Thanks to everyone who commented on the Indie Untangled Trunk Show recap post! The winner of the stitch markers from Leticia of A Bit of Spark is Carol B, while Dee and Christine will each get a copy of <a href="http://plymagazine.com" ...
I don’t know about you, but after this past weekend, I could use a massage or something else soothing. Something like Lexi of Queen Bee Fibers‘ newest pattern. Her Keep Calm Cowl, which uses 400 yards of sock yarn, is available on ...
In the months that I spent organizing this past Friday’s Pre-Rhinebeck Trunk Show, I wasn’t quite sure exactly how to envision it. I of course expected tables, racks and baskets full of gorgeous yarn and fiber, along with sweater and shawl samples, but I didn’t expect such ...
Michelle of Berry Colorful Yarnings — whose yarn I have the honor to sell at the pre-Rhinebeck trunk show tonight — will be having a very fall-themed update next Thursday, Oct. 23. It includes plenty of self-striping yarns, as well as overdyes ...
Those of you who follow Indie Untangled on Instagram might have seen some previews of raffle prizes that will be available at the pre-Rhinebeck Trunk Show. Here’s a little roundup of what you can look forward to winning:
There will also be prizes from ...
Each time I visit Lucky Lucille, I’m instantly struck with the urge to take out my sewing machine and start whipping up cute 1940s-style dresses. Never mind the fact that I can’t sew a straight line to save my life, and that I consider fabric glue one ...
If it were possible to overdose on yarn (but really, we all know that it isn’t) this time of year is when it would happen. Just like non-knitting folks see Pumpkin Spice Everything, there is so much going on in the fiber world.
Take this weekend, for example....
...New York City certainly doesn’t lack for local yarn shops (and there will be plenty to keep everyone busy during the NYC Yarn Crawl next weekend), but Michele Wang’s Gauge + Tension, which opened Saturday, fills a special niche. Since it’s only ...
Gradient yarn sets are kind of like doughnuts — really hard to turn down when you’re presented with them.
Stephania of Three Fates Yarns, a dyer out of Oregon, one of my favorite places, has presented us with another way to ...
As a journalist with an extensive background in print, I always get a little excited — and, also, very intrigued — when someone starts a non-digital publication. Jacey Boggs took the print plunge last summer when she launched PLY magazine, which is dedicated to the ...
Who among us hasn’t fantasized about owning a yarn shop and stocking it full of hand-dyed skeins from some of our favorite indie dyers? Well, designer Michele Wang, she of the beautifully textured Brooklyn Tweed and Quince and Co. knits, has decided to do it, though she’s ...
I was poking around Ravelry one afternoon this past spring, shortly after I launched Indie Untangled, when I came across the group for The Golden Skein. Started about a year ago by Jo Milmine of the Shinybees podcast and Kate Ellis of <a href="http://katestwirl.com" ...
When I first started knitting sweaters a few years ago, I thought, Finally, here’s a way I can make clothes that fit me perfectly. Like pretty much every woman who has ever stood, frustrated, in a dressing room, I don’t always have an easy time buying things off the rack....
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