Couple of new projects and stall news

So I've put three new projects up, one in Customer Projects and the other two in sosusie yarns projects.

We've ordered some gorgeous Manos Wool Classica which will be the first time that we've stocked it so we hope you like it and we've also order a few shades in the new Manos Serena which is a featherlight 3ply pima cotton/alpaca mix.

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sosusie yarns will be going back to every other week at Archway Market giving us more time to concentrate on getting the online shop up and running. We're at Archway tomorrow and next Saturday and then every following other Saturday.

We'll also be attending a few craft/Christmas fairs over the next couple of months. Our Calender has all the relevant information on where we'll be and when.


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As promised - new wools

So here are some photos of the new wools we have.

Three new autumnal shades in Manos Silk Blend:

And four in the brilliant new Artesano Superchunky:

Marcia has been knitting

So, I'm still pretty rubbish at blogging so here's the only way I can work out to let you know that I've published new photos on our sosusie yarns projects page.

Have you been knitting with our yarns? We'd love to post pictures of what you've knitted so please send them in to us as sosusieyarns at googlemail.com - thanks!

Well Oiled Festival

It was a great day and Lauren rallied the troops perfectly - the ladies and men of the Stroud Green Knitting and Drinking Group (not correct title) did well serving teas, juices, scones and cakes as well as teaching several people to knit and make pompoms.

Two Festivals and gorgeous new wool

Hello all,

sosusie yarns will be at two festivals tomorrow, The Archways Market Feel Good Festival which is on from 10am to 5pm and the Well Oiled Festival which is on in Finsbury Park from 1pm to 8pm (though sosusie yarns will be packing up before that unfortunately as Susie has prior plans for the evening).

Marcia will be at Archway Market and sosusie yarns will be running knitting lessons for anyone interested. Susie will be at Finsbury and will be running knitting lessons as part of a bigger WI type craft stall entitled Crafternoon Tea where there will also be tea and cakes we hope.

Assuming the weather holds out both events should be really good fun, goodness only knows that they were last year!

In other news - our gorgeous Artesano superchunky order has arrived just in time for the festivals - hooray!

Susie

Wool Week special offer

Morning all, just loading up the car to head off to the market but wanted to post a little treat for Wool Week....we're offering a 10% discount across all stock today on the stall plus one customer will win one of our beautiful new autumnal Manos Silk Blends!

There's loads going on around the country for this so do check out the link and see where your passion for wool could take you this weekend.

Susie
xx

Making up

Aargh - I cannot get away with it anymore. I have several projects that are basically finished ie they're knitted and blocked and they just need sewing up. I will endeavour to get on with at least one today and post pics later.

In other news we've just taken delivery of some gorgeous new autumnal colours in the Manos Silk Blend - photos to follow and we've finally got our mitts on a beautiful superchunky yarn. We've been looking for a suitable one for a while now and at last we've found one - or rather Artesano has started to produce one. It's not out yet but is due to drop within the next week or so.

Things I'm working on

I've got three main projects on the go at the moment:

Please note that the links in this post will only work if you are logged in to Ravelry. If you're not a member yet do go and join, it's free and it is fantastic.

Aidez by Cirilia Rose which I'm knitting up in our Brigantia Luxury Aran in 796,

Jacket with moss stich bands by Debbie Bliss in Rooster Baby (which knits to exactly the same tension as Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino and is our gorgeous alternative to an equally gorgeous yarn) in 409.

And this little will, I'm sure, eventually be a beauty that I'm designing using our Rosarios4 Regata Cotton in 69.

Little gifts are sometimes the best.

I won't lie to you, I've been struggling with doing the stall recently. Things have been very slow at the market since winter and what with all the family stuff I have going on at the moment sometimes it's an effort to drag myself out of bed and load up the car and set up the stall. And then a friend pops by for a quick natter and a knit or one of our regulars pops by for a chat and I remember how lucky I am to be able to do this. On Saturday I was visited by my friend B and a couple of my lovely customers, Chiharu (whose knitting can be found Chiharu's hats) and Claudia who brought me a small gift - four plump, juicy, sweet plums just picked from her tree. Ahhhh...perfection. Thank you Claudia.

Saturday 23rd July

Had a lovely day on the Market on Saturday. The weather was fair for a change and I had lots of visitors - the promise of cake luring friends to come and sit and chat and knit.

Here are some of our visiors:

It seems that lots of people are interested in a sosusie yarns knitting group so I'll be turning my head to making that happen soon.

We are again getting lots of requests for knitting lessons. We're always happy to teach people the basics on the stall if we have time and the weather permits sitting out and of course if you're working on a project and need a bit of help we can do that (usually).

Oops x two

Apologies to anyone who turned up on Saturday to see us, I was meant to be on the market and unfortunately was rather under the weather and unable to make it. We've been going over a year now and we have never missed a week so I feel really bad about it especially as it was Marcia's birthday on Saturday and I was meant to be doing the stall so she could have her birthday off. Anyway, onwards and upwards.

