Edinburgh Yarn Festival Tickets WINNER!

Drum roll guys!! So by using the Random number generator the winner is

CAZ!  with the answer 

"Arthur was looking forward to showing up all these yarn sellers with his fantastic fluffy fur! (Ok, it's technically hair, but it's hard to alliterate with h!)"

YAY! Please drop me an email and i will get the tickets out to you asap! Massive thank you to everyone that left a comment, they were all wonderful and Arthur's actual answer is he is totally gutted that he cant go to Edinburgh yarn festival because he was really looking forward to widdling on all the corners of the booths! 

Let me see your knits

Two posts in as many days....what!

Just thought i would pop in to let you all know that i have FINALLY set up a customer gallery on my website.

I adore seeing what you have all been making and its only fair to have a space where you can show them off, and I can boast about how awesome my peeps are.

I have only uploaded the photos that i have taken but feel free to send me your own pics to either fluphshop@gmail.com, message me on facebook at fluphshop, tweet us @fluphshop  or use the hastag #fluphygoodness over on Instagram.
Or just come in wearing your finished item and swoosh it about the place!

Oh also let me know what yarn you used and what pattern, if you used one :)

Gallery this way

Joint Birthday, Christmas party!

It has nearly been a year! Oh my word, i have been running my own business for a year! We opened on the 14th of December 2013 and have been loving every minute...SO to celebrate this momentus occasion we are turning our knit night on the 4th of December into a bit of a doo. To make the night even better our really good friends Clare Devine and Jess of Ginger Twist will be coming through to party with us, AND they will have their smooshy yarn and fantastic patterns with them. I cant wait! You are all invited and silly jumpers are optional.

We have a new window display! Its the summer shawltacular over at fluph this July/August! I adore shawls, they are no longer granny chic (well I know my Grunny loves a good shawl to hap* her bits!) but glorious draped pieces of cloth to wrap around your shoulders on a warm evening to layering up under a jacket for the colder weather. Our window features four beautiful shawls all using yarn from fluph! 

 

The first shawl is Different Lines knit by my current knit designer crush Veera Välimäki, I love the strange shape of this shawl, I received one as part of a swap at Christmas and its my FAVE shawl to throw around my neck. This gorgeous specimen is knitted in our Drops Alpaca which is a sooper smooshy 4ply and my favourite of the drops line.  (pattern is €3.90)



This second stripy seductive number is Dream Stripes by Cailliau Berangere knit in the super smooshy Manos Del Uruguay silk blend and silk blend fino. However any 4ply yarn would work perfectly! Such a great wee pattern with a little bit of lace on the end.  (this is a free pattern)

This saucy little number was kindly knitted up by the awesome Louise Reilly (if you dont know this girl, you really should!! go find her on twitter) once again in the super squishy Drops Alpaca. You all need to come see this beaut in the window the stitch pattern is stunning and such a great size to throw over your shoulders or wrap around like our glamorous model! (HA!) Veil of Leithen by EastLondonKnit (this pattern is £3.50) 

  

Our fourth and final shawl is much more stunning in real life than wrapped around a mannequin. This shawl was knitted by one of my besties Hannah Dickson in some super soft Primula by Adriafil and edged with some stunning orange Schoppel-Wolle Gradient. The pattern is Smooth Move by Stephen West and is quite a large shawl, the right size for long summer walks with close friends, or for covering your shoulders whilst enjoying a cold glass of something with friends on a nice summer evening!  (this pattern is $6)

These shawls all really need to be seen in person. If you too have caught the shawl bug there is a tonne of inspiration on the fluph pinterest boards. Then knit all the shawls and drape them all over your body! Its the new way forward in shawl wearing!!

  

*hap in Doric is to cover. for example "hap your lugs" is to "cover your ears" stop listening in. 

New squishy stuff of the sock kind!

New yarn new yarn we have some new yarn! So many colours, yuuum! Right so we have topped up the crazy zauberballs with some funky new colours, shall we look closer?

One of the grey and green MAY have jamp into my stash pile, and by may have, it totally has! 

We are all about the sock yarn this update. This beautiful set of specimens is Lang Jawoll sock yarn. the magic thing about these, apart from their stunning colours, is each ball (roll?) comes with a wee bobbin or reinforcement thread for the heels and toes. Perfect! could also be saved for darning if you end up with your big toe poking out! 

More Zauberballs (crikey i may have a wee crush!) this time its Zauberball Gradient, its like a Zauberball but thicker, Aran weight actually! and its oh so soft! I can see them eyeing me from where I sit, but no I shall resist! 

These cheeky chaps are missing their colour. oh nose! if you are of the dyer persuasion this stuff would be perfect for whipping up socks of your own colour. 

So I have been saving the best of this socky bunch till last. 

These my lovelies are flying saucers. These magical creations, i cant even put into words how awesome they are. Basically these are dyed so you get two socks of identical colour with this crazy intergalactic wave pattern. ALSO on the inside of the label you get a free sock pattern. I'm sold, in fact that's what I will be casting on at knit night this evening. 

LOOK AT THEM! I will just leave those here while I go and do some crochet.

I LOVE HATS!!

So I am currently obsessed with knitting hats! They are quick, simple, and who doesn't need a cosy hat! So my latest hat was a sample for the shop trying to come up with a good way to show off the beautiful Margarita from Adriafil. Its a wrapped cotton aran weight yarn that looks like beads! I was a bit sceptical at first of how nicely it would knit up, but man was i shocked! i really enjoying using this yarn. I decided to team it up with the super smooshy Karisma from drops and do almost a bee hive looking hat. Its got a long rib to start with so you can roll it up, and alternating rows of knit and purl! So this pattern is free when you buy the required yarn, you only need one ball of each and you are sorted! What do you think?  

P.S Arthur would like you all to know that he has had his hair cut, and he isnt happy about it! Also a huge thank you to my beautiful models, Nicola and Fern!

nearly two months later

So I didn't keep the blog as up to date as i wanted. shameful! I officially opened on the 14th of December and have been loving every minute. So for a quick catch up post i will share with you all lots of photos of the shop and the decorating.