Category Archives: KAL

Congrats to our Super Special KAL winners!

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A collage of colorful knitted objects.

Back in March, I decided back to launch the Indie Untangled Super Special KAL so we’d have some fun knitting incentives. Not that we really need prizes, let alone a pandemic, to inspire our crafting mojo, but it is nice to have deadlines.

Over three months, there were 70 total entries, including 16 in the sock category and 15 in the sweater category (but only one in the new bralette category, which surprised me!). Last week, I selected 15 winners in eight categories via random number generator. Here are the winning FOs (please note that the links go to Ravelry).

Sweater

Knitting Our National Parks

Shawl

Cowl

Mitts

Socks

Bralette

Hat

Join the Indie Untangled Super Special KAL!

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A woman poses in a navy speckled sweater

I’ve been taking immense comfort in my knitting these last few weeks, treating myself to afternoons and evenings on the sofa, accompanied by special snacks. It’s the perfect time to share that knitting, so I decided to launch a super special KAL on April 1. It also happens to coincide with the sixth birthday of Indie Untangled (where does the time go?)!

The entry form with all the rules and a list of the amazing prizes can be found here.

There’s also a Ravelry thread where you can share what you’re working on!

Pictured above is one of the prizes for the sweater category, a Gabrielle Sweater Kit from designer Geraldine Yang of The Wandering Flock.

Here’s a peek at what else you can win:

Pink yarn.

Three skeins of hand-dyed yarn from Lanivendole

An aqua and orange bag and yarn.

A Koi Pond kit from Murky Depths Dyeworks and Knitspinquilt

A woman models a red cabled cowl.

A pattern of the winner’s choice from Vanessa Smith

Skeins of peach yarn.

Two skeins of LolaBean Yarn Co. Wax Bean in Georgia Peach

A multicolored, bright rectangular wrap.

A pattern of the winner’s choice from Casapinka

Blue yarn on a natural cotton tote bag with a mermaid.

Yarn Pirate Booty from Treasure Goddess Yarn: Three skeins of Treasured DK Luxe yarn, a cotton mermaid tote bag, a holographic pirate sheep vinyl sticker/decal, a white pirate sheep enamel pin and an orange pirate sheep keychain

A woman models a red and gray hat with a geometric pattern.

A pattern of the winner’s choice from Woolly Wormhead

Purple and pink mini skeins.

A Tiny popper miniskein bundle and one full skein of coordinating yarn from Sew Happy Jane

A woman models a blue and gray striped and lace shawl.

Two patterns of the winner’s choice from MK Nance

Purple yarn.

A set of five 10g mini skeins from My Mama Knits

A gray bag with a bear wearing an aqua sweater.

A project bag from Rose and the Wren

Tote bag, yarn and s'more pin collage.

A skein of Duck Duck Wool DK Limited in Glaciers and Wildflowers, a Knitting Our National Parks tote bag and a I Want S’more Yarn enamel pin from Indie Untangled

2019 Year In Review: Indie Untangled KAL

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A lilac sweater with a lacy yoke.

The 2019 Indie Untangled Rhinebeck Trunk Show seems like it was ages ago, and also like it was just yesterday. For the second time, we organized a massive KAL with eight separate categories, which brought in more than 200 entries! I thought it was appropriate to share the randomly-selected winners as part of a Year In Review post. Hopefully some of these FOs will inspire your 2020 projects.

Pictured above is KnitCosette’s Love Note by tincanknits, which was one of the winners in the sweater category.

Shawl

Hat

Cowl

Poncho

Cables

Socks

Mitts/mittens/gloves

A year of indie knitting

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Cladonia

I always love Year in Review features, but I thought that might be a little hard to do on this site — how could I possibly narrow down the great things posted by the makers on here? Then I realized that I have a huge catalogue of Indie Untangled FOs through the quarterly KALs in the Indie Untangled Ravelry group. I decided to present them here for you to admire, and to maybe give you some ideas for some of the stash you’ve acquired over 2015. Above is my Cladonia, one of my favorite FOs ever, knit with Countess Ablaze and Schmutzerella.

