Whether your fiber business is brand new or you have been selling for a while, picking the right platform to sell your handmade goods on is crucial to your success.
Over the years of owning my own business, I have seen many fiber artists get overwhelmed by this topic,…
Carrie of Alpenglow Yarn has released her awesome new BitMarkers! These eight-marker sets are made from circuit board material and feature gold-plated binary numbers, with the corresponding decimal number covered by purple soldermask underneath. Carries says they’re great for anyone who wants to learn binary,...
...Knitting and caffeine seem to go together like, well, yarn and needles. C.C. Almon of Javapurl Designs takes that to the next level with her designs, many of them coffee related, or with a geeky twist. There’s also a bit of Gilmore Girls thrown in (again,...
...This is the 14th in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of the 2018 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.
I have long been a fan of Woolly Wormhead‘s designs — her Castiel is one of my favorite FOs ...
This is the 12th in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of the 2018 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.
Ann Shayne and Kay Gardiner of MDK have been corresponding about knitting since 2003, so they know a thing or two about Rhinebeck....
...This is the 11th in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of the 2018 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.
The Knot House in Frederick, Maryland, is an LYS that really supports indie dyers. It’s where trunk show vendor Dami of Magpie ...
This is the 10th in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of the 2018 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.
Ever since I discovered indie-dyed yarn, Viola has been one of the dyers whose yarns I have lusted after....
...Laura at Slipped Stitch Studios is currently doing yarn sock preorders and a special promotion — buy three, get one free with the code YARNSOCK until tonight at midnight Pacific time. Because we all know you don’t have just one project going at a time....
...This is the ninth in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of the 2018 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.
Can you believe it’s exactly one month until Indie Untangled — and Rhinebeck?! Before this popular knitting weekend extravaganza, I asked Elizabeth Rowen and Mari Bower,...
...This is the eighth in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of the 2018 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.
The upstate New York LYS Yarn Culture has been a fixture at knitting marketplaces around the country —...
...This is the seventh in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of the 2018 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.
We knitters have an embarrassment of riches when it comes to sources for indie yarn. If you’re up for surprises,...
...This is the sixth in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of the 2018 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.
I have long been a fan of Carol Feller‘s designs. Her Akoya and Carpino patterns have ...
This is the fifth in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of the 2018 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.
Bijou Basin Ranch is known for producing yak, Cashmere, Paco Vicuna and Qiviut blends from a small ranch just outside of Elbert,...
...This is the fourth in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of the 2018 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.
There’s a meme I’ve seen floating around social media about how great it would be to have a truck that would drive around your neighborhood ringing a ...
This is the third in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of the 2018 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.
You may know designer Melissa Kemmerer by her adorable sheep-y sweaters. You may not know that she and former yarn shop owner Becky Beagell ...
The remaining skeins of La Bien Aimée’s popular colorway from last year’s Indie Untangled, the speckled Automne à Rhinebeck, are available for sale in her squishy Merino DK — which will be perfect for your Indie Untangled sweater.
And speaking of exclusives,...
...