Wednesday, 17 October 2012

Lula - Crochet Scarf

I designed Lula in 2008.


She was an instant success, the patterns sold like hot cakes and have always done so.
The original (in the photo above) was made with all sorts of odds and ends that I had left over from other projects.


When I made her I didn't realise that other people would want to make her in exactly the same colours, so I re-wrote the pattern to say it needed Dazzle sock.
Lula has been to lots and lots of wool shows with NDS and she was beginning to look a bit old and tired, so this spring I decided to re-make her.


This time I made her with our Dazzle HT mini skeins


And sold her as a kit at shows, so our customers could make exactly the same scarf.


At the time of writing this blog post NDS has some Lula kits in stock, they are only an occasional item as the mini skeins are a pain in the arse to make.
Not only is the Lula kit in stock, but its also our featured kit of the week, which means you can buy the kit at a discount price of £25. 
It also means Lula just fits into NDS's free postage bracket.
Lula will revert back to her full price of £30 tomorrow evening at 7pm.
She would make a fantastic Christmas gift for all your crocheting friends or if you fancy a treat, just follow this link - LULA KIT




Tuesday, 16 October 2012

Welcome to my new crochet blog.

For the last 6 years I have been blogging about everything in my life on Dye Studio Diary
I have decided it is time I spilt my blog into two.
Dye Studio Diary will remain my personal place where I talk about my family and how I feel about the world.
This lovely shiny new blog is for my crochet designs and update photo's of yarn.

So without further ado here is the first post - its a wool one shortly to be followed by a crochet one, which probably won't be until tomorrow.

These photo's are of the yarn which will be updated on The Natural Dye Studio site on Thursday 18th of October 2012 at 7 pm UK time.
You can find all the update photo's HERE on Flickr.

The yarn below is all Dazzle BFL Aran, we haven't had any in stock for ages as its a winter yarn.
I'm sitting here with a big pile of it on the desk beside me and I'd love to keep it all, I can almost see a soft snuggly sweater.....sigh.....
Maybe another day...