As our friends and family (and some of our fans) already know, Alexa and I are currently hard at work on our newest book… it’s still a surprise, but we will be sharing some juicy details soon.
But for the past year, here in Edinburgh, I have been working away behind the scenes to develop a line of hand-dyed yarns and knitting kits designed to work perfectly with our patterns!
Here at Tin Can Knits we love to work with subtle kettle dyed yarns, and have a bias toward superwash wools… probably because we design so many baby things! And you will probably also know that we love a rainbow…
So without further ado I would like to announce my yarn + knitting kit line: Rainbow Heirloom!
To begin, I have created rainbow blanket kits which include a whopping 21 colours each! There are also luscious single skeins in bright and bold colours. And in the coming months I will be creating sweater kits for some of our popular patterns, including Lush, Snowflake, and, Low Tide and Windswept (get Rainbow Mail to hear when those launch…!).
Rainbow Heirloom yarns will be available primarily online, but my friend Jess at Ginger Twist Studio is featuring Rainbow Heirloom Sweater and Rainbow Heirloom Cash Light as her ‘yarns of the month’ for July… you can read more about them on her blog, and stop by to pet the yarns in person if you are in Edinburgh! Jess has knit up a gorgeous cropped version of Lush in Rainbow Heirloom Sweater in ‘aussie sunshine’. I love that she never shies away from bright and bold colourways!
What have I knit so far…? Well of course I made a little Antler cardigan as one of my first projects!
And to test out the full rainbow, I made myself a big beautiful vivid blanket of course… (I’ll tell you more about that later!).
And right now, I’m working on a Lush cardigan just for me! Check out some more photos of that work-in-progress on the Rainbow Heirloom blog.
Check out a few of my favourite colourways, and find the full palette here!
Old Affair
New Nailpolish
Guilty Pleasure
Old Affair
80s Daze
Amateur Psychic
Perfect Pink
Bruised Lips
Unrequited
Black Cherry
Fighting Fish
Favourite Aunty
Red Delicious
Peachy Keen
Cardinal Feather
Birthday Suit
Killer Flamingo
Shrimp Salad
Orange Peel
Princess Rockstar
Granny Pants
Grey Whale
Koala Haircut
Grey Goose
Fluffy Bunny
Apparition
Morning Light
Aussie Sunshine
Summer Glow
Lemon Pie
Glowstick Girl
Almost Spring
Kermit Smiled
Scorched Fern
Snow Melt
Blue Raspberry
Tidepool Find
Jewel Sea
Blue Collar
Cold Logic
Blue Planet
Wicked Pacific
Want to follow Rainbow Heirloom to hear about new colours, kits, exclusive yarn clubs and knit-a-longs?
There will be some excellent subscriber-only discounts and exciting contests in the near future… The best way is to get Rainbow Mail – our monthly email updates!
You can also connect with us online: on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Ravelry, the Rainbow Heirloom blog, and shop.
Brilliant patterns for Rainbow Heirloom Sweater:
July 12, 2016 @ 11:25 am
Do you have the knitting pattern I can purchase for the vivid rainbow heirloom blanket
July 12, 2016 @ 11:44 am
Yep, you can purchase the Vivid blanket pattern here.
July 14, 2014 @ 6:48 am
Oh yarn porn! Gorgeous!
July 12, 2014 @ 12:05 am
gorgeous colours. I just want to take a bath in this yarn.
July 11, 2014 @ 12:36 pm
LOVE the greens in the rainbow vivid kit!
July 11, 2014 @ 6:00 am
The colours look great. What is the texture like? Is it springy like Vintage or Green Label, or more like DIC Classy? Hard to tell from the photos.
July 10, 2014 @ 12:53 pm
I am SO incredibly excited for not only the new book, but for this new line of yarn! That Spearmint looks insanely yummy!!! The Brushed Lips and all those blues…oh my!! I can’t wait to see more! <3
July 10, 2014 @ 10:19 am
wow, these colours are amazing, I want to dive right into them. I especially love all the reds and the sunshine and storm kit looks wonderful!
July 10, 2014 @ 8:07 am
Drool.
July 10, 2014 @ 6:52 am
oh wow, I’m super excited about your upcoming book, and those rainbow kits looks amazing|! Just the thing for the Vivid blanket that I have in my queue… Can’t wait!
July 10, 2014 @ 6:15 am
Those colors are drool worthy!