Chester Yarn Kit

A Stitch In Time Volume 3 - The Colourwork Edition

A Stitch In Time Volume 3
- The Colourwork Edition

25 Vintage Knitting Patterns
updated and multi-sized
for the 21st Century Knitter.
Buy the book here


CHESTER YARN KITS USING OUR OWN HAND-DYED YARNS NOW AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE. THIS KIT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE PATTERN.  THE PATTERN IS ONLY AVAILABLE AS PART OF A STITCH IN TIME VOLUME 3.

 
Chester is a classic, elegant vest design from A Stitch In Time Volume 3. You can now purchase a limited edition hand-dyed yarn kit to create your own Chester using a combination of two of my beautiful yarns, Byre, a naturally light grey wool, spun using a unique blend of Jacobs, white Shetland and black Shetland fleeces and Wold 2 Ply fingering weight, a natural white yarn spun using a blend of Southdown, Bluefaced Leicester and Shetland wools. Both are spun exclusively for Susan Crawford Vintage at a nearby Yorkshire mill and hand dyed in-house by Susan and her team.

Byre and Wold 2 Ply are spun to the same specifications so make a perfect pairing. The warm varied tones of the natural grey yarn contrast beautifully with the bold vintage red and green shades hand-dyed on the Wold yarn. The dark blue shade is dyed over the natural grey Byre and is a deep yet subtle blue. 

The undyed Byre in shade Dry Stone Wall is provided in 100g skeins and the three contrasting hand-dyed colours of Night Sky, Ladybird, a primary shade of red and Evergreen, a warm vintage green. The contrasting shades are provided in 25g skeins to keep kit costs to a minimum and avoiding waste. 

An elegant, classic colourway to suit this stylish, timeless design!



There are a choice of seven yarn kit sizes, each providing sufficient yarn for the first listed pattern sizes. Simply select which kit size you require.

 
The kits are available in seven sizes as follows:

1st size - to fit pattern size 1 (81cm / 32in chest)
In your yarn kit you will receive 2 100g skeins of undyed Byre in shade Dry Stone Wall , one 25g skein of Byre in Night Sky and one 25g skein each of Wold 2 Ply in Genisteae and Ladybird.

2nd size - to fit pattern size 2 (86cm / 34in chest)

In your yarn kit you will receive 2 100g skeins of undyed Byre in shade Dry Stone Wall , one 25g skein of Byre in Night Sky and one 25g skein each of Wold 2 Ply in Evergreen and two 25g skeins of Wold 2 Ply in Ladybird.

3rd size - to fit pattern size 3 (91cm / 36in chest)

In your yarn kit you will receive 3 100g skeins of undyed Byre in shade Dry Stone Wall , one 25g skein of Byre in Night Sky and two 25g skeins each of Wold 2 Ply in Evergreen and Ladybird.

4th size - to fit pattern size 4 (97-102cm / 38-40in chest)

In your yarn kit you will receive 3 100g skeins of undyed Byre in shade Dry Stone Wall , two 25g skeins of Byre in Night Sky and two 25g skeins each of Wold 2 Ply in Evergreen and Ladybird.

5th size - to fit pattern size 5 (107-112cm / 42-44in chest)

In your yarn kit you will receive 3 100g skeins of undyed Byre in shade Dry Stone Wall , two 25g skeins of Byre in Night Sky, two 25g skeins of Wold 2 Ply in Ladybird and 3 25g skeins of Wold 2 Ply in Evergreen.

6th size - to fit pattern sizes 6 to 8 (117-132cm /46-52in chest)

In your yarn kit you will receive 4 100g skeins of undyed Byre in shade Dry Stone Wall , two 25g skeins of Byre in Night Sky, two 25g skeins of Wold 2 Ply in Ladybird and 3 25g skeins of Wold 2 Ply in Evergreen.

7th size - to fit pattern sizes 9 to 12 (147-167cm / 58-66in chest)

In your yarn kit you will receive 5 100g skeins of undyed Byre in shade Dry Stone Wall , two 25g skeins of Byre in Night Sky and three 25g skeins of Wold 2 Ply in Ladybird and Evergreen.


You can also use the chart below for extra information to help choose the yarn kit size you require.


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