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Please note that because we are on the canal, and thus can't always be confident of a mobile phone connection we can't take card payments....cash or cheques are great.

The crew of The Wool Boat are back from playing about on a bigger boat around the Canary Islands. We plan to be open again on Thursday the 24th near The Slipway from 1- 4 ish and then off to Parbold to be open on Sunday the 27th and Monday the 28th of May from 10-4 ish.

                             

New garment available to be created by commission, details on the Hand knitted page           

Colour by Carole is Carole's Etsy's Shop here

                                    Two scooter jackets 

Scooter Jackets.

Recently I finished these two scooter jackets which had been a commission from Gavin and Claire.

Gavin and Claire are both Lambertta enthusiasts with a good few of the machines in their collection.

Gavin had found the pattern and sent me a copy of it. The pattern is quite old, originally a 1960's one.

I sourced chunky yarn from the J C Bretts Chunky with merino range in the nearest shades to go with the pattern and then set about knitting the first jacket, having taken measurements of both Gavin and Claire.

Hope you like them, Gavin and Claire did, and are off to their first scooter rally of the season this weekend.

I'm very pleased with the finished garments and can recreate one for you if you would like.

Carole from The Wool Boat.

                       

            

           West Yorkshire Spinners 4 ply sock yarn 

     

West Yorkshire spinner's signature 4 ply, ideal for sock knitting pink basket on The Wool Boat 11.3.18

The shade's are 529, Cherry Drop, 547 is called Candyfloss, 510 Cayenne Pepper

845 Pink Flamingo, 989 Candy Cane, and 545 Sarsaparilla, and we have a further 24 shades available.

The yarn is 75% Wool of which 35% is Bluefaced Leicester and 25% Nylon, so ideal for sock knitting.

100gram balls

400m/437 yards

3.25mm needles

Tension 10cm/4inch square 36 rows by 28 sts

Cost at 2.3.17 £7.25 per 100 gram ball.

 

     Now available through our webshop, pack of 10 Wooly Knits countryside

                             tweed for £33 plus p and p, normally £65.  

    

                         #buyitoffaboat #wool #yarn #buyitfromawoolshop 

If you are making a special trip please give us a ring to make sure we are open, and of course we can always arrange a personal appointment to suit you and us if you can't make it to our planned opening place.

Colin and Carole The Wool Boat Nov 2017.  

      

The Wool boats mascot "Brindley" has some new yarn for you.

J C Bretts Northern lights, "one ball-one shawl"

This yarn is 95% Premium acrylic and 5% Viscose yarn in a double knitting weight.

Each ball, of which there are five shades in the range, weighs 150gram and has 450 Meters or 492 yards in the ball.

On the ball band is a pattern for a adult sized shawl, which can be knitted from a ball.

Each ball is £6, or £5.40 for Teds mates rate's J.

#buyitoffaboat #wool #yarn #buyitfromawoolshop                   

Carole's latest hat

                                            Other Colours available. 

        Picture taken as we travelled along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal through the  

                  Douglas valley back to our winter mooring near Burscough 

                    J C Bretts Party Time Chunky of which we have 8 shades available,

                                               at £3.50 a 100gram ball.

             

 See progress on Carole's Temperature blanket  for 2017. 

              

Don't worry if you do decide to purchase any of our lovely yarns it won't add to your stash….it's only a souvenir of a visit to the worlds only floating yarn and wool shop:-)

On the 17th of September 2016 a chap, Bryan Lomax asked if he could make a short

   video about Carole and us, and the results is a U tube video "The Knitter"

Here

        

We have recently updated our Wool and Yarns Page to include "Teds Mates Rates

       Remember if you bring your teddy to meet our Brindley Bear

              you'll get Brindley's mate's rate's on your yarn bill.

         

   Have you thought about a  personal appointment?

           On a few occasions  we have arranged a "Personal Appointment".

We arrange a day and time for you to visit "Emma Maye" the worlds only floating yarn shop, and so you can have a relaxing hour picking out patterns and yarn's with assistance from Carole the knitter, and we'll even give you a brew.

Please feel free to ring us on 07931 356204, e-mail us, message us, what ever and we'll look forwards to welcoming you on board  

                                   Capt Col is now on Twitter   

 

     

  The Burscough Fibre Festival's archive details here 

About six  years ago we started The Wool Boats knit and natter group in The Slipway, and since then there has been a meeting nearly every Thursday since, around the Burscough area, at the moment in The Farmers Arm's on New Lane. The meeting still goes on even if we're not there, so feel free to join them from 1pm.

    We are now members of The Roving Canal Traders Association as we rove the canals

Shop opening times and Cruising plan here.

   For service outside shop opening hours please feel free to ring us or e-mail us.  

  Carole is now providing knitting classes in a unique enviroment, on board Emma Maye, full details here

 Our main yarn supplier, J.C. Bretts have their own web site, here. 

 This details all the yarns they produce and whilst we carry good stocks of alot of their range what we havn't got in stock we can order in for you, and remember that we will not demand that you take all of the pack that our supplies are delivered in, if you just need one ball thats all you'll need to complete your projects.  

  If you would like to be put on our weekly text messaging service please let us know by texting us on our contact number.              

         As always if your making a special trip give us a bell to make sure where we are.

                                             07931 356204 

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