Craft Focus - Page number 26 - June/July 2021 (Issue 85)

26 SELECTED YARNS Just in time for summer, Selected Yarns, the one-stop-shop for high quality knitting yarns and innovative fibres, has launched Kremke Soul Wool Papyrus (100 per cent paper yarn, 153m/100g). This wonderful natural raffia yarn is a perfect choice for crocheting hats, table mats, bags, baskets and other great projects. It comes in 30 modern colours and bags of 10. Also available is a pattern booklet with eight patterns in English. Selected Yarns provides a broad range of organic (most of them GOTS certified), recycled and natural fibre yarns as well as buttons and needles of six brands such as Erika Knight, BC Garn, Kremke, Soul Wool, Shibui, Cowgirlblues, ADDI and Jim Knopf. kremke@selected-yarns.com www.selected-yarns.com EXACLAIR ExaClair Limited, the UK supplier of the Exacompta- Clairefontaine group, has released a stunning new range of premium stationery with the Quintessence and Indigo collections. The ranges include notebooks, pencil cases, letter holders, folders and magazine racks, with elegance, style and colour to brighten up any home-working or office environment. All notebooks feature the PEFC™ certified, 90gsm brushed vellum Clairefontaine paper that’s loved by pen fans globally. Following on from the popular La Vie en Vosges range launched last year, the Parisian pattern designer and illustrator, Edith Duprez-Chenu, has now created the Quintessence collection. Inspired by nature, the range incorporates a variety of floral and abstract patterns that are simultaneously timeless and contemporary, capturing her passion for unpredictable colours. The inspiring and intense new Indigo collection features an intense pattern with a modern style that has been created through a mix of deep blue brushstrokes with golden highlights. Lawrence Savage, marketing manager at ExaClair, says the ranges have been designed with creativity in mind: “Grounded in abstract patterns, the ranges serve a pondering, as much as a decorative function. Whether it’s the grounding nature of Quintessence or the blue oceanic depth of Indigo, both ranges elicit feelings of energy and vitality to inspire creativity and create brighter, more contemporary working environments.” +44 (0)1553 696 600 sales@exaclair.co.uk www.exaclairlimited.com TURNER MOORE EDITION You haven’t seen anything like this yet – as this innovative vinyl changes colour in the sun! This colour-changing UV reactive vinyl by Turner Moore is sold exclusively on Amazon. bit.ly/turnermooreuk DOODLECRAFT DESIGN New from DoodleCraft Design is this cross stitch kit of the well-known oil painting Signing the Register by Edmund Blair Leighton. This will be the third in the EBL Collection with more planned for the future. The painter Edmund Blair Leighton was DoodleCraft’s co-owner Gavin Harding’s great grandfather so there’s a real family connection to these designs. The design is stitched in cross stitch with a Blackwork border. To keep the painting as true to the original as possible this kit does come with a larger than usual number of coloured threads. The Blackwork border gives the fine lacy detail reminiscent of a wedding image. This kit is available as a full kit with all the materials but knowing a lot of stitchers have their own stash of fabric and threads it is also available as a chart only kit which includes the chart and full instructions. The RRP for the full kit is £77 and the chart only kit is £15.99. contactus@doodlecraftdesign.co.uk www.doodlecraftdesign.co.uk