An early Christmas gift from Stash!

A Christmas treat for you all!

Save 20% online or in store when your spend over £20 (ex VAT), just enter the code XMAS20 at the checkout!

And if you pop in to our shop in Chester you can enjoy tea, coffee and mince pies on us! 🙂

Happy Knitting and a Merry Christmas from us all at Stash Fine Yarns!

20% off all full price Sirdar yarns!

We’ve got a great offer for you this week at Stash, until Thursday 11th December you can get 20% off all full price Sirdar and Sirdar Snuggly yarns!  Just enter the code: SIR1312 at the checkout to receive your discount.

So, what to pick?  Here are some ideas for you:

Sirdar Snuggly Baby Crofter is a DK weight yarn which gives a wonderful Fair Isle effect with none of the fuss!  A firm favorite with our customers, it uses the same soft blend of easy care fibres as Sirdar Snuggly DK and is perfect for babies, children or anyone who prefers not to wear wool.  There are plenty of cute patterns for this yarn available here.

Sirdar Ophelia is a beautifully soft chunky faux fur effect yarn with just a little sparkle, perfect for adding a little hint of glamour this festive season.  This on trend yarn is available in both rich jewel colours and sophisticated neutrals so there’s a shade for everyone.  You can find patterns for this yarn including this season’s popular fluffy jumpers here.  Ophelia knits up quickly into a lovely fabric with a nice drape and with no mohair it’s suitable for the most sensitive of skins and is easy to care for too!

Or if you’re looking for a really quick and easy gift why not try Sirdar Head Start?

This kit comes with all the yarn and ready made fluffy faux fur pompom you need to make one of these trendy hats, with the simple pattern on the label as well!  You can make of of these hats in a evening so it’d make a great last minute gift.  The kit would make a lovely gift for a knitter as well.

What will you choose?  Whatever you pick, don’t forget to enter the code SIR1312 at the checkout to receive your discount.

Happy Knitting!

Christmas ideas with Louisa Harding Mila!

We just had to show you this fab idea for using Louisa Harding Mila….

…… Christmas decorations!

Les who works with us here at Stash has crocheted a fab little selection using shades #11/Cracker, #01/White and #07/Herb.

There are quite a few pastel shades and brights as well, if you prefer an icy or vibrant Christmas colour scheme to traditional red, white and green.

And if you buy three balls or more, you can get the Louisa Harding Mila Book free!

Happy Knitting (and crocheting)!

Knit Pro Marblz Collection Interchangeable Needle Sets!

We’ve just taken delivery of some stunning new needle sets…..

The Limited Edition Knit Pro Marblz Collection Interchangeable Needle set is a fabulous new addition to the Knit Pro range of interchangeable needles.

Compatible with all Knit Pro standard length interchangeables, this gorgeous set of needles have a beautiful marble effect, specially designed so each needle appears uniquely exclusive and different to any other.

The colours are truly gorgeous!

The set includes 8 pairs of needles in sizes 3.5mm, 4.0mm, 4.5mm, 5.0mm, 5.5mm, 6.0mm, 7.0mm & 8.0mm and three cables (in lengths 60cm, 80cm and 100cm) which come in a lovely presentation box and would make a wonderful gift for that special knitter in your life, or for yourself!  A show stopping Christmas gift (start dropping hints now) 😉

You even get a very special Knit Pro Symfonie wood pen (not available to buy separately), cable connectors (so you can join two shorter cables together to make a longer one) and a needle size gauge.

If you want a set, you’d better be quick!  We only have ten sets available and they’re already selling fast!  When they’re gone, they’re gone!

Get yours here.

Happy Knitting!

Santa’s Special 20% off sale!

We wanted to give our lovely customers an early Christmas present, so here it is!

Spend £20 (excluding VAT) and get 20% off your entire order!

