Lazy Days CAL Kit Launch!

Hello! I'm so, so pleased with how this year's Lazy Days CAL kits have come together! It has been a real pleasure to collaborate with Sophie at The Wool Shed to bring you a fresh new yarn for 2024. Also, you asked and I listened - this year it's an 8ply/ DK weight yarn instead of 4ply/ fingering weight.

The colourway is called Lazy Days, it's a 75% superwash merino/ 25% nylon base, 225m per 100g and it's exclusive to my kits. 

I reached out to Rachel at Sew Ray Me and I'm delighted to bring you a selection of her cute notions tins in the kits for the first time! I'm sure you're going to love these for popping stitch markers and other wee treasures in.

My lovely Instagram friend Ruth at Labours of Love Crochet is supplying me with summer themed stitch markers - lobster clasp ones - perfect for crochet.

This year I'm bringing you another of my favourite crochet hooks; the Clover Soft Touch. I love the feel of these hooks, particularly in the summer when my hands can be a bit hot and sticky! It's a 4.5mm hook, the recommended size for the pattern.

There will also be a postcard included, designed by Katie at Katie Birdie. It was Katie who drew the beautiful illustration for me which sparked this CAL back in 2021, you can read that story on my blog here.

Another change for 2024 is that I've had the pattern professionally printed as an A4 folded leaflet (these are so much better than me churning out slightly blurry copies on my printer as in previous years!!)

All of these things will come in a drawstring kit bag made from organic, Fairtrade cotton which is printed in the UK with the lovely foxglove & bee illustration by Katie.

 

My CAL kicks off in 2 weeks time, Friday 5th July, with pre-orders opening for kits today! Kits are £50 each but I'm offering you a discount code - 10% off - which makes them just £45.00!

 

The kit includes:

• 100g of exclusive colourway: ' Lazy Days', DK weight yarn (75% superwash merino/ 25% nylon)
• 4.5mm Clover Soft Touch Hook
• stitch markers from Labours of Love Crochet
• notions tin from Sew Ray Me
• postcard from Katie Birdie
• printed A4 pattern leaflet
• pdf of the pattern with video tutorial links
• organic, Fairtrade cotton drawstring bag with the illustration from Katie Birdie on the front, perfect to keep everything in!

 

This year I'm introducing a budget friendly option too: pattern & project bag combo for £9, but with your 10% discount code, that's just £8.10!

Combo includes:

• printed A4 pattern leaflet
• pdf of the pattern
• organic, Fairtrade cotton drawstring bag with the illustration from Katie Birdie on the front

Both kits and combos will be posted at the end of next week.

 

The code for all offers is LAZYDAYS

I've listed the pattern on Ravelry and on my website and of course you can join the CAL using any DK weight yarn - although I'd recommend a superwash merino with nylon for best results. The links below take you to the pattern and the LAZYDAYS code will give you 10% off on both sites.

For my 2024 Lazy Days CAL there will be an Instagram chat group where we can discuss all things sock related, ask questions, share progress photos, cheer each other on; there will be a an opening Zoom meet up (new for this year!), with a prize draw for everyone attending; and there will be various prizes for taking part.

 

Sound good? Join my CAL today for a summer of crochet community fun!

Happy crocheting,

Marta xx

Lazy Days CAL Back For The Third Year!

Hello! I'm really pleased to announce that I've begun work on my Lazy Days CAL for 2024! This will be the 3rd year I've run this summer CAL (CAL is short for crochet a-long, for any of you newer to the craft) and for the first time I have a brand new colourway!!

I've been collaborating with Sophie at The Wool Shed on the new colourway. For those of you who don't know, Sophie has begun to dye yarn following the sudden death of her daughter Liv last year. I really enjoyed working with Liv and loved the original colourway she came up with for my Lazy Days CAL.

Just like when I began this crochet along with Liv in 2022, the inspiration is a drawing I commissioned from Katie Gammie. This time I sent the isame llustration to her mum, Sophie, and besides asking for "something darker", I gave her free reign to interpret the drawing in her own way. 

I love the way that Sophie has taken the foxglove as her inspiration and picked up the pinky, purpley colours! She was using yarn with a slightly different base to experiment with, so the next step for her is to get some DK superwash and see how it works on that. Yes - this year for the first time the base will be DK weight, not 4ply (I can hear many of you cheering, ha ha!).

Once I have my eager hands on a sample, I'll begin crocheting right away! The pattern is already forming in my mind and I'm excited to get crocheting! I'm going to keep you guessing by keeping my idea secret for now - but, tell me in the comments, what would you like to see for this year's CAL?

If you'd like to see the patterns from previous year's CALs, you can find them on my website and on Ravelry.

The best thing to do to keep up to date with this exciting project as it unfolds, is to sign up to my mailing list. You'll receive a copy of my "25 Top Tips Every Crocheter Should Know" pdf when you do too!

Until next time, happy crocheting,

Marta xx