Shades of J C Brett’s Fairground acrylic yarn in stock on The Wool Boat 25.1.2024

Fairground yarn

If you follow this link to the J C Brett’s web page you can see all the shades.

https://www.jamescbrett.co.uk/yarn/fairground-dk
Yarn specifications, Weight 100gram balls.
Length 232m / 252 yards
Needle size 4mm
Tension 22sts+28 rows per 10cm/4inch
Composition 100% Premium Acrylic
Wash at 30C

Cost at 6.2.2023 is £3.50 a 100 gram ball, orders over £35 are post free to a uk address
Or pick up from the Wool Boat by appointment.
Please contact us for your requirements. Phone no is 07931 356204

Carole and Capt Col

Shade no G1, Below, Orange/ Blue/pink


Shade G2, Below, Orange lilac and pink


Shade G4, Below Blue Green yellow


Shade G5, Below, Brown grey fawn

Shade G7 Below Red light pink mint

Shade G8 Below Lilac Green Turquoise 

Shade G9 Below Blue Grey 

Shade G10 Below Mauve cream and pink 

This shade has ben discontinued but we still have some stock available

Shade G11 Below, Blue brown lilac

This shade has ben discontinued but we still have some stock available

Shade G12 Below Pink Fawn brown

Shade G13 Below Pink Blue cream

Shade G14 Below Red Yellow green and blue

Shade G15 Below Red lilac cream

Shade G16 Below Turquoise lime grey and blue

Need some ideas of what to knit from Fairground? Carole has created these

Neck warmer from Fairground G5
Brown, grey and cream neck warmer A lovely warm neck warmer or headband designed and hand knitted by Carole Wareing of Colin and Carole’s Creations and The Wool Boat. This is a adult sized garment ideal for gardening, typing, mechanicing, IT work, locking, bicycling, standing markets, or walking and rambling and of course boating, on a canal, river or the sea.
Dragon tooth shawl from Fairground G10.
Dragon tooth Fairground shawl for a hug A Dragon tooth shawl hand knitted aboard the narrow boat “Emma Maye” in Lancashire by Carole Wareing of Colin and Carole’s Creations blows in the breeze. This unique garment will make a great handmade hug for someone you can’t actually hug at the moment, someone in a care home or a nursing home, or Christmas or Birthday present. This garment, an adult sized shawl, knitted from a yarn available from The Wool Boat The yarn used for this shawl is an acrylic yarn from the James C Brett’s “Fairground” range, shade G10. The colours are lilac, browns, fawns and variegated purple. The stitches used to create this shawl have produced a textured and ribbed structure to the garment. The yarn is an acrylic one, very warm and snuggly and easy maintaince. The shawl is 78 inch long and 12 inch deep at its widest point and has about 68 dragon’s teeth.
Garment no 528 Image no Cw 7749a Image Copyright Colin Wareing colinandcarolescreations@yahoo.co.uk
Fingerless gloves
Fingerless Gloves Fairground G11 A pair of fingerless gloves designed and hand knitted by Carole Wareing of Colin and Carole’s Creations and The Wool Boat.
Dragon tooth shawl from Fairground
Dragon tooth shawl from Fairground G11 Garment 469 A Dragon tooth scarf hand knitted aboard the narrow boat “Emma Maye” in Lancashire by Carole Wareing of Colin and Carole’s Creations.
A V neck jumper hand knitted aboard the narrow boat “Emma Maye” in Lancashire by Carole Wareing of Colin and Carole’s Creations. Created from a shade of “Fairground” from J C Brett’s (shade no G11) which is an acrylic yarn. Colours are shades of pink, blues and fawn’s. A randomly striped jumper, unique, garment.
Fairground jumper A V neck jumper hand knitted aboard the narrow boat “Emma Maye” in Lancashire by Carole Wareing of Colin and Carole’s Creations. Created from a shade of “Fairground” from J C Brett’s (shade no G11) which is an acrylic yarn.
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