Well hello my wonderful ones. How are we all on this rather drizzly day? I hope you are all well and coping with the world as we know it. To all you ones with little sprogs – how’s half term gone? Definitely nice not to be rushing them with homeschooling and all the usual routine, for a bit. I don’t know about anyone else’s little ones, but mine we’re definitely ready for a break. Think they get to a point where they just want to play & let their imaginations run. Just be kids. I think this might be the reason why our landing now looks like some kind of playmobil world! Haha! We have a veterinary hospital, a school, a holiday home, an aquarium & some kind of coast guard sea situation going on. So I reckon we have most areas covered! Funny.
Heyho, guessing its just life as we know at the moment. I do wonder if there is going to be a big announcement next week. It’ll be interesting to see if schools are back in. We shall see. Heyho, if in doubt, just keep on crocheting, well that’s how I am getting through lockdown. That and knitting.
Spring is starting to really show. Always makes me feel hopefully when I see these little guys popping out.
So I just wanted to pop on and talk to you about the wonderful world of Banshee Yarns. These are the most super soft and seriously scrumptious yarns. They are so soft. Each one is beautifully dyed by the wonderful Michelle over at The Loveliest Yarn Company. Here’s the link to her wonderful website.
https://theloveliestyarncompany.co.uk/
I first heard of the lovely Michelle in the summer, when I came across her knit school and one of the KALs she was doing. I think it was a shawl KAL, where you learnt all about how to knit shawls and the different techniques that create them. As I have been definitely being upping the amount of knitting I have been doing, I was rather intrigued.
So when the lovely Abby, Lisa and Michelle did their BadAss Friday celebration of yarny loveliness, I couldn’t resist trying some of Michelle’s Banshee yarn.
It’s called Banshee Yarns. (Don’t you just love the Banshee Yarn logo!!) I love her motto too – Colours To Haunt You. How fab is that. I reckon colour does haunt you. They definitely do for me. They seem to call to you. And as Michelle says – haunts you until you cave and buy it. As you all know, I am a serious lover of all things rainbowy, so I feel that colours can really sing together. They definitely excite me and I just can’t resist a gorgeous yarn with a stunning colour way.
So with the Banshee yarns range, Michelle dyes them up in all different bases of yarn, with different weights. This means you can find one of her beautiful yarns for any kind of project. I couldn’t resist the Alpaca DK yarn, which is a blend of baby alpaca, silk and cashmere.
I mean literally, how scrumptious and delicious is that. It’s so luxurious and soft and works up a treat. Many of the other weights in the range, have slightly different blends depending on which one you choose. Trust me, which ever one you pick, you will not be disappointed.
I thought I would choose the double knit weight, to create some little wrist warmers. I don’t know about anyone else, but I seem to be struggling with being cold, so much more at the moment. You all know, my feet can be incased in 5 pairs of slipper socks and leg warmers and they are still a little chilly. So I realised that as soon as my wrists are warm, my hands seem to stay a little warmer too.
Anyways, I have created a pattern for both simple wrist warmers (ones that just go on your wrist) and wrist warmers that go over your thumb too. I will hopefully be publishing the pattern up soon, but here’s a sneaky peak of them made up in Michelle’s DK Banshee Yarn.
The pattern will come with two sizes, kids and adults. Really hope you like them. Can’t wait to share them with you.
So all in all, I cannot recommend Michelle’s Banshee Yarn enough. It’s so utterly scrumptious and luxurious. Can’t wait to buy some more. Ekk. I may have this little baby in my stash and thinking it would make some wonderful leg warmers.
But I am so tempted with one of the purple colour ways to go with it. So might have to wait a little. We shall see. It’s whether I have a weak moment. Ekk.
Well, I think that is all for now. Just want to wish you all a lovely rest of the weekend. And here’s hoping for a little bit of normality sometime soon.
Happy hooking peeps.
🌈Xx