Marriner Yarns Blog

And September’s winner is…

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Tuesday, October 1st, 2019
Posted in Competition, Crochet, Knitting, Made with Marriners

We know that our customers love to show off their knits or their crochet projects – and quite rightly too, you clever bunch – which is why we decided to reward one of you every single month.

Each month you can share your projects with us on social media for entry into our prize draw and the chance to win a £50 voucher to spend on MarrinerYarns.com.

#MarrinerAutumnHues winner

Autumn is finally here! Secretly everyone’s favourite season… The weather is cooler, the leaves are turning and things are getting cosy. Yarn lovers have been busy hunting down all the beautiful orange, rust and russet colours of the season, and it’s been beautiful.

Without further ado…

 

View all of the #MarrinerAutumnHues entries here.

It seems that you all love the turning of the seasons as much as we do – we can’t wait to whip out the knitwear…

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And August’s winner is…

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Thursday, September 5th, 2019
Posted in Competition, Crochet, Knitting, Made with Marriners

We know that our customers love to show off their knits or their crochet projects – and quite rightly too, you clever bunch – which is why we decided to reward one of you every single month.

Each month you can share your projects with us on social media for entry into our prize draw and the chance to win a £50 voucher to spend on MarrinerYarns.com.

#MarrinerBabyMakes winner

Baby patterns and baby yarns are always our most popular products – it seems yarn lovers just can’t help but be drawn to some very cute and lovely makes for the little ones in their lives; whether it is little outfits, cuddly blankets or beautiful toys.

Without further ado…

 

View all of the #MarrinerBabyMakes entries here.

We saw a huge number of entries this month – which certainly means we were right about the love of…

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And July’s Winner is…

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Thursday, August 1st, 2019
Posted in Competition, Crochet, Knitting, Made with Marriners

We know that our customers love to show off their knits or their crochet projects – and quite rightly too, you clever bunch – which is why we decided to reward one of you every single month.

Each month you can share your projects with us on social media for entry into our prize draw and the chance to win a £50 voucher to spend on MarrinerYarns.com.

#MarrinerSunshine winner

Summer well and truly made itself known in July – with soaring temperatures in many parts of the UK – almost no need for that summer holiday. While summer is traditionally a…

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NEW Double Knit Essentials Range

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Monday, July 8th, 2019
Posted in Crochet, Double Knit Yarn, Knitting, Yarn
NEW Marriner DK Essentials range | Only £1 per 100g ball

Our brand-new DK Essentials range is now here.

Marriner Yarns new DK Essentials is our new staple Double Knit range – soft, high quality acrylic in a core range of our five most popular colours that we know our customers will need – for only £1 a ball.

Following the introduction of this new range, our classic Double Knit range will now be priced at £1.10. We have offered this range at £1 a ball for as long as we…

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And June’s winner is…

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Thursday, June 27th, 2019
Posted in Competition, Crochet, Knitting, Made with Marriners

We know that our customers love to show off their knits or their crochet projects – and quite rightly too, you clever bunch – which is why we decided to reward one of you every single month.

Each month you can share your projects with us on social media for entry into our prize draw and the chance to win a £50 voucher to spend on MarrinerYarns.com.

#MarrinerDads winner

The month of June saw the arrival of Father’s Day. What better excuse to show off what we have been lovingly crafting for our dads (of husbands, brothers, sons etc)? We know…

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Marriner Flock | Fleece First Impressions

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Friday, June 7th, 2019
Posted in British Wool, Crochet, Knitting, Made with Marriners, Sheep


After shearing, we sat down with the shearer and asked him to tell us a little bit about shearing Romneys twice a year and his first impressions on the fleece.

It’s already lovely and soft, and also very clean – so that means it should be easier to process and yield more yarn – which means even more yarn available for our lovely customers! But a little less on our ladies…

The fleece is now currently being processed, and we will have news of an arrival date very…

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Vote for Marriner in the Knitting & Crochet Awards

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Friday, June 7th, 2019
Posted in Competition, Crochet, Knitting, Knitting & Crochet awards

Thank you to everyone who nominated us in this year’s Knitting and Crochet awards. Thanks to you, Marriner Yarns has been shortlisted in 10 categories in our first ever year as part of the awards – the most categories of all shortlisted.

The categories we have been shortlisted for are:

  • Best Overall Yarn Brand
  • Best Independent Yarn Brand
  • Best Value Yarn Brand
  • Best Baby Yarn Brand
  • Best Toy Yarn Brand
  • Favourite Pattern House
  • Best Online Shop
  • Favourite Knitting Blog
  • Best Ready To Use Kits
  • Best Yarn For Crochet

We are overwhelmed that so many of our lovely customers nominated Marriner…

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Marriner Flock | Spring Shearing

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Thursday, June 6th, 2019
Posted in British Wool, Crochet, Knitting, Sheep, wool


Our beautiful ladies’ fleece was getting a bit long, so they were due their second yearly shearing this week – and they certainly deserve it after running around with their little ones who are getting cheekier and cheekier by the day.

Shearing not only means that we can turn the lovely fleece into wool, but it also is necessary for the sheep to have a better quality of life. Shearing keeps the fleece away from their eyes, which can cause wool-blindness when left to grow too long,…

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Marriner DK washability

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Wednesday, June 5th, 2019
Posted in Acrylic Wool, Crochet, Double Knit Yarn, Knitting, Made with Marriners

Knitting or crocheting anything with yarn is incredibly satisfying, but when it comes to washing those precious garments, blankets, and other creations, it can create a slight pang of anxiety. Should you wash it warm? Cold? Does it need to be hand washed? Will it affect the quality? Will it run, stretch, or alter the fit? Should I even wash it at all…?

These are all valid questions that arise when faced with a handmade item – after all, it doesn’t usually come with a handy label telling you how to care for it. When it comes to yarns, the…

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And May’s winner is…

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Wednesday, May 29th, 2019
Posted in Competition, Crochet, Knitting, Made with Marriners

We know that our customers love to show off their knits or their crochet projects – and quite rightly too, you clever bunch – which is why we decided to reward one of you every single month.

Each month you can share your projects with us on social media for entry into our prize draw and the chance to win a £50 voucher to spend on MarrinerYarns.com.

#MarrinerPets winner

May was National Pet month! We know that so many of you have a soft spot for your furry friends and are often busy knitting or crocheting blankets, toys, beds and more…

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