What to stash this week: A yarny journey
Starshowers is the third installment of her Silk Road 2016 Shawl Club: Explorer. A six-skein gradient set and a contrasting color create an asymmetrical crescent shaped shawl that uses short rows to evoke what Simone calls “the illusion of sweeping stars and star showers above” and “the night sky with just a hint of light at dawn, and the milky way still visible overhead.”
If you’re allergic to wool,…
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What to stash this week: Yarny treats
At 9 a.m. PDT today, Laura and the Slipped Stitch Studios crew are releasing bags and other treats with their limited-edition Halloween fabrics for 2016. Perfect for trick-or-knitting.
While pretty much all of Casapinka’s patterns are made to complement those random variegated beauties in your stash, her latest calls them out. Bronwyn designed One & Done specifically for variegated yarn.
Another thing to add to your Rhinebeck shopping list: the Whisp cowl….
Get to know the yaks, and yarn, of Bijou Basin Ranch
This is the fifth in a series of blog posts with the generous sponsors of the 2016 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.
Yaks aren’t the first animals knitters think of when we think about yarn, but Carl and Eileen Koop, the owners of Bijou Basin Ranch, have boosted the long-haired bovid’s reputation among the knitting community. The animals produce a fiber with a softness similar to Cashmere,…
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What to stash this week: Rhinebeck preorders, pirates, clubs and mini skeins
To make shopping at the third annual Rhinebeck Trunk Show easier, some of the vendors have been working with indie designers and are debuting special kits, a few of which will be available to preorder through the Indie Untangled website. The first of these special dyer/designer collaborations is the Whisp cowl. This two-color brioche cowl was designed by Lesley Anne Robinson of Knit Graffiti Designs and uses yarn from Alice of Backyard Fiberworks and Laurie of Feel Good Yarn Company,…
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Untangling: Pom Pom Quarterly
This is the fourth in a series of blog posts with the generous sponsors of the 2016 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.
Although I run a knitting website, I still do a lot of writing for print, and so I have always appreciated the joy of flipping through a paper publication. When it comes to knitting magazines, Pom Pom Quarterly is by far one of my favorites. It has the feel of a small book and features beautiful patterns (my Waterlily,…
Untangling: Creativebug
This is the third in a series of blog posts with the generous sponsors of the 2016 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.
These days, there is certainly no shortage of resources for receiving knitting instruction online, whether you do a Google search for a certain technique or need to re-learn the basics. But, sometimes you just want to really sink your teeth into a new technique or project, but don’t have the time,…
What to stash this week: Yarn stories
If you’re a fan of knights and ladies, or just really cool yarn clubs, then the Poisoned Apple Club from Round Table Yarns is for you. The four-month yarn club follows the Arthurian story of the poisoned apple. Each shipment includes a different yarn base with a special club colorway inspired by that month’s portion of the story. Sign-ups run through Sept. 15.
This month’s Bag of the Month from Slipped Stitch Studios includes bags and accessories handcrafted with limited edition Severus Snape fabric designed in house….
Untangling: Cathy and Heather of The Knot House
This is the second in a series of blog posts with the generous sponsors of the 2016 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.
I first learned about The Knot House in Frederick, Maryland, when Dami of Magpie Fibers began posting to Indie Untangled, and she told me about the amazing yarn shop where she learned to knit and was inspired to start dyeing after seeing yarns from Duck Duck Wool and Western Sky Knits….
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What to stash this week: ‘Knitflix’ this
This collaboration is the coolest thing to come out of the UK since The Great British Bake Off. Lola of Third Vault Yarns and Emily of Rhapsodye Yarns have teamed up for The Lucifer Project, creating two colorways inspired by characters from the TV show Lucifer, a police procedural based on characters from Neil Gaiman’s Sandman.
The Purple Dragon colorway of Big Bijou Bliss,…
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The magic of silver
This is the first in a series of blog posts with the generous sponsors of the 2016 Rhinebeck Trunk Show. Since I did an interview with Laurie Gonyea of Feel Good Yarn Company last year, I decided to repost something Laurie wrote about why she decided to put silver in her yarn.
We are often asked why we put silver in our yarns,…