Coral-blob-moss piece FINISHED!!!!

About a million years late and I've finally finished the piece for Woolmarks London showroom..... with a lot of help from my trusty knitters Karen, Sally and Brenda and several hundred 'blobs' later- I hope you'll agree it was worth it in the end.......I'm assured they like it!!!!!!

1 metre square piece for Woolmark x

LAST MINUTE SALE!

Click here for Accessories SALE!

Because there are only a few days until the last posting date for overseas people we're having a 25% sale on the last few accessories we have left in stock!

Pick up a quick bargain before Midnight Friday (UK time) for your loved ones this year.......

Merino shell wrap, Putty- one left. £88- USUALLY £118

Long Cabled Mittens, Almond- One pair left. £35- USUALLY £47

2 Button Hat, Flannel- Two left. £41- USUALLY £55

Click here for Accessories SALE!

Perfectly Warm Hands!

Our latest November mailout!

Last date for international 'Made To Order' online orders is midnight (British time) Thursday 22nd November so if you don't live in the UK and want something that we don't have in stock get your skates on and order or it won't be knitted in time for the last post!!!!!

Click here to see what we have in stock!

Procured Design Loves Ruth Cross Bedsocks!

Thankyou Jake of Procured Design for featuring our lovely cosy Hand Knitted Cabled Bedsocks!

According to the lovely Jake who clearly has great taste (and yes- he does shop for his girlfriend with us!) our bedsocks are a Winter Essential for the ladies in your life.........

Below are our slouch socks - another duvet day must and in stock now!

Still not flattering- come on High Street get your own designers.....

And again- a couple of years ago it was strikingly similar mug cosies popping up everywhere and this year it's knit effect Deer / Stag Heads...... 

So the competition is on- 5 points to anyone who can find any other (than the two we've spotted already) retailers who have a version of the below for sale this year.... Also- 5 points to any designer who can prove they had created a white knit covered stag/ deer head (like the old school taxidermy ones) which was published online or in the press earlier than February 2011....... the more similar the better!

Above- mine

Below- the most recent company to sell this strikingly similar item who is maybe not that 'Proud to back British' when it comes to British design!  Another 5 points if you can work out who it is....

New Stockist/ Bertie has a girlfriend

I am pleased to announce we have a new stockist 'Provenance' who will be showing at the Selvedge Christmas Fair today in London!

Apart from clearly having great taste in knitwear we have realised that the lovely Jessica who owns Provenance also owns 'Edith' a dachsund remarkably similar to our very own 'Bertie'! So when we inadvertantly shrunk a pair of black slouch socks (you could now use them to prop up a table they're so solid!) we knew exactly who would love them- Edith!

Here she is along with a very polite (and for someone with such short legs well written) e-mail!

Dear Ruth and Bertie

 I love socks and pants and I was helping unpack the box - and thinking what fun Christmas is going to be .. and when we opened the box, there on top was MY PRESENT... clever clever Bertie & Ruth for knowing.  I LOVE IT.  Thank you.

Edith

My lovely customers who make my day....

This is an e-mail I got today from the lovely Jennifer........

Ruth,

I went down to the post office, stood in line and got my gloves. Just

in time for NY to get tons of snow when 30% of NY still has no power.

These are gorgeous gloves!

Thank you so much,

Jennifer

....I'm thinking of everyone affected by Sandy and wish you all the best and hope life gets back to normal soon xxx

Feeling Glam?

Thankyou Glamour- another fan of the cosy! 

Perfect for those days when you're feeling closer to cosy than glamour-puss (I say that like it's an anomaly for me and not just a regular day!)......

Thankyou Linda Bloomfield for being the best cosy promoter with your lovely ceramics!!!

And again! This time it's Good Housekeeping!

Yet more fans of the cosy mug.......

Buy your mug cosy here! perfect gifts for people who have everything!

Woolmark strike again!

I am so excited to have been commissioned to make a 1m square knitted piece for the shiny new Woolmark London showroom! Just think of all those woolly people who'll get to enjoy it! These are the rough sketches I submitted and the colourway will be off white, greys and dirty lime.......watch this space for progress updates and to see which one they chose......!

Last. Minute. Changes.....

are literally the last words a hand knit designer ever wants to hear! And they very quickly explain why I've spent virtually the whole of the last 10 days knitting like a crazy woman- next time a rug is proposed as a Last Minute Change I'd like to think I'll say no, but experience tells me I'll probably just say yes again (not that I can't resist a challange of course!).
However the mission is now well and truly accomplished and alongside the lovely Ben, Sarah and Ollie we spent all of Friday in a lovely house- (see below!- Sarah and I are saving up.....) making some lovely photos, which if all goes well should end up in book 2........ unfortunately I cant disclose any of these just yet so watch this space!

In other news it looks like my first book 'The Knitted Home' is going to be published in France, Finland and Australia as well as here and in the states......how exciting!

Professional rug tester available

I have finally started work on the new book! Very exciting but a lot to do in a short time........ am about to start a yummy rug and have just done the stitch/ colour swatch- I went to take a quick snap on the floor in the sun and who should immediately curl up on it but Bertie.
I assume this means he approves........................either that or its just a good place to rest your tail?