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Ready, Steady, Go!

Have you met Veuf Tricot? He's the husband of Fyberspates' pattern-tamer, Jen Arnall-Culliford. He amuses us no end with his column in Simply Knitting (Knitting Ruined my Wife), tweets and blog posts about life with a Knitter (Knitter with a capital K).

In a desperate attempt to avoid modelling knitwear for Jen's blog and Ravelry project pages, Veuf Tricot decided to run the London Marathon. He hoped that wearing lots of running kit and getting cold, wet and sweaty over the winter months would make him a less-likely model. He chose to run in support of Refuge, a UK charity that supports women and children experiencing domestic violence (you can read more about why he chose Refuge over on his blog). And this is where his knitting-avoiding tactics broke down... With a bit of prodding from BabyLongLegs, Jim decided that releasing an eBook of knitting patterns would be a great way to raise some money and awareness of Refuge. An unusual step for a self-professed "long-suffering knitting widower"...

So Jim has spent the winter knitting, and we are delighted that he's chosen Fyberspates MCN Sport as the yarn for his first pattern in the Ready, Steady, Go! eBook: The Ready Fingerless Mitts

We are donating £10.80 per skein from the sales of the Fyberspates MCN Sport in the Ready Red for Refuge colourway to support the brilliant work of Refuge. You can get yours here: MCN Sport in Ready Red for Refuge

All proceeds from sales of the patterns & eBook are going to the work of Refuge (after PayPal & Ravelry fees), and you can buy yours here...

Ready Fingerless Mitts £2.50: 

Ready, Steady, Go! eBook £5.00 (remaining 2 patterns will be added automatically as they are released): 

The remaining two patterns in the Ready, Steady Go! eBook will be a Steady Hat at the end of February and a Go! Scarf in March. All patterns are designed with running in mind, so keep your eyes peeled for them as they are released!

Many thanks to Andy for his kind donation of the yarn for these designs - thus enabling more of the proceeds to go to Refuge. Thank you!

We would like to wish Veuf Tricot lots of luck with his training, and here's to a great time in the London Marathon in April!

Scrumptious collection Volume 2

We are very excited to announce our second adult knitwear collection for 2012!

9 are published in book for with 3 more to follow in the spring as single patterns, very exciting indeed :)

With Designs by Anniken Allis, Belinda Boaden, Susan Crawford, Lily Kate Designs, Kyoko Nakayoshi, Rachel Coopey and Ruth from Rock & Purl designs, we have a wonderful collection of garments, accessories and things for the home photographed in the Cotswolds to give it a gorgeous British Spring feel.

 

Later this Spring we will release as single patterns the three follwing designs which will be available as hard copies and downloads.

Effra by Anniken Allis

 

Bollo by Rachel Coopey

Evenlode by Ruth Garcia - Alcantud

The book is available here from our shop of your favourite Fyberspates Retailer

 

We made Vogue Front Cover 2013!

Scrumptious made the front cover of Vogue Knitting Winter 2013, how absolutely awesome is that????

 

Its Scrumptious chunky in Cherry, the whole project is a secret until Jan 1st then I can post a picture of the whole thing, and its STUNNING!

Thanks to Vogue and Lantern Moon for making this happen :D

 

Fyberspates Christmas Charity - FATE

Hi Guys!

This Christmas, Fyberspates is very proud to be working with Fund for Action Through Education (FATE) to help underprivileged children in Kenya. FATE is a UK registered charity that provides these children the opportunity to get a good quality education. Their vision is that this will enable the children to get good jobs, support themselves and their families and become leaders in their communities. We are therefore delighted to be able to support them by donating £0.05p for every ‘like’ we get on Facebook on our Fyberspates Page, and our Scrumptious Page between now and Jan the 12th.

On the Fyberspates page we already have 550, so its the ‘Likes’ in addition to this. So for example if I get 1550 kilos on that page by the 12th, then I will donate £50 for the new 1000 ‘likes’ and so on.
On the Scrumptious pages I have 75 Likes and so we start from here.

The upper limit is 10,000 likes in total across the Fyberspates and Scrumptious Yarn pages (which will make a donation of £500 to FATE)

You can find out more about the fantastic work that FATE does by visiting their website: www.fateuk.org

If you are not on Facebook or just don’t like it, please don’t worry, there will be other opportunities to do other things later on in the year :)

The reason I chose this Charity is because a Friend of mine help set it up, and so I know it does really good work :)

Fit for a Feast blog tour - in conjunction with Jimmy Beans

When I went to TNNA in January, I didn't realise I was going to meet such lovely people and get involved with all sorts of turkey shenanigans this autumn! I've been working with Jimmy Beans for a short time and having such a blast with them! When they asked me to take part in their 'Fit for a Feast' holiday celebration suprise, I couldn't wait to get involved. I had to dream up a colour for soemthing special inspired by holiday feasts.

