The Wool Boats plans for the week the of 15th to 21st September.

Basic plan is The Slipway on Thursday and Friday and Burscough Wharf on Sunday.  

The Wool Boats plans for the week the of 15th to 21st September.

Slipway and hopefully Burscough Wharf. This week we are planning to be open outside The Slipway pub, on Crabtree Lane, near Burscough, L40 0RN on Thursday the 18th and Friday the 19th of September, open from 1 to 4 on the Thursday and 12 to 4 on the Friday.

Thursday is once again it’s back to having Knit and natters in the pub on a Thursday, from 1 all welcome it’s free!

   All being well, weather and mooring space permitting we will be open near Burscough Wharf again on Sunday the 21st from 11 to 4. 

We have some new yarns available from James C Brett in the Aroura Chunky and Cotton waves ranges. We have also some new shades of sock yarn on its way from West Yorkshire Spinners and Opal. We’ll be putting it on here and the socials once it arrives.

We are generally open on the days specified under our opening hours, but we can arrange for you to visit at other times, by appointment, please give us a ring and we’ll make arrangements for your visit.

Any shares would be appreciated, thank you.

A new range of chunky yarn available in 8 shades now in stock on The Wool Boat.

J C Bretts Aurora Chunky weight knitting and crochet yarn in a nice range of shades available from The Wool Boat.

We now have 8 different shades of this range of yarn in stock.

Left to right on the top row in this picture are shade AC01 called “Cloudy Skies”, shade AC02 called “Garden Slate” shade AC03 called “Peach Grove” Shade AC04 called “Winter Tree” and on the bottom row, again from left to right shade AC05 called “Silver Ore” Shade AC06 called “Bramble Bush” Shade AC07 called “Rich Rainbow” and shade AC08 called “Mixed Berries”.

Machine Washable 80% Acrylic 20% Wool

100-gram balls, 6 mm needles, 155 meters / 169 yards knits to most Chunky patterns.

£3.90 per 100-gram ball. Can be posted out to a uk address.

Heroes Opal 4ply weight yarn great for sock knitting and crochet in a nice range of shades available from The Wool Boat.
We now have the 8 different shades of this range of yarn on this picture in stock.
Machine Washable 75% Wool 25% Polyamide 
100-gram balls, 2.5 mm needles, 425 meters / 464 yards knits to most 4ply patterns.
£9.00 per 100-gram ball. Can be posted out to a uk address.
Heroes Opal 4ply weight yarn great for sock knitting and crochet in a nice range of shades available from The Wool Boat.
We now have the 8 different shades of this range of yarn on this picture in stock.
Machine Washable 75% Wool 25% Polyamide
100-gram balls, 2.5 mm needles, 425 meters / 464 yards knits to most 4ply patterns.
£9.00 per 100-gram ball. Can be posted out to a uk address.

Further details on the Opal page HERE

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We recently had a delivery of Knit pro “Zing” needles, For the sock knitters, three additions to the “Knit Pro” notions we have in stock on The Wool Boat.  “Zing” circular needles in 2.50mm and 2.75mm diameters and 25cm long. 

“Zing” double pointed needles in 2.20 mm and 15cm long, 5 needles in a set.

They will make ideal tools to create socks from the ranges of “Opal” and “West Yorkshire Spinners” signature 4 ply we have in about 40 different shades we have available aboard the Wool Boat.

The needles are £6.20 each and the “Opal” yarn is £9.50 for 100-gram ball while the WYS is £8.50 per 100-gram ball.

Knit pro “Zing” KP47052 Circular fixed 25cm x 2.50mm

Knit pro “Zing” KP47053 Circular fixed 25cm x 2.75mm

Knit pro “Zing” KP47003 Double ended set of 5 15cm x 2.50mm

Zing needles, 2.5mm x 25cm, 2.75mm x 25cm and dpns 2.50mm x 15cm.

For the sock knitters, three additions to the “Knit Pro” notions we have in stock on The Wool Boat. “Zing” circular needles in 2.50mm and 2.75mm diameters and 25cm long.
“Zing” double pointed needles in 2.20 mm and 15cm long, 5 needles in a set.
They will make ideal tools to create socks from the ranges of “Opal” and “West Yorkshire Spinners” signature 4 ply we have in about 40 different shades we have available aboard the Wool Boat.
The needles are £6.20 each and the “Opal” yarn is £9.50 for 100-gram ball while the WYS is £8.50 per 100-gram ball.
Knit pro “Zing” KP47052 Circular fixed 25cm x 2.50mm
Knit pro “Zing” KP47053 Circular fixed 25cm x 2.75mm
Knit pro “Zing” KP47003 Double ended set of 5 15cm x 2.50mm
Image Cw 8993 copyright Colin Wareing of Colin and Carole’s Creations

New Brown Marble fingerless gloves now in stock on the Wool Boat or can be posted out to a uk address.

