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Crochet for Knitters’ Workshop

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CrochetTaught by Karie Westermann, Sunday 9th November 2014.  10.30am – 4.30pm with lunch included

Reserve your place or book online at www.bookwhen.com/beinspiredfibres

Are you a knitter who is mystified by crochet? Fed up seeing knitting patterns that use crochet? Feeling slightly scared by using just a hook to create thing?

This one-day workshop will teach you the essential stitches, read a crochet pattern, understand crochet terminology and then show you just how crochet can be applied to your knitting.

The possibilities are endless: you can use crochet as a finishing technique, embellish your knits, lend structure to your knitted projects and secure steeks.

Yarn Shop Day – 3rd May – 5% discount on wool

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ImageOn Saturday, 3rd May 2014 yarn shops across the UK will be celebrating Yarn Shop Day, a campaign launched by Let’s Knit, a monthly knitting magazine, to support local yarn shops.  Be Inspired Fibres will be offering 5% discount on wool purchased on that day in the bricks and mortar shop to support the campaign.

If you are in the area, do check out the gorgeous cherry blossoms in the Meadows, just at the bottom of Marchmont Road, it is a glorious and uplifting sight.

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    For your information, the shop will be closing early at 4.30pm on Saturday, and will be closed on Sunday, 4th and  Monday 5th May, re-opening on Tuesday, 6th May.

My First Socks with Circular Needles

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Magic Loop & Circular Needles

1 x 3 hours workshop, Sunday, 13th April – 2.00 – 5.00
Be Inspired Fibres Yarn Boutique, 30 Marchmont Road, Edinburgh
Taught by Jo Kelly, Director, Edinburgh Yarn Festival
£27/£30.00

Aimed at beyond beginners knitters, who would like to knit their first pair of socks using long circular needles and the magic loop technique. By the end of the class, you will aim to finish one mini cuff down sock and understand the construction of a top down sock.

Skills covered:

Cast on – practice the magic loop – working the leg
knitting the heel flap – shaping the heel and the gusset
working the foot – decreasing for the toe – Kitchener stitch

Book online or in the shop.

New arrivals

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Crocuses in the Meadows

Crocuses in the Meadows

Winter in Edinburgh has been rather mild this year and I cannot believe that Spring is here already, what has happened to the snow this year?

The days have started to get longer and brighter, the crocuses have started appearing everywhere around the Meadows, very soon the tulips, the daffodils and the cherry blossoms will appear. Spring is definitely the time for anticipation!

For spring, I’ve just had a recent delivery from Holst Garn, a Danish independent brand which provides a very versatile range of 4 ply and lace weight yarn bases with the most amazing colour palette. The yarns complements the IT0-Yarns and Habu from Japan in the shop. I also love combining them with Icelandic wool, especially their 4ply/lace weight Einband (11 colours currently in stock), to give them an extra touch of softness and drape.

Holst Garn Supersoft - 25g

Holst Garn Supersoft – 25g

The Holst Garn range is great for the experimental and creative crocheters and knitters, who are not afraid to combine and play around with different textures, colours and weights. Swatching is absolutely essential, but the creative possibilities are endless and much more fun. The yarns are slightly greased, therefore, it is important to wash the knitted swatch to get the true gauge and to feel the actual texture and drape of the yarn once it has time to settle and bloom.

I’ve added many more colours to the versatile Supersoft 4 ply – 25g (100% pure wool ) range, which is a great yarn for colour stranded and fair isle knitting. I also have a small introductory stock of Holst Garn’s Samarkand – 50g / approx 287m (Wool/Silk blend), Coast – 50g / 350m (Wool/Cotton) and Titicaca – 50g / approx 400m (100% Pure Alpaca Lace).

Holst Garn Titicaca

Holst Garn Titicaca

Holst Garn's Coast - Wool / Cotton

Holst Garn’s Coast – Wool / Cotton

Holst Garn's Samarkand - Wool Silk Blend

Holst Garn’s Samarkand – Wool Silk Blend

The yarns are great for lace shawls, shrugs, airy cardigans and sweaters and suitable patterns can be found on Ravelry. I would recommend having a look at the patterns by Isabell Kraemer, Julie Weisenberger, Heidi Kirmaier, Olga Buraya Kefelian, Olga Rambell, La Maison Rillie and Ankestrick.

