Earlier this year the yarn company, Stylecraft held a competition to choose a new colour for the incredibly successful Special DK range. Hundreds of people sent their ideas in, little fragments of textiles, several bottles of nail varnish and a red sweetie wrapper. The judges including Lucy from Attic 24 and Phil from The Twisted Yarn managed to narrow it down to 10 favourites which were then put to the public vote.
It didn’t surprise me that the clear winner was Duck Egg but all the other shades looked so good that Stylecraft has put together special Special DK packs of 50g balls of all 10 colours which will be available from all good yarn shops from mid -‐ October and will be showcased on Stylecraft’s stand at The Knitting and Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace from 7 th -‐11 th October 2015.
To celebrate, Stylecraft asked a number of bloggers to take the packs and create their own designs using the colours available. I loved the combination so much that I have designed two free patterns. One which is simply and ode to the iconic Duck Egg shade and another which has a lovely colour kick for winter. My speacial blog will go on-line a week today on Sunday 27th September – there are some great bloggers involved to check in with Stylecraft on their facebook page to see who is releasing a new free pattern each day. Stylecraft will be giving away a pack each day so it is worth checking in with each blog.