Job Vacancy at Stash Fine Yarns

Stash Fine Yarns require new staff to join their happy team.They need part time workers who are able to work mid - late morning and early afternoon at their Chester store. All applicants must have a very good knowledge of knitting skills and at least some basic crochet.They should possess good customer communication skills and be prepared to work as a member of a team in a busy environment. Hours and pay to be agreed with the successful applicant.

Please write or email with CV  to: Mrs Probert, Stash Fine Yarns, Unit 48, Minerva Avenue,Evans Easyspace Business Centre, Chester CH1 4QL, or email helen@celticove.com with subject headed “Job Application”

Please note that we cannot accept any telephone applications.

Emma King Workshop

We all had a lovely day yesterday (3rd November) when we hosted a fabulous Professional Finishing Techniques Workshop by Emma King. Emma, a  renowned Rowan Design Consultant, is an exciting young knitting designer, whose passion for colour, texture and uniquely modern designs inspire all….

The day was such a success and enquiries for the course well outstripped available places that we have asked if Emma could possibly run another for us in the near future. We hope to announce another day shortly for some time after New Year so watch this space or checkout our list of forthcoming Rowan Workshops on our website at:- http://www.celticove.com/acatalog/Knitting_and_Crochet_Workshops_at_Stash_Fine_Yarns.html

Tickled Pink!

We were tickled pink last week when a couple of the ladies from ‘Knitting Noras’ of Bolton dropped off some of their new ‘Naked Knitting 2010′ calendar. Featuring a full page for each month this full sized calendar is a must for every knitters Christmas stocking!
early in 2009, the Knitting Noras sadly lost Sarah Richards, their founder, to breast cancer. Many of their group have been affected by cancer and this led to their support of ‘The Christie’ as their chosen Charity. This hospital is one of the leading centres for cancer research in the north west of Britain. The ‘models’ featured in the calendar are all members of the ‘Knitting Noras’ group and all the featured knitted/crocheted items have been produced by them.
Priced at just £9.99 all proceeds from the sale of this calendar are going to the Christie Hospital in Manchester who specialise in the treatment of cancer suffering patients. 

The ‘Knitting Noras’, ‘Naked Knitting 2010′ calendar can be bought from our website here….

‘Naked Knitting 2010′ calendar

Debbie Bliss Magazine Issue 3 now in stock….

At last the new Debbie Bliss Magazine issue 3 is with us and on sale. We’ve all been very busy since their arrival yesterday (Steve drove up to Designer Yarns in Keighley to collect them to make sure our customers received their copies before anyone else in the UK!). Many of our regular customer pre-ordered copies which were sent out to eager knitters all over the world. We’ve sent out over a hundred copies in the last twenty four hours!
We’ve still quite a few copies left in stock so make sure you don’t ‘miss the boat’ and grab your copy while you can here…

Debbie Bliss Magazine Issue 3

 

Despite being nearly two weeks later than expected, the new Fall/Winter issue of Debbie’s magazine will be available around Monday the 14th September and it has plenty of seasonal knits to keep you busy in the coming months.

Get updated with country classics in Debbie’s “Need for Tweed” story, add a touch of British style in her home feature “Britannia Rules” and get knitting some great holiday gifts for your little ones in “Animal Planet”
Click here for more infomation on this issue

Click here to order your copy

The Huge Summer Sale at Stash Fine Yarns continues……….

We’ve just taken in a whole lorry load of discontinued colours and ranges from the biggest designer names in the wool world. Top quality yarns from Debbie Bliss, Louisa Harding, Rowan, Noro, Araucania to name but a few.
Click here or on the sale tag on the right to check out the best yarn sale on the web with prices starting at just 99p.

Rowan Biggy Print & Big Wool knitting Kits now less than half price. Ideal Christmas presents!

Click on a kit to solve another Christmas present headache!

Get an extra 10% of all your purchases!
Just enter the code ‘Summer Holiday’ in the coupon code box in  the checkout
cart to receive a 10% discount on all your online purchases!
Hurry as this offer expires midnight Sunday 6th September

At last we’re nearly there!

After weeks of sorting out the new season’s yarns (and after having to rent more storage!) we’ve nearly sorted everything out. Have a look at the new Season’s offerings below and you’ll soon see why Stash Fine Yarns is your favourite LYS!

Rowan’s fabulous new Autumn/Winter Collection 2009/2010 comprises:-
Alpaca Cotton, British Sheep Breeds DK, Felted Tweed Aran, Felted Tweed Chunky, Lima, Pure Cashmere DK, Silky Tweed. Plus 4 new Rowan pattern books and 3 new Classic pattern books to while away the Autumn evenings! Now in stock and available in store and online.

Also new for Autumn/Winter 2009/2010 at Stash are the new season’s yarns & publications from Gedifra. We are pleased to be able to offer you the following fabulous yarns from this prestigious Company: Antiga, Milena, Highland Alpaca, Riana, Riana Big, Riana Color, Riana Big Color, Videra, Samina, Marachella, Spettacollo, Fiorista, Easywear & Filarosa. To support these fabulous yarns there are 4 new books ‘Highlights’ & ‘Moments’.
Checkout all the latest Gedifra by clicking on the links.

