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Pre-Rhinebeck Untangling: Cesium Yarn

This is the first in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of Indie Untangled, taking place on October 18, 2024, in person in Saugerties, NY, and online. Tickets are available and selling fast!

Cesium Yarn came to my attention a couple of years ago when they released a collection of hand-dyed yarn inspired by Pyrex. Former Indie Untangled event planner Petrina is a vintage Pyrex collector and I loved the theme….

What to stash this week: Indie color sampler

Laura of Row One Yarn offers a way to sample colors from a variety of indie dyers with the Carnival of Color Club. It’s a unique monthly subscription that sends you 10 10-gram fingering-weight minis, all in the same base. You can use it to make scrappy projects or swatch for your next sweater.

If you order two kits per month, you’ll receive a different group of colorways in each kit and get free U.S….

Yarn and craft trends from h+h americas 2024

This year marked the third annual h+h americas trade show and it was the busiest and buzziest yet.

For those of you who aren’t familiar, h+h is a wholesale show for the craft industry: yarn crafts like knitting, crochet and embroidery (more on the latter as a “yarn craft” in a bit), as well as fabric and thread crafts like quilting and sewing, though it was light on garment sewing brands….

What to stash this week: Yarn support

I was shocked and saddened to read about the experience that many vendors had at Wool & Folk last week. I encourage you to go here for a full list of vendors with links compiled by Jeroen/@boymeetsyarn.

If you attended last Friday’s Indie Untangled show and didn’t snag a tote bag, or if you just want to show off illustrator Jessica McGuirl’s beautiful work, I’ve opened up preorders for the bag….

Pre-Rhinebeck Untangling: Ruby and Roses Hand Dyed Yarn

This is the first in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of Indie Untangled, taking place on October 20, 2023, in person and online. Tickets are now available!

Since starting Indie Untangled in 2014, it’s been fascinating to learn about the artists behind the indie-dyed yarn we admire. I’m excited to share more about Addy of Ruby and Roses Hand Dyed Yarn, who launched as a solo dyer in 2020 and has since been joined full time by her husband and two employees….

Pre-Rhinebeck Untangling: Murky Depths Dyeworks

This is the third in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of Indie Untangled, taking place on October 14, 2022 and online. Tickets are now available!

Along with your local yarn shop, it’s great to support your local indie dyers. Debbie of Murky Depths Dyeworks is part of the New York community, splitting her time between New York City and upstate New York,…

Indie Untangled 2021 Year In Review Part 2: Indie exclusives

As I’m sure it has for you, knitting and yarn has helped ground me this year. Beyond the making, I’ve been especially grateful for the exciting collaborations I’ve taken part in, between the Where We Knit Yarn Club and the Knitting Our National Parks yarns.

Here are some projects using special Indie Untangled colorways that were finished in 2021, including one of my very own favorite FOs. (Some, including the TréLiz yarn,…

Pre-Rhinebeck Untangling: Knitrino

This is the eighth in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of Indie Untangled, taking place from October 15-24, 2021. Tickets are now available!

Knitters are all about learning new things, but what if there was something that made the whole process easier? That’s what Knitrino, a new app from sisters Alison Yates and Andrea Cull,…

29 Bridges goes beyond Superwash yarn

This is the seventh in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of Indie Untangled, taking place from October 15-24, 2021. Tickets are now available!

If you’ve been following Indie Untangled for a while, you know that we are all about non-Superwash yarns and custom-milled bases. Mary of 29 Bridges Studio, who we are excited to host for the first time at our in-person show on October 15,…

Pre-Rhinebeck Untangling: Three Irish Girls

This is the sixth in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of Indie Untangled, taking place from October 15-24, 2021. Tickets are now available!

Three Irish Girls is a well-known name in the yarn world. In operation for more than a decade, it’s currently run by Duluth, Minnesota-based Erin McFarland, who creates bright, cheerful colors inspired by,…

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