Simply Knitting - October

Shop of the Month in the latest issue of Simply Knitting is "Marjory's Wool Shop" 120 Holmlea Road, Glasgow G44 4AW, telephone 0141 649 4599.

Marjory listed her top 5 bestsellers of which four were from Thomas B Ramsden.  Listed were the Peter Pan baby range, Twilleys Freedom Sincere and Wendy's Mode and Merino yarns.  Marjory commented "We specialise in stocking branded names that people want, .. high quality wools and have a large selection for people to choose from". 

A yarn store that is founded on the love and joy of knitting.  Well done Marjory.

The Knitter - Issue 35 - September

We have a wonderful Vintage pattern featured in The Knitter magazine leaflet 99 from 1958. 

The Knitter very kindly adapted the pattern from three sizes to 32in up to 46in.  Originally the pattern used Wendy Fashionfleck DK but the updated version used Twilleys of Stamford Freedom Spirit in Hope 521. 

The pattern has a very elegant neckline and I am sure you will agree looks lovely.

Thank you to The Knitter. 

If anyone knits it up please send a photograph - Happy Knitting.

HATS FOR HEROS

Betty and Adrian Topping of The Irish Wool Store  presented in excess of 1,000 hats to a Major and Captain of 1 Mercian Regiment who are currently serving in Afghanistan

The above photographs are from the press - with the Mayor presenting the consignment of hats to the above officers.

Thomas B Ramsden made a yarn donation of Robin DK for this project and Adrian was overwhelmed by the response they received from volunteers knitting for this very worthwhile project.

Well done to everyone.

NATIONAL KNITTING WEEK - 3rd-9th October 2011

Latest Craft Club News: New Training Dates

The UK Hand Knitting Association, Crafts Council and the WI are working together to promote Craft Club, a national campaign that champions knitting and crafts for people of all ages. The joint aim is to have a knitting club in every school and community venue. Training is open to knitters and non-knitters.

Training Dates: Launch Event in London: 9 September
Walsall: 7 October
Margate: 19 October
Cardiff: 3 November
Cornwall: 9 November (New)
London: 16 November

"Find Out More About Craft Club" Seminars
Alexandra Palace 6-9 October
http://www.ukhandknitting.com/data/index4.shtml

KNIT NOW - new knitting magazine

Available in WH Smith and Tesco's is a new knitting magazine coming out on 20th October, published by Practical Publishing International Ltd (http://www.practicalpublishing.co.uk/shop/shop.php?display=KN) who are a long standing company who publish Simply Homemade etc.

We hope that we will shortly be featured within it pages! 

Happy knitting.

Winter Knits

As we approach the colder days (its a very wet windy one in Yorkshire today), we at Thomas Ramsden's have a fabulous range of designs to suit every knitter from traditional to fashion, economical to higher priced yarns.

Cables and raglan sleeves are a must:-

Wendy Traditional Aran - 3 new leaflets and book 347

Wendy Norse - Booklet 346, page 4.  Lovely soft chunky yarn in 8 fashion colours.

It is time to think about gloves, headbands and scarves as we need to wrap up more.  Wendy Osprey Aran has a fabulous leaflet 5630.  Osprey comes in 8 shades and is a soft kid Alpaca wool blend, luxurious, stylish and practical.

Norse has an accessories leaflet 5626 and you can knit lovely chunky socks to keep you warm, soft and stylish all at the same time.

Happy knitting

NATIONAL WOOL WEEK

Here at Thomas B Ramsden we have a wonderful variety of wool yarns, I have already highlighted a few but here are more to tempt you:-

 Wendy Traditional Aran -
100% Pure British wool spun using traditional techniques to create that perfect pure wool Aran weight yarn for classic outerwear knitting, now in a new range of six natural classic colours.

 Merino DK
100% Merino Wool comes in 29 shades.  A super luxurious fine merino yarn spun in the traditional British style to give superb performance, full body and ultra soft touch.  It is also fully machine washable.

 Merino Chunky

Made from 100% Australian Pure Merino wool, Wendy Merino Chunky gives clear stitch definition creating beautiful hand knitted garments, soft to the touch. The stunning palette of Rich Jewels and on trend fashion support design booklet and leaflets makes this yarn a must for all knitters.

All these yarns are supported with fantastic designs which can be found on our website:-
http://www.tbramsden.co.uk/designs.asp

We have a huge selection of different yarns to suit everyone.