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Tradewind Knitwear Designs by Lucy Neatby |
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Note: We cannot yet provide secure ordering from this website, so please call us at 1 866 272 7796 or e-mail us to place an order. Please call us to give credit card information; do not send credit card info via e-mail!. We are working on a new secure website for the future. |
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DVD subscription service for our knittersIf you would like to complete or add to your collection of Lucy's DVD series:Please Print the DVD subsciption form and phone, fax or (e)mail in your preferences. What do you think of this service? Feedback is always welcome. Happy stitches, Lucy |
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Learn to Knit kitCreate a new knitter with Lucy's Learn to Knit Kit: This is the best possible launch for a new knitter of any age!Our newly minted canvas knitting bag contains everything the new knitter will need to embark on a long and passionate affair with yarn and knitting: A pair of 6 mm (US#10) handmade River John birch needles, one 250g skein of our strong and lustrous aran weight Blue Faced Leicester Yarn (375 m/ 410 yds) and a copy of Lucy's brilliant Brand New Knitter DVD (over 3 hours of personal instruction). The disc contains free printable scarf patterns for this yarn and needle combination. All the items in the kit have been prepared by small businesses in Nova Scotia. Yarn: Choose one of our hand-painted aran colours. More yarn may be added at $39 per skein. Kit price: $79.00 Cdn (An $18 dollar saving over the items purchased individually.) |
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Omo (from Curious Creek Fibers) We have a few skeins of each of 5 colours! I used this yarn in the Pinstripe Socks. Soft and smooth with a lovely silky shine. Excellent for lace, garments and socks. Hand wash or dry clean. Fibre: 50% silk / 50% Merino Wool. Length: 50g = 186m/ 1.75 oz = 205 yds Gauge: Recommended needle size: for 7 st/inch US #3; for 8-8.5 st/inch US #1 (for socks) Care: Hand wash. Lay flat to dry. Price: 50g skein $26.50. |
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Bubbles Scarf by Lucy Neatby (#492) (Available as a PDF from Patternfish)A simple, yet visually gorgeous double-layer reversible scarf; the puffy bubbles are brilliant. A straightforward design, precisely written, to help seduce you into the delights of double-layer knitting.Pictured in Kauni Effektgarn EQ and EN. Size: 6 inches (15 cm) wide, length adjustable. Yarn: 75g each Kauni Effectgarn. Needles: Techniques: Two-colour double-layer knitting, with the option to use a Tubular Cast-On and Tubular Bind-Off, and knit-quilting. Skill Level: Intermediate / Advanced Pattern price: $6.00 Kit: Each kit makes two 60 inch scarves. Contains Pattern plus approximately 150 g each Dark (EQ) and Light (EN) As pictured. $45.90 Split your kit with a friend: after all, it is double knitting! Add an additional pattern for only $3 extra. $48.90 The Works: Make it the Works: add a Double Knitting Delight DVD for $25 extra, a four dollar saving. $70.90 (with 1 pattern included) OR $73.90 (2 patterns included). |
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The Super-Hero Hat (#185)An exceptionally warm hat for the snow-shoveling* super hero in your life. An easy-to-work, double layer design with a subtly contrasting turn-up brim to give four layers of fabric to keep the ears cozy. An excellent introduction into shaped double-knitting. * Insert outdoor chore of your choice here! Yarn: Fingering Size: Small (child), Medium and Large adult sizes. Needles: 2.5, (US #1) 40 - 50 cm circular needles plus dpns for the crown. May be also be worked on one or more long circular needles. Skill Level: Intermediate Techniques: Two colour, two-layer stocking stitch with shapings. Price: $6.00 |
A new DVD for the child-in-all-of-us: |
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Kuku Dolls, Knit 'em and Felt 'em
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Lucy Doll KitGet the pattern and all the yarn you need to make a Lucy doll, complete with Happy Stitch tattoo, great earrings, and technicolour hair. You may, should the need arise and you can find no other outlet, use her to stick pins in. Or, make her for a discerning knitting friend: then watch your friend dissolve in giggles. This is a doll of many uses and many charms.Kit: $39.00 |
| Patterns available as a pdf: We have begun our expansion into down-loadable patterns. More will be offered in the future. (It is a green option, and saves you shipping costs.) These are now available through the Patternfish website. (When our new website comes on-stream, PDF's will also be available directly from Lucy.) |
| Making DVDs: On youtube: a video on "the making of" the Learn With Lucy DVDs. |
TRADEWIND KNITWEAR DESIGNS
45 Dorothea Drive, Dartmouth, NS, B2W 5X4, Canada
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