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What to stash this week: Today’s special

Our Indie Spotlight show launches today (there’s a vendor meet and greet at 1 p.m. Eastern and the marketplace officially opens at 2! Aside from shining the spotlight on 22 indie dyers and makers, I am really excited about the show specials. We all know how hard it is to ...

Two women wearing red posing together in wilderness.

Pre-Spotlight Untangling: Hudson + West

This is the fifth in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of Indie Spotlight, taking place from May 14-16, 2021.

I first heard rumblings about Hudson + West during Rhinebeck 2019, where the rustic yarn brand had a soft debut,...

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A woman wearing a green knit cowl.

Pre-Spotlight Untangling: Greenwood Fiberworks

This is the fourth in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of Indie Spotlight, taking place from May 14-16, 2021.

Carolyn of Greenwood Fiberworks is an indie dyer who is the rare triple threat: she knits,...

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A woman with long curly hair holding a white and gold rabbit.

Pre-Spotlight Untangling: Jessica’s Rabbits

This is the third in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of Indie Spotlight, taking place from May 14-16, 2021.

I had heard about Jessica’s Rabbits and browsed the booth briefly at last year’s Kings County Fiber Festival,...

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An illustration of a bear wearing a teal sweater under spotlights.

What to stash this week: Spotlight flash sale

We are just one week away from the latest Indie Untangled virtual show and I’m so excited about it —  there are so many new vendors I’m looking forward to meeting and shopping with. Have you checked out our list of dyers, podcasters and designers who are ...

A woman wearing a blue and orange sweater stands over a table of colorful yarn.

Pre-Spotlight Untangling: Jilly & Kiddles

This is the second in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of Indie Spotlight, taking place from May 14-16, 2021.

I first met Jill of the yarn company Jilly & Kiddles at a Brooklyn yarn event (remember those?) a couple of ...

A woman in a white T-shirt with a sheep head.

Pre-Spotlight Untangling: Gothfarm Yarn

This is the first in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of Indie Spotlight, taking place from May 14-16, 2021.

When Monica of Gothfarm Yarn first posted to Indie Untangled in April of last year,...

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What to stash this week: Spotlight on designers

We’re so excited to share more of what we have planned for our upcoming virtual event, Indie Spotlight, which is just two weeks away on May 14-16! We’ve partnered with yarn shop Scratch Supply Co. to put together two panels where we can meet and ...

Two woman wearing purple blazers, one with teal hair, smile at the camera.

What to stash this week: Spotlight on special guests

Aside from the list of more than 20 indie dyers and makers we’ve lined up for Indie Spotlight — our next virtual show taking place from May 14-16 — we’re making the Spotlight virtual lounge a destination where you can meet and hang out with your fellow crafters and special guests....

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An illustration of a bear wearing a teal sweater under spotlights.

What to stash this week: Join us for Indie Spotlight

For our next virtual event, Petrina and I decided to go back to the roots of IU and provide a platform for newer and super-indie yarntrepreneurs.

We’ll be showcasing nearly two dozen small businesses at Indie Spotlight, which runs from May 14-16!...

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Pink, orange and orange and green yarn.

What to stash this week: inspired yarn

Kate of McMullin Fiber Co is taking us along on a trip out west and allowing us to pack our bags full of beautiful yarn. Today she debuts her Canyon Collection, a line of 12 coordinating colorways inspired by the beauty of the mountainous West....

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A worn child's green cardigan.

The Green Sweater: Knitting the history of the Holocaust

Editor’s note: Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day, known in Hebrew as Yom Hashoah. I asked Lea Stern, a knitter and longtime Indie Untangled follower, to write about her Green Sweater project to memorialize the Holocaust. You can purchase the pattern on Ravelry....

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Sunset over wetlands and skeins of pink, purple, gold and green speckled yarn.

What to stash this week for your spring travels

For the latest installment of Knitting Our National Parks, Kristin of KraeO, who has a background in painting, is bringing us along to Patuxent Research Refuge in Maryland, which is about a 40-minute drive from both Baltimore and Washington, DC. I can so appreciate this ...

A woman holds out a purple and blue geometric wrap behind her.

What to stash this week as you’re dreaming of spring

Stephanie, the dyer at SpaceCadet, has hit a new design home run with her new Striad Wrap, a series of short row triangles, knit individually in strips and joined together without any seaming up.

Nikki of Laneras Yarn Company has a new fingering-weight ...

A label with teal print.

Indie Across the Pond Untangling: Garthenor Organic

This is the third in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of Indie Across the Pond, taking place from March 19-21, 2021.

I featured Garthenor Organic on the blog last year prior to Indie Untangled Everywhere in ...