Mary Annarella’s latest mystery knit-along, Who Ya Gonna Shawl?, is an homage to Ghostbusters. Like Mary’s other popular movie MKALs, the pattern for the “festival of knit stitches shawl/wrap” will feature tons of movie references. The first of six clues drops on February 24. This project takes four skeins ...
Sizing is a challenge for sock knitters, especially when you’re knitting socks for someone else. Even if they’re conveniently around, you don’t necessarily want them constantly trying on the WIP. Dawn of Twice Sheared Sheep has a new Sock Sizing Ruler. To use it, you place the ruler ...
I recently added yarns from Australia’s Great Ocean Road Woolen Mill, a sustainable, boutique operation, to the site. La Bella fingering is an 80/20 blend of Superfine Merino and natural white alpaca that is incredibly soft, with not a trace of prickle factor. You can use it to knit ...
It’s time for Valentine’s yarn! Liz of Knitting Lizard Fibers has Valentine’s sock sets available for preorder. The sets, on a choice of two bases, will come with one full skein and two minis in a mixture of variegated, speckled and semisolid colorways. Preorders are open ...
I don’t normally do repeats of Knitting Our National Parks colorways, since it involves a special order and it can be tricky to get the timing right. However, Wild Tarnish, the Pacific Crest Trail-inspired colorway from Chelsea of The Enchanted Kettle, was so popular when it was released back ...
Projects always seem more special when you use a unique colorway that has meaning behind it. I always love seeing projects made with Indie Untangled Knitting Our National Parks yarns, or the other special colorways I’ve offered in partnership with indie dyers.
Here are some projects using special Indie Untangled ...
After putting together a couple of surprise boxes this year, Dawn from Twice Sheared Sheep is going to do a whole Surprise Box Club next year! The club consists of three boxes that will be shipped in March, June and September. The seasonally-appropriate themes are A Flutter Of Wings, ...
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One of the best parts of organizing Indie Untangled is seeing all the FOs. Each year, we host a KAL and encourage people to use yarn from the vendors at the show.
Here’s a roundup of the KAL entries that used yarn from vendors at Indie Untangled.
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Andrea of WoolenWomenFibers takes the subscribers of her A Woolen Yarn Box on a journey. This monthly subscription box is themed around places. Each month, you will receive your choice of a 100g skein or a sock set, two handcrafted polymer clay progress keepers and stitch markers from SamsTinyTrinkets ...
December’s Knitting Our National Parks colorway celebrates our feathered friends. Andrea of WoolenWomenFibers was inspired by a photo of a white-faced ibis with incredible purple, crimson, teal and gold feathers, captured by photographer Leslie Scopes Anderson at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in Utah. As the young folks say,...
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Kate of McMullin Yarn Co’s upcoming yarn clubs have some openings. There is the Literature Society, a quarterly luxury yarn box inspired by classic literature, that includes a Zoom book club meeting. This year’s lineup includes Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy,...
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New sales will be added through the weekend.
Every November, I think about what I want to do for the big holiday shopping kickoff weekend for Indie Untangled. Since I’m such a small business (my “stock room” is maybe about as big as a booth at a yarn festival!),...
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I’m excited to announce the teams and open sign-ups for Where We Knit 2023. Starting in February, you’ll receive quarterly installments from:
Porter Wool Co and Samantha Guerin
With all the great indie made goodies out there, it can be hard to find the perfect gift for your fellow maker (or decide what you want yourself). I’ve put together a selection of products from Indie Untangled vendors, and the Indie Untangled website, to help you narrow things down....
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Giulia and Stefania of Lanivendole collaborate with small producers to custom mill their own bases in Italy, and they sent me a huge box of A Chic Blend, which is a made up of 60% Abruzzese wool, 20% alpaca and 20% mohair. The yarn has a beautiful sheen and is the perfect balance ...