I was just getting back into the blogging, both here and on my personal blog, taking terrible photos and putting up less than beautiful posts when my father was taken ill at the end of March and my sister and I have been rather taken up with him since then. It's time to get some semblance of normality back in my life though and part of that is getting back on track with the blogging and the stall.

I'm off to Sally Bourne in Crouch End tomorrow morning, it's closing down and I'm hoping to pick up some cheap knitting and crochet books that we can have on the stall. We've been wanting to have a range of books for a while but we wouldn't be able to sell them at anything approaching the Amazon type prices and as such, where our stall is, we'd find it difficult to justify the space and cost of them. So here's hoping that I can pick some up cheaply to pass on to you our lovely customers. I'm also hoping to pick up some beautiful fabrics so that I can make some bunting to sell on the stall.

I'm really not into finishing things at the moment. I've been congratulating myself today because I managed not to start a new project. Doh! I have no less than six projects on the go at the moment some of which just need to be sewn up. Aargh.

Ravelry linking and weekend stall photos

So this weekend I finally managed to get it on Ravelry so that you can link to our shop page on Ravelry when you put in a project that you're working on using our yarns or when you want to add yarns from us to your stash etc etc. I'm really really happy about that.

Saturday on the market was really good fun, it was a lovely day and there were lots of people out and about. I greatly enjoy being next to Amy who sells excellent plants, I bought practically all her stall on Saturday now I have to plant it all, though I do miss the previous plant guys John and Hugh. The big knitting needles are intriguing people and there were lots of requests to buy some so I'll have to look into a stockist for them or maybe even get some sosusie yarns ones turned!

The big knitting is slowly growing.

The bunting seems to go down very well.

sosusie yarns, Amy's plants, Farmer Teds veg and beyond.

Amy's stall, beautiful plants very well priced.

Stunning Cosmos, I bought these.

May 14th

Early morning if 9.30am counts as early!

First few rows of big knitting.

Artesano Aran and Brigantia against a beautiful backdrop of Amy's plants.

May 7th

Saturday May 7th. 

sosusie yarns is one!!!!

Yes it is hard to believe but a year ago, on the 18th May, we had our first stall. It was a lovely sunny day and lots of our friends visited us and came and sat and knitted with us. I'll do a proper round up of the year but for now here are some photos of Marcia and I out on Wednesday celebrating our first birthday.

I couldn't resist these char sui buns described as soft and pillowy and so they were! mmmm hmmmmm.

Interruption to normal service

Bah. I was just getting in to the whole taking photos and putting them up on here and posting on my other blog when I was called away at very short notice as my father was taken ill abroad. My sister and I ended up being away for a month and since I've been back I've been struggling to find the time, not to mention the cable to connect my camera to the computer, to blog. Anyway, I'm all sorted again I think.

I am on the stall tomorrow so I really must head off to bed but first I'll attempt to do another ultra short post....

New wool

Thought I'd post a few pictures of some of our wools that are new or that we've taken delivery of new colours in.

A trio of Artesano Arans, a beautiful 50% Alpaca/50% Wool mix yarn. We currently have in stock the three colours pictured - Walnut, Pine and Sunset. Though we can order any of the many other colours on request.

The stunning Fyberspates Scrumptious DK shown here in Water.

Artesano Inca Cloud, 100% alpaca 4ply. The colours are jewel rich and I particularly love the purple shown below.

We have about 10 balls of each colour at the moment and won't be getting any more in stock as Artesano have discontinued the range in favour of their standard alpaca.

Manos del Uruguay Maxima in:

 Red

 Blue

Scrumptious Purple - this is my favourite but we only have one left at the moment.

We've also got a dark/forest green colour but I'm afraid I've not got any in my stock, what we have left is with Marcia.

Again, as with the Arans, we can order other colours on request.

Market on 19th March and a new knitting/crochet group

I went today to a new crochet and knitting group being held at a pub down the road from our stall, I was arrived towards the end of the session and there were four others there. There had apparently been others there earlier, the four that were there seemed very friendly - one I had previously met at the stall a few weeks back - and the group leader is a stylist assistant who seems to have lots of enthusiasm and ideas. I'll post details another time.

For now some close ups from the market today. I will get better at this photography lark but for now I'm just concentrating on posting! It was lovely today, the sun always brings out lots of people and it always feels a bit like a street party to me.

Hat made by Marcia using Artesano Aran/Wool mix

I want this jug for myself!

Cute little booties made by Marcia using, amongst others, our Rooster Baby yarn

Some of the beautiful handmade Kate Halliday buttons we stock.

Sorry....

Never did post that photo of the new boots! Oh dear, I think I've finally cracked the photo business so hopefully I'll be better now. Promises promises.

Winter on the stall was MISERABLE. Here's a photo, not exactly sure when it was taken but it wasn't in the depths of winter that's for sure. I think it's some time in February.

Last Saturday was great, it was a lovely sunny day, well morning, the first nice weekend day in a long while and there were lots of people milling about drunk on sunshine and good cheer.