Choosing your colour combos
Hello lovelies Happy New Year LAD’s! So, first blog of 2023. We thought you might have had long enough now to get over all of your festive knits and be on to deciding what to knit first this year. Which is why we thought we might put together some colour combos that might help to […]
Five things you can knit the kids in your life this Christmas
Hello friends! Get ahead with your Christmas gifting this year and craft something knitted and extra special for the little ones in your life. We’re not just talking about blankets or Christmas jumpers either. Here are our top five LAD little one knits which we think you are going to love. Kicking things off with […]
LADvent Yarn Advent Calendar Revealed
Hello my LOVES It’s been way too long since i’ve done a blog and so *she’s baaaaaack* to talk about something exquisite… you know it, (it could only be one thing but also the title probably gives you a clue 🙄😂) it’s LADVENT ✨ For the uninitiated, LADvent is our Advent Calendar – this is the […]
Christmas In July
Hello! Now, we know this may be too shocking for some of you. But, for the more organised among us, you may be starting to think about Christmas. If that’s the case then we thought it might be useful to remind you of what you could be starting to prep in time for December 25th! […]
Our 6 favourite Summer knits
Hey Gang! Knitting definitely isn’t just for winter! We have loads of lovely knits that are summer ready. A new fave is our ‘It’s all beachy’ Cotton Dress. Perfect for the beach, it can be slipped over a bikini or as a comfy summer dress. It’s fairly easy to put together as there is very […]
We Love Mini Mohair
Hello lovelies! Have you given the LAD Mini Mohair a whirl yet? Because we really can’t get enough of it! The MM yarn is a little bit different from our usual chunky knit yarns, but it is so delicious we just couldn’t resist its fluffy finish. It’s a perfect blend of 70% mohair and 30% […]
All about Merimoh
Hello loves! How are you all? I’m checking in this week with a post I’ve been meaning to publish for a few weeks, and it’s about our new Merimoh fusion range. You may have seen we launched our bundles recently, but if not, let me introduce them for you here. Merimoh Bundles Our Merimoh bundles […]
What will you be knitting this Easter?
Hello lovelies! Spring seems to still be deciding whether it’s going to show up this year but as time is marching on we’re busy thinking about what we might be knitting this Easter. We have a few fabulous Spring knitting projects for you: Starting with the pièce de résistance our special edition Spring Wreath Kit […]
Reasons to sign up to our Yarn Subscription
Hello lovelies! Gosh, it’s been a while hey? I’m so sorry about that – what with the Christmas surge at the end of the year and the January catch up it seems like I’ve completely dropped the ball on the blog front… I’m sure you’re all devastated ;p Anyhoo, I appreciate it’s super late but […]
Gifts you can start knitting now for Christmas
Hello loves Hope you’re all having a wonderful week? We’re tentatively mentioning the C word this week 🙊 We probably wouldn’t normally until the end of the month but we’ve had so many of you getting organised with ordering decorations that we thought we’d jump right in! It is getting nearer and nearer by the […]
New British Wool
Hello loves! Welcome to September! It’s a bit bonkers that it’s here already, but I won’t pretend not to be excited at the onset of Autumn – personally it’s my favourite season, and also from a LAD point of view, it’s when things start to get really exciting and busy in the studio. We’re already […]
New Recycled Big Cotton Yarn
Well, hello babes! This week is a super exciting one for us, and also something we’ve never done before – announce a new product before it’s available to buy 🙊 We thought we’d give you a teaser and a taster of what’s coming this Saturday so you can get as excited as us – and […]
Which knitting pattern suits my skill level best?
Hello lovelies! It’s been another busy few weeks here at LAD HQ, with lots going on behind the scenes. We’ve had team meetings about new designs and new yarn 🙊 as well as more creative content and even some festive ideas (it’s never too early in our world!) Plenty to be announcing soon, but first […]
How we package your orders (with love, yarn puns & stickers!)
Hello lovelies! This week’s blog is all about how we package your orders, but before I start, I just want to celebrate the most beautiful little package which arrived last Monday… Lauren & Alex welcomed their baby girl into the world on the 8th Feb and we are beyond thrilled for them! Isn’t she the […]
Everything you need to know about our Super Chunky Yarn
Hello LAD’s! It’s Helen here this week – if you’ve not ‘met’ me yet, I’m the one who is usually answering your messages and updating the Facebook group, and sending out weekly promotional emails! This week I’ve mostly been updating the website and contacting you about your delayed orders – which I am SO sorry […]
16 Product Launches Later
Hello You Babes How are you? I hope you’re keeping well, I’m going to dive straight in this week as we’re so busy we don’t have a moment to spare! You may have noticed that we’ve been launching new products every single week since August, we planned to do this until December and were magnificently […]
New Giant Knit Blanket Patterns
Hello Pals! How are you? I hope you’re enjoying the sunshine and not tooooo hot! In a strange twist of fate I’m going to talk about the hottest possible thing today…. Giant Knit Blankets! So let’s all sit in the shade with a ice cold drink and a fan directed at us and pretend we’re […]
New Mohair Colour
Hello Babes, How are you? You might have already seen our newness from this week but I wanted to talk about it in more detail. We have a new shade of our Massive Mohair Yarn – Say hello to Milk! Meet Milk Mohair We didn’t introduce it originally as sometimes I can find shades of […]
Introducing: Beginners Blanket Kit
Hello Lovely LADs How are you doing today? The last few weeks have been very full on, fingers crossed you’re feeling hopeful and full of action rather than overwhelmed, remember to take care of your mental health as you can’t pour from an empty jug. I thought today we would return to the new knit […]
Introducing: Sock it to me Lounge Socks
Hello You Babes How are you doing this week? It’s been a beautiful sunny day here and now I’ve got an evening knitting ahead of me so I’m in my happy place! I’ve been so looking forward to this week’s blog because (you may have guessed from the title and the massive picture…) I get […]
Introducing: Diagonal Stitch Cushion
Hello You Beauties How are you pals? This week brings another new knit kit (YAS!) AND even more excitingly it’s one of four launches over the next few weeks (WHAT?! I KNOW!) Keep an eye on your inbox because new sh*t is coming! (I say 4, it’s hopefully 6 new launches but I don’t want […]
New Massive Mohair Yarn
Hello My Babes NEW NEW NEWNESS So we launched some new Mohair yarn at the weekend and I’m IN LOVE WITH HOW MUCH YOU LOVE IT! I wanted to give you a little introduction to it as we were originally planning on launching it with a few kits but because of THIS *wildly gestures around* […]
LAD Pattern Club
Hello lovelies Exciting things this week! We’re going to ignore the current SITUATION and just talk about lovely knitty things, deal?! We’ve been working on a new project that some of you asked for and today it’s gone live (YAY!) so allow me to introduce you to the LAD Pattern Club *Cue the party poppers!* […]
We’ve got new colours
Hello loves! You might have already seen but HELLO WE HAVE NEW COLOURS! Our range of Super Chunky Yarn just grew with an additional 5 new beauties! They’ve already gone down a storm but I wanted to officially introduce you… Plus Chloe’s taken some beautiful pictures so any excuse for me to chat less and […]
