Brilliance Lace and Fuzzy Lace: New yarns for summer knits

Suzie Blackman
Friday, 20 April 2018
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This week we’ve been busy at the dye pots creating yarns for lace knitting – just in time for the weather to finally warm up here in London! Two new laceweight yarns were added in this morning’s shop update – Brilliance Lace and Fuzzy Lace – as well as new shades of Brilliance 4 Ply.

Brilliance Lace yarn in 'Be Safe, Be Seen' (neon pink)

Brilliance Lace in ‘Be Safe, Be Seen’ (neon pink)

Brilliance Lace

A laceweight version of our much-loved Brilliance 4 Ply in the same blend of fine British Bluefaced Leicester wool and silk. Brilliance Lace has 600m per 100g skein, for those who like their laceweight with a bit more weight. It has superb drape and is perfect for any kind of lace knitting. The combination of lustre wool and glistening silk gives amazing luminosity to our hand-dyed shades. We’ve launched it in a range of semi-solids, including neons for maximum brilliance!

Brilliance Lace hand dyed yarn in 'Silver'

Brilliance Lace in ‘Silver’

Brilliance Lace yarn in 'Health and Safety Gone Mad' (neon yellow)

Brilliance Lace in ‘Health and Safety Gone Mad’ (neon yellow)

Brilliance Lace hand dyed yarn in 'Graphite' (grey)

Brilliance Lace in ‘Graphite’

Brilliance Lace hand dyed yarn in 'Magma' (red-orange)

Brilliance Lace in ‘Magma’

Fuzzy Lace

Fuzzy Lace is a delicate brushed yarn in luxurious baby Alpaca surrounding shimmering strands of silk. It can be worked at a variety of tensions for different fabric effects; use larger needles for airy lace, or smaller needles for a lightweight yet incredibly snuggly and warm fabric. Try knitting it held together with another yarn to add a soft halo to garments. It’s also perfect for our Cauldhame scarf. Fuzzy Lace is available in 25g skeins with 150m per skein.

Fuzzy Lace brushed baby alpaca and silk hand dyed yarn in 'Health and Safety Gone Mad' (neon yellow)

Fuzzy Lace in ‘Health and Safety Gone Mad’

Fuzzy Lace brushed baby alpaca and silk hand dyed yarn in 'Lollipop' (rainbow)

Fuzzy Lace in ‘Lollipop’ (rainbow)

Fuzzy Lace brushed baby alpaca silk hand dyed yarn in 'Coal Dust' (grey)

Fuzzy Lace in ‘Coal Dust’

Fuzzy Lace brushed baby Alpaca silk hand dyed yarn in 'Sakura' (pink)

Fuzzy Lace in ‘Sakura’

Fuzzy Lace brushed baby alpaca silk hand dyed yarn in 'Spruce' (forest green)

Fuzzy Lace in ‘Spruce’

Fuzzy Lace hand dyed brushed baby alpaca silk yarn in 'Be Safe, Be Seen' (neon pink)

Fuzzy Lace in ‘Be Safe, Be Seen’

You may notice that we dyed a few shades of Brilliance Lace and Fuzzy Lace to coordinate with one another!

Brilliance Lace and Fuzzy Lace hand dyed yarn in 'Health and Safety Gone Mad' (neon yellow)

Brilliance Lace and Fuzzy Lace in ‘Health and Safety Gone Mad’ (neon yellow). Matchy matchy!

Brilliance 4 Ply – new shades

We’ve added hot red and cool emerald semi-solids to the Brilliance 4 Ply shade collection. Brilliance is perfect for lace projects and lightweight garments, including our Crystalline Shawl.

Brilliance 4 Ply British wool silk hand dyed yarn in 'Emerald' (green)

Brilliance 4 Ply in ‘Emerald’

Brilliance 4 Ply hand dyed British wool silk yarn in 'Magma' (orange-red)

Brilliance 4 Ply in ‘Magma’ (orange-red)

We hope you’re enjoying the spring sunshine wherever you happen to be. Outdoor knitting anyone?

The author

Suzie Blackman

The dyer, designer, photographer, creative technologist and maker-of-things behind It's a Stitch Up. She lives in East London in a home filled with colour, fluff and house plants.

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