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What to stash this week: Frogs, not frogging

The next Lyrical Knits mystery knit-along is most sensational, celebrational and inspirational: The Muppet Shawl. The pattern is for a rectangular shawl with several different stitch patterns and a fun twist to the construction at the end. It’s worked up in fingering-weight yarn with one main color and six mini skeins, though it’s possible to do it with fewer contrasting colors.

The first clue drops on March 1, and if you purchase the pattern during the preorder period,…

What to stash this week: Go to the Yarni Gras

If you’re in the New Orleans area, join us Saturday, January 27 to kick off Carnival season at Yarni Gras! It takes place from 12-3 p.m. at Faubourg Brewing, 3501 Jourdan Road, with eight vendors and delicious craft beer. Registration is free, or get a swag bag with entry.

It’s always good to have a sweater on hand. So, why not join the upcoming Olive & Two Ewe Spring Out of Winter Make-a-long?…

What to stash this week: Knit the national parks in person

Registration is now open for Indie Untangled’s next retreat! From August 12-15, we will gather at Wellspring Spa and Woodland Retreat, a magical property located just outside the entrance to Mount Rainier. We’ll be joined by Abbye and Selena of Wool & Pine, a Pacific Northwest design duo that creates gorgeous, colorful knitting patterns, enhanced with eye-catching photos. They will share the journey of their creative collaboration, which has produced nearly 50 knitting patterns….

What to stash this week: Last call for clubs

This Sunday is your last day to sign up for the first installment of the Heritage Wool Collective yarn subscription, which combines breed-specific yarn with the magic of hand-dyed color. Receive one, two or four skeins of a specially-selected non-Superwash wool or wool blend yarn, dyed by an indie dyer in a surprise color, every other month.

If you select two or four skeins, you’ll receive this limited-edition Heritage Wool collective project bag fob as a special gift (available only while supplies last). …

Indie Untangled 2023 Year In Review: Make-along winners and faves

One of the best parts about going to the New York Sheep & Wool Festival and Indie Untangled is seeing beautiful knitwear everywhere. Even when I don’t get to see everyone’s FOs in person, I get to review all the entries to our annual make-along.

To close out 2023, I’m sharing the winners of the MAL, chosen at random, and also some of my personal favorites from among the entries….

What to stash this week: Yarn party

Stephanie of Wonderland Yarns and Frabjous Fibers is extending an invitation to a “Tour of the Season” — and there is definitely crafting allowed. This new monthly yarn club for 2024 features 12 hand-dyed colorways inspired by a grand literary event — country manors, city estates, masked ballrooms and a garden party or two. The colorways will be dyed on their base of the year, Mad Hatter sport, or that month’s featured base. …

What to stash this week: Yellowstone yarn

Kayla of Knotty Pine Fiber Co. of Wyoming, one of the three states that Yellowstone is based in, was inspired by a painting of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone for her installment of the Indie Untangled Knitting Our National Parks series. The painting by Thomas Moran, on display at the U.S Department of the Interior Museum in Washington, DC, played an instrumental part in the founding of Yellowstone as the first U.S….

What to stash this week: A heritage wool mood

Gabby of Plies & Hellhounds has revealed her mood board for the first-ever installment of the Heritage Wool Collective hand-dyed yarn subscription! The theme is appropriately earthy and has Gabby’s signature moody vibe. I cannot wait to see what she has in store for the yarn, which is a bouncy Corriedale DK from The Ross Farm, located in Pennsylvania, just a few states over from Gabby’s Connecticut studio. Sign up by the end of this month to become a member of our Founding Flock!…

What to stash this week: 2024 surprises

Dawn of Twice Sheared Sheep is opening early bird sign-ups for her 2024 Surprise Box Club, which is just that. The club delivers three themed boxes filled with tools and goodies for knitters and crocheters — eight full-sized products per box in March, June and September. There’s A Garden Of Friends for spring, Beachside Vacation for summer and Cabin In The Woods for fall.

What do you get as an early bird?…

What to stash this week: Holiday weekend wool

I thought it was appropriate that designer Samantha Guerin released her Hearth and Haven hat pattern this week. This simple cabled beanie, and the special colorway from Katlin of Porter Wool Co, is inspired by the comforts of home in wreath form. It is sure to keep you warm this winter and is a delightful and quick knit — I cast on and completed mine during the Knit for Food Knit-a-thon earlier this year….