The Wool Boats plans for the 8th to 14th August 2022
It’s been a while, but we’re off back to Parbold this week to be open on Friday the 12th and Sunday the 14th of August.
We are planning to be moored and open somewhere near The Windmill pub on Mill Lane (WN8 7NW) and open from 11 until on Friday and Sunday. As we are not open on Thursday this week we will continue to offer last week’s “Capt Col’s Thursday Treat”, which is the lovely soft DK with Merino yarn in a good range of colours. It is from James C Bretts D K with merino, which is 70% acrylic, 20% Siliconised Soft Polyamide and 10% Merino Wool. We have 21 shades of this yarn in stock, some of which are no longer produced by Bretts. The yarn that is normally £3.50 per 100 gram ball but for this weekend it will be £2.00 a ball.
We are then planning to be open from 11 – 4 somewhere near the car park alongside the canal in Parbold next to the canal bridge opposite the windmill, we will advise of exact mooring spot once we arrive.
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For collection of orders out of these times please give us a ring and then we can arrange a appointment on 07931 356204 or we can deliver locally to Burscough.
Carole and Capt Col 8.8.2022
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Capt Col’s Thursday Treat 12th and 14th August 2022, DK with Merino yarn.
This week’s Thursday Treat is going to be a continuation of last weeks, but will be a Friday and Sunday treat this week, still one for the folks that love a nice soft yarn will be a DK weight yarn in a good range of colours. James C Bretts D K with merino, which is 70% acrylic, 20% Siliconised Soft Polyamide and 10% Merino Wool. We have 21 shades of this yarn in stock, some of which are no longer produced by Bretts. The yarn that is normally £3.50 per 100 gram ball but for this Thursday and over the weekend it will be £2.00 a ball.
The offer will run for on Friday the 12th and Sunday the 14th of August if we haven’t sold out on the Friday.
The deal is the offer will only be available to collect from the boat and of course at this bargain price no further discounts can be applied.
Starts on Friday the 12th of August and again on Sunday the 14th moored near the windmill in Parbold, WN8 7NW.
For more info please feel free to Ring 07931 356204 and please feel free to share.
. Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival 2022 as I photographed and reported for the canal newspaper “Towpath Talk” with seven images used which are all on or website and available through Alamy and PicFair. Colin Wareing Image Cw 9011 copyright Colin Wareing of Colin and Carole’s Creations Picture by Colin Wareing Cw 9011
All the pics from the page are on a page of their own linked to his Canal photo’s page.
The Heat has returned, but some yellow to brighten the day.
From left to right, shade 844 Cream, shade 8412 Lemon, shade 8411 Yellow, shade 8459 Butter Milk, shade 8462 Old Gold, shade 8467 Mustard, and shade 8476, Sunshine yellow. Double knitting weight yarn The yarn is easy care, being machine washable at 30C Price at July 2022 is £1.80 per 100 gram ball. A 100gram ball contains approximately 317 yards of yarn. We now have a range of 36 shades of this yarn in stock on The Wool Boat, more details here
Caroles empty order book 21.5.2022
Carole the knitter from The Wool Boat has a new order book.
But there are no orders in it!
Could you help?
Please feel free to message, e-mail, phone or come and see us if you would like Carole to create something, except for knitted toys, (cos of H and S concerns) for you or for a loved one with her needles.
Please have a look on our website for ideas of what Carole has created in the past and could recreate or design something for you, within reason!
New shades of Marble DK in stock on The Wool Boat.
J C Bretts Marble double knitting yarn’s MT 53 in Lilac and blue shades, MT 55 in Pink and fawn shades and MT 56 in shades of light greens and yellows.
100% Acrylic 240m 262 yards per 100 gram ball, knits to most D K patterns.
Machine Washable
We now have 20 other different shades of this yarn in stock.
This yarn is priced at £2.80 per 100gram ball and can be posted out to a uk address for £6.75, or by a pack of 10 balls posted out for £30.00
Owing to photography and screen calibration the colour reproduction is matched as closely as possible to the yarn.
Photo Copyright Colin Wareing
A modern boatman’s gansey worn by Richard who seems to like his new gansey.
I knitted this gansey to my own pattern.
I call it a modern boatman’s gansey as it is knitted in a modern style that while it is based on the basic principles of a gansey it is knitted on two needles and then the pieces are sewn together. Traditionally Ganseys where knitted in the round on a set of 5 needles.
At the moment I have some space in my order book so if you would like a gansey knitting please feel free to get in touch.
Carole on The Wool Boat.
Richard in his modern boatman’s gansey, Colin and Carole’s Creations Cw 7909
Striped mittens for a younger person, how cute are these?
Recently finished and now with their new owner, a pair of Striped mittens for a young lad.
Mittens seem to be better for young people as there is not the faff of getting little fingers into gloves.
The striped colours are shades of maroon, green, yellow and cream, though can be reproduced in a wide range of colour combinations.
Mitts hand knitted by Carole Wareing of “Colour by Carole”
When we are not open Capt Col is quite happy to provided a free delivery locally to Burscough, give us a ring with your order and we’ll get sorted to arrange a delivery time.
Having started off the other week by posting out a Rainbow Scarf knitting kit to a lady in Swindon we are now planning to be open on Wednesday and Thursday this week.
A kit of yarn, pattern, instructions and needles to knit a Rainbow Scarf. The pattern has been designed by Carole Wareing of The Wool Boat and is a great place to start to learn to knit, with a guide to get you started, along with a pair of needles. These seven balls make up the colours of the rainbow, Red Shade no 8426, Orange Shade no 8443. Yellow Shade no 8411, Green Shade no 845 Blue 8419, Lilac shade 8431, and Purple shade 8432. Due to the differences in imaging displays the colours may not be rendered quite true but they are bright in real life. The yarn is Top Value DK from James C Brett’s which is a great value double knitting weight yarn. Each ball contains 100 gram or 290 meters/317 yards. The price for the kit is £14.50 delivered free locally.
Carole and Capt Col. 4.10.2021.
As we are still being covid safe at the present time we are afraid we can’t let people on to the boat, we’ve not room for social distancing, so we are bringing baskets of yarn out to you.
As we have done all through the lock downs you can make an appointment to collect from us at a time that is good for us all, please ring 07931 356204.
As we are still being covid safe at the present time we are afraid we can’t let people on to the boat, we’ve not room for social distancing, so we are bringing baskets of yarn out to you.
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Carole and Capt Col. 26.4.2021.
We now have 57 shades of this yarn available from the boat or we can post out, with nay order over £30 being post free, so 4 balls? contact us with your desires.
Cost at 4.4.2022 £8.50 per 100 gram ball available from The Wool Boat or we can post them out. Image Cw 7493 copyright Colin Wareing of Colin and Carole’s Creations www.thewoolboat.co.uk E-mail colinandcarolescreations@yahoo.co.uk 14.3.2021
Just off Carole’s needles, great for the chilly weather.
This set can be reproduced in any of the shades of “Fair Ground” yarn that we have in stock see the shades here
Available from our webshop here
About us
Where and when is The Wool Boat open?
The Wool Boat is based on the canal narrow boat “Emma Maye”. During the winter we are based on the Leeds and Liverpool canal in the Burscough area of Lancashire. Over the summer we cruise the inland waterways of the country. This means
we will keep this website up dated as to where and when we plan to be open.
Find us and other idea’s for days out on “Where can we go”