Designer Yarns New Season’s offerings are equally impressive:-
Debbie Bliss, Noro, Louisa Harding, Araucania, Mirasol all have new yarns and colours available this season.
Debbie Bliss has two new yarns. The first is ‘Fez’, a luxurious blend of Extra Fine Merino wool & Camel in an aran weight. Available in 16 shades and supported by it’s own book ‘Fez’.
Luxury Tweed Chunky is Debbie’s second offering this season following on the success of Luxury Tweed Aran. Also available in 16 shades this new yarn is supported by the new book ‘Big Easy’ which also features patterns in Luxury Tweed Aran, Alpaca Silk & Como.
A third new book called ‘9 to 5′ features designs for children from ages 5 to 9 & mainly uses yarns from Debbie’s Cashmerino & Rialto ranges. New Season’s colours feature in all of Debbie’s other ranges.
Noro launches ‘Yuzen’ in the UK, a blend of Wool, Silk & Kid Mohair. There is the fabulous new book Mini Knits 2 from Jenny Watson and the excellent Noro ‘World of Nature volume 26′ which not only includes the unusual unique designs but also has a section telling the fascinating Noro story.
There are new shades in all the existing Noro yarns for Autumn/Winter 2009/2010.
Araucania has new shades in all the popular winter yarns and is supported by a soon to be released new ‘Mini Knits’ book from Jenny Watson.
Mirasol has launched two exciting new yarns for Autumn/Winter 2009/2010, Kacha & Akapana supported by two new books from Jane Ellison. New shades are also available in Quina, Tupa, Hacho, Miski & Sulka.

Checkout all the latest releases by clicking on the links in this email.

Wobbly Women Crash Stash!

We had a lovely time last Tuesday entertaining 18 lovely ladies from the Weobley Craft Group from the beautiful village of Weobley in Herefordshire. They arrived at approximately 11.15 and spent their time browsing through all the new seasons yarns and publications only interupted by tea, coffee, biscuits and cakes!

After an hour and a half it was time for Patricia Baggot the group organiser to wake up Bob (the coach driver) from his slumbers, round up the ladies and head off to Knutsford for lunch and a visit to a local craft shop in the afternoon. Patricia later said that the ladies wished they had have had longer to spend with us at Stash Fine Yarns. We look forward to welcoming Patricia and the Weobley Craft Group again in the near future.

New Workshop Dates at Stash Fine Yarns

We’re pleased to announce that we’ve organised more Rowan Workshops at Stash for later in the year and well in to 2010.
We’re now taking bookings for the following Workshops:-

 

‘Knitted & Crocheted Embellishments’ Workshop
‘Fair Isle & Intarsia’ Workshop
‘Design Your Own Bag’ Workshop
‘Decorative Knitting’ Workshop
‘Beaded Knits’ Workshop
‘Learn to Crochet’ Workshop
‘Socks Rock’ Workshop
‘Knitted & Crocheted Gifts for Christmas’ Workshop
‘The Kidsilk Haze’ Workshop
‘Freeform Knitting & Crochet’ Workshop
‘Learn to knit ‘Continental Style” Workshop
‘Design Your Own Bag’ Workshop
‘Lace Knitting’ Workshop:- Exclusive Workshop for Stash Fine Yarns
‘Tunisian Crochet’ Workshop
‘Exploring Colour’ Workshop
‘Intermediate Crochet’ Workshop

Full details can be viewed on the website at:-http://www.celticove.com/acatalog/Knitting_and_Crochet_Workshops_at_Stash_Fine_Yarns.html

Booking can be made online or by phone on 01244 389310

Noro Taiyo Shawl

Ever wondered what Noro Taiyo is like knitted? Well the answer is gorgeous! Take a look a this traditional fan and feather shawl knitted by Heike Gittins. This yarn is comparable with Noro Silk garden and Noro Kureyon, but comes in 100g balls.
 
Available in six gorgeous colours:
#7 Pink/Taupe/Black/Grey
#8 Grey/Green/Black
#9 Rust/Pink/Blue
#10 Royal/Fuschia/Teal
#11 Lime/Turquoise/Pink/Orange
#12 Peach/Brown/Green/Yellow

Noro Taiyo is currently only available in the United Kingdom through Stash Fine Yarns and we have sufficient stock to meet all orders for this beautiful shawl from Heike.
The shawl requires four 100g balls and a  free pattern is available to accompany all orders.

Noro Taiyo is also featured in ‘Noro Flowers’  Book 4 by Jenny Watson.

A special 10% ‘Bloggers Discount’ is available to all our online customers by simply entering the code ‘Blog Offer’ in to the coupon code box in the checkout cart.

Noro Taiyo is available through our website at http://www.celticove.com/acatalog/Noro_Taiyo.html

Offer available till 31/5/2009