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Upcycling Your Yarn Scraps: 13 Creative Ideas

I don’t know about you, but regardless of how much I pay for a skein of yarn, I will always save the yarn scraps. This is because you never know when those yarn scraps might come in handy for fixing a handmade piece or for a future project.

Making projects specifically out of scraps of yarn is always so much fun since you end up with a unique piece that is basically a kaleidoscope of yarn….

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Skeins of blue and silver yarn over a hand-dyed tote bag.

What to stash this week: A woolly palette

Tavolozza is a collaboration between Stefania and Giulia from Lanivendole and Sara from La Cave à Laine. Kits, which are available to preorder through June 26, include a full skein of A Heavenly Blend in the natural gray of Aquilana wool, Italian alpaca and Italian ...

A black woman in a blue and purple cardigan smiles in front of a wall of colorful yarn.

What to stash this week: Supporting black-owned indie businesses

Over the last few months, all of our lives were upended by something that couldn’t be seen without a microscope. As knitters and makers, our first instinct during the COVID-19 pandemic was to turn to the thing that has always held comfort for us. We don’t need news articles to ...

A hand holds neon tie dye yarn.

What to stash this week: Yarn and the holograms

Geraldine of The Wandering Flock has latched onto a trend that’s all over the runways, but that still feels really accessible. She’s taken inspiration from tie dye and holographic fashion for three new colorways: Cosmic Tye Dye (pictured above), Lavender Highlights and Ombre Skies....

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Skeins of pale pink yarn.

What to stash this week: Yarn with attitude

Heather of Sew Happy Jane has embraced the rustic wool trend with her new line of non-Superwash yarn. She’s dyed her new 100% Peruvian Highland Wool in 10 colorways — eight semisolids and two speckled/variegated — that coordinate beautifully, making it perfect for colorwork....

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Trios of peachy orange and gray yarn.

What to stash this week: simple beauty

Caroline of The Noble Thread is embracing simplicity with her latest design, which she created with her very own naturally-dyed yarn. Bayou, inspired by the bayous of the Southern U.S., is a top-down sweater uses a bare neutral yarn for the body and a trio of coordinating skeins ...

A beach alongside mountains on a clear day.

Knitting Olympic National Park: From a crafty park ranger’s view

[Ed.’s note: This post coincides with the release of the Knitting Our National Parks colorway from McMullin Fiber Co., inspired by Olympic National Park. It’s available to preorder through May 1, 2020.]

There’s nothing quite like knitting in peace and quiet. And it’s a tough thing to ...

Tins of body butter with orange and aqua accents.

What to stash this week: wash your hands and knit on

Due to more hand washing than usual, many of us are probably also dealing with extremely dried-out skin, which is not exactly conducive to working with yarn. If you’re looking for a way to quench your parched skin, Kismet of LoLo Body Care has you covered....

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A woman models pink to blue faded socks.

What to stash this week: the new spring yarn lines

Beckie of Shirley Brien Yarn is having a shop update Sunday at noon EDT, when she’ll introduce a few new sock lines, including these super cool Deconstructed Fade Sock Sets, as well as hugely discounted kits for her Sailing Sweater.

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Gray and red yarn.

What to stash this week: Updates and discounts

Stefania and Giulia of Lanivendole are having an update today with A Chic Blend, first yarn they created after starting their small Genoa, Italy-based company. The 17 bright hand-dyed shades coordinate well with their un-dyed grey shades of A Stormy Blend. Also today, designer Isabell ...

A rust and cream colorwork sweater.

Knitting in the time of COVID-19

Ed.’s note: I’m excited to welcome a new contributor to Indie Untangled, Amira Umphres! Amira’s first blog post was set to debut next month as part of another project, but I thought in this period of social distancing, there was an opportunity to “widen the circle”...

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Pale blue and green yarn.

What to stash this week: Colors from nature

Caroline of The Noble Thread has caught the natural dyeing bug and recently released her first collection of entirely naturally-dyed yarns. As she’s based in North Carolina, the collection is locally inspired by the colors of the coastal Southeast: pinky-peach azaleas (swoon) and sea-foam blues ...

Crowds at fiber festivals.

Fiber festival flavor: Barcelona Knits 2019 and Stitches West 2020

One of the things I love most about traveling to fiber festivals around the world — and I’m privileged to consider this part of my work — is getting to experience joining the local fiber community, if only for a few days. I’m very lucky to be part ...

An African American, plus-sized woman with curly hair and a petite Caucasian woman with a pixie cut model matching navy T-shirts.

What to stash this week: Showing love

This Valentines Day, let’s celebrate our fiber friends! ⁣

Many of us got into the fiber arts because of our love of pretty yarn and all the things we could make with it. But we stayed for the friendships. They’re the friends who don’t roll ...

A woman models an oversized gray sweater.

What to stash this week, from VKL NYC or home

Selena of Sweater Sisters is going to be at the Marriott Marquis for VKL NYC this weekend debuting a bunch of new products. Among them are new alpaca, alpaca blend and extra fine untreated Merino bases available both hand dyed by Selena in Wyoming and ...

A cream and brown shawl.

2019 Year In Review: IU exclusives

When it comes time to decide on my next project, I sometimes tend to want to save the special yarn, such as the Indie Untangled exclusive colorways that I’ve had dyers create for the Rhinebeck Trunk Show, the Knitting Our National Parks project or the ...