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Get the classic cables and cozy double brim of the Sledding and Snowballs Hat knitting pattern 25% off with code sledthesummer through Sunday, Aug. 3, on softyarndesigns.com, Ravelry, and Etsy.
A great project for your summer travels or chatting in the backyard! Great for gifting, you’ll find friends and relatives requesting this hat again and again. The pattern includes sizing for kids and adults, and the hat looks great with or without a pompom.
I’m excited to share the holiday boxes are now live for preorders!
This year, we’re doing something a little different for the holidays… For the first time ever, there are two Desert Frost Box options to choose from!
✨ The original Holiday Maker’s Box, with yarn, patterns, tools + more
✨ And the all-new Fiber Box, filled with hand-dyed fiber bundles for spinning or felting
Both are inspired by four breathtaking desert scenes that blend the crisp stillness of winter with the warmth of creativity. Think: frost-kissed cacti, windswept dunes, soft sunrise palettes, and earthy elegance.
The Desert Frost Maker’s Box
For 12 days leading up to the Winter Solstice, from December 10th-21st, we’ll open one special package each day. A special-edition experience blending the crisp, quiet beauty of frost-covered deserts with the warmth and joy of the holiday spirit. Inspired by the subtle elegance of winter in the desert, every box is thoughtfully curated to spark creativity, comfort, and joy.
Hand-dyed Yarns: Inspired by the dreamy Desert Frost palette, you’ll receive a luxurious selection of minis and a full skein of custom-dyed yarn from our friends at Queen City Yarn, perfectly coordinated to complement your included knitting and crochet patterns.
Custom Making Tools: Discover thoughtfully-designed tools and thoughtful touches, crafted with heart to elevate your making experience and enhance your creative journey.
Seasonal Surprises: Uncover delightful bonus items, carefully chosen to bring warmth, joy, and unexpected smiles to your holiday season.
The Desert Frost Fiber Box 🐑
If you spin, blend, or just love to play with fiber…you’ll fall in love with this special edition box. For 12 days leading up to the Winter Solstice, from December 10th-21st, we’ll open one special package each day.
✨ 12 mini (20g) bumps + 1 full (100g) braid
✨ 100% natural Shaniko combed top (U.S. grown Merino/Rambouillet)
✨ Soft, fluffy, untreated fiber
Celebrate your creativity, cherish quiet moments, and embrace the joy of making… This is your moment, your holiday, your experience.
Reserve your Desert Frost Box now! Preorders are open now and quantities are limited! Both boxes ship in November for a magical December of making.
🎄 Christmas in July is here!
Celebrate early with Ribbon Candy, a festive swirl of reds and greens inspired by the classic holiday treat, and Vine & Velvet, a deep, elegant green that pairs perfectly for all your holiday stitching dreams. Both are available now on multiple bases.
📚 Spin Me a Yarn Literary Society – Join the Club!
If you love books and beautiful yarn, this quarterly subscription is made for you. Each edition includes hand-dyed yarn inspired by our chosen read, curated surprises, and an invitation to our live book discussion. Cozy vibes and community await!
🧦 Socksy Ewe Club – Limited Enrollment!
Whether you’re a sock knitter or just love curated color sets, the Socksy Ewe Club delivers monthly magic: one full-size hank and a coordinating mini in fingering or DK weight. A perfect “set it and forget it” treat. Enroll before the doors close again!
Socksy Ewe:
🧵 Salinger Pop Club – Mini Skein Magic!
Our bite-sized $13/month subscription brings joy in small packages. Each month, you’ll receive a new exclusive colorway on our Salinger base (20gram mini) plus a matching stitch marker or progress keeper. It’s the perfect way to build your mini skein stash—one pop at a time.
These clubs don’t open often and won’t last long, so be sure to act now!
Iraira is Māori for “variegated,” reflecting the usage of variegated yarn in this design. Two skeins of yarn are used: one in a solid color and one in a variegated color. This shawl is worked with increases and decreases to shape it into the asymmetrical triangular shape. There’s lots of garter stitch, but the pattern is kept interesting with the use of stripes and slip stitches at different points of the pattern. The shawl is bound off using the picot bind-off for a nice, subtle touch.
This pattern is perfect for the adventurous beginner knitter who has made a few projects, using various skills and techniques. Stitches include knit and slip stitches, as well as a k2tog decrease and a kfbf double increase.
Use the code TPoF-PoTW-isbwoe at checkout on Ravelry to receive 60% off the pattern this weekend, exclusively for Indie Untangled subscribers!
Ready to bring a little winter wonder into your summer? Our beloved holiday Advents are back and preorders are officially open for a limited time! Choose your countdown style and unwrap a season of stitching surprises. Whether you love a daily surprise or a cozy weekly ritual, now’s the perfect time to reserve your magical experience. These advents are one of a kind and will not return. Preorder yours before they’re gone like snow in July!
12-Day & 24-Day Swiss Christmas Market Countdown
Stroll through a festive market bursting with yarn, trinkets, and cozy cheer!
Each box includes:
• Hand-dyed 20g minis (12 or 24)
• Daily SamsTinyTrinkets charm openings (mix of polymer clay and wood)
• An exclusive 100g skein
• Sock sack, 4oz Christmas candle, themed mug
• Lace lifeline cord + handmade themed darning needle
• “Twice Upon a Time” Shawl Pattern by Irina Shaar — the ultimate Advent project!