We’ve also got some exciting new stock in our sale section:

Araucania Budi is a snuggly chunky weight yarn perfect for keeping you cosy in the winter months:

… but be quick, our stocks of this yarn are very limited and once it’s gone, it’s gone!

We’ve also got a great offer on Noro Kama:

This is a really gorgeously soft chunky weight yarn, with slightly more subtle colour changes than some of the other yarns in the Noro range, and would make really lovely accessories (just imagine a couple of balls of this knitted up into a cowl… mmm…..) and there’s 30% off while stocks last, but again, don’t wait too long, because once they’re gone, they’re gone!

Happy Knitting!

Exciting new arrivals: Magazines

If you’re looking for some inspiration for your Christmas gift knitting, then look no further!  We’ve got lots of new magazines with plenty of ideas for your loved ones this festive season.

Interweave Knits Holiday Gifts is packed full of great managable projects for all the family that you can make at short notice.  With lots of accessory designs for adults, children and the home to choose from you can find your perfect gift knitting pattern.

If you prefer to crochet your gifts, Crochet Gifts for Christmas is a new magazine from the makers of Knit Now Magazine, featuring everything from amigurumi to baby knits and accessories for you and the home.

If you’re looking for a gift for a fellow knitter how about this fab sock calendar from Regia?

With a new sock pattern for every month of the year, the Regia Sock Calendar 2014 makes the perfect gift for any sock knitter!

We’ve also got the latest issues of Knit Now and Interweave Knits:

This month Knit Now has some fab monchrome designs as well as some knits to get you ready for the festive season.

While Interweave Knits has design stories influenced by colourwork, dropped stitches and diagonal graphics.

Happy Knitting!

Happy Valentine’s Day

Good afternoon knitters! Well we have managed to somehow have an easier week than most this week. I suppose all our preparation for the new seasons products may be starting to pay off! Now it was Valentine’s Day yesterday so I hope your other halfs didn’t forget and managed to show you just how much they really care by picking you up something lovely.. and for the most of you out there reading this I hope it was something yarny!

We have two wonderful offers on starting today for those that may still be looking for that little bit extra, we have…

15% off all chunky yarns, simply enter the code CHKY15 at the checkout

and

15% off selected sock yarns from Regia, Opal, Noro and Araucania, simply enter code SOCK15 at the checkout

A few items that you may like to pick up are,

 

Homespun Vintage by Jane Crowfoot, Inspired by the fashions of the 20th Century, 20 knit & crochet projects are split into three classic themes: Two Tone Chic, Folk Tales and Time for Tea. Lampshade covers & pillowcases evoke the drama of Art Deco shapes, floor cushions display the colour & simplicity of Russian Folk Art, and doilies & sofa cushions reflect the ‘Make Do & Mend’ era. Or how about Debbie Bliss Rialto Print? Twelve knits for four to twelve-year olds in Debbie Bliss Rialto Print DK.

 We have more new yarns in and may I say some beautiful pastel colours from Araucania in Ranco for this season, perfect for spring!

and with beautiful summery tones of Botany Lace,

This Monday all the staff here at Stash finally had our Christmas do! After many re-scheduling! We went for a nice meal at Frankie & Benny’s, so we would like to say another huge thanks to those at our knit group that contributed towards that for us. Thank you!

Happy Holidays!

Hi everybody! We hope you have all had a wonderfully festive Christmas and are now preparing for the exciting New Year! December has been a very busy month for us, so to keep you in the loop, here is what we have been getting up to…

We have had brand new lines in from Fyberspates – Gleem Lace and Vivacious 4Ply & DK. They are beautiful luxury hand dyed yarns, both available in 12 shades, all 100g balls. We are very excited about this product and are the first stockists to receive any of it before Christmas and even the New year! The Vivacious is 100% Superwash Merino Wool and Gleem 55% Superwash Blue Faced Leicester Wool and 45% Silk.

These are the shades and weights. The colours really are beautiful.

