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Show season is upon us! I’m having a ton of fun creating new colorways for this spring and upcoming shows! If you’re in the Dallas area come and say hi at the DFWFF the first weekend in April!

I have a limited number of Valentine’s themed minis and self striping left — when they’re gone, they’re gone! And a few new things you will love as much as I do! I am a huge fan of BBC, especially Victoria. I have created the first in a series of Victoria themed colorways that will be coming out this spring. It is called “Gloriana” and is currently on a SW BFL/Nylon blend. There will also be a few shawl kits for the Drachenfels shawl by Melanie Berg. I stumbled upon this gem on Ravelry looking for a sport weight shawl and fell immediately head over heels! Also in this update is some SuperPhat Bulky weight — so many fun, warm, and quick knits to be made!

Possibly my most popular colorway to date, “Supernova” is a super happy, neon speckled yarn with a rainbow of colors! There are pops of hot pink, orange, yellow, blue, green and purple that are contrasted with a background of white and deep speckles of black. This colorway is also my favorite to photograph! It is currently available in my Etsy shop on my three sock yarn bases as well as my DK and Worsted bases.

One of my favorite literary couples is Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. What better way to celebrate their relationship then to go back to place where it all began? It was upon Elizabeth’s tour of Pemberley, the grounds, and seeing how Mr. Darcy acted towards her family that changes her feelings about him. In this 5th edition we go to Derbyshire and the Pemberley Estate. The colors work well together to create a lovely seven color fade. And to make things easier I have offered up the colors for pre-order as a complete kit on my Snug fingering base.

These colors include from Blue to Green: A stream of some natural importance, To be mistress of Pemberley, Elizabeth was delighted, A large handsome stone building, A small country estate, Ridge of high woody hills, & Derbyshire.

Additionally, all Regency 5th edition colors are available individually and can be dyed on Snug, Delight DK, or my Comfy Worsted bases. I only have a limited supply of the heavier weights so once they are gone that is it. There are also two additional colors to the collection: Talk Darcy to Me and The Lakeside District, which also pair well with the colors in this particular fade.

Colors in the 5th edition collection will be available for preorder on the website through Sunday March 4, 2018 until 8 p.m. Eastern time and should ship in late May.

There’s a fun new collaboration happening at Spirit Trail Fiberworks: Subscriber Color Inspirations! I love collaborating with knitwear designers on colors for their designs, and I thought I’d extend color collaboration to a wider circle, and collaborate with my subscribers, too! Each month, newsletter subscribers send me color inspiration photos, and each month I choose one to use for the inspiration of a new, limited edition colorway (and possibly complimentary colorways to go with it, as I did this month). The subscriber who sends me the winning photo receives a free skein of yarn in his or her special color. The hardest part is choosing just one from all the gorgeous photographs I receive!

February’s colorway is inspired by a photo sent by Rheba of a (somewhat photoshopped) Blue Laced Red Wyandotte chicken. I was immediately taken with this photo because it held a challenge: colors I don’t usually put together on the same yarn — purple and orange. These two colors can be tricky because they’re not always so friendly. If they blend together too much they can create an unattractive shade of … swamp sludge? stale strained peas? oxidized avocado? Yeah, it can be pretty gross. But setting the base color, and then adding color on top, prevents any unpleasant mingling.

Subscriber Inspiration yarns are limited editions, only available for pre-order for a limited time after they debut each month. February’s dyed-to-order options are now live for this month’s special yarn, which I’ve oh-so-creatively named Chicken Chicken, along with two complimentary colors: Chicken Butt (inspired by the pretty lilac-lavender-blue of this chicken’s heiny) and Chicken Wattle (inspired by the red-orange of its facial area).

This month’s colors will be dyed on Aurora, my fingering weight 100% superwash merino single ply yarn. Future colors may be dyed on additional bases; this is my first foray into dyed-to-order and limited edition colors, so it’s a work-in-progress.

February’s colors will be available for pre-order until February 19, 2018, at 5 p.m. Eastern Time, at which time they’ll be closed and I’ll start dyeing up the orders. You can order just one skein, or an entire sweater quantity. You decide. Click the link to see all three! Orders will ship by March 5, 2018.

If you’d like to play along, subscribe to my newsletter at the top of my homepage, and send me a photo that inspires you!