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Pincushion Protea

Pincushion protea flower in Kirstenbosch gardens

We are a design studio and dye house based in Cape Town, specialising in working with merino wool and mohair fibres.

All images © Bridget Henderson

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I’m a beginner lace knitter. It takes concentrat

I’m a beginner lace knitter. It takes concentration to follow a pattern for every stitch. I lose my place all the time. And at the end of the row my remaining stitch count is wrong! 🙈

If I can see the lace pattern forming in the rows I’ve already knit it’s much easier to keep my place.

Try this genius hack: Steam your project while you’re still knitting. It’s a cheater’s guide to blocking. It settles the lace pattern, you can see it more clearly, and it’s much easier to keep your project on track. 🧶✨
Have you tried this before?
Any other genius ideas?
Share your tips below! 👇

Project: Sweet Surrender Wrap by @fiberchats
Yarn: Cowgirlblues R.E.S.P.E.C.T. in Merino Lace

#knittingproject #knittersofig #yarnspirations #yarnlover #yarnaddiction #sweetsurrenderwrap

Happy Days! Yes that is the fluffy mohair we are d

Happy Days! Yes that is the fluffy mohair we are dyeing in the studio today. As you can see when we say hand dyed we mean it.

This reel feels like a Monday meditation - so sit back, relax and let the dyers do the work.

#fluffymohair #handdyedyarn #happydays #cowgirlbluesyarn #dyersofinstagram

We want to thank you! Thank you for all your sup

We want to thank you!

Thank you for all your support and purchases on our annual sale. Most of your orders should be on their way to you. Thank you for your patience and persistence despite tech issues.

We look forward to seeing all your beautiful projects with your unique yarns. Please tag us @cowgirrlblues

Happy Thursday!

#cowgirlbluesyarn #loveyarn #yarnaddict #madeincapetown

Did you know you can get this from that ➡️? W

Did you know you can get this from that ➡️?

Would you prefer your skein in a ball? Please let us know at check out and we will happily wind it for you.

#cowgirlblues #ballorskein #carlysimon #knitspiration #yarnlife

Tomorrow is SALE Day! Here are some of the vibran

Tomorrow is SALE Day!

Here are some of the vibrant, unique colours you will find online when we open our Annual Sale tomorrow at 4pm Cape Town Time - That’s 4pm Frankfurt, 3pm London, 10am NYC, 9am Houston, 8am Denver, 7am San Francisco, midnight in Sydney, 11pm in Tokyo

Colours will be grouped and listed by yarn base and are mainly Merino DK, Merino Twist, and Aran Single.
There will only be a couple of colours in Merino Lace, Proper Sock and Kidsilk where we had some batches with colour issues.
In Fluffy Mohair there will be just one beautiful blue, somewhere between Guinea Fowl and Cape Storm and there are more than 10 skeins of it!

In DK, Twist and Aran we have dyed 10 skeins per colour so there is a sweater quantity available if you decide quickly.

#yarnsale #handdyedyarn #madeincapetown #welovecolour #merinodk

ANNUAL SALE TUESDAY JULY 30th ONLINE AT 4pm CT tim

ANNUAL SALE TUESDAY JULY 30th ONLINE AT 4pm CT time

💜 Let the good times roll! 💜

Each year our annual sale is an opportunity to have some fun. The team gets involved in the dyeing and everyone creates their own colour. This year they all dyed Merino DK.

Even photographing the sale colours produces a lot of laughs.

Next week’s newsletter will have links to all the yarns and colours. So sign up for our newsletter now.

More information will also follow in our stories and posts in the days to come.

Each person keeps a skein of their own colour

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