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8th February 2024
We are thrilled to let you know that a new Blogstar has joined our hall of frame - Marion Mitchell from Wool Thread Paint. Marion Mitchell from Wool Thread Paint lives with her husband in an old cottage on a...
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31st August 2023
We are always super-excited when Polly Plum tells us she has a new Crochet Along in the offing and her latest design is going to make you swoon. Flights of Fancy is a daydream made of yarn and the blanket comes...
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14th June 2023
Summer is here and our lovely Blogstars have been inspired to design a collection that looks forward to lazy summer days on the beautiful beaches we have around our coast, and you’re invited! Using a...
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16th March 2023
We are very excited to reveal our latest collections Spring Summer and the focus is very much on natural fibres with a new yarn - Love You - and new shades in Naturals Bamboo+Cotton. Love...
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19th January 2023
January is a month to take stock and we don’t mean taking a long hard look at your life, but reminding yourself of what you have in your stash – much more fun. So, dive under the bed, scrabble down the...
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17th November 2022
We have a lovely new Make Along over on Facebook starting today and we’d love you to join us. Working with the lovely Blogstars we are delighted to bring you this gorgeous Christmas Wreath. Nestled...
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27th October 2022
The latest collaboration with our friend and Blogstar, Stuart Hillard, is Head Over Heels Walking in Nature. With six shades to choose from, this yarn is not just about the socks, but also includes garments and...
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3rd October 2022
We are really looking forward to seeing you at The Knitting and Stitching Show later on this week at Alexandra Palace in London from 6th – 9th October. This year, the show will be back to normal, and we...
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6th September 2022
We are so excited to share our first Knit Along with you. Designed by our friend and Blogstar, Stuart Hillard. It’s called Cablemagoria and launches on 11th October with five fun parts for you to...
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21st July 2022
Last Friday was a very special day for us as we travelled to a gorgeous hotel near Birmingham to meet up with some of the Blogstars. It has been well over two years since we las had one of our get togethers, so we...
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16th June 2022
We are joining the celebration of Pride this month with two new shades in Head over Heels sock yarn in collaboration with our latest Blogstar, Stuart Hillard. We couldn’t be more excited because Show your...
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26th May 2022
Last week we showcased the first five designs for the Stylecraft Blogstars Garden Party. This week we are delighted to reveal the final four patterns to complete the festivities. Time for another knitted design...
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19th May 2022
Can you believe we are already halfway through the Stylecraft Blogstars Garden Party? What an amazing feast of beautiful designs it has been too. Here is a recap of the first five designs in case you missed...
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5th May 2022
Spring is definitely in the air now, and we can feel that summer is just around the corner. Yippee! There is nothing quite like a British summer and there is lots to look forward to, not least because it is...
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14th April 2022
Since we first saw this gorgeous blanket design from Blogstar, Catherine Bligh, we have been counting down the days until it launched and now it has. Yippee! You may know Catherine from her Demelza and Kaleidoscope...
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31st March 2022
With Easter just a couple of weeks away, we thought we would give you a quick tour around some of the Blogstars’ designs that would make perfect gifts for your friends and family. Emma Varnam created this...
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13th January 2022
It’s National Houseplant week! We’ve noticed that plants are having a bit of a moment with more and more people bringing them in to their homes to bring something natural into their living...
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4th November 2021
Have you seen our latest Make Along on Facebook and Instagram? It is the most gorgeous scarf and cowl pattern by Blogstar Julia Marsh, from the blog Hand Knitted Things, called Wee Houses. Knitted in...
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26th August 2021
One of our lovely Blogstars, Polly Plum from Every Trick on the Hook is launching an absolutely beautiful new Mandala CAL called Wild, Wild Wallflower on 1st September and finishing on Sunday September 15th. We...
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8th July 2021
Our July MAL is a gorgeous wrap by Helen Kurtz called Southwold Summer, launching on 8th July in the Stylecraft Make Along group. We asked Helen what how she came up with such a lovely design: “The...
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25th February 2021
Have you been tempted by the latest project in our Makealong group? The Bargello Blocks Throw has been designed by Blogstar Michelle Westlund who is based in Australia. It features an amazing optical...