Re-Scheduled – Crochet Techniques For Finishing Your Knits – Sunday, March 16th

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Crochet for Knitters – Re-Scheduled for Sunday, March 16th

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Crochet for Knitters with Karie Westermann
One Day Workshop, Sunday, 16th March 2014
approx 10.30am – 4.30pm with a break for lunch.
Course Fee Only – £50 / £55 (approx 5 hrs)

This course is aimed at knitters who would like to learn to crochet and how it can be applied to finishing your projects. Crochet Finishing Techniques Crochet Finishing Techniques

The morning session will focus on learning and practising the basic crochet stitches and techniques, and how to read a simple chart. The afternoon session will demonstrate how crochet can be used to embellish your knits, finish your projects, create button holes and how it can be used to reinforce your knits.

More information can be found on Crochet for Knitters

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Re-Scheduled – Crochet Techniques For Finishing Your Knits – Sunday, March 16th

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Crochet for Knitters with Karie Westermann
One Day Workshop, Sunday, 16th March 2014
approx 10.30am – 4.30pm with a break for lunch.
Course Fee Only – £50 / £55 (approx 5 hrs)

This course is aimed at knitters who would like to learn to crochet and how it can be applied to finishing your projects.

Crochet Finishing Techniques

Crochet Finishing Techniques

The morning session will focus on learning and practising the basic crochet stitches and techniques, and how to read a simple chart. The afternoon session will demonstrate how crochet can be used to embellish your knits, finish your projects, create button holes and how it can be used to reinforce your knits.

More information can be found on Crochet for Knitters

Introduction to Fair Isle Knitting in the Round

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2 x 2 hour sessions on Sundays 19th January and 26th January 2014 – £36 / £ 40
Taught by Jo Kelly, Director of the Edinburgh Yarn Festival
2.30 – 4.30pm

There are only 2 places left and still enough time to book…

Introduction to Fair Isle in the Round

Introduction to Fair Isle in the Round

This course is aimed at beyond beginners and will provide an introduction to stranded colour knitting and knitting in the round at the same time. You will get started on a pair of fingerless mittens designed by Jo and practice colour work techniques, which are used in Fair Isle and Nordic knitting.

Session One: – casting on for knitting in the round using circular needles, practice the magic loop technique – making perfect ribbing – reading a pattern and a colour chart – working with two colours

Session Two: – more advanced colour work techniques (weaving in long floats) – working a thumb gore – finishing and blocking – if time permits – an introduction to designing own patterns.

Bookings and payments can be made online at www.bookwhen.com/beinspiredfibres or you may call the shop on 0131 629 2059 or email beinspiredfibres@gmail.com to reserve a place and pay in person by credit card, cheque or cash.

Materials are not included in the tuition fee, but there will be a 10% discount on all purchases for the classes.

December & Christmas Period Opening Hours

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Be Inspired Fibres would like to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas & New Year.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR

HAPPY CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR

Christmas Holidays Opening Hours are:

Mondays: 12.00 – 17.30
Tuesdays – Saturdays: 10.00 – 17.30
Sundays: 14.00 – 17.30

Christmas Day – Wednesday, 25th December – CLOSED
Boxing Day – Thursday, 26th – opened between 14.00 – 17.00
Closed Friday, 27th December 2013 and re-opening on Friday, 3rd January 2014 at 10.00.

Tel: 44 131 629 2059

Yarn Pony Hand-Dyed Yarns Trunk Show

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Meet local luxury yarn hand-dyer Mica from Yarn Pony in the shop on
Saturday, 30th November 2013
10am – 5pm – One Day Only!

Yarnpony

We are very lucky to have the opportunity to play host to Yarn Pony’s exquisite hand-dyed yarns, as Mica the owner is one very busy lady. As well as working in IT, she also runs hand-dyeing workshops in her studio and co-organizes Edinburgh’s yarn festival. This is a great opportunity to meet the hand-dyer and experience the uniqueness of hand-dyed yarns and how best to knit with them.

I first discovered hand-dyed yarns when I was an expat based in Beijing about 4 years ago, when a member of my international knitting club brought back the most gorgeous skein of hand-dyed yarn from the US. I have been totally mesmerized since and I still find it very hard to resist a luxury skein of hand-dyed yarn.