While browsing my favourite online yarn shops yesterday afternoon, I came across Orenburg lace weight yarn. You lace / shawl knitters out there may have heard of Orenburg Shawls which originate from Russia - they are beautiful - masterpieces of the lace knitters art.
Suffice to say I have ordered a skein of the yarn in purple - 500 + metres per skein. There are some lovely colours available although the traditional colour used seems to be white. My source is www.woollyworkshop.co.uk - this online store has some really great yarns which are not usually stocked in UK. The owner specialises in Cherry Tree Hill yarns but there are many others which I like also, Service is excellent and I recommend them.
If you want to know more about Orenburg shawls, there are a couple of books available from www.amazon.co.uk. I own one of them - Three Orenburg Shawls To Knit - The Gossamer Webs Design Collection by Galina Khmeleva published by Interweave Press www.interweave.com
There is a larger volume from the same publisher.
I'm looking forward to receiving my yarn and deciding what to make - sometimes more exciting than actually making it!
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