yarn Details 65% silk and 35% linensoft with a lovely drape115 g and 439 m (480 yards)handwash and lay flat to dry $39.00 Cdn Shipping (Canada/US): $10.00 for first item (kit is 1 item), $1.00 for each additional item...

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Silk/Linen Fingering – Green Apple

Silk/Linen Fingering – Green Apple

Colour The Green Apple colourway is a subtle mix of various shades of bright green. Yarn Details 65% silk and 35% linensoft with a lovely drape115 g and 439 m (480 yards)handwash and lay flat to dry $39.00 Cdn Shipping (Canada/US): $10.00 for first item (kit is 1 item), $1.00 for each additional item project ideas This yarn is excellent for scarves, cowls, and shawls or anything that goes directly against the the...

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Merino/Silk Fingering – Green Apple

Merino/Silk Fingering – Green Apple

Colour The Green Apple is a subtle mix of various shades of bright green. Yarn Details Merino/Silk Fingering is a 4-ply yarn50% superwash merino and 50% silksoft with a lovely shine to the yarn100 g and 400 m (438 yards) There are 2 skeins in this dye batch. $37.00 Cdn Shipping (Canada/US): $10.00 for first item (kit is 1 item), $1.00 for each additional item project ideas This yarn is excellent for scarves, cowls, and shawls or anything that...

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Merino/Silk DK – Michelle’s Green

Merino/Silk DK – Michelle’s Green

Colour The Michelle’s Green colourway is a mix of various shades of chartreuse and gold. Yarn Details Merino/Silk DK is a 4-ply yarn 50% superwash merino and 50% silk soft with a lovely shine to the yarn 100 g and 211 m (231 yards)   There is only 1 skein still available in this dye batch. $37.00 Cdn Shipping (Canada/US): $10.00 for first item(kit is 1 item), $1.00 for each additional item project ideas This yarn is excellent for...

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Merino/Silk DK – Peach

Merino/Silk DK – Peach

Colour The Peach colourway is a mix of various shades of light orange. Yarn Details Merino/Silk DK is a 4-ply yarn50% superwash merino and 50% silksoft with a lovely shine to the yarn100 g and 211 m (231 yards) $37.00 Cdn Shipping (Canada/US): $10.00 for first item(kit is 1 item), $1.00 for each additional item project ideas This yarn is excellent for sweaters, scarves, cowls, and shawls or anything that goes directly against the the...

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My 2015 in review and a giveaway

Happy New Year! I hope that 2016 will be a happy and prosperous one for you and your family. I’m happy to report that 2015 was another year of growth for Yvieknits Yarns as I increased my sales by 15% from last year, now have a second yarn store placing orders on a regular basis, and launched two new yarns. I introduced my two new laceweight yarns, BFL/Silky Select Lace and Silk/Linen Select Lace, at my annual trunk show at The Loop in...

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Silk Hankies, A New Colourway, and Other News

I started dyeing up silk hankies (matawa) in January and recently added them for sale to my website. Matawa are 100 % silk hankies with dozens of layers in each hankie. Each layer can be spun one at a time or can be drafted (stretched) and knitted directly. There are several silk hankies in each 1 oz (28 g) package. I have also created a few 1/2 oz (14 g) packages to enable people to give this a try with only a small investment. A few weeks...

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Lavender Fields Shawl Kit

This shawl kit contains the Lavender Fields shawl pattern by Natalie Servant, 1 skein of Yvieknits Yarn BFL/Silk Select Lace in the Persian Violet colourway, and 1 silver shawl pin from Fancy That – Creations by Francine. The Lavender Fields shawl is a wavy-edged triangular shawl inspired by lavender fields and flowers. There is enough yardage in this skein of BFL/Silk Select Lace yarn to knit the large version of this shawl. BFL/Silk...

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Blackberry

Colour Blackberry is a mix of various shades of purple, dark blue and black. Yarn Details Merino/Silk Fingering is a 4-ply yarn 50% superwash merino and 50% silk soft with a lovely shine to the yarn 100 g and 400 m (438 yards)   There are 2 skeins in this dye batch. $37.00 Cdn         project ideas This yarn is excellent for scarves, cowls, and shawls or anything that goes directly against the the...

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