Brown Marble fingerless gloves A pair of shades of brown fingerless gloves designed and hand knitted by Carole Wareing of Colin and Carole’s Creations and The Wool Boat. These are adult sized gloves ideal for gardening, typing, mechanicing, It work, locking, bicycling.... The gloves are for sale for £7.50 or £11.00 including delivery to a uk address They are knitted from J C Bretts Marble double knitting acrylic yarn Shade MT16.

Brown Marble fingerless gloves
A pair of shades of brown fingerless gloves designed and hand knitted by Carole Wareing of Colin and Carole’s Creations and The Wool Boat.
These are adult sized gloves ideal for gardening, typing, mechanicing, It work, locking, bicycling…. The gloves are for sale for £7.50 or £11.00 including delivery to a uk address
They are knitted from J C Bretts Marble double knitting acrylic yarn Shade MT16.
Copyright Colin Wareing Cw 8985 Garment 728
www.colinandcarolescreations.co.uk
www.thewoolboat.co.uk
E-mail colinandcarolescreations@yahoo.co.uk
Phone no 07931 356204

To Brighten up a dull day, a 10 pack of Marble DK in pink and cream shades.

£25 including delivery to a uk address.

New shade of Party Time stripes in stock on The Wool Boat “Lime cordial”. We got a stock of 30 balls, but l’ve claimed 10 for my garment knitting, so the rest are for sale at £3.60 a ball. I’ve started knitting with it so should have a sample to show you of how it knitts up by tomorrow. Carole

A personalised baby blanket hand knitted to order by Carole Wareing, to order.

The new football season is upon us, so how about a “retro” style scarf in your teams colours, just get in touch and commission one from Carole’s needles.


If you would like one knitting in your teams colours please get in touch, Carole

More details here

A retro style football scarf hand knitted by Carole Wareing from Colin and Caroles Creations and The Wool Boat.

Knitted in a style that your mum or granny may have created back in the day.

This yarn is in shades of red and white so could be used to show your support for a good range of clubs from Liverpool, Accrington Stanley, Brackley, Crewe, Sunderland….

The yarn acrylic so easy care, and the scarf is 64 inches long and 8 inches wide.

Further details of this new yarn are here on a new page

Sunday Stitches this week is the finished shawl from last weekend now with it’s new owner who was happy to have her pic taken wearing the shawl knitted from Swurley wurley. Thanks for the chance to take the pic. #sundaystitches Carole on narrowboat Emma Maye.

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Carole has recently produced a new hat, and this one is a bit special.

She has knitted this one from a pure wool yarn which has been produced from wool, reared, sheared and spun in Britain.

The yarn has been produced with a donation from each ball sold going to the Future Dreams Breast Cancer Charity.

So your new hat will be helping British sheep famers and a breast cancer charity.

The hat is available from our website here, or come and pick it up from The Wool Boat.

Future Dreams Ribbed Hat

Five new shades of West Yorkshire Spinners Colour lab DK in stock on the Wool Boat.

WYS Colour lab shades 1028, 1029, 1030, 1032, 1033
Further details here
Wool Boat offer poster

Special offers page is here

We still have a few balls of West Yorkshire Spinners Colour lab DK in stock called “Future Dreams”. This one is a bit special, a yarn to support the work of the Future Dreams Breast Cancer Charity, who provide practical, emotional and psychological support for those touched by breast cancer.

For every ball bought, West Yorkshire Spinners will donate £1 to Future Dreams Breast Cancer Charity.

On each ball band is a pattern to either knit or crochet a flower.

Carole and Capt Col 23.10.2023

Any shares would be appreciated, thank you.

https://thewoolboat.co.uk/james-c-brett-aurora/

This one is a bit special, a yarn to support the work of the Future Dreams Breast Cancer Charity, who provide practical, emotional and psychological support for those touched by breast cancer.

For every ball bought, West Yorkshire Spinners will donate £1 to Future Dreams Breast Cancer Charity.

On each ball band is s pattern to either knit or crochet a flower.

More information and free down loadable patterns are on the West Yorkshire Spinners web site here

All the shades of Colour lab DK we have in stock are here and the price is £6.75 a ball

Carole and Capt Col 21.8.2025

Any shares would be appreciated, thank you.

 ring 07931 356204

Tequila sunrise shawl
Just added to our shop
A Dragon tooth shawl hand knitted aboard the narrow boat “Emma Maye” in Lancashire by Carole Wareing of Colin and Carole’s Creations. This handcrafted garment is an adult sized shawl, one of Carole’s exclusive and unique range knitted, from a discontinued wool based yarn that was produced by West Yorkshire Spinners. The yarn used for this shawl is 75% Wool and 25% nylon and so nice and warm. The colours are oranges, reds and creams. The stitches used to create this shawl have produced a textured structure to the garment. The shawl is 62 inch long and 11 inch deep at its widest point and has about 57 dragon’s teeth. A big thank you to Carolyn for modelling the shawl. The price is £35 including free postage to a uk address,or come and pick up from The Wool Boat.

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