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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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Purple and gold variegated yarn.

What to stash this week: Woolstock

Sam of Lavender Lune Yarn named her special Rhinebeck colorway Woolstock, “because basically that weekend is our version of Woodstock.” If you have tickets to Indie Untangled, you can preorder this year’s colorway for pickup from the Lavender Lune Yarn Co. booth until this Sunday,...

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A woman with light brown hair, pearls and a pink sweater takes a selfie with a woman with gray hair and a black shirt.

The Knot House gets ready for Indie Untangled and Rhinebeck

This is the fifth in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of the 2019 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.

You can always depend on Heather and Cathy, the owners of The Knot House yarn shop in Frederick, Maryland,...

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Stephanie of Asylum Fibers in a pink sweater

Pre-Rhinebeck Untangling: Asylum Fibers

This is the fourth in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of the 2019 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.

It’s been incredibly cool to see how Stephanie Jones of Asylum Fibers has grown her business since launching in early 2017....

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A maroon hat with a yellow geometric pattern

What to stash this week: come together

Woolly Wormhead, a self-proclaimed hat architect, has just released her latest collection that challenges the idea of how a colorwork hat is constructed. Called Convergence, the collection of six hat patterns brings together a range of creative techniques — short rows, mosaic knitting and all-over patterns ...

Kate and Nancye of Dragonfly Fibers

Pre-Rhinebeck Untangling: Dragonfly Fibers

This is the third in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of the 2019 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.

Dragonfly Fibers is one of the first indie dye companies I discovered, though it had launched in 2006, before I had even started knitting....

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Gray yarn with gold and green speckles and olive green yarn labeled Aran, DK and Sock

What to stash this week: Fall and Frida

If you want to get on the fall sweater train, tomorrow is the last day you can get on board and preorder La Bien Aimée’s Indie Untangled exclusive olive Hudson and speckled Kingston colorways on Merino DK and Super Sock. And as of “press time” there ...

Danielle Romanetti of fibre space

Pre-Rhinebeck Untangling: Danielle Romanetti of fibre space

This is the second in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of the 2019 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.

I remember my first visit to fibre space. It was at the tail end of a fall 2012 road trip I took with ...

Stephen West holds up a pink striped shawl

Pre-Rhinebeck Untangling: Stephen West

This is the first in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of the 2019 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.

If you were asked to compile a list of rockstar knitwear designers, Stephen West would most likely be at the top of it....

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Silver pendant with stockinette stitch

What to stash this week: summer sparkle

Jen of Porterness Studio’s popular sterling silver Stockinette Stitch markers are back in stock, and she also has fun new items like 3D-printed Knitting Needle Hairpins and a sterling silver Shawl WIP necklace. Use the code IndieSU20 for 20% off everything until August 6.

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Gray yarn with green, gold and aqua speckles

What to stash this week: planning ahead

In time for fall knitting, the Indie Untangled exclusive Hudson and Kingston colorways are now available to preorder on La Bien Aimée Merino DK, squishy 100% Superwash Merino, and Super Sock, with 75% Merino and 25% nylon, for socks and sweaters that require something more lofty ...

Thank you in teal and the Indie Untangled logo

Thank you from Indie Untangled

Thank you to everyone for supporting the Indie Untangled Rhinebeck Trunk Show, a small event I dreamed up as part of one of my favorite weekends, and that has grown in popularity each year. Tickets to the marketplace sold out in minutes today as we had to balance incredible ...

Gray, red and blue variegated yarn

What to stash this week: geeking out over yarn

If you’re an NPR fan, you can get more than just a tote bag. Debbie of Murky Depths Dyeoworks’ latest colorway, Wait Wait!, is vailable on her Deep Sock and Neptune Merino DK bases, and 25% of all sales will be donated to NPR on a ...

A plum waxed canvas drawstring bag with brown leather handles.

Indie Untangled Obsessories: Project bags

I don’t know about you, but my project bag stash is starting to rival my yarn stash.

OK, that’s a bit of an exaggeration. But I definitely have more bags than I have WIPs at a given time (projects in my queue is another story. There are not ...

Ambler colored skeins of yarn.

What to stash this week: A sweater a day

Sheila of BigFootFibers is taking custom orders for the Olive Knits Four Day Sweater KAL. She is offering orders on BrilliantBritFoot Worsted (Superwash BFL) SuperSquishy Worsted (Superwash Merino) and the new, rustic SassyLassy Worsted (85% Superwash Merino/10% Donegal tweed).

Welcome Indie Untangled newcomer Beckie!...

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Stockinette and garter stitch metal earrings.

What to stash this week: A little birdie told me you’d like this

Kristi of Birdie Parker Designs is a self-proclaimed fiber addict with a degree in metalsmithing. She uses cupric nitrate and electricity to electro-etch stitch stockinette and garter stitch patterns (crochet coming soon!) into sterling silver, brass and copper for earrings, necklaces, bracelets and stitch markers. If you’re going to ...