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What to stash this week: In rainbows

The latest patterns from Casapinka are a refreshing respite from the craziness of world events. Bronwyn designed Rainbow Warrior to honor her LGBT friends and colleagues after the tragedy in Orlando in June, while her most recent design, Painted Windows, pictured above, is another brilliant ...

Let the knitting begin

Tomorrow night marks the start of something I look forward to every four years — the Ravellenic Games! Yes, I do also love the games that start with the letter O (as a business, I do have to watch my wording), but I am more ...

John Arbon Textiles and its indie flock

Earlier this year, Linda Lencovic of Kettle Yarn Co. posted to the Indie Untangled marketplace about her new custom yarn base. Baskerville, a fingering-weight blend of two British wools — Exmoor Blueface and Gotland — plus silk, was born of a collaboration between Linda and John Arbon ...

Knitting and yarn: There are apps for that

With the seemingly overnight sensation that is Pokemon Go, and virtually everyone more obsessed than usual with their smartphones, I thought it was an appropriate time to write about the knitting and yarn apps that I love and use fairly regularly (and yes, that is yarn wallpaper on ...

What to stash this week: Colors and clubs

Karen of Round Table Yarns is back with another yarn club, really a monthly color option that you can preorder if you’re in love. Preorders for this month’s colorway, a vivid purple called Ynys Avallach (you’ll get the story with the yarn) run through July ...

What to stash this week: Blast off into summer knitting

Sign-ups for the SpaceCadet SpaceMonster Mega Yarn Club are now open! The club offers exclusive colorways on worsted or bulky bases, perfect for quick knits, a note on the colorway inspiration from dyer Stephanie and serious swag every third package. Hurry — sign-ups close July 10....

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A reason for yarn

Editor’s note: At TNNA last weekend, my friend Anne Choi of Middle Brook Fiberworks ended up hopping on the train from New Jersey at the last minute to attend the show and help out Dalis of Dancing Leaf Farm in her booth. Anne was also doing some research ...

What to stash this week: Updates and intros

Suzanne of Groovy Hues Fibers has a shop stocked full of awesomeness, including I Don’t Need Saving, her new Arya-inspired colorway that’s dyed to order, and Some Like It Hot kits that come with a spicy project bag and chili pepper stitch markers from Otterly Adorable Knits and sock ...

What to stash this week: Curves and color

Rookwood is a collaboration between designer Mindy Wilkes and Jeanne of Ohio-based Destination Yarn. The colorways and Japanese stitch patterns in this two-color shawl are inspired by the colors and curves in pieces from the iconic Cincinnati company, Rookwood Pottery. Kits with a few different ...

IU on the road: A visit to North Light Fibers

When my husband, Mitch, and I started planning our 10th anniversary trip to Block Island, he was the one who actually told me that there was a yarn mill there. I of course knew of North Light Fibers from Rhinebeck and Vogue Knitting Live,...

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What to stash this week: A yarn journey

If you’re looking for some speckled yarn for one of the many projects I blogged about last week, look no further than Sunshine’s latest shop update. Colorways include Painting of Koi, Jezebel (pictured above) and Lipstick on Your Collar, available on a 75/25 ...

What to stash this week: Moving Day sale

Laura and the crew at Slipped Stitch Studios crew moving to a new, larger space. Throughout this weekend, they’re holding a huge moving sale, offering decent discounts on some of their most popular products.

Simone’s new design, the Upland Socks,...

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What to make with speckled yarn

Speckled yarns have been around for quite a while, but it seems as if they’re having a bit of a moment — I’ve certainly noticed an uptick in Funfetti-esque skeins around the internets. Like variegated colorways, it can be a little tricky to find just the perfect pattern ...

Untangling: Toby Roxane Barna

I discovered Toby Roxane Barna when I came across her London Underground collection of shawls (I still need to knit Highgate, which was my tube stop when I did a semester there in 2001) and was very excited when she posted to ...

What to stash this week: Mini break (and skeins)

If you’re looking to get away this Memorial Day weekend, take a fiber-filled vacation at the A Plied Yarn Lab from Middle Brook Fiberworks. Founded by fiber artist Anne Choi, formerly of A Little Teapot Designs, Middle Brook Fiberworks is housed in the restored 1800s ...