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19th January 2021
Emily Littlefair is our newest Blogstar and she has been part of our family for just over a year. Her blog is called The Loopy Stitch, where she explores her love for crochet from the beautiful Sunshine Coast in...
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10th December 2020
It's time for our Christmas giveaway and this year we have come up with a humdinger! We are giving one lucky knitter or crocheter the chance to win the yarn and pattern for each one of the MALs we ran this year...
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26th November 2020
It’s always a happy day at Stylecraft HQ when one of Emma Varnam’s books lands on our desk. We just love her designs and the elegant styling of all the photos, but most of all they are just plain...
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12th November 2020
Today you can join us for a brand new Make Along over in our group, created by our Blogstar, Heather Leal. Heather has an amazing eye for colour putting together different palettes of Stylecraft yarns...
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1st October 2020
Have your heard about Octagonical, the new Cal from Helen Shrimpton aka Crystals and Crochet? It’s an amazing project that launches on 8th October, runs for 8 weeks and is an octagonal shape so no prize for guessing...
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17th September 2020
This month we have a beautiful Make Along project starting today in our group, specially designed by Jane Crowfoot. Most of you will be familiar with Jane’s Fruit Garden CAL that launched earlier in the...
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11th September 2020
Emma May is the brains behind the enormously successful Pippin Poppycock website and blog and Pippin Crochet Facebook group which has over 35,000 members. Many of you will have been crocheting the Floralia blanket or...
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27th August 2020
A couple of weeks ago we were beyond excited to announce our collaboration with crochet superstar Tinna Thorudottir Thorvaldar. We are sponsoring her eagerly awaited Queen CAL which launches in September and features...
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13th August 2020
Blogstar Spotlight This month’s Blogstar Make Along is for the knitters among you. Called The Special Stripy Blanket, Julia Marsh from Hand Knitted Things has released a new colour way called Sea Breeze...
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6th August 2020
We are really delighted to launch a fun competition for you with our Blogstar Julia Marsh from Hand Knitted Things. Launching today, Julia has re-coloured her very popular Special Stripy Blanket especially for...
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30th July 2020
Making toys is a great way to hone your knitting and crochet skills and can be quick and fun to make. But, if you have never made them, they can be really daunting. All those little bits that you have to try and fit...
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18th June 2020
This month we have something for the knitters among you with a spotlight on Helen Kurtz whose blog is called The Knitting exploits of Josie Kitten. You may remember Helen’s wonderful Good Striations blanket...
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14th May 2020
Our Blogstar Spotlight today welcomes Polly Plum from Every Trick on the Hook. Crocheters will know her work, full of colour and texture. She describes her blog as ‘Crochet for the adventurous’ and her designs help you...
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23rd April 2020
We know that many of you already have your yarn for the Stylecraft Fruit Garden crochet along designed by Jane Crowfoot, and that many of you are eagerly awaiting your yarn delivery. So, we thought this was a great...
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16th April 2020
When Jane Crowfoot told us her latest Crochet Along with us was heavily influenced by May Morris, whose father, William, was one of the founders of the Arts and Crafts movement, we knew we had to find a very special...
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2nd April 2020
Helen Shrimpton, from Crystals and Crochet, is an amazing crochet designer, based in Cornwall, and this month she is the focus of our Blogstar Spotlight. Helen has an incredible global following and her CALs are a...
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19th March 2020
Exciting times at Stylecraft HQ as we get ready for the new Crochet Along designed for us by Jane Crowfoot - an extraordinarily beautiful project called The Fruit Garden CAL, which will be available as a free download...
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12th March 2020
We are delighted to let you know about our new Make Along project that launches over in our dedicated Facebook group today – our Blogstar Lucia Dunn’s Peerie Blooms blanket. This is such a cheerful blanket with its...
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27th February 2020
Ever since we first placed a ball of our Naturals Bamboo+Cotton in the hands of our Blogstars at the beginning of 2019 and saw their excited faces we knew we were on to a winner. Bamboo+Cotton is the first yarn to...
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20th February 2020
The Stylecraft Blogstars programme has now been running since 2016 so we thought we would start a new series of blog posts where you can rediscover what makes each and every one of them so special. First up is Heather...
