Uncategorized

Aren't those hooks just lovely? They're the new Knitpro Dreamz set, and we haven't been able to stop admiring them since they arrived last week. They range from 3.5mm to 8.00mm, and they're made of sturdy wood - warm to the touch and gentle on your yarn. The perfect gift for the crocheter in your life, especially if that's you....

We must have some of the fastest keyboardists on Earth, you know - no sooner was Woolly Wormhead's Hat Design Workshop announced than it was booked out. It's on Sunday August 12th, which is some time away, and a lot can happen in four months. So we're talking a little about it here, and encouraging those of you who weren't...

What a lovely day we had on Saturday! We were honoured to host Kate Davies' Steek Sandwich class, and the mezzanine was transformed for the day into a workshop space, with plenty of space for the fifteen lucky attendees. Steeking is a traditional Shetland technique, allowing complex stranded colourwork to be worked in the round even if the final article...

We've got a lot of reasons to be excited just now. First of all, there's new yarn in the shop, and it's amazing! There's Jamieson and Smith Jumperweight in the subtle undyed colours you can see above. Shetland wool has Protected Geographical Status under EU law just as Roquefort cheese and champagne have: wool can only be legally sold as...

We'd like to wish you all a lovely weekend. We'll be closed on Good Friday, open from 10.30am to 5.30pm on Saturday, and then closed on Easter Sunday and Monday, re-opening as usual on Tuesday at 10.30am. The weather may have taken a turn for the cold, but there's still a a very high chance of chocolate over the coming...

May we introduce some very new arrivals to This Is Knit? Just last week, we started stocking MillaMia yarn, a lovely Scandinavian-inspired yarn. It's a sportweight, so it's a little finer than double knitting. It comes in a vibrant palete of seventeen colours, and we're rather pleased with it. The main focus of the MillaMia pattern range is on lovely...

Last year, we started stocking Botany Lace, Araucania's lovely merino lace yarn, and the new colours have just come into stock. There's some beautiful pinks and purples among them, as well as subtle greys and greens. It's a very versatile yarn. It's quite a heavy laceweight: we reckon that it would be possible to make a pair of very luxurious...

One of the new yarns for Spring/Summer 2012 has made us so happy. It's Louisa Harding's Mulberry, which has recently come back into stock. As the name suggests, it's pure silk. It's a lovely firmly plied DK weight, and it's available in lots of vibrant colours. As a display item for Mulberry, we have had entrusted to us a wonderful...

May we introduce Bessie, who oversees the shop from the wall above the counter. (Please excuse the ceiling fan blade in that picture - she gets quite hot up there, what with the fleece and all, so she appreciates the air current.) Bessie's with us because of one of those typical This Is Knit bits of serendipity. Last year, at...

We've had a few requests about how to make nice neat colour transitions in crochet, and it's a question that comes up often in class, so we thought it would be a good idea to post about it here. This is one of those places where the obvious thing to do isn't optimal. You'd think that you'd take up the...

The new year always brings on thoughts of resolutions and fresh starts, and so it's proved here at This Is Knit. With the new unit all up and running, it's time to devote a bit of loving attention to the online shop. It will benefit from a bit of dusting and a bit of hoovering and a bit of renovation....

Now that we're into a new year, we're noticing increased interest in learning to knit and crochet. With the January and February classes up for booking on the class page, we thought it would be useful to talk a little about our beginner classes. We have regular beginner courses in both knitting and crochet, and they last over three weeks,...

This is Knit will be closed all day this Saturday, July 23rd. We will re-open for the usual Sunday hours of 1pm - 5pm on Sunday 24th July. Thank you for understanding.

Last night our friend Brendan Kehoe, Elana's husband and E and P's father, passed away peacefully. He was one of the very best: friendly, generous and totally cool in his unique geeky-hacker way. He was greatly loved. We are heartbroken. Our thoughts and all our love are with his family and friends. Edited to add: Arrangements for the service are...

José can barely contain his excitement!

A few months ago, a new customer came into the shop and asked if we knew how to find a knitting group in Dublin. Lilly had recently moved here from Toronto. As it happened, it was a Thursday, so we were able to suggest the group in Brooks Hotel for that very evening. Lilly was a very proficient knitter -...

How's this for a lovely jumper? It's called George, and it's a Louisa Harding pattern from the Ianthe pattern book (and there's twelve other lovely patterns in there too). Ianthe is a DK weight 50% merino/50% cotton mix. The cotton makes it lovely and summery and it has "give" from the wool, and these two properties make it ideal for...

That time of year has come around again - it's World Wide Knit in Public Day on Saturday June 11th! As you'd expect, we're planning to have an awfully good time, and we'd love you to come along. We're kicking off at 12.00 noon on the Powerscourt Centre balcony. While you're round This Is Knit, make sure to have a...