Town End Yarns is closed from 25th to 30th May 2023. You may still place orders online which I will send out on 1 June.
Kobolt Pullover by Sarah Solomon
Kobolt by Sarah Solomon was designed for a Woolfolk Merino/cotton yarn, but I’ve knitted it up in my Blue faced Chunky yarn in Olive. I really like Sarah Solomon’s designs and I’ve a couple waiting in my project queue. I’m a 34″ chest and I knitted the 2nd size. I had to go down a needle size to obtain the correct gauge and the jumper has ended up slightly smaller than the pattern. I’ve short arms and hate over-long sleeves, so I knitted them a bit shorter than described in the pattern. The design is knitted flat in pieces, in a traditional bottom-up manner with a slip-stitch selvedge to make sewing up neater. I particularly like the wide turtleneck and the raglan shaping. As it’s a chunky yarn, the jumper knitted up really quickly.
To buy the pattern from the designer on Ravelry, click here.
The jumper took 7 100g skeins of my Chunky yarn.
Town End Yarns is Closed from 14th to 22nd March 2023
Town End Yarns is closed from 14th to 22nd March 2023. You may still place orders online which I will send out when we re-open.
Royal Mail Deliveries
2 January 2023 – the backlog of deliveries seems to be clearing and parcels are being delivered more quickly.
Royal Mail Strikes
Sacks of orders that I’ve dropped of at Frome delivery office are sometimes being sent to Bristol deport for sorting without being scanned. Bristol is now so full due to the strike action by staff that these parcels are stuck there for now.
Please don’t order from us if you need yarns in a timely manner. I’m packing as fast as I can, but have no control over delivery timescales.
The Poze Throw by Debrosse
You can buy this pattern from the designer on Ravelry.
I wouldn’t normally crochet in an aran weight woolly yarn, but I’ve made this throw using Alpaca with Shetland. It’s the simplest pattern ever, so an ideal project for watching the TV to. It looks like a woven waffle weave and you can make it any size. My limitation was making sure it didn’t get too big to fit inside the washing machine. Once I had finished it, I gave it a wash in the machine on a 30 degree wool cycle with short spin. I dried it flat and when it was 99% dry, it had a quick blast in the tumble drier to tighten up the stitches and fluff it up a bit. It’s beautifully warm and cosy.
I used about a kg of yarn for this project. I might make it again using a DK weight yarn.
Town End Yarns is closed between 23rd and 28th September 2022.
We will not be sending out any orders between these dates. We will be picking up emails.
Woollen in Frome
We have decided to close our shop, Woollen, in Frome. Our last day of trading there will be Saturday 30 July 2022. Business will continue as usual online, over the phone and by email.
Jubilee Holiday Opening Times
We are closed from Wednesday through to Saturday 4 June. Orders received over this period will be posted out on Monday 6 June.
Half Term Opening Times
Due to staff holidays, the shop and office will be closed until Saturday 26 February. We will continue to send online orders out, answering emails and responding to voicemails.
