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Limited Edition Banner Scarf Kits! (Or the pattern on it’s own!)

The Banner Scarf Kits are in the shop ready for Christmas!

Banner Scarf

Banner Scarf

Limited Edition Banner Scarf Kit 1/15

Limited Edition Banner Scarf Kit 1/15 £34

Limited Edition Banner Scarf Kit 2/15

Limited Edition Banner Scarf Kit 2/15 £34

Limited Edition Banner Scarf Kit 3/15

Limited Edition Banner Scarf Kit 3/15 £34

Limited Edition Banner Scarf Kit 4/15

Limited Edition Banner Scarf Kit 4/15 £34

Limited Edition Banner Scarf Kit 5/15

Limited Edition Banner Scarf Kit 5/15 £34

Limited Edition Banner Scarf Kit 6/15

Limited Edition Banner Scarf Kit 6/15 £34

Limited Edition Banner Scarf Kit 7/15

Limited Edition Banner Scarf Kit 7/15 £34

The Banner Scarf started life as a way of showing off all the small test dyes I did while I was working up to starting OxfordKitchenYarns. It became the banner for my first show. However so many people tried in on, and wanted to make their own that I finally knuckled down and wrote up the pattern, including a full alphabet of letters that can be used to over-stitch your own banner, or whatnot.

Which of course brought me to kits.

There are 15 Limited Edition Banner Scarf Kits, each numbered and carefully photographed. The one you order is the one you get. There are each slightly different, and given that you can choose your final order, each final scarf will be a one of a kind.  Once the kits sell out, there won’t be any more till next November. So get them while stocks last, and all that. 🙂

Each kit has the 20 mini skeins you need for the squares, and a larger 25g skein of OKY DK ‘Milk’ for over-stitching the letters. You get a printed copy of the pattern, and a code for a free .pdf of the pattern via Ravelry.

Alternatively you can buy a copy of the pattern from Ravelry (£2.50) and use up your own precious bits and pieces you’ve been saving.

Banner Scarf Pattern

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Knitsonik Stranded Colourwork Sourcebook review

Knitsonik Stranded Colourwork Sourcebook
It’s worth pointing out that I’m pretty biased about the author of this book. Felicity Ford and I were both part of the Oxford Bluestockings stitch n bitch (up until I had FB back in 2008), she was the first person to buy any OxfordKitchenYarns, and when I told her my plan to start my naturally dyeing business she replied “fantastic!”

She even drove my stock and me to my first show in 2007.

And now she has created a book and put it out into the world. If it wasn’t very good I probably would have bought it anyway, but not talked about it on the blog.

But the reality is that it’s clever, and thorough and heartfelt and really creative and while I’m writing this I have no idea what images I’m going to post from it, because I want to choose all of them.

 Knitsonik Stranded Colourwork Sourcebook

And she did it from start to finish in a year!
I think colour work is both fascinating and daunting. It feels like there is a lot of work between having your idea, and actually picling up your needles. But Felix grabs your hand and enthusiastically leads you through finding inspiration, creating colour work patterns, creating a pallet that will work, playing with colour in swatches, and after all that gives you great pre-designed colour-work and accessory patterns in case you want to jump right in.

It’s all clear, and friendly. And you’ll come out a better knitter. Or at least I know I will.

So there you have it. I backed her on Kickstarter and it was so very worth it.

And if you want to see it for yourself, you can find out more here..