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World Cup Kits

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Thursday, September 3rd, 2015

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Less Than One Month To Go Until Kick Off!

Hi there,

Here at Marriner Yarns we are warming up knitting our supporters kit, ready for the big Autumn battle for the World Cup crown.

Join us in celebrating the World Cup with our launch of a hat and scarf knitting kits for adults and children. This September will see our countries favourite teams battle it out with the rest of the world. We have selected ten of the twenty teams for you to knit. Each kit will include yarn in the chosen countries colours, instructions and a pom-pom template. These kits are knitted using ribbing and stocking stitch techniques.

Summer Secret

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Monday, July 27th, 2015

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FREE Knitting Pattern With Every Purchase Of

Marriner Mercerised Cotton 100G Yarn

Hi there,

Here at Marriner Yarns we have been very busy sourcing new yarns for our exciting Autumn/Winter collection.

We can tell you at this point the range will include two brand new products; a Super Soft Baby 100g yarn in six pastels and a Super Chunky 100g yarn in nine colours. For the machine knitters amongst you we’re also going to be introducing a new Aran yarn 1000g Cone. We have a few other new products in development but we don’t want to give away all our secrets!

To keep you occupied over the remainder of the Summer season we have…

Welcome Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana Windsor!

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Saturday, May 9th, 2015

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Join us in celebrating the birth of Princess Charlotte with a free pattern with any purchase of Baban yarn – Now only £1.95 per 100g.

Rejoice with us at the wonderful news of the birth of the Princess. Wrap up your little prince or princess in these cute knitted items, this pattern includes a shawl, blanket, mittens, hat and bootees. This offer is due to finish in 2 weeks time on 22nd May at Midnight…

Introducing the Marriner Blanket Kit Collection

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Saturday, May 2nd, 2015

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Cosy up this season with one of these knitted blankets handmade by you! These blankets are a perfect accessory for any outing or just to wrap up in. Personalise your living room, stylise your bedroom, prepare for a newborn, keep warm at the camp fire, celebrate the festivals or adventure on a family picnic.

Using 8″ knitted blocks combined together to create approximately a meter square blanket, these packs come in various colours to produce an array of designs that cover a variety of different events and seasons. Each pack contains…

A Very Happy Easter from The Marriner Yarns Team

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Thursday, April 9th, 2015

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Marriner Yarns offer a selection of products to help you unwind during the Easter break.

Just take a look at our chocolate egg! There’s something for everyone, including Marriner Double Knit, Mercerised Cotton, Baban Double Knit, Sparkle Double Knit, Mermaid Double Knit, Chunky Tweed, Marriner Midgets, as well as Needles, Hooks and Buttons. The egg…

Create an Eggciting Gift this Easter with Marriner Yarns

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Monday, March 23rd, 2015

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Marriner Yarns has relaunched our Midget Bumper Pack in time for Easter. With several new colours added to the already successful collection – it’s back and looking better than ever!

At only £8 for 20 x 25g balls – This will make an Eggcellent alternative gift for Easter!

Swap the Chocolate Eggs for the Midget Yarn and hop on over to www.marrineryarns.com to check out the rest of this cracking selection.

Get…

Yarn Bombing

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Monday, July 15th, 2013

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The sun is shining, the weather is sweet and everyone at Marriner Yarns has got that summer feeling.

The chances are you’re just like us; having a few family and friends over for a BBQ, doing a spot of gardening or simply working on that tan. However for some of you out there, the Great British Heat Wave is seen as a chance to demonstrate your knitting prowess in it’s most exhibitionist and ninja stealth form – yarn bombing!

We never fail to be amazed at the talent, hard work and gumption that has gone into some of the fabulous examples that…

Game, Set, Knitting? | Knitting Tennis

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Thursday, June 27th, 2013

Posted in British Knitting, British Yarn, Double Knit Yarn, Knitting In Public

New balls please…that’s new balls of yarn

It’s that time of year again; the sun is shining, strawberries and cream are at the ready and Murray Mountain’s population is growing by the second – it’s Wimbledon! But as the above picture would suggest, the action on centre court has proved to be incidental for this knitting enthusiast.

Long regarded as one of the hottest tickets in town, tennis…

British Wool | Marriner Yarns

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Monday, June 10th, 2013

Posted in British Knitting, British Wool, British Yarn

With knitting yarn coming in so many different thicknesses, colour variations and textures it’s easy to forget where British knitting began – wool.

At Marriner our very first yarns were wool yarns, spun in a Yorkshire mill back in 1784. Since then it’s fair to say that we’ve moved with the demands of our customers, offering acrylic based yarns to meet current trends. However we’ve always taken a great sense of pride in remaining true to our roots, incorporating British Wool into our range whenever possible.

On a sunny morning in June, we were delighted to be invited along to a…

Marriner Space | A New Double Knit

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Monday, June 3rd, 2013

Posted in British Yarn, Double Knit Yarn

At Marriner we’re known and loved for a lot of things; Britain’s oldest knitting yarn since 1784, our unbeatable prices and of course, our renowned Double Knitting yarn. At marrineryarns.com we currently offer over thirty different Double Knitting variations across our Double Knit with Wool, Mermaid and original Marriner Double Knit ranges. With this in mind it’s safe to say that our forthcoming Double Knit yarn, Marriner Space, is going to take our Double Knitting customers to another stratosphere…

We’re afraid that at this moment, we’re…