I’m excited to debut the vendor list for the 10th annual Indie Untangled show, taking place on October 20 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at HITS on the Hudson, in the charming and welcoming town of Saugerties, NY. The dyers, yarn producers and other small businesses include several of our familiar favorites and many more new ones. …
Teresa of Sunny Day Fiber is marking the holiday with some new colors. There are two mini sets: the Lipstick set has cranberry, magenta, sugarcoated, cinnamon, cayenne and plum, and is modeled on the classic makeup counter. There’s also a Spicy color set with carrot, melon, paprika, soft peach, mist and shallot….
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For her installment of Knitting Our National Parks, Jensen of Sugarplum Circus chose a gorgeous image of Mount Rainier by photographer Doug Shearer of the mountain surrounded by scarlet and lilac wildflowers on a misty morning — very Valentine’s Day. Since she couldn’t decide on just one color to spotlight, she dyed up four different colors: Mountain Blush,…
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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 of fingering-weight yarn and the pattern is 25% off during the preorder period on both Ravelry and Payhip….
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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 with the arrow snug into the heel or toe of your sock and knit until you reach the line for your desired size. Then,…
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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 Isabel Kraemer’s topolino,…
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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 through January 15….
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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 in August that I knew after the preorder sold out in the first week that I would be doing a rerun….
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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 colorways that were finished in 2022….
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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 that coordinate with the theme,…
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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
Miss La Motte and Nidhi Kansal of Nidhi Knits
Hudson + West and Saysha Greene
Knotty Pine Fiber Co. … …