We have also had in 3 NEW colours of Fyberspates Faery Wings, take a look they are equally as lovely as the others!

We have had some wonderful samples brought into us from the book ‘Cute Little Knits’ By Jem Weston.

We have had more magazines in stock :

                   

Click images for more information.

Here are a few snap shots of our knit group from over the Christmas period. Enjoying knitting, chatting, snacking and more!

                        

         

We thank our knit group for our Christmas gift off you all!

For everybody, enjoy the rest of your holidays & from all of us here at Stash, have a wonderful & happy new year!

To end the week we have a Xmas Week Sale on.

Spend £15 (excluding VAT) and receive 15% off everything!
Available NOW at www.stashfineyarns.com
Offer ends Monday 31st December

 

 

Nearly Decemeber

As it is nearly December we have been creating new images just to show how Christmasy we are … One for our website, one for Facebook, one for Twitter etc etc… very fun and very festive. We have had some lovely stock in this week that would again make great Christmas presents. Check out these new Swarovski Crystal Knitting needles,

   

Click on the images to enlarge them and drool over their beauty! 148 Swarovski Crystals Circular 10mm x 80cm Needle Set. The addiArt edition is the cherry on top of addi’s needle assortment . All their passion for handcrafting and beautiful things evolves in a surprising and inspiring collectors edition. The first one in the edition is the addiArt Diamond. A circular knitting needle size 10mm x 80cm which we fill up by hand with 148 precious Swarovski elements. Pure luxury for all senses, beautiful to look at and great to knit with. addiArt needles are only produced on one single day and are therefore a rare encounter. A one of special edition set not to be repeated. Attractively boxed this makes an ideal unique Christmas present for a loved one.

Next up we have The Turbo Felting Machine,

      

Felting was never this fast: with addiQuick you can make accessories, ornaments, figures, quilts and even shoes from wool in the blink of an eye. The addiQuick felting machine shoots the needle 2,500 times per minute into the fabrics and the fibres felt very quickly. With the help of the addiQuick you can work wonderful shapes. The felting with needles makes felting more precise and quicker than the wet felting method. Again this makes a great Christmas present.

We have ‘Knitted Scarfs & Shrugs‘ By Sarah Hatton, just what is needed to keep the cold away. The book has 22 original hand knit patterns inside.

We have had in some more lovely pattern books; Angel Print & Luxury Tweed Aran both by Debbie Bliss. As per usual the designs are beautiful.

Angel Prints By Debbie Bliss (Above)

Luxury Tweed Aran By Debbie Bliss (Above)

As well as these we have also had in these patterns by DY…

              

To end this weeks post we have these lovely cushions knitted by a member of our team, Les in DY Choice Rumba Tweed.

Lots of knitting material

Hi everybody! Sorry we missed our post last friday! We’ve all been very excited here preparing for Christmas!

New and fresh in today we have ‘My First Regia’.

Well handknits and babies just go together don’t they? Especially when knit in super soft Regia “My first Regia”. You’ll find adorable designs that are both fashionable and practical. We have all the yarn in stock and even have a gift set for it all! Perfect to suit for Christmas if I don’t say so myself! Here’s just some of the patterns inside the book.

                   

                   

Here’s just some of the other new books/magazines that we’ve had in this week..     

There are some beautiful patterns inside the books, take my word for it … and if you would like to just be sure then check our website to view all of the patterns for yourself.

We have back in stock Jane Austin Knits, Knit.Wear and Knitscene – 3 very popular books. If you would like a copy then act fast as they really do sell out very fast.

Our beautiful Shawl pins have been selling wonderfully, just as we knew they would!

Check out our new Christmas Board on Pinterest .. you will find lots of free patterns and beautiful festive crafts. You wont regret it.

Thanks for reading I know this is a shorter post than usual … but just like most of you out there … we have lots to prepare and get ready for an exciting month ahead never mind Christmas! Yay!