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6th February 2020
Our Make Along group is such a vibrant place to join in with other crafters and this year we are planning a new project each month with special discounts on patterns for our members. This month we have been making a...
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16th January 2020
We are delighted and very excited to welcome a new Blogstar to the fold to kick off 2020 – we know you are going to love her work. Emily Littlefair is also known as The Loopy Stitch on social media, where she...
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21st November 2019
From the comfort of her new home in Cornwall, Blogstar Helen Shrimpton, aka Crystals and Crochet, has created another blinder of a blanket design in Special DK – Cornish Comfort. Every time we hear that Helen has a new...
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24th October 2019
The next project to hit our MAL group will be the Good Striations blanket and cushion from the very talented Helen Kurtz from The Woolly Adventures of a Knitty Kitty and it is a real treat for knitters. We thought we...
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17th October 2019
Jane Crowfoot is one of the UK’s most exciting crochet designers and we are fortunate enough to work with her as one of our Blogstars – how lucky are we? Jane’s CAL’s are legendary and we all eagerly await each new...
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19th September 2019
At the recent Stylecraft Purl Anniversary party, the delightful Emma Varnam held a workshop to teach 10 lucky people how to crochet succulents. That’s not as random as it sounds because Emma has a new book out called...
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12th September 2019
Have you seen our new Stylecraft Make Along (MAL) group on Facebook? From next week there will be a new, specially designed project from one of our talented Blogstars roughly every 3 weeks, so we wanted to create a...
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22nd August 2019
Kathryn from Crafternoon Treats is one of our lovely Blogstars. If you haven’t seen her podcasts, they are packed full of ideas for crochet as well as really useful hints and tips. [gallery ids="2010,2011,2012"...
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11th July 2019
We love working with our Blogstars. They are such an incredibly talented and inspirational bunch. Here are some of the wonderful things they have been up to recently. Lucy from Attic 24 has shared a lovely pattern...
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11th April 2019
Following a very exciting and gruelling judging process in March with Sara Huntington, Commissioning Editor Simply Crochet Magazine, Jane Crowfoot and graphic designer Luise Roberts from Janie Crow and Stylecraft’s...
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21st March 2019
The weather was definitely inclement on Saturday 9th March, with high winds and hail battering our mill building, but we hardly noticed because we were warm and snug inside with lots of new yarns to look at and the...
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23rd January 2019
Last year, the lovely Jane Crowfoot came to us with a really exciting idea. After the success of the recoloured Persian Jewels blanket by Lucia Dunn called Eastern Jewels, Jane became intrigued by the idea of...
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26th October 2018
We’ve just had a fantastic weekend in The Netherlands with some of the Stylecraft Blogstars. Not just a girly weekend, you understand, we were actually all working really hard! On a beautiful sunny Thursday Jane...
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26th April 2018
You may remember we launched and exciting colour competition for our Head over Heels yarn with an air of mystery. Our Blogstars, inspired by the artist David Hockney, had put together the colour combinations and which...
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9th February 2018
Early February usually means we have some very special guests visiting our Yorkshire mill. There is a buzz around the office as though royalty are on their way. On February 3rd we had our highly anticipated Blogstar...
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30th November 2017
When we were given the opportunity to attend a workshop by Lucia of Lucia's Fig Tree, we jumped at the chance. Little did we know that it would be in the most perfect setting. On Saturday 18th of November, we set off to...
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26th July 2016
Blogging is a great way to share your crafty world. We have chosen what we think are some of the best crafty bloggers around to work with, we are calling this Stylecraft Blogstars! Not only will we be telling...
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There are a few of us here at Stylecraft who had never heard of a blog tour before ours started a few weeks ago, and we certainly didn’t know that they are usually associated with authors as a way of promoting...
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1st July 2024
Have you seen our wonderfully squidgy new yarn called Squeeze Me? It is already going down so well with knitters and crocheters which isn’t a surprise with so many colours to choose...
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8th February 2024
We are thrilled to let you know that a new Blogstar has joined our hall of frame - Marion Mitchell from Wool Thread Paint. Marion Mitchell from Wool Thread Paint lives with her husband in an...
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7th December 2023
Last year they were all over the catwalks and this year they have hit the High Street with brands like & Other Stories, COS and ASOS featuring them heavily. You can’t...
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