New! Celebrate this chapter of Ysolda.com as it comes to an end with a special, personalised bundle of our best products, hand-picked by our team just for you.
New! Celebrate this chapter of Ysolda.com as it comes to an end with a special, personalised bundle of our best products, hand-picked by our team just for you.
knitting tools, buttons and notions, project bags and other pleasing little things
Subscribe to our Colourwork Club for a gift that lasts well into the new year. Your recipient will receive a new colourwork kit in Janurary, February and March
Last minute shopping? Gift cards are delivered electronically - forward the email or print it for your recipient. A range of amounts are available and gift cards don't expire.
Subscribe to our Colourwork Club for a gift that lasts well into the new year. Your recipient will receive a new colourwork kit in Janurary, February and March
Last minute shopping? Gift cards are delivered electronically - forward the email or print it for your recipient. A range of amounts are available and gift cards don't expire.
Knowing how to check and understand your gauge is crucial for the success of your knitting project! Read our free tutorial to de-mystify gauge and help your knitting be the best it can be.
Learning how to knit a swatch is the best way to ensure your knitting gauge matches the pattern gauge, so that your project comes out the correct size and shape. Our free tutorial takes you step-by-step through the process of knitting a swatch.
What is superwash wool? We take a closer look at the difference between superwash and non-superwash yarns and the kind of projects that you’ll use each for.
We put the spotlight on a well loved classic superwash wool, Rauma Petter and have fun knitting swatches showing lace, cables, colourwork and it's beautiful texture.
Sarah has a plan for her autumn's knitting, which involves combining these 5 colours of Petter in different ways to make 4 children's sweaters to meet differing tastes and needs.
Autumn is vest time and we decided to go into Ysolda’s back catalogue and pull out a great autumn classic. We don't stock the original yarn any more but we have some suggestions for alternative colours in Finul PT2.
Swatches lie! One of the most common stories I hear, and one I've experienced myself, is that despite getting the right gauge on the swatch the sweater turned out unexpectedly huge or tiny. It's nearly impossible to control all of the variables that might affect the gauge in the swatch vs the finished garment but there are certainly some things you can do to maximise the honesty of your swatches.
While focussing on playing with colours and practising knitting with dpns and a belt I got distracted from paying attention to the arrangement of my yarns. Although I quickly swapped the colours to the correct hand I started wondering just how big a difference colour dominance really meant.
