November 2020 newsletter from Natural Yarns!

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November 2020 newsletter from Natural Yarns!

A very big thank you to EVERYBODY
for your support so far in this strange year, 2020!

Wow! What an unexpected turn of an entire year.
So many plans made at the beginning of the year went right out of the window…and so, the makers-of-plans promptly sat at home crafting and dreaming up new and fabulous ideas for what to do and make at home instead!

We really and truly appreciate every single order we have received in-store and online during and post-lockdown.
Your incredible support this year has meant that we have been able to expand on our exciting range of exquisite yarn and fibrecraft tools to bring you even more wonderful goodies to fill your crafting time with.

SHOP MOVE TO #12A IMHOFF FARM

In case you haven’t visited us in the last few months, we have moved to a temporary new shop space at Imhoff Farm while we wait for our new yarnie home on the farm to be ready next year….If you’re visiting, head to the left of the Farm Shop. Look out for our chalk boards and bunting flags to help you find us.

Our shop hours are:
Mondays 10am-2pm
Tuesday to Saturday 9am-4pm.

We will announce additional festive season hours soon: please watch our social media pages for this news. Mask wearing and social distancing are still mandatory.

What’s happening in 2021? We will be moving next door to our current shop space towards the end of the first quarter of 2021, where we have lots of exciting things planned in our bigger space: including a lovely workshop and social crafting room!

CHIAOGOO TWIST SHORTIES

We have been completely blown away by how these nifty little Twist Shortie sets from ChiaoGoo have closed the gap on the benefits of circular needles vs DPN’s.

Sets contain a 5cm set + an 8cm set of tips, with a 13cm, 15cm and 20cm cable, end stoppers and accessories. Knitting with these is a complete game-changer for sock, hat and sleeve knitting.

RED: [M] Mini 2mm – 3.25mm tips
BLUE: [S] Small 3.5mm – 5mm tips

We have a few Blue sets in stock with more of both sets arriving in a few weeks time, so be sure to pop them on your wishlist 😉

SHOP THE SHORTIES HERE!

NURTURING FIBRES ECO-COTTON

Nurturing Fibres Eco-Cotton is a beautiful DK weight yarn, perfect for Summer knitting patterns!

FIBRE: 100% Un-certified Organic Cotton
WEIGHT: 50g per ball
LENGTH: 125m / 50g
PLY: 2 ply ~ Not “splity”!

Knit / crochet / weave with Eco-Cotton. Make blankets, tops, baby knits and more!

Pop over to RAVELRY for inspiration and patterns.

SHOP ECO-COTTON HERE!

FELTING KITS

We always have a wonderful selection of felting supplies for wet or dry felting!

Needle felting is quick and easy, suitable for just about any age felter. Great for making animals, decorations etc

We have a festive season needle felting tutorial on our blog. You can watch it here!

We have everything you need to get you started in our felting starter kits:

FELTING STARTER KITS

BROWSE ALL FELTING SUPPLIES!

RECENTLY ADDED TO THE SHOP

MALABRIGO

Our recent Malabrigo import has flown off the shelves! Do not fear! More will be arriving very soon 🙂

Find “Sock” and “Silkpaca Lace” on our our website here and watch our social media pages for the announcement of the arrival of more “Sock” on our website and in the shop.

MARBLING KITS

A little “off piste”, we added a few marbling kits to our recent Jacquard order for you to enjoy marbling in your down time over the festive season!

Wondering what the marbling kits can do? Pop over to the Jacquard website to have a look at the amazing ways to use these materials on paper or fabric, or jump right in and order one to play with. Find them on our website here

JAQUARD DYES

We LOVE the Jacquard range of dyes and we are very excited to have recently received a new shipment of colours!

These are “acid dyes” suitable for dyeing wool, silk, mohair and other ‘protein fibres’. These dyes react with an acid to bond with the fibre. One can use vinegar or citric acid for this purpose.

Find dyes and info on how they are used here.

UNDYED YARN

Dye needs yarn to colour!

We have a selection of beautiful undyed yarn by African Expressions for you to experiment with and hopefully create the perfect hand-dyed colourway for your next dream project.

Find our African Expressions undyed yarn here

FLOWER LOOM BLOOMS
This lovely book comes with patterns and ideas to make flower loom flowers which can be joined or crocheted to make very pretty items! Find the book here.

FLOWER LOOM
Pair a flower loom with your “Flower Loom Blooms” in order to create all the different flower options! Find the looms here.

BROWSE BOOKS + MAGAZINES ON OUR WEBSITE

TOFT NEWS

We have topped up on firm favorites (Simon the Mini Sheep + Emma the Mini Bunny to name a couple) as well as quite a few new mini kits which are new in the shop!

These kits make great gifts for new crocheters wanting to try their hand at the craft…or more seasoned crocheters who want to make quick hand-made gifts for someone special.

NEW MINI’s BOOKS ~ coming soon!

We will also soon have these brand new MINI’s books by Kerry Lord. Watch our social media for when they arrive!

BROWSE ALL THE TOFT GOODIES HERE

STELLAR FIBREWORKS
“THANK YOU BF/CM SPECIAL”As a small business we simply can’t compete with the big retailers Black Friday/ Cyber Monday specials, BUT we can spoil you for your support through 2020 by offering you 10% off on our in-house brand of yarn and fibrecraft tools: Stellar Fibreworks.

Enjoy 10% off all Stellar Fibreworks yarn and fibrecraft tools as a big THANK YOU for your support through 2020.

A Stellar storm of new colours were dyed during lockdown and beyond. There are many new colours recently added online + in the shop, and we even have a few new (to Stellar Fibreworks) yarn bases for you. Missing images online will be added soon!

OLAF CHUNKY
A smooshy chunky weight merino single ply.
100g = approx. 66m
SUPERWASH WOOL
FIND IT HERE

FAUNA + FLORA SOCK
Stylish sock weight single ply.
100g = approx. 360m
90% SUPERWASH WOOL 10% LINEN
FIND IT HERE

SPINNING FIBRE
Soft hand-dyed rovings for hand spinning
Approximately 100g or 50g
100% SUPERWASH WOOL
FIND IT HERE

FRAME LOOMS FOR WEAVING
Laser cut weaving tool
Available in different sizes
FIND IT HERE

We will also be giving back by donating 5% of all sales between Friday and Monday to Hope Africa.

*5% of the value of all sales online and in-store between Friday 27th – Monday 30th November will be donated to Hope Africa.*

Thank you for helping us make a difference! You can read more about this amazing charity, working hard to fight extreme poverty in Cape Town HERE.

WE HAVE BEEN MISSING YOU!

We are so happy to announce that (weather dependent) we will be resuming our Knit + Craft Fridays at the shop with social distancing on our little patch of lawn outside the shop.

Bring your crochet / knitting / weaving / spinning etc WIP (work in progress) for some social crafting at the shop any time between 11am and 4pm on Fridays – Shop 12a Imhoff Farm, Kommetjie Road, Cape Town 🙂

Please remember to social distance and to wear your mask.

I trust that you and your family have been keeping well, and that you have found refuge in your fibre-crafting activities this year so far. I hope that your festive season ahead will be relaxed and filled with nourishing friend and/or family time.

As always, happy yarn and fibre crafting!
With Love, Gina xx

PS:
We LOVE to see what you have been making!! You’re welcome to share your projects with us – tag us at @naturalyarns or hashtag your projects with #naturalyarnsa on social media, or send through an email with a picture of your FO to [email protected].