If you enjoy a good mystery, then check out the Murder She Knit and Crochet club from Andrea of WoolenWomenFibers. This is a year-long yarn subscription and blanket make-along comes with a mystery, with your mini skeins as the “clues.” Detectives will be knitting the Northeasterly blanket by Melissa Alexander-Loomis or crocheting the Northeasterly blanket by Katy Stevens throughout the year and can also enter to win prizes by knitting or crocheting all 12 blanket chevrons each month….
If you’re looking for some last-minute Christmas gifts, get over to Sweet Sheep Body Shoppe, which Alicia has stocked with the perfect stocking stuffers. Holiday-scented items include sheep-shaped goat’s milk soap in Orange Rosemary, Peppermint Cocoa and Winter Gardenia; lanolin-rich lotion bars in Jingleberry, Fresh Snow,...
...I’ve really enjoyed seeing people writing and reflecting on the places they knit through the blog hop in honor of the Where We Knit yarn club. The knitting bloggers and vlogger who participated took readers/viewers everywhere from Japan to Belize to the subway (and that ...
I’m thrilled to open sign-ups today for Where We Knit. This quarterly yarn club, which will begin shipping in February of next year, brings together four dyer/designer dream teams: Lakes Yarn and Fiber & Janina Kallio, French Market Fibers & Toby Roxane Barna, Skeinny Dipping & Stephannie ...
I have to say, I was pretty excited when Connie, the talented photographer of my Rhinebeck sweater and also an editor at Lark Crafts, emailed me about reviewing their latest book, Mini Skein Knits: 25 Knitting Patterns Using Small Skeins and Leftovers ($14.95 U.S./$16.95 ...
This is the last in a series of interviews with the fabulous sponsors of the 2015 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.
When I decided to approach some small businesses about sponsoring this year’s trunk show, Patti Odinak of Yarn Culture was the first ...
You’ll want to wrap yourself up in the Embraceable You shawl, new from Lauren Fréhel, the dyer and designer behind Shleep Yarns. The kit is available exclusively through the Shleep Yarns Etsy shop. The crescent-shaped shawl has an elegant leaf lace border ...
As a journalist, I love a good follow-up story. We have one this week: In my recent interview with Carl Koop of Bijou Basin Ranch, he revealed that they were in the process of collaborating with a number of indie dyers on special colorways for ...
This is the fourth in a series of interviews with the fabulous sponsors of the 2015 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.
While there’s no shortage of indie dyers you can buy from online, there’s really no replacement for a great local yarn shop —...
...This is the third in a series of interviews with the fabulous sponsors of the 2015 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.
As someone who has attended Rhinebeck for the last few years, I was familiar with Bijou Basin Ranch,...
...I’m loving this new sweater design by Lola Johnson of Third Vault Yarns. Swing Me Right Round can be worn with either side as the front and is meant to show off hand-dyed yarn in either fingering, sport or DK. A spreadsheet comes with the ...
It’s after Labor Day, so perfect timing for Never Enough Thyme’s beautiful new Halloween and autumn colorways. The Halloween hues are available in single skeins and in the popular heel/toe sock sets, which include a full-sized skein of sock yarn with a matching mini skein....
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