Some of you know me quite well, so it will be no surprise that my colour had to be inspired by some sort of holiday drink! I chose Mulled Wine. For those of you who already partake in a warmed glass at Christmas or on a cold December evening, you will have a good idea of what's to come for the colour. The rest of you that have never had it, you will just have to wait and see! It's pretty though. :D My favourite recipe for Mulled wine is one of my Mum's, and it just reminds me of the holidays. I am due to cook a Thanksgiving dinner this year for 2 of my lovely friends, and I can assure you there will be Mulled Wine to acompany it.

Find out more about Fit for a feast on the 16th of NOV when all will be revealed on the Jimmy Beans Blog!

Jeni

Knitting and Stitching Show at Ally Pally

The Fyberspates stand will be at the Knitting and Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace again this year. We are on stand B31 and the show is open from tomorrow (Thursday 11th October) until Sunday (14th October).

Come and visit us and pick up lots of treats! We will have the full Scrumptious range as well as lots of delicious hand-dyed yarn.

See you there!

Jeni x

Knotted Kernel Cowl

Our friends Jen Arnall-Culliford and Kyoko Nakayoshi have just brought out a lovely eBook called Cloudy Apples. It contains 9 accessory patterns, of which 6 are already released. This week's patterns include this amazing cowl knitted in Fyberspates Scrumptious Aran.

© Jesse Wild

The cowl comes in 3 sizes, S, M and L. Jen is modelling the large size above - it uses 3 skeins and wraps round the neck 3 times, very comfortably. The medium uses 2 skeins and would wrap twice, and the small just takes 1 skein of aran and sits nicely round the neck.

The eBook costs £9.00 for all 9 patterns (the last 3 will be released on the 16th October), but at the moment is available for the special price of £7.00 (until midnight GMT on 15th October 2012). To purchase the eBook click here: 

The patterns are also available individually for £3.50. To purchase the single Knotted Kernel cowl pattern click here: 

 

Vogue Knitting Magazine Features Scrumptious

... and one of our favourite designers.

This month saw the release of the Vogue Knitting Fall 2012 Issue which also happens to be an anniversary issue. It makes us feel extra special therefore that these lovely mittens are featured in Scrumptious yarn, designed by Lily Kate France. The Cabled Mittens are written for sizes Small, Medium, Large, X-Large, 1X,and 2X and we just love the gorgeous cables on them.

Vogue Knitting Fall 2012, photo by Rose Callahan

This knit requires 2 skeins of Scrumptious Aran and is shown here in the Teal colourway. Scrumptious Aran is a delicious blend of 45% Silk and 55% Merino and is available in skeins of 180 yards (165 meters) per 100g. To get knitting you must have mittens, visit our online shop here or check at your local yarn shop for stockists. 

Andy Fest!

Well it's time to fill you all in on how much fun was had at the recent Blue Faced Open Weekend hosted by Mr Wool himself, Andy. It quickly became known as 'Andy Fest' as all the indies he's supported over the years joined in to exhibit their wares and enjoy a weekend away on the farm. Marvellous.

Well of course, being on a farm it was all very rustic and scenic but most importantly it was tons of fun. Lots of people attended and Jeni and Jen enjoyed the many, many cakes on offer as well as a rather delicious hog roast. It's only fair to point out here that any cake photos taken appear to be from Jen who clearly was torn between marvellous baked goods and yarn.


Fyberspates hosted a stall next to Dee from Posh Yarns which was great for a chin wag and a catch up as they don't get to be in the same place at the same time very often. Of course there was all the usual crowd of lovelies there and lots of giggles to be had and despite a dreadful forecast for the weather it all turned out rather sunny and lovely.


A huge thank you to everyone that came and said hi, spent money and helped the weekend go with a bang. A special well done needs to go to everyone who bought tickets and donated because a whooping £1025 was raised for Walton Neuro Care Hospital!

Stop The Press!

Our lovely Jeni and the wonderful world of yarn dyeing is featured in the latest issue of Knit Now magazine, out this weekend for subscribers and hitting the shelves next week. The article can be found in Issue 13 and features stories of yarn dyeing, some top tips for the coming season and a special pattern using Sheila's Sock yarn.

Well done Jeni!