Vintage Purls

I said I have been working on something behind the scenes and at last I can reveal what it is. Notice anything different about my site? New haircut? No. A shop!

For many years my day job had been teaching at the local university but at the end of last year I decided to throw caution to the wind and give it all up to follow a more creative life. I love fibre, I love to knit and spin, and I was growing increasingly frustrated at what I saw as some major holes in knitting supplies in New Zealand. One thing lead to another and I can finally debut my store.

At present I have on offer Knit Pick knitting needles and hand-dyed yarn. I do plan to expand my range but I’m also a small business and I’m learning so I’m going to take things slowly initially.

My main yarn focus at present is sock yarn since I’ve always felt there to be a bit of a gap in that market locally. I have an amazingly soft yarn for the job; machine washable merino and a good dollop of nylon to make sure they wear well. I hand dye it all and I love it!

Rest assured that I still love vintage patterns, that there is plenty more to come in the free pattern section and I will not be changing that aspect of the site. I know it’s been a long time since I’ve put new patterns up and I will get onto some new things very soon. I’ve been very surprised by just how many people visit my little corner of the web and I have received some amazing feedback from visitors regarding my little collection of patterns. It’s really nice to know that other people get a kick out of the patterns I can provide.

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