What to stash this week: Season of the wool witch
This November, Rhode Island-based knitting instructor and knitwear designer Marny Kindness is organizing a three-day knitting retreat in spooky Salem, Massachusetts, through her newly-launched company, Explore Knitting Tours.
The group will visit historical and cultural attractions, including the Salem Witch Museum and Peabody Essex Art Museum. There will also be knitting classes to help you get a head start on your holiday knits. Lodging is at the luxurious Salem Waterfront Hotel,…
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What to stash this week: A cozy anniversary cottage
Before I launched Indie Untangled, I learned of Eden Cottage Yarns through a swap in the Yarn Hoars group on Ravelry. My Alaska-based swap partner listed it as a yarn she’d always wanted to try, so I happily browsed their website and grabbed a skein of bright purple laceweight and moody brown/gray fingering for my package. A couple of years later, Victoria was one of the first dyers I contacted about my new marketplace and she has been a consistent presence in this newsletter….
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What to stash this week: Coral reef of color
As many of us spend a holiday weekend enjoying the great outdoors, it seemed appropriate to launch the next installment of the Indie Untangled Knitting Our National Parks series. This one takes us a bit further afield. Faery of Apothafaery Luxury Fibers was inspired by the stunning landscapes of the National Park of American Samoa, home to coral reefs, volcanic mountains and pristine rainforests.
Faery created two colorways: the variegated Tutuila,…
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What to stash this week: A trip to Australia
For the August installment of the Heritage Wool Collective yarn subscription, Isabel and Nick of the Great Ocean Road Woolen Mill are milling up their La Bella Fingering, a blend of Australian Merino and dark alpaca, which gives the yarn a soft gray tint that will provide a complex undertone for hand dyeing. Hannah of Circus Tonic Handmade, also based in Australia, is creating a colorway inspired by a 300-year-old Ghost Gum tree she visited in the Northern Territory to create “garment-perfect neutrals,…
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What to stash this week: Spooky Girl Summer
Andrea of WoolenWomenFibers is embracing the summer to fall transition with her Spooky Girl Summer yarn box. Preorder now, and in August, when you’re totally ready for Halloween, you’ll receive the following:
• A sock set with two 100g skeins of 75/25 Superwash Merino/nylon yarn (one main and one contrasting color for colorwork) and one 20g mini for heels, toes and cuffs
• The I’m Batty for Halloween sock pattern by Stone Knits
• A set of three SamsTinyTrinkets charms
• A SamsTinyTrinkets themed Trinket Dish …
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What to stash this week while you wait for Indie Untangled tickets to go on sale
Tickets to the 11th annual Indie Untangled Rhinebeck kickoff go on sale tomorrow, June 15, at 12 p.m. Eastern Time. You can sign up for our email list to get a reminder with all the info you need to know beforehand.
AJ of Cashmere & Coconuts is offering 15% off all orders over $150 for a limited time. This doesn’t include the Outlander-themed Advent, but it does include expanded yarn bases and a selection of fiber/roving….
What to stash this week, before October
We will be welcoming more than 40 vendors to the 11th annual Indie Untangled Rhinebeck kickoff, taking place Friday, October 18 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at HITS on the Hudson in Saugerties, NY. The vendor list is now up on the event page and includes both new businesses and familiar favorites: yarn and fiber dyers, hand spinners and producers, along with talented makers selling project bags, stitch markers, jewelry and other fun yarn-related accessories and tools….
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What to stash this week: Stock up for summer stitching
Trisha of Yarn Jam has fully stocked her store with new supplies for fiber lovers of all kinds. There are seasonally-appropriate yarns, like silk/linen and bamboo fingering. She also now has U.S.-grown Merino/Rambouillet combed top for your spinning needs, and it pairs perfectly with her Natural Sport and Natural DK yarn for projects where you’re looking to use a mix of handspun and mill-spun.
Because we all love the ’80s,…
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What to stash this week: Adventures in Advent-land
Melissa of Storyteller Stitchery is putting together an Adventures in Wonderland-inspired Advent Calendar that blends the joy of fiber arts with delightful self-care treats. Choose from a yarn option, a fiber option or a yarn and fiber option. Each includes 12 days of mini skeins and/or 1 oz. fiber braids, a full 100g skein and/or 4 oz braid and 12 self-care items and crafting tools with a touch of wonder and whimsy.
Preorders are open until July 1 and the boxes will be shipped by November 1….
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What to stash this week: Explore Italy
Marny Kindness, a Rhode Island-based knitting instructor and knitwear designer, is weaving some yarn through her first trip through the newly-launched Explore Knitting Tours. Join Marny and tour guide Lynn Ruggieri for a nine-day tour of Italy, including the ancient city of Perugia — where Lynn is from — the Renaissance capital of Florence, and the historic city of Rome.
Traveling by coach, attendees will tour a family-owned vineyard,…