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

New Workshop Dates for 2009

2009 Workshops at Stash Fine Yarns with Rowan Design Consultant Heike Gittins

Further details about the Workshops, and to book places on them can be found by clicking here.

Saturday 10th January 2008
‘Socks Rock’ Workshop:- Knit a small sock and learn how to cast on, shape heel and gusset, and finish with the toes and all on 5 needles. Cost £40.00

Saturday 31st January 2008
‘Learn to Crochet ‘Workshop:- Project based workshop teaching the basics of crochet, i.e. basic stitches, how to change colour. Participants will come away having learned how to crochet a ‘Granny Square’. Cost £40.00

Friday 6th March 2009
‘The Kidsilk Haze’ Workshop:- Working with this beautiful yarn, we will cover cast on, simple lace stitches and knitting with beads and sequins, by making small projects like corsages and scarves. Cost £40.00

Friday 27th March 2009
‘Intermediate Crochet’ Workshop:- Learn how to crochet ‘In the Round’ by working on a small project to take home. This workshop will also teach you how to read a simple crochet pattern. Cost £40.00

Friday 24th April 2009
‘Lace & Cable’ Workshop:- Spend the day learning how to use cable and lace knitting effectively by making small different samples. Cost £40.00

Friday 15th May 2009
‘Knitted & Crocheted Embellishments’ Workshop:- Learn to make beautiful corsages, corkscrew scarves and jewellery using a variety of yarns. Cost £40.00

Friday 5th June 2009
‘Fair Isle & Intarsia’ Workshop:- A workshop to help you to have confidence in working with colour. It will be project based and will show techniques for fair-isle and intarsia work as well as working with beads. Cost £40.00

Friday 26th June 2009
‘Essential Home’ Workshop:- Get ideas to make lovely items for your home and try your hand at Entrelac knitting, it’s easier than you think! Cost £40.00

Friday 10th July 2009
‘Decorative Knitting’ Workshop:- Beautiful decorative and frilly edgings, as well as using sequins and beads. Work on a small sampler cushion project. Cost £40.00

Friday 24th July 2009
‘Beaded Knits’ Workshop:- Work on a small bag project, learning how to thread on beads, read a beaded pattern and how to knit with beads. Cost £40.00

Further details about the Workshops, and to book places on them can be found by clicking here.

Long time no hear!

It’s been a long time coming but here it is……….

Our new ‘Yarn Barn’ is proving a great success with all our customers (once they find us!) and we now have extended our popular workshop programme well in to 2009. Check out our workshops/dates here.

New ranges are arriving all the time. We have just launched a fabulous new line of beads from Rico Design in Germany, ‘Bond Street Beads’. Pick your chain or bracelet and then adorn it with the beautiful selection of glass and silver plated beads to make a unique piece of jewellry fit for a queen! They make a fantastic Christmas present for a loved one as well.

Rico Design have also supplied us with a large selection of their sock yarns which are going down a storm with the shop customers. Why not fill your Christmas stocking with our selection of Rico Design Sock Yarns.

Keep an eye open for our new look website due later this week!
Designed to be easier to navigate and more interactive than our current setup. We will be offering free Virgin Wine Vouchers (A great idea on the lead up to Christmas!) to all customers who sign up for our regular eshot stock updates and sale bargain offers. Many eshot offers have extra discounts available to those who subscribe.

Talking of which……… Have you checked out our sale section of discontinued ranges or colours recently? We’ve thousands of balls of yarns on sale, all greatly reduced from the RRP and all a bargain!
Find the hottest deals on the web, here > at Stash Fine Yarns!

What a colourful day we all had..

Last Saturday we hosted our first workshop here in the Yarn Barn.  It was run by Rowan Design Consultant Heike Gittins, who delighted us by introducing us to the different ways we can use colour combinations in our work

All present seem to have a lovely time and I think quite a few friendships were formed on the day. If you don’t want to miss out on the fun our next workshop is on Friday 12th September, Heike will be showing you how to make a project for washine machine felting! Book early to avoid disappointment, spaces are limited.

For more information on Heike Gittins visit her website here or her ravelry page here.

Happy knitting!

Helenx

 

Rowan Workshop Dates for 2008

Heike Gittins is a mobile Rowan Consultant based in Ruthin near Chester. A German national with fluent English she has been knitting and crocheting since childhood and has a keen love for all things textile. Most workshops are project based with emphasis on accessories for body and home, and try to incorporate different yarns, buttons or beads in a fun and flair like manner.

Workshops 2008
Sat 8th August – Exploring colour and texture
Friday 12th Sept – Felting
Saturday 4th Oct – Learn to knit ‘continental style’
Friday 24th Oct – Beginners crochet
Saturday 8th Nov – Knitting with textures
Friday 21st Nov – Knitted and crocheted gifts
Sat 13th Dec – Intermediate crochet

For further details and to book your workshop click here

Busy, busy days……..

Wow, we have been non stop over the last 48 hrs with all the excitement of Debbie Bliss’s new yarns and books  arriving yesterday!  They are so gorgeous – having seen and touched them all last March in Cologne when I placed the order with Debbie, I had forgotton how wonderful they really are!  The Donegal Luxury Tweed colours and patterns are to die for!  I don’t know what I am going to knit first.  Then there is an absolutely fab cable man’s sweater in the Rialto Aran book which would really suit my son Gareth.  We have also had all the new shades in of Louisa’s current yarns in as well (photos to follow shortly), and her new Venice collection should be in very, very soon!

Next week will see the arrival of all the Rowan and RYC yarns and books.  Again, some really great project ideas – I think the “Cocoon” could steal the Rowan show!!! We still have a few places left on the Freeform crochet workshop that Eileen Gorry is hosting for us on Saturday July 28th.

Catch up with you all soon Helen x

Crochet Workshop

Yesterday (Saturday) saw the first of our summer/autumn workshops with a full house of eager ladies all keen to pick up their hooks and get tied up in knots!

The workshop theme was a beginners crochet workshop to learn the basic stitches which so often these days are appearing in knitting patterns. Doubles, trebles and chains were introduced leading on to more challenging stitches. Morning drinks, buffet lunch and afternoon refreshments were a much welcomed break to the ‘happy hookers’.

 Eileen’s vast knowledge and creative skills were passed on to an eager class, some of which have already booked for future workshops!

We look forward to our next workshop ‘Intarsia Colour Workshop’ on Wednesday 11th July. Which I’m sure will be as popular and as rewarding to all who attend as this one was.

Further information regarding our workshops can be found on the website at http://www.celticove.com/acatalog/Knitting_and_Crochet_Workshops_at_Stash_Fine_Yarns.html

Check out this blog for a fabulous review of our workshop, thanks Helen!

Workshop Dates

I am pleased to inform you that Workshops have been organised as follows:

Saturday 23rd June 2007:  Beginners Crochet Workshop (Code SW1)
Wednesday 11th July 2007: Intarsia / Colour Workshop (Code SW2)
Saturday 14th July 2007:  Baby Shower Workshop (Code SW3) – using Baby Knits by Lois Daykin
Saturday 28th July 2007:  Freeform Crochet – All Levels (Code SW4)
Saturday 11th August 2007:  Tunisian Crochet (Code SW5)
Saturday 29th September 2007 :  Socks (Code SW6)
Saturday 6th October 2007 :  Lacy gloves in a round using pattern ‘Fifi’ by Jean Moss (Code SW7)

Please follow this link if you would like further information regarding any particular workshop.

Workshops

Spent most of today arranging knitting and crochet workshops with Eileen Gorry (Rowan Design Consultant). The dates have been confirmed and I’ll post them on the blog soon. Can’t wait!