BritYarn #8 This Could be a Podcast

As many of you will know I have recorded a few Periscopes over the last month or so which I then upload to You Tube.  

While I love the interactive chat with you all on Periscope, it is not the easiest way to show you what I am working on and to share BritYarn news.  So, I have been brave and made a proper recording.  You might call it a podcast!  Below are some notes with links for the things I have mentioned and some photos from the British Wool Show.   

BritYarn #8 This could be a podcast?

INTRO 

• Me
• Where you can find me Website www.brityarn.co.uk , Instagram, Twitter, Ravelry as BritYarn and blog http://brityarn.blogspot.co.uk. You can subscribe BritYarn's You Tube channel and follow us on Periscope.
• NEWS
• New yarns Chillia Valley Alpacas Aran 100% alpaca and 70% alpaca 30% Shetland Lambswool and Chunky 70% alpaca 30% Shetland Lambswool
• Erika Knight Maxi Wool 
• Bags  including new canvas ones.  Pop over to our Ravelry group chance to win one.
• #scollayalong KAL with Louise KnitBritish.  Just over half way.  Virtual party last Friday night.

FO’s

• On the Edge by Joy McMillan Yarn used Yarns from the Plain Mobberly 4 ply in the BritYarn Colourway.  
• Fourth Day Ear Warmer free pattern by Emily Green Blue  Erika Knight Maxi 42g wool.  Gift knitting?
• Colossus from Bletchley Collection Eden Cottage Yarns Milburn 4 ply

What's in the Jam Pan aka WIP’s

• Scollay #scollayalong ends 25th September.  Still time to join in!  Just button hole band and buttons to go.  Blacker Lyonesse DK Rose Quartz 
• Show off socks by Anne Campbell
• Talavera by Amanda B Collins using Eden Cottage Yarn BFL sock Pom Pom Summer pattern 
• Mahy by Karie Westermann Lincoln Longwool Laceweight hap construction 
• Lemon Difficult by Kate Atherley brioche Blacker Elegance and Crazy Zauberball

British Wool Show 

Friday 7th and  8th August York.  

High Farndale Farm Peter Mawson Whitefaced Woodland sheep fleece.

Queen of Purls.  

English Angora Society

Low Lands Legacy

Wheeldale Wool Crafts

Peter from High Farndale Farm

Lots of hand dyed British wool by Zoe from the Queen of Pearls

The Sheep Show

The Scollayalong Virtual Cast On Party

Hello everyone.  With only a week to go until we cast on our Scollay cardigans,

Louise and I would love to invite you to the Scollayalong Virtual Cast On Party.

The party will start at 7.30pm (UK time) on Friday 17th July. It will take place on Twitter, Instagram and in the BritYarn Scollayalong chat thread.  Don't worry if your a bit late to the party, just join in when you are ready.  We will be partying until 8.30pm.  Feel free to keep chatting after 8.30pm if you are getting into the party spirit!

Bring your own drinks and nibbles......   

If you are chatting on Twitter and Instagram we have a special party hashtag #scollayalongparty.  If you can use this to tag your posts we can then find each other.  

The Scollayalong chat thread will open in the BritYarn Ravelry group on Friday 17th July.  We will chat there until Friday 24th July when the KAL will go on tour back to KnitBritish.  It will then return to BritYarn the week after.

So are you all ready? Got your yarn? Found your right sized needles? Swatched?  

Don't forget the Sign Up thread is still open to ask any questions or to have a bit of a natter with fellow scollayalongers!

Scollayalong KAL

Today (Monday 22nd June) sees the sign up thread open on the KnitBritish Ravelry group for the Scollayalong KAL.    

The sign up thread will stay open until cast on day, Friday 17th July.  The chat will then move to the BritYarn group.  After the first week the chat will move, on Friday 26th July, to the KnitBritish group.  We will then alternate the chat each week until the KAL ends on Friday 25th September. 

There will be a virtual cast on cast on party which you are all most warmly invited to.  This will be hosted on Twitter, Instagram and Ravelry.  More details will be announced very soon.

There are a few simple rules for the Scollayalong KAL:

• You need to be a member of the BritYarn and KnitBritish Ravelry groups.
• We are all knitting the Scollay cardigan by Karie Westermann.
• Sign ups take place in the KnitBritish Ravelry group.
• Cast on Friday 17th July.  Of course you can swatch away before hand but you must not start your cardigan before the 17th.
• To be eligible for prizes all finished Scollay's must be entered in the Scollay FO Thread in the KnitBritish Ravelry group before the end of the KAL, Friday 25th September.



Scollay Cardigan
Image used with kind permission from
 Karie Westermann

• You can use any yarn to make your Scollay.  There will be an additional prize for the best Scollay made using wool grown in Britain (Britain includes the Falklands).

The pattern can be purchased digitally from Ravelry or here if you prefer a paper copy. 

Both Louise and I can't wait to hear what you are planning to knit your Scollay's in.  I have decided to knit mine in Blacker Yarns Lyonesse and Louise is going to be knitting hers in Toft DK.  We looking forward to chatting with you all in the sign up thread over the coming weeks and hearing about your Scollay plans.