London Yarns
Janet Filipchuk
1615 North Routledge Park, Unit 24, Open For In-Store Shopping And Still Offering Curbside Pickup
London, Ontario N6H 5L6
519-474-0403 | phone
Hours of Operation
| Monday: | Closed | | Tuesday: | 11:00 am - 4:00 pm | | Wednesday: | 11:00 am - 4:00 pm | | Thursday: | 11:00 am - 6:00 pm | | Friday: | 11:00 am - 4:00 pm | | Saturday: | 11:00 am - 4:00 pm | | Sunday: | Closed |
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30 KITS FOR 30 YEARS!
Monday, November 8, 2021 – 30 Kits for 30 Years!
In keeping with our ongoing 30th Anniversary celebration and theme, this week we are offering you 30 hand-chosen colourway kits for “Beneath a Summer Sky” shawl, all put together by the staff here at the store. Each kit represents either ‘the gift’ associated with the anniversary year being celebrated or the ‘theme colour’ associated with that year.
To view all 30 of the Kit colourways offered, continue scrolling down, or CLICK HERE to be taken directly to the Kits webpage. But first, here are some details about the shawl itself.
Dusk into night during Summer, with its glorious blues, purples and pinks across the sky are the inspiration for this shawl. Simple increases worked in a delectable fingering weight yarn highlighted against the stockinette stitch of the Lace Mohair, gives the shawl a light and ethereal effect.
Beneath a Summer Sky is an asymmetrical triangular-shaped shawl that consists of simple garter and stockinette stitch stripes coupled with a slipped stitch pattern. The slipped stitch pattern is repetitive and relaxing. Instructions for making the pattern larger or smaller are included in the pattern. A stitch count table is also included for tracking your count over repeat rows.
Yardage:
365 mtrs (400 yds) Fingering weight (#1) yarn for colour A
365 mtrs (400 yds) Lace Mohair (#0) yarn for colour B
Finished Size: 80” wingspan x 20” at deepest point
Pattern: We can purchase this pattern on your behalf for approx. C$8.50 and have it emailed directly to your inbox.
Gauge: 20 sts and 42 rows = 4” in Garter Stitch after blocking with yarns held together
Needle: 4.00 mm x 80 cm circular, or size needed to obtain gauge
Jen’s Shawl (& Janet’s too) will be on display in the store
starting Wednesday this week,
if you want to see them in person.
**Receive TWO of our Weekly Draw Ballots with the purchase of a ‘Beneath the Summer Sky’ Shawl Kit, our featured project for this week.
KIT YARNS
1 skein Fingering weight (either Ancient Arts, Zen Yarn Garden or Merino Dream); Colour A
2 balls Lace Mohair (either Aerial, ProLana or Drizzle); Colour B
Kits are priced individually based on the yarns included.
Pattern to be purchased separately.
**Each of these 30 kits have been handpicked and skillfully chosen. But if you would prefer to come into the store to choose your own yarns and/or colours, please feel free to do so, as the pattern is purchased separately.
Whether we like it or not, we are heading into the season of hats & mitts! Why not get a ‘head start’ (pun intended) with a fresh, new set to keep you or a loved one warm this winter? To do just that, here is some pattern inspiration and yarn suggestions…
Photos © Kristen TenDyke
Do you love knitting cables just as much as you love wearing them? Then you’ll be thrilled to make up this hat & mittens set! Knit with worsted weight (#4) yarn, you will have them done in no time and they will be cozy warm to wear.
The travelling cables wind & intersect until they frame a garter stitch diamond motif, and then carry on.
The mittens are patterned on both the front and back of the hands, so you can enjoy these cabled beauties no matter which way your hands are facing.
The hat is knit in the round, starting at the brim and the cabling continues on right up into the crown, as it is skillfully incorporated into the shaping.
This set is not only wearable,
but giftable too!
Each pattern includes:
• Both written and charted instructions for the cable patterns
• Link to a photo tutorial for the tubular cast-on method (this suggested method is optional)
• 4 pages of detailed, tech edited and test-knit instructions
• Beautiful colour photography
Hat Finished Measurements:
Circumference: 16½ (19¼, 22)” [42 (49, 56) cm]
Shown in: 22” [56 cm] size
Length: 7 (11, 11)” [18 (28, 28) cm]
Mitts Finished Measurements:
Hand Circumference: 8¼” (21 cm)
Length: 9¼” (23.5 cm)
Yarn:
128 m (140 yds) Worsted weight (#4) for Hat
128 m (140 yds) Worsted weight (#4) for Mitts
[256 m (280yds) for the set]
Pattern(s):
The patterns are sold separately, not as a set.
We can purchase the Tyr Hat and/or the Tyr Mittens pattern(s) on your behalf for approx. C$7.80 each and have them emailed to you and stored in your Ravelry Library, if you have one.
Needles:
5.00 mm x 40 cm (US 8 x 16”) circular needle, or size needed to obtain gauge [for hat only]
5.00 double pointed needles, or size needed to obtain gauge [for both hat and mitts]
Cable needle
Gauge: 12-st repeat from Cable Pattern measures 2¾” (7 cm) wide; 24-rnd repeat from Cable Pattern measures approx 4” (10 cm) long.
Yarn Recommendations:
Cascade 220 – 100% Peruvian Highland Wool; 200m; $12.98
Illimani Amelie – 56% Mulberry Silk, 40% De-haired Baby Alpaca, 4% Merino; 150m; $23.98
Berroco Vintage – 52% Acrylic, 40% Wool, 8% Nylon; 199m; $11.98
Hayfield Bonus Aran – 80% Acrylic, 20% Wool; 840m; $29.98
**As an alternative, you could add a strand of lace weight (#0) mohair held together with the worsted weight yarn, creating a gentle halo to the project as well as added warmth – that would be gorgeous!!
Thank you Hyde Park-Oakridge Villager for the ‘shout out’ in your November 2021 edition; Issue 55. You can view the article on page 5; it features our 30th Anniversary and the Alpaca Drift Hat Kits!
OUR WEEKLY DRAW WINNER…
Congratulations to Theresa H.
As last week’s Draw winner,
Theresa gets to choose her gift from ANY
of the fabulous prizes displayed in the shop.
(value up to $75)
Don’t despair!! If you did not win last week’s prize, your ballot will stay in the running for one of the Grand Prizes to be drawn at a later date.
Will YOU be this week’s Winner? You can’t win without entering…receive a ballot with every purchase you make. Double your chances of winning by receiving a BONUS ballot with the purchase of any Kit shown in today’s email.
London Yarns 30th Anniversary WEEKLY GIVEAWAY!
Here’s how to enter…
With every purchase made during the week, from Tuesday to Saturday, you will receive one Entry Ballot; it’s just that simple! Whether you make a purchase in person, over the phone, or by email, you will qualify to receive an entry ballot (limit of one regular ballot per person per day).
AND…if you purchase yarn for the featured project of the week (as advertised in our Monday email) you will receive an extra BONUS Ballot.
Each week the Giveaway Draw will be held at close of business on Saturday and the winner(s) will be notified by phone the following week.
Happy knitting ‘Beneath a Summer Fall Sky’.
Patti-Ann
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