Neons & Neutrals
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by Rachel Coopey
3y ago
It has been a hectic few weeks of shows (and snow!) Thank you to everyone who came to see me at Unravel, Olympia or Edinburgh Yarn Festival. If you didn't make it to Edinburgh I launched brand new NEON colours in Socks Yeah! there, they are now in the shop for everyones eye-searing sock knitting enjoyment! I commissioned the amazing Yarnistry to make me some sets of stitch markers for the show and the bundles of five skeins and stitch markers sets that were left are in the online shop here. I have also launched the Neons and Neutrals Socks Club - I am very very excited about this! The club is ..read more
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Addi Crasy Trio Needle Review
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by Rachel Coopey
3y ago
These needles are a kind of DPN (double pointed needle) and circular needle hybrid, the set consists of three 'hinged' double pointed needles. Each needle has a sharp and blunter tip. I usually knit socks using the magic loop technique, I use an 80cm circular needle. I don't love knitting with DPNs, I find it easier to get a ladder between needles, the tips of the needles get caught in the cuffs of whatever I'm wearing and I lose the loose needle every time I put the sock down. The Crasy Trio seems to solve the ladder issue, the caught in the cuff issue seems reduced and the losing the third ..read more
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A Love Letter to Lyme Regis
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by Rachel Coopey
3y ago
There are four places in the world that the moment I arrive, I feel like a weight lifts from my shoulders. They are Ibiza, Squam Lake, Florence and Lyme Regis. I visited Lyme Regis as a child, it was the first place that my husband and I went on holiday together, I have taken my children on holiday there. It is beautiful.  Last weekend I was invited to teach at a retreat there and it was every bit as lovely as I hoped it would be. Daisy from Devon Sun Yarns has been running these retreats for a few years now and it runs very very smoothly.  The house we stayed in was beautifully d ..read more
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Coming Home
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by Rachel Coopey
3y ago
This week I'll be travelling to Scotland for my third trip to Edinburgh Yarn Festival, I'll be in the market place with yarn, books and few other lovely things. I'm really looking forward to it! After last years show, Lilith asked me if would be part of a book she was going to put together to celebrate Old Maiden Aunt Yarns 10th Anniversary, I love Lilith's yarn and I was honoured to be asked. The design I came up with is Blashy and here is what I wrote about it for the Old Maiden Aunt blog:  I haven’t visited Scotland anywhere near as much as I would like and I’m making plans to fix ..read more
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Nearly December News!
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by Rachel Coopey
3y ago
This morning was so frosty, winter has definitely landed here and nothing makes me want to knit socks more than having cold feet! In the Coop Knits Ravelry group we are kicking off our Socks Yeah Volume 1 knit-a-long. This is how it will work; there will be 2 patterns allocated to a 2 month window, you can knit either or both during that time to qualify for entry in to the draw for prizes. This is the line-up:  December & January - Twylla & Maud February & March - Alonzo & Hortensia April & May - Amandine & Harriet June & July - Coraline & Linnea August &a ..read more
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Socks Yeah Volume One - Part 1
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by Rachel Coopey
3y ago
OOOh look, a new book! Pre-Orders are open for my brand new book, Coop Knits Socks Yeah, Volume One - the books will start shipping on 24th October and the eBook will also be uploaded on that day. I'm so so excited to have this books out there and to see people knitting these socks! If you are coming to Rhinebeck this weekend, Merritt Book Store will have copies on their stand along with my other books and I will be there to sign them if you want me to, I'm giving a little talk on Sunday at 12.30 so please come along to that too! I'm revealing the patterns roughly one a day so keep an eye on ..read more
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Rhinebeck Ready?
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by Rachel Coopey
3y ago
Well Hello. It's been a while! I've been super busy doing lots of exciting things (new yarn colours out now and a new book coming soon!). But I'm BACK! You can expect lots of blog posts in the near future, I'm going to try really hard to make it a habit.  In two weeks I'll in Rhinebeck NY for New York State Sheep & Wool Festival, I went last year and it was nothing less than AMAZING.  I'll be on the Merrett Bookshop Stand, they will be selling copies of all my books and I can sign them if you want me to. I will also be giving a talk on Sunday as part of their Tales of Yarn ev ..read more
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Sidney and Eugene KAL round-up
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by Jim Arnall-Culliford
3y ago
I really don't know what's slower - my knitting, or my writing up a post about a long-finished KAL. The January and February KAL in the Coop Knits Ravelry group was Sidney and Eugene, both from Coop Knits  Socks Vol. 2. Serial sockists Mandy and Gail both maintained their reputations for being prolific as they managed pairs in both patterns. Eugene: writergirl3 (Gail) Sidney: mandyscragg (Mandy) Random pattern prizes went to Sarah and Penny for their Eugenes and Sidneys respectively. Eugene: sarahpurpleflower (Sarah) Sidney: pennybro (Penny) There isn't a KAL running currently, b ..read more
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Have you seen these: card games for knitters
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by Jim Arnall-Culliford
3y ago
Rachel, you asked yesterday for recommendations for board games for you and your boys. This is a game you'd probably enjoy, just not one maybe to break out after Sunday lunch with your family since the themes are very adult in nature.  Scary hand reflection available separately It's an expansion for the pre-existing game Cards Against Humanity, where as far as I can see, the aim is to complete an innocuous phrase with the most outrageous statement you have in your hand. These are from the tamer end of the spectrum Knitters Against Swatches was thought up by Sarah and Robyn, who run ReBe ..read more
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Socks Yeah! but not just for socks
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by Jim Arnall-Culliford
3y ago
Socks Yeah! has been available for a few months now and there are loads of brilliantly executed socks out there. I'll share some of the best at some point soon. What has interested me recently though, is what else the yarn has been used for. A little digging through Ravelry and Instagram threw up some really impressive projects. Super Eyelet Fine by Fiona Wright; Photo: The Woolly Brew This Super Eyelet Fine shawl has been designed by Fiona Wright, a partner in The Woolly Brew yarn shop in Pitenweem. It is available as a free download from Ravelry now, and should knit up fairly quickly so you ..read more
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