Now in colour!
June 12 2015 – thisisknit
Aren't these gorgeous? They're the new colourways in S Twist Single Ply, and we asked their clever producer Diarmuid Commins to introduce them. So with news of an anniversary and a chance to win all the colours, it's over to him!
I got a call last week from a farmer wanting to know when I would go to pick up this year's wool. I couldn't believe that shearing time had come around already. Following on that was the realisation that S Twist Wool is now a year old!
What a year it has been. At the start I was able to offer one yarn type. Over the year, that range has grown to three different yarn weights in different dyed options. It's no exaggeration to say that this would not have been possible without This Is Knit.
Because of this, I'm delighted to team up with This Is Knit to celebrate my first year and to launch my latest line of yarns. These are the first of my repeatable colourways: six colours specially blended to complement the underlying gray yarn.
So to celebrate, here's a chance to win a full set of six 100g skeins - one of every new colour! - simply tell us in the comments below how you'd use the prize. Several projects? One many-coloured one? Something for yourself? The closing date is midnight on Friday 26th June, so you've got two weeks to plan!
29 comments
I’m looking at these and thinking something fair Isle, I’d have to get a squish of it and see if it’s steekable :)
I have to be honest, I would probably let them rest in my stash until a pattern came along that would just make me say “That’s the one for them!!!”
Many moons ago, I learned to do crocheted granny squares. I picked up the hook recently to create a simple single square for a baby blanket. These colours would look gorgeous in a patchwork granny square blanket, mixing and matching the centres to compliment and contrast- let the skeins sing
Beautiful colours! I would be most likely to make a rainbow coloured shawl with this. One can never have too many shawls.
I adore these colors and would love to combine them in one project, like a blanket, possibly the beautiful Vivid pattern by Tin Can Knits or even the Hue Shift Afghan!
My son brought me home a skein of this beautiful yarn when he was visiting Ireland in November, I love it. Since we are expecting our 1st grandchild in 3 weeks I would knit up some really special things with these beautiful colors. I’d love to make some sweaters, hats and maybe a shawl for my daughter.
Oh my goodness, how lush! I would have to make a baby blanket for the new addition to my extended family. I think it would show off the colours best.
I’d do a floor size game of snakes and ladders. Chunky grid background with various colours and I’d knit the snakes and ladders separately and appliqué on after. Would add extra details like crocheted flora and fauna too.
Would be a great outdoor game that could double as a picnic rug.
With three friends having three sets of twins this Summer I definitely think a baby blanket would be the way to go. Small enough for in the pram but big enough to fully wrap up the littlies!
Gorgeous.
Hmm baby #3 is on its way so I think a lovely snuggly baby blanket would be great and maybe some hats for big brother and sister.
There are so many possibilities! I’d love to knit a colour affection shawl with these, maybe two in different colour pallets.
Maybe because I just had my third baby (and there seems to be a baby boom around us) I would knit a few baby cardigans with different colour combinations…oh, they would be really sweet!
Would love to make one of Stephen West’s shawls – maybe Daybreak – with all those lovely skeins
What a bautifull colours! I think I would knit somethink like Puffin mantle from Kate Davies.
I love the earthy tones of these colours. I can see how they would work so beautifully with the grey so I think I would have to use them with the grey to make either a rainbow-yoked grey jumper or a blanket. So beautiful!
Wow, so beautiful, I would knit 3 shawls, 2 colours in each shawl.
Fabulous colours that already look good together in the photo and to do them justice I would love to try and knit them into one of Stephen West’s shawls. I have never tried something so ambitious, with six changes of colour but I could definitely be inspired to have a go with this georgous wool. It looks like it was made to be wrapped around your neck on a chilly winter’s day.
I would make six hats for myself and my 3years old, imagine to have 6 warm and Irish yarn hats. They would last us a life time.
Oooh, pretty! (happy dance!!!) I have some grey already so these would go great with it in making a patterned (sanquhar or fairisle) cowl with matching fingerless mittens. :)
I’d probably split them into two or three different projects. Definitely some mittens. Not sure what else.