I have just finished this pair of cable mittens and thought I should share them. Knitted in the gorgeous Rowan Lima , the yarn is so soft to the touch and the mittens feel warm and toasty. They only took a couple of evenings to knit. The pattern was easy to follow and only uses one ball.  So for only £5.99 you can have a lovely pair of handmade mittens. There are other great patterns featured in the Rowan Winter Warmers book. Take a look here.

Mittens knitted in shade 880 Andes

To knit this cosy pair of felted slippers you only need 1 ball of Wash + Filz it! Big Color. The pattern is available to download for free from our website! Click here to take a look at all shades and the pattern. One 200g ball of the Big Color is priced at just £11.50.

‘Yarn Bombing’ is basically knitted art which has been anonymously displayed in towns and urban landscapes decorating lamp posts and benches etc. Click here to read an interesting article from BBC News about a group of knitters from West Cornwall who have been yarn bombing.

Katia Rocio has just arrived back in stock. Priced at only £6.99 a ball. Buy it now while stocks last. Click here!

Have you seen the new yarn from Sirdar?

Sirdar Raffaella is a beautiful new yarn for Spring / Summer 2012. Choose from the perfectly pastel shade palette of lilac, pink, lemon……….click here to see all of the shades.

There are a range of patterns to accompany the yarn including the ones featured below.

We have just added this gorgeous scarf yarn from Rowan called Kidsilk Haze Stripe. To knit the scarf you only need one ball. The pattern is featured on the ball band and is also available to download for free at www.knitrowan.com. There are some beautiful shades in this yarn all of which are available to order online now for only £15.99 a ball. Click here to see all of the shades.

If you sign up on the Rowan website you can download many more free patterns including two designs knitted in the Kidsilk Haze Stripe yarn.

Christmas may be over for another year but I had to show you my little crochet christmas tree. It is approximately 3 inches in height (tiny)! The tree was quite quick to do once I mastered the tiny crochet hook.

The pattern is from the Search Press ‘Mini Christmas Crochet Book’ this is available to buy online for £4.99. There are lots of other cute projects to make including a christmas cracker and pudding decoration.

This time last year Lesley could only knit a garter stitch. Now she has made this gorgeous hat and scarf set in the Rico Galaxy Chunky yarn. The hat has a 2 x 2 rib around the edge and then goes into stocking stitch. Very impressive don’t you think!

To knit the scarf you will need 2 balls and the hat only 1 ball. The yarn is still available to buy online for just £5.99 a ball. Click here!

Lesley is now knitting a pair of wrist warmers to match. I’m sure that we will have these to show you very soon. Watch this space…………

Have you you seen these cute cross stitch cushion kits by Vervaco?

There are 3 different kits to buy to complete the tractor and trailer set. The kits are available to buy from The Black Sheep priced at just £21.99 each. Take a look at the cushion kits here!

Yvonne has been busy knitting Christmas presents. She brought in this superb men’s sweater knitted in Rico Melange Chunky to show us. The pattern is actually a Sirdar Click Chunky pattern 9390 but Yvonne decided to try the Rico Melange Chunky instead. The Rico Melange Chunky shade 008 looks warm and cosy, a perfect Christmas present.

          The yarn is available to order online for only £2.94 a ball. Click here to see more shades.

If you would like to knit the sweater in Sirdar Click Chunky why not choose one of the 5 shades which have just been reduced to only £1.69 a ball. Click here to see all 5 shades!

Have you been knitting or stitching any Christmas gifts? Please email photographs to orders@blacksheepwools.com and I will put them up on the blog!