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We’re getting to the sticky hot part of summer. Where all we want to do is take our latest project to an ice cold movie theatre and watch the Barbie movie (anyone else seen it?). It’s got us thinking about yarns that will keep you cool. Queen City Yarn recently launched their newest non-Superwash yarn, Latta. With how they’re treated (or in this case, not treated) non-Superwash yarns are able to retain their temperature-regulating and moisture-wicking abilities. That makes Latta able to keep you cool in the summer (not to mention warm all winter, too).

Sportweight Latta is a round 3-ply yarn that is strong, bouncy and full of life. It is comprised of American-grown Merino/Rambouillet. QCY has dyed a range of saturated colors that make it great for colorwork.

We’re eyeballing these projects, designed specifically for Latta:

The Chandler Sweater | Blending modern and classic styles, the Chandler Sweater provides a preppy look that is a joy to make and wear.

Queen City Cowl | This subtle crown motif and two-layer construction really shows off the lace design. Both patterns are now live at Queencityyarn.com

And if you’re still looking for the perfect Barbie pink, you’ll definitely want to take a look at Sunset Beach.

September means fall is in the air and it’s time for you to start thinking about the upcoming holiday season! This year we are channelling all those cheesy feel good holiday movie vibes (think Hallmark). It’s been a long couple of years for all of us so we needed some more whimsy and fun in our lives! We hope you are as excited as we are about this year’s holiday yarn boxes and hope you’ll join in the fun with us! We have a limited quantity available, so now is the time if you’d like to take a trip to QCY Village with us! See you there!!

Our 2022 box contains:
(20) 20 gr. NoDa Sock minis
(1) 100 gr. Plaza Midwood Bulky skein
(4) Mystery Gifts from some of our maker friends
(1) Pattern by Ambah O’Brien + patterns by Janis and Christen for the skien of Plaza Midwood Bulky

This Home Alone themed box will leave you screaming like Kevin with aftershave. There won’t be any tar–covered stairs or paint can bombs flying at your head, but this Advent Box is STOCKED, and yes, we mean an actual BOX, with windows you open (no Micro Machines to step on) each day. It’s been designed and engineered from the inside out just for us and our Home Alone theme.

Boxes will ship November 12, 2021 filled with:
(24) Mini Skeins of NoDa Sock, 20 grams 92 yards each.
(1) Full Skein of NoDa Sock, 100 grams 463 yards.
(3) Patterns. A wrap from Mary of Kino Knits, socks from Cristi Payne and fingerless mittens from Tanis Gray.
Priority Shipping to the United States is included in the price, international customers will be billed for the difference based on their shipping address.

Due to the ongoing yarn shortage these kits are LIMITED! We have only posted as many kits as we have yarn for. So get this first batch while they last!

Excited. Inspired. Hopeful.

Our newest bold and beautiful tonal colorway, Madam Vice President, MVP, inspired by our country’s first Madam Vice President, looks great with our charity colorways!

Fair Fight is a colorway for charity that we launched in 2020. While we may have differing political opinions, we believe voting should be fair, for everyone, NO MATTER WHAT! Living in a state that has disenfranchised voters with “surgical precision” we are doing our part to fight back. We donate $10 from every skein of Fair Fight sold to FairFight.com.

Stand is another colorway for charity that we launched last year. Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement and in an effort to support the movement for social justice locally we created Stand. Proceeds from Stand are donated to Heal Charlotte, a local nonprofit organization aiming to support local families and to improve the neighborhoods in which they live. With this re-release of Stand, we are donating $10 from every skein sold to healcharlotte.org.

We donated $240 to Fair Fight, $440 to Heal Charlotte and over $1250 to various charities in total with your support during 2020. We make our donations quarterly and will continue to do so.

MVP and our charity colorways Fair Fight and Stand are in the shop now, DYED TO ORDER, on ALL of our bases. Which base will you choose?

We are super excited about the fabulous ???? fall vibes we are feeling with the September installment of the Queen City Yarn Studio Series Yarn Club!

That’s our friend Kelly rocking the Want S’more Cowl by Janis Ficker Designs from the August Club shipment pictured.

Sign ups are live for the September Studio Series and enrollment is open through September 20th!

Will you join us? You can purchase a subscription for yourself and/or a fiber-lovin’ friend and join us for one, three, six or 12 months of fun as we explore color, dye techniques and yarn bases.

We LOVE creating new colorways to raise money for initiatives we believe in and so we are proud to present our latest colorway release, Fair Fight.

Fair Fight is not only the name of this new colorway, it is one of those initiatives we feel called to get behind. We believe that every voice should be heard and every vote should count.

Fair Fight works to “promote fair elections in Georgia and around the country, encourage voter participation in elections, and educate voters about elections and their voting rights.”

We will donate $10 for every skein to Fair Fight 2020. Purchase your skein(s) of Fair Fight and join us in support of free and fair elections.

Choose your base and preorder your skein of Fair Fight today!