Kitterly gets ready for Rhinebeck
This is the ninth in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of the 2018 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.
Can you believe it’s exactly one month until Indie Untangled — and Rhinebeck?! Before this popular knitting weekend extravaganza, I asked Elizabeth Rowen and Mari Bower, the founders of Kitterly, which sells knitting and crochet kits, to talk about their plans for Rhinebeck and their predictions for this year’s most popular Indie Untangled and Rhinebeck sweaters….
Pre-Rhinebeck Untangling: Amor Valdez of Crave Yarn
This is the eighth in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of the 2018 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.
The upstate New York LYS Yarn Culture has been a fixture at knitting marketplaces around the country — this will be Patti and Mitch’s fourth year as a vendor and sponsor for the Indie Untangled Rhinebeck Show.
Yarn Culture always brings a variety of dyers and indie yarn companies….
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Pre-Rhinebeck Untangling: PostStitch
This is the seventh in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of the 2018 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.
We knitters have an embarrassment of riches when it comes to sources for indie yarn. If you’re up for surprises, a subscription box is a great opportunity to try out a new dyer or small yarn company.
PostStitch is one of the ideal ways to discover new dyers,…
Pre-Rhinebeck Untangling: Carol Feller
This is the sixth in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of the 2018 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.
I have long been a fan of Carol Feller‘s designs. Her Akoya and Carpino patterns have been favorited for a while, waiting for the perfect yarn.
When I heard the news that Carol would be making a trip from Ireland to Rhinebeck —…
The latest in the Bijou Basin Ranch Indie Dyer Series
This is the fifth in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of the 2018 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.
Bijou Basin Ranch is known for producing yak, Cashmere, Paco Vicuna and Qiviut blends from a small ranch just outside of Elbert, Colorado. Owners Carl and Eileen Koop also collaborate with some indie dyers, such as ModeKnit Yarns of Minnesota and MJ Yarns of Seattle,…
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Pre-Rhinebeck Untangling: The Yarnover Truck
This is the fourth in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of the 2018 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.
There’s a meme I’ve seen floating around social media about how great it would be to have a truck that would drive around your neighborhood ringing a bell and selling yarn. Well, the Yarnover Truck is that meme come to life.
Based in Southern California since 2013,…
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Pre-Rhinebeck Untangling: Nomadic Knits
This is the third in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of the 2018 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.
You may know designer Melissa Kemmerer by her adorable sheep-y sweaters. You may not know that she and former yarn shop owner Becky Beagell are creating a new knitting magazine, called Nomadic Knits, that will focus on local regions and feature indie dyers,…
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What to stash this week: the last of Automne
The remaining skeins of La Bien Aimée’s popular colorway from last year’s Indie Untangled, the speckled Automne à Rhinebeck, are available for sale in her squishy Merino DK — which will be perfect for your Indie Untangled sweater.
And speaking of exclusives, I have one extra skein of the Knitting Our National Parks colorway called Hoodoos dyed by Into the Whirled….
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Pre-Rhinebeck Untangling: Jennifer Tepper Heverly of Spirit Trail Fiberworks
This is the first in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of the 2018 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.
Since I started attending the New York Sheep & Wool Festival in 2011, I’ve known of Spirit Trail Fiberworks, one of the very first indie dyers to come on the scene. I gravitated toward Jennifer’s striking blues and her silky soft bases. Five years later,…
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What to stash: get ready for Automne
If you want some Automne á Rhinebeck to knit your Rhinebeck sweater, there’s a wee bit of the Merino DK left in stock. Use it for Camille Rosselle’s Melli, or you can copy me and make a slightly less boxy version using Amy Herzog’s CustomFit software. It would also be great for Heidi Kirrmaier’s Niagara or, of course, a Comfort Fade. …