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New this Season is Festival, this worsted yarn gives that home spun luxury look to this Premium Acrylic yarn. Its twisted ply effect with stunning colourway changes gives you soft stripes that look great on both garments and accessories. Available in eight fun shades, machine washable and easy care this self-striping yarn is perfect for seasonal knits and crochet. Contact your local Cygnet Yarns stockist for details. To become a stockist, sign up for a wholesale account here.
This Valentine's Day, go beyond the ordinary and create something heartfelt with Décopatch. Handcraft beautiful, one-of-a-kind décor that makes the perfect gift for someone special. Our Valentine's Day collection includes heart-shaped vases, candle holders, jewellery trays, paper flowers, and photo frames - all ready to be transformed with your own creative touch. Choose from our wide range of romantic Décopatch papers in soft pinks, rich reds, and delicate floral designs to bring your ideas to life. Whether you cover your creation in playful pink hearts or opt for a subtle, elegant pattern, Décopatch lets you turn a simple papier mâché item into a keepsake to treasure forever. You can even upcycle a beloved object using our papers to show your loved ones just how much you care. This year, make Valentine's Day as unique as your love - handmade with heart, from Décopatch. Please visit exaclairlimited.com, tel: 01553 696600 or email sales@exaclair.co.uk for more information.
Following the success of its Cyanotype Discovery Box, Clairefontaine has extended this range by launching a small collection of accessories. Developed as a tribute to the work of Anna Atkins, a 19th century Botanist who first used the cyanotype technique to create herbaria precisely reflecting all the magical details of nature, the original Discovery Box allows the user to discover this magical photographic, camera-less technique. By combing water, light and a photosensitive solution based on ferric salts, the user can produce beautiful cyanotype imagery. A new Photosensitive Solutions Set features 10g of green ammonium iron citrate, plus 25g of potassium ferrcyanide, supplied in tubes alongside an instruction booklet full of tips. The set enables the user to create unique imagery using the sun as a developer. In addition, the latest Cyanotype Paper pack includes 10 sheets of A4 sized Fontaine watercolour paper, which has a satin grained finish. Made from 100% cotton, the paper is ideal for the wet cyanotype technique, offering a fine a precise reproduction. Visit www.exaclairlimited.com for more information. Alternatively, contact the sales team on 01553 696600 or email sales@exaclair.co.uk
Lavinia Stamps give your customers endless ways to create, from cards and tags to journaling projects. Their intricate designs encourage imagination and provide a calming, mindful crafting experience. Perfect for both seasoned crafters and beginners, Lavinia Stamps allow customers to explore their creativity while adding a personal, artistic touch to every project. Visit: www.laviniastamps.com
The Muppets are back for another limited run. This gorgeous set of 12 x 20g minis is exclusively on Yak Sock this year because the colours are just so sumptuous on this base. Each set comes in a magnetic box with themed livery and individually wrapped and labelled mini skeins. There is an option for a larger box with an extra two skeins of Yak Sock yarn in Charcoal colourway too! visit: https://noodlesoupshop.co.uk/
Adding to the STABILO x Anya Hindmarch range, the blue charm is a stylish, practical accessory that's perfect for everyday use, or as a thoughtful gift and stocking filler this festive season. For more information on STABILO's products and to explore STABILO's full range of writing instruments, visit stabilo.com
Lavinia Stamps give your customers endless ways to create, from cards and tags to journaling projects. Their intricate designs encourage imagination and provide a calming, mindful crafting experience. Perfect for both seasoned crafters and beginners, Lavinia Stamps allow customers to explore their creativity while adding a personal, artistic touch to every project. Visit: www.laviniastamps.com
STABILO MARKdry Neon is the marker that eliminates the need for ink or caps, offering coloured lead inside a PEFC®-certified wood. The new product has no lids to lose and no risk of drying out, the solid neon lead delivers consistent colour transfer. From classrooms to boardrooms and brainstorming sessions, the new neon shades make it easier to highlight and make bold notes. Unlike traditional whiteboard markers, the MARKdry Neon offers smooth writing across both whiteboards and flipcharts, removing the need to switch pens. The markers can be wiped clean on whiteboards with either a dry or damp cloth, ensuring easy use time and time again. As a plastic-free alternative, made from responsibly sourced wood, it combines functionality with an eco-conscious design.
Heritage Crafts has some lovely colourful designs from Michaela Learner. The range is entitled: Party Animals Designs. Shown here is Monday Morning (PAMM1937). Other designs include - Totally Foxed (PATF1938), Rough Day (PARD1936), What's Up Cock? (PAWC1935), and Unstoppable (PAUN1933). The RRP: £21.95.
Olympic champion, and crafting icon Tom Daley has teamed up with Hobbycraft, UK's largest arts and crafts retailer, to design and launch a brand new Made With Love by Tom Daley range, exclusively available online and in-store from Thursday 2nd October. The 11-piece collection celebrates Tom's love of yarn crafts with a fun, animal and fruit inspired twist; featuring crochet kits that make dogs, zebras and giraffes, to positive slogan embroidery designs and fun iron-on patches.
The 11-piece range was developed in partnership with J.Gordhan, Hobbycraft’s strategic manufacturing partner. Prices start at £4.00, and the full range can be shopped at hobbycraft.co.uk/brand/made-with-love/