Twice Upon a Time is a fully reversible rectangular shawl that brings color, texture, and a touch of magic to your Advent season. Worked in 12 jewel-toned mini skeins, each section reveals lace motifs, creating a journey of stitches as rich as the colors themselves. A full-size skein finishes the shawl with an elegant Shetland edging. Beautiful from every angle, this wrap is designed to be worn, flipped, and treasured.
Yulebound: A Magical Winter Journey (Weekly Advent)
Choose your path: ✨Aurora Merriment✨ or 🌌Twilight Whispers🌌
Each week brings:
• A full sock set (100g + 20g mini)
• Your choice of wooden charm pairings with a Trinket Trellis OR polymer clay charms with a Trinket Dish
• A 4oz handmade candle
• A sock sack
• Adventure token pins (one per week)
• A themed project notebook to map your journey
Like Spooky Countdowns as well?
Check out our Ghouls night in Halloween countdown. It will contain:
•13 20g minis
•A themed sock sack
•A handmade candle (4oz.)
•Wicked WIP project tags (faux leather)
*Project Graveyard (to list all your dearly departed WIPS)
*Ghouls Night in lip balm
*Spooky trinket dish
•Single full 100g skein in a one-of-a-kind colorway
Option to add on SamsTinyTrinkets every other day for total of eight charms
Yarn-only and charm-only options are available for all countdowns!
Step into an ancient realm of Beauty and Wonder.
Before Frodo and Gandalf, before Sauron and Galadriel, Yavanna Kementari planted the fields and forests of Middle-earth. This J.R.R. Tolkien character is the “lover of all things that grow in the earth… from the trees like towers in forests long ago to the moss upon stones or the small and secret things in the mould.”
Join me for a six-week knit-a-long as we knit the elegant Kementari Stole. Together, we’ll explore the vast forests and fertile plains of Middle-earth, not as we know them during the events of the Lord of the Rings, but in a time so long ago it cannot be measured in years.
The KAL will run over the course of six weeks and will take place through email, on Zoom, and in the Refracted Light Fiber Arts Ravelry Group.
Each week will kick off with an email that contains a link to a group Zoom call where we can get to know our fellow travelers, get oriented to that week’s project goal, and experience the wonder of Middle-earth with readings from The Silmarillion. We can then stay connected throughout the week in the Ravelry group where we can continue chatting about our projects and generally stay up to date.
Throughout the KAL, you will be expertly guided through both the beauty of Middle-earth and the joy of knitting a beautiful stole.
Along the way, there will be opportunities to win one of many lovely prizes, contributed from yours truly as well as a variety of talented designers and artists.
Visit my website to register and for more information about timeline, prizes, and official rules.
When I think of the word winter, the Māori New Year Matariki immediately comes to mind. Winter in the Southern Hemisphere runs during the Northern’s summer months — June to August. Matariki refers to the cluster of stars (the Pleiades) that become visible during this time of year, heralding the New Year and giving a prediction of what the next 12 months will bring in terms of crops, weather and growth.
The Whetū Cowl (whetuu meaning star) features a lace star stitch motif in a fuzzy mohair yarn, on a backdrop of the night sky, twinkling with stars (the wool and mohair held together).
Use the code TPoF-PoTW-wtheus at checkout on Ravelry to receive 60% off the pattern this weekend, exclusively for Indie Untangled subscribers!
Sari Nordlund’s newest book, Summer Knits, is now here at Red Hen Books! There are lots of tees, tanks, vests, and even a skirt. Most patterns involve lace knitting but the instructions are detailed enough to make the process smooth. This book even has an attached satin ribbon bookmark so it’s easy to mark your place.
In addition, there are two other brand new books, from Knits from our Gardens and The Art of Knitwear Repair. Both are beautifully photographed and also come with a satin bookmark. Knits from our Gardens contains essays on gardening as well as a variety of knitting patterns. And The Art of Knitwear Repair is a comprehensive guide to the many ways to repair holes or rips in your knitted garments. I especially like the chapter on reclaiming yarn from old sweaters.
Check out all the latest in knitting books and don’t forget to sign up for my Friday newsletter for 10% off your first order.
We know that a lot of knitters and crocheters struggle with getting the correct gauge, or with counting the stitches in a gauge swatch. It’s a frustrating task that takes away from the fun, creative part of making a new project. That’s why we’ve developed a new Gauge Wheel that really makes it simple to get quick and accurate gauge swatch readings… so you can get on to the good stuff!
All you have to do is hold the windows up to your swatch, get the points to match up between the stitches, then turn the tool until the stitches line up. Once you have the right size, you can use the key above the window on the tool to read the gauge, instead of having to count stitches.
And yes indeed, it works — on both knit and crocheted swatches!
Ready to stitch your way through the plot? The Spin Me a Yarn Literary Society is open for subscriptions! Each quarter, you’ll get yarn dyed to match our featured read, hand-picked goodies, and access to our lively Zoom book club where stitches fly and stories come to life.
Also making a splash: two sun-drenched colorways — Good Vibrations and Soak Up the Sun — and the launch of our Gift Shoppe, stocked with charming finds and perfect little pick-me-ups for yourself or a fiber bestie!
Subscriptions are limited! Claim your seat at the most colorful book club around and snag some gorgeous sun with the spirit of summer.
