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August 26, 2006
Holidays
HipKnits will be closed from Saturday 26th August through to Saturday 2nd September, reopening on Monday 4th September. During this time orders will not be shipped, the shop will not be open and emails will not be answered. Business as usual will resume on Monday 4th September with all orders placed while we were on holiday being shipped that day.
Posted by Kerrie at 01:46 PM | Comments (1)
August 23, 2006
New laceweight silk designs
I was emailing one of my lovely customers, Jackie, today talking about the laceweight silk yarn that we sell at HipKnits. Jackie asked if I had any new patterns coming up for the laceweight silk and unfortunately I had to say no. I love the silk and as much as I love knitting with it I just don't have the time to play around with it too much at the moment.
So, this is an open call for any designers who would like to get their hand on some of our yarn. I'm looking for someone to design me some projects with the laceweight silk. You need to send me :
A sketch of your design
Detail about stitches etc
Proposal about how much yarn you would need (in metres preferably)
How long it will take you to make
I'm on holiday next week but sometime in the first week in September I will email you if I really like your designs and arrange to custom dye you some yarn and send it over. Here are a few rules
The design must be original and must be your own
I will provide the yarn and a one off payment for the design
I will then choose the best vehicle to show off the pattern. That may be MagKnits, Yarn Forward magazine or on the HipKnits site.
I will need to keep the sample that you make but on receiving it I will send you the same amount of yarn again so that you can make one for yourself.
Anything else I should be thinking of? I have a migraine today so I'm fully aware that I may not be making too much sense...
Posted by Kerrie at 02:20 PM | Comments (1)
August 21, 2006
New pattern
We have a new pattern designed by Alexandra available on HipKnits, the lovely camisole made from just 3 skeins of our aran weight silk.
Posted by Kerrie at 08:54 PM | Comments (2)
New pattern
We have a new pattern designed by Alexandra available on HipKnits, the lovely camisole made from just 3 skeins of our aran weight silk.
Posted by Kerrie at 08:54 PM | Comments (0)
August 17, 2006
New goodies
The shop is updated with some new goodies and some changes have been made to the clubs. Go and have a look and tell me what you think?
Posted by Kerrie at 01:29 PM | Comments (1)
August 08, 2006
Laceweight cashmere
For those of you who have been disappointed that we sold out of laceweight cashmere so quickly this time here are a few good pieces of information for you.
Kerrie is dyeing another 2 kilos tonight which will be available on the site next week.
Yarnsmith have some in stock right now.
The Knitting Hut will have some in stock next week.
We can custom dye some for you if you like?
Posted by Kerrie at 05:48 PM | Comments (1)