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Dawn of Twice Sheared Sheep is opening early bird sign-ups for her 2024 Surprise Box Club, which is just that. The club delivers three themed boxes filled with tools and goodies for knitters and crocheters — eight full-sized products per box in March, June and September. There’s A Garden Of ...

I thought it was appropriate that designer Samantha Guerin released her Hearth and Haven hat pattern this week. This simple cabled beanie, and the special colorway from Katlin of Porter Wool Co, is inspired by the comforts of home in wreath form. It is sure to keep you warm this winter ...

I’m thrilled to open sign-ups today for Where We Knit 2024. This quarterly club, which will begin shipping in February, brings together four dyer/designer dream teams: Bad Lux Designs and Kacey Herlihy, Wooldreamers with 316 Dye Studio and Moody Knitter Design, AT Haynes House Yarns and Mother of Purl and Tanis Fiber Arts and Andrea Rangel.

Each pair will collaborate on an exclusive colorway or ...

Addy of Ruby and Roses Yarn is debuting her Timeless Cozy Christmas Collection! It is available to preorder now through November 26 and features seven speckled colorways, 10 coordinating tonals, a 10g mini set and four hand-picked bundles, inspired by what Addy says is “the sheer coziness of Christmas.”...

Last month, I officially launched the Heritage Wool Collective, an exciting new yarn subscription that brings together small-batch, non-Superwash yarns with indie dyers. The first installment, which pairs up Amy of Ross Farm in Pennsylvania and Gabby of Plies & Hellhounds in Connecticut, will go out in late February....

I was shocked and saddened to read about the experience that many vendors had at Wool & Folk last week. I encourage you to go here for a full list of vendors with links compiled by Jeroen/@boymeetsyarn.

If you attended last Friday’s Indie Untangled show and ...

Mary of Lyrical Knits — one of those friends I can’t wait to see in New York this weekend! — has a new Rhinebeck tradition of releasing a fun hat pattern in collaboration with Miss Babs. Mary’s Bubbalicious hat is knit in DK-weight yarn with a knit-below bubble stitch pattern that ...

Monica from Vermont-based Round Mountain Fibers is dreaming of Alaska. For her Knitting Our National Parks inspiration, she chose a fittingly fall-hued photo of the blazing fall colors at Serpentine Hot Springs in the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve. The preserve is one of the most remote protected areas of ...

I’m excited to launch the Heritage Wool Collective, a new yarn subscription that combines small-batch wool yarns with the magic of hand-dyed color. 

Every other month, starting in February, you’ll receive:

 • One, two or four skeins of a specially-selected non-Superwash wool or wool blend yarn,...

The Conifer Collective, Megan of Huck & Rae Fiber Studio and Meadow of Spindrift Fiber Boutique — have collaborated on a special project called the Heritage Breed Box. They worked with local shepherds to source and developed a blend of Navajo Churro fiber that was spun into DK-weight ...

the 37th Lambtown Festival is coming up in a couple of weeks, on October 7 and 8. It takes place in Dixon, California, which is about halfway between the Bay Area and Sacramento in the heart of wine country (or is it wool country?). A bus will travel from San Francisco ...