As I'm writing this blog post, I'm sitting at a small table in front of open sliding doors that lead to a small balcony. The view is glorious: sloping grassland surrounded by trees and yellow broom. The temperature is tropical but inside my cottage it's pleasantly cool because the stone walls are really thick. It's a converted barn at least a hundred years old. I'm in France and I'm so enjoying the peace and quiet. And the summer temperatures......which brings me to the the reason I'm writing this post: the latest issue of Scheepjes' YARN book-a-zine: Tropical.
This beautiful crochet, knitting and sewing book-a-zine has a large selection of designs that are perfect for summer. Not only to wear or make for your home, but also to actually work on when temperatures are high. The yarns selected have such a nice feel. Don't we just all love to sit outside and crochet or knit?
The book-a-zine has been divided into four chapters: Plant House, Exotic Fruits, Birds of Paradise and Cocktail Hour. Each features designs to wear or decorate your home with and all in bright, tropical and inspiring colours. There's also a large variety in yarn, for example Linen Soft that gets softer and softer over time; there's my all-time favourite yarn Catona; and there's the fine (in both senses) Maxi Bonbon or Sugar Rush. All yarns perfectly suited for summer.
Feathery Motif
I'm very proud to have been able to contribute something too. I designed a square in bright shades of Linen Soft for the Birds of Paradise chapter. I wanted to make a feathery motif you could use to create a decorative throw or cushion cover. It would be so great to see your makes, so please share if you're working on something that includes my square.
Here are the yarn details:
Scheepjes Linen Soft (47% cotton, 27% linen, 26% acrylic, 50 g/135m) and you need the following shades: 602, 611, 605, 606 and 627.
Linen Soft is available from the following retailers. Click the name and it will take you to the Linen Soft yarn on their website:*
UK WoolWarehouse (international shipping)
USA US Deramores
Australia AU Deramores
Blogger's Favourites
Each YARN issue also features two pages that showcase a Scheepjes Blogger's Favourites and this time I was asked to show you my tips, inspiration and some of my designs. It's a very colourful spread, which also has a picture of my latest peacock feather design: The Art Nouveau Peacock Feather Motif. The pattern will be released this Thursday (18 May), so please check back here in two days' time to see more pictures and to take advantage of an early-bird discount!
A Selection of Designs
By now you're probably wondering about some of the other designs in YARN 3. Let me just show you a small selection to give you an idea of the large variety of items.
Isn't this the most magical picture? It's a gorgeous geometric blanket designed by Cypress Textiles.
This stylish knitted bag was designed by Crafts from the Cwtch.
And here's a lovely shawl by Bernadette Berniolie.
Where to get your copy of YARN
I hope you feel inspired to have a closer look at YARN 3 The Tropical Issue, so here's where you can get your copy. The first two issues are also still available. YARN is also published in Dutch and in The Netherlands available from local and online Scheepjes stockists.
YARN 3 Tropical
UK WoolWarehouse (international shipping)CANADA Knotty House
YARN 2 Midnight Garden
WoolWarehouse (international shipping)
UK Deramores
YARN 1 The Sea
WoolWarehouse (international shipping)
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