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What to stash this week: Hot new spring colors

Erica of Squoosh Fiberarts has introduced six new colors, and they look like excellent spring “transition pieces.” Her Color of the Month for March, Majestic Meadows, is a perfect pinky-green for celebrating the start of spring. Spinners are also in luck as she’s been experimenting with gradients, hand paints and kettle dyes on fiber.

The latest JOMA Yarn shop update includes some urban grit and the luck o’ the Irish….

A very indie, Instagrammy, Rhinebeck

There are a lot of words I could use to describe last week’s Rhinebeck Trunk Show. After catching up on what was probably a week’s worth of sleep, I can come up with only one word: epic. While I’d seen on Ravelry that people were excited, I knew I had planned a successful show when I got to the hotel around 1:30 to set up and there was a small group of people knitting in the corridor by the entrance to the ballroom (don’t worry,…

Rhinebeck Trunk Show 2.0

This year, I got a decent head start in preparing for Rhinebeck. Not only have I been diligently working on one of my Rhinebeck sweaters (Laura Aylor’s appropriately named Rhinecliff) but I’ve also been scheming on how to make that little trunk show even better…

I’m excited to announce that the second annual Indie Untangled Rhinebeck Trunk Show will take place on Friday, Oct. 16 from 5 to 9 p.m….

What to stash this week: Dyed to order

After selling out of her popular colorways, The Cryptozoologist has decided to change things up a little. Instead of dyeing and listing one skein at a time, she has added preorders to her Etsy shop. You can now order up to five skeins at a time of her most popular repeatable colorways, including the Tokyo Mew Mew and Adventure Time shades. In addition, there are two new colorways, including The Grand Budapest Hotel,…

What to stash this week: A summer yarn sale & shawl

To celebrate the eighth anniversary of Squoosh Fiberarts, the fact that it’s almost summer and an impending move, Erica is putting her entire shop on sale. Yes, you read that right. Through the beginning of June, find great deals on hand-dyed fibers, yarns, rolags, batts and handspun.

Spring/summer is also the perfect time to knit the Solar Flare Circular Shawl….

What to stash this week: Love is in the air

Buy your Valentine, or yourself, a floral or dessert-y treat that lasts and lasts. To mark the holiday of love, Alicia of Sweet Sheep Body Shoppe is offering 10% off your purchase of $18 or more through this Sunday, Feb. 15. Use the code love10 at checkout for a discount on two lotion bars or a gift set of three lotion bar samples.

We knitters do love to collect shiny objects… So,…

Kicking off Rhinebeck the Indie way

In the months that I spent organizing this past Friday’s Pre-Rhinebeck Trunk Show, I wasn’t quite sure exactly how to envision it. I of course expected tables, racks and baskets full of gorgeous yarn and fiber, along with sweater and shawl samples, but I didn’t expect such beautifully designed displays, and the crush of people angling to get at it all…

A line of people waiting to get in and browse is something that you’d expect at the Jennie the Potter or Miss Babs booths at the festival (and I experienced plenty of that over the weekend)….

Fiber festival season

If it were possible to overdose on yarn (but really, we all know that it isn’t) this time of year is when it would happen. Just like non-knitting folks see Pumpkin Spice Everything, there is so much going on in the fiber world.

Take this weekend, for example. Not only is it the NYC Yarn Crawl, but there’s also another fun event that you should really check out if you happen to be in the New York area….

Pre-Rhinebeck Untangling: Jacey Boggs of PLY magazine

As a journalist with an extensive background in print, I always get a little excited — and, also, very intrigued — when someone starts a non-digital publication. Jacey Boggs took the print plunge last summer when she launched PLY magazine, which is dedicated to the art of spinning, offering smartly-written stories and beautiful photos.

Before PLY, Jacey taught spinning all over the world (there are still some spots open in her Saturday workshops at the NY Sheep and Wool Festival) and also produced a spinning DVD and wrote a book….

What to stash this week: Squeeing for fall

I had a bit of a fangirl Squee this week when I confirmed the newest vendor for the Indie Untangled pre-Rhinebeck trunk show. Hold onto your hand-knit hats, because it’s none other than… Anne Hanson! Yes, this uber-talented designer will be bringing her Bare Naked Wools, a line of natural, dye-free wools created at American mills. I am SO excited to meet Anne and the rest of the Bear Naked Wools team….

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