Next month, we’re doing a KAL of Alicia Plummer‘s mitt patterns in yarn from Indie Untangled dyers, and I hope you’ll join us!

A selection of IU FOs:

Erica/ejsufka's Leaflette, knit with Hazel Knits Cadence

Erica/ejsufka’s Leaflette, knit with Hazel Knits Cadence

Adrienne/killerb's Downton Cowl in Astral Bath Spectra DK

Adrienne/killerb’s Downton Cowl in Astral Bath Spectra DK

Annie/beadgoddess’s Ridge Hat in French Market Fibers MCN Worsted

Annie/beadgoddess’s Ridge Hat in French Market Fibers MCN Worsted

Adrienne/killerb's Red Flannel in Canon Hand Dyes Robert BFL Tweed DK

Adrienne/killerb’s Red Flannel in Canon Hand Dyes Robert BFL Tweed DK

Erica/ejsufka's Frosted Glass Hat in Hazel Knits CadenceHazel Knits Lively DK

Erica/ejsufka’s Frosted Glass Hat in Hazel Knits CadenceHazel Knits Lively DK

Marta/sbnyc’s Rekindled in Bijou Basin Ranch Xanadu

Marta/sbnyc’s Rekindled in Bijou Basin Ranch Xanadu

Nancy/kathynancygirl’s Cloud Cap in Lakes Yarn and Fiber Killarney DK

Nancy/kathynancygirl’s Cloud Cap in Lakes Yarn and Fiber Killarney DK

Danielle/OnEdge28’s Meava socks in Astral Bath Orbit

Danielle/OnEdge28’s Meava socks in Astral Bath Orbit

Sue/autumnfog’s Thermis in Lakes Yarn and Fiber Lochsa DK

Sue/autumnfog’s Thermis in Lakes Yarn and Fiber Lochsa DK

Erica/ejsufka’s Season’s Promise in Western Sky Knits Willow DK

Erica/ejsufka’s Season’s Promise in Western Sky Knits Willow DK

Heather/winemakerssister’s handspun with fiber from the Pigeonroof Studios Luminosity Club

Heather/winemakerssister’s handspun with fiber from the Pigeonroof Studios Luminosity Club

Marla/marlala’s Phoenix-Wing/Phoenix-Flügel in Invictus Yarns Unafraid

Marla/marlala’s Phoenix-Wing/Phoenix-Flügel in Invictus Yarns Unafraid

Lavanya’s Dark Tickle in Astral Bath Yarns Centaur Luxe DK

Lavanya’s Dark Tickle in Astral Bath Yarns Centaur Luxe DK

Jean/sadie21jean’s 3S Shawl in Western Sky Knits Twinkle Sock

Jean/sadie21jean’s 3S Shawl in Western Sky Knits Twinkle Sock

Indie Untangled Winter KAL

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KAL DDW Coconut

As I sit huddled in my apartment, eyeing the “feels like 20 degrees” on Weather.com, I’m thinking it’s time to start preparing for winter. Which, if it’s anything like last year, is going to require a lot of knitwear.

The Indie Untangled Ravelry group is also in Knit All The Things mode, so we’re putting together an end-of-year KAL. Our wonderful moderator AliKazaam is organizing everything, and the rules are perfectly simple and easy to follow even on “Holiday Brain”: you must use something from an Indie Untangled vendor for your project. Yarn, buttons and patterns are all eligible. (The skeins in the brand new Berry Colorful Yarnings Indie Untangled pop-up would be perfect, as would this skein of French Market Fibers Silky DK that has been hanging out all by its lonesome since this morning. You’re welcome.)

The KAL will run through December 31 and there will be prizes, including the skein of Duck Duck Wool Sport in Toast the Coconut above that I am selflessly donating from my Rhinebeck haul (again, you’re welcome). Ali has also generously donated a skein of your choice from the Indie Untangled marketplace up to $25, and we anticipate many more prizes where those came from. It’s perfectly fine to “double dip” in other KALs, but we hope that you join in our fun chat as well.