

Cygnet Yarns
- Jun 21, 2016
The WHOPPER has landed!
We can finally announce the arrival of this highly anticipated yarn! We have been waiting for this one since November and can't begin to explain how excited we are. Needless to say, there is a lot of squeaking and cooing going on today at Cygnet! This 50% cotton super chunky yarn is ace. More than ace. It's incredible. It's fantastic. It's the busy bees' knees. Available in 8 incredibly bright shades, this crochets like a dream! Create super chunky clothing and homewares with


Cygnet Yarns
- Jun 21, 2016
English vs Continental?? What kind of knitter are you? Knitter referendum!!
I was taught to knit by my grandmother almost 30 (*cough) years ago. I dabbled a bit as a child, but didn't get serious about the art until I was pregnant with my first child and had to give up smoking, drinking and all of the other fun stuff. So I headed to You Tube, ransacked my local yarn store and cracked on with some blankets, toys and baby clothes. Five years on, I've knit just about everything, but it's only recently that I realised I'm 'different'. When I started work


Cygnet Yarns
- Jun 21, 2016
Halloooooooo!!
Hello and welcome to our brand new website and blog! I'm new to this blogging malarkey, so please forgive my lack of blog etiquette and general idiocy. Feel free to tell me where I'm going hideously wrong! We will be using this blog (eventually) to share our passion for all things knitted, crocheted, macramed (?) - basically all things yarn related. I'm in the process of designing some new patterns (eeep - I'm new to this too, so expect errors!), so look out for lots of freeb