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These socks have been knitted in Cumbria Sock Yarn . This sock/Fingering/4ply weight yarn is a blend of British alpaca, Blue Faced Leicester wool and nylon. We used the natural, undyed yarn alongside the Pink colourway. This pattern uses traditional Fair Isle motifs and is worked from the cuff down with unusual gusset increases and a short-row heel. The pattern was published by Vogue Knitting and can be found here on Ravelry.
This pattern has two complementary socks as the lacy patterns are reversed on the second sock. This is a straight forward pattern with the lace instructions charted and written out. The socks are knitted top down with a standard heel turn and Kitchener stitch to graft the toe together. To buy the pattern from the designer on Ravelry, click here.
I used about 50g of Poldale Silk and tipped the cuffs in some oddments of Whitbarrow in Spindleberry and Limey. I wouldn’t recommend using Whitbarrow to knit all of the sock as the fibres are too soft and fine to wear well. You could also use our Merino Twist 4ply, Cumbria sock or Somerset sock yarns.
This is a straightforward garter stitch shawl with lace inserts. The shawl drapes easily around the shoulders due to the short row shaping. I knitted this in Heron colourway of Whitbarrow Fingering yarn and didn’t block it too much as I wanted a smaller shawl. All the current colourways can be viewed here. You could also knit it in Somerset Sock yarn, Merino Twist , Cumbria sock yarn or Poldale Silk.
The pattern download may be purchased from the designer on Ravelry here.
Waiting for Rain is a lovely, beautiful garter and lace crescent shawl that uses an unusual short row lace technique. It fits perfectly over your shoulders and drapes in a way which is very pleasing to the eye. It’s worked top down with lacey increases. The pattern shows the single colour version, but the Ravelry download includes a ‘Hacking your Waiting for Rain shawl’ PDF. This includes instructions for how to do stripes, how to move or add lace panels, make lace panels larger, and how to do the fancy knit-on cast-off shown in the two colour version. To buy the pattern download from the designer on Ravelry, click here.
We used a 100g hank of Whitbarrow Limestone, Heron and Olive Lime to knit this three colour version. To knit it in one or two colours you will need two 100g hanks. Whitbarrow is our Fingering weight blend of baby alpaca, superfine Falklands Merino wool and Mulberry silk and is an ideal yarn in which to knit a supersoft, luxurious shawl. To see all the colours available, click here.
Some wonderful new colours have landed here at Town End from the dyer in Scotland. They range from bright Ivy green to the more subtle Lady’s Smock. We now have 29 different Whitbarrow shades to choose from. This fingering weight yarn is blended from alpaca, Merino and silk and is perfect for knitting up shawls, scarves, lightweight cardigans and tops.
We have tons of work ahead, washing it all, winding it into 100g hanks and labelling up. Look up the Whitbarrow yarn on the products page & I challenge you, with that many different ones, to not be able to find a colour to get knitting with!
Kim