Kate of McMullin Fiber Co was inspired by the vastness of the western skies for her Big Sky Collection, which debuts just in time for fall. There are 12 colorways that reflect the ever-changing skies of Yellowstone Country. They’re available on several bases, as well as mini skein sets on Kate’s Squishy Sock base and half skein sets in her Posh DK base. This weekend Indie Untangled readers — that’s you! — get 15% off your entire order with the code 15INDIE15.
Carolyn and Michelle of Olive & Two Ewe Studios have opened preorders for their Boo for Ewe Mystery Halloween Treat Box. This spooky box includes two hanks of Halloween yarn on your choice of base, creepy treats, a few pattern suggestions and a playlist.
Though Bonnie of Yank Your Yarn doesn’t see much fall weather in Arizona, she’s embracing the upcoming season with her Limited Edition September 2022 Clippy, “Make Like a Tree … and Get Outta Here! Orders over $20 will get 15% off and the special monthly marker for free.
Michelle of SquareKnot Handmade is celebrating pumpkin spice season with a fall-themed shop update of her patchwork quilted bags.
If you’re both a horse person and a yarn person, you’ll love the latest collection from WoolenWomenFibers. Woolen, Wild & Free is inspired by the beauty, freedom and ruggedness of horseback riding trails and wild horses. The yarn comes in deep, autumn-appropriate wood tones, with hints of leather. There are customizable horse fiber arts jewelry sets from SamsTinyTrinkets and a “feed bag” sock sack.
Carolyn and Michelle of Olive & Two Ewe Studios are opening additional slots for a limited time for their Socksy Ewe Sock Club subscription. You’ll get a new sock set to your door each month in your choice of either their Fitzgerald or Twain sock yarn, along with premium swag.
If your T-shirt drawer rivals your yarn stash, then Jenna of Souther Skeins’ new subscription, launching in October, is for you. It will feature super-soft tees all designed by Jenna, that won’t be available anywhere else on the site. Get on the waiting list if you’re interested.
There are still a few of Knitting Lizard’s December sock set boxes, inspired by winter activities in Minnesota and the Twin Cities, available for preorder.
The Stuffs of Stitch Stuff Yarn have 10-skein mini sets that are truly one-of-a-kind as there is only one per set available. They come on a Superwash sock base perfect for a variety of projects.
Victoria of Eden Cottage Yarns had an update of Titus Lace, her popular blend of Superwash extrafine Merino and mulberry silk. There are also new four-color sets perfect for Casapinka’s Sharon Air MKAL.
This year’s Indie Untangled New Year countdown box is called Sea To Sea To 2023 and is a journey crisscrossing from coast to coast. The box will be filled with 31 wrapped items, including 24 87- to 92-yard fingering-weight mini skeins dyed in a color palette inspired by the places these talented dyers call home.
Your itinerary includes these stops:
Jilly & Kiddles – Bristol, Rhode Island
Murky Depths Dyeworks – New York, NY
McMullin Fiber Co. – Cincinnati, OH
Hawari Bazaar – Detroit, MI
KraeO – Chicago, IL
Knitcircus Yarns – Madison, WI
Lavender Lune Yarn Co. – Minneapolis, MN
Knotty Pine Fiber Co. – Thermopolis, WY
Sew Happy Jane – McCall, ID
Hazel Knits – Seattle, WA
Three Fates Yarns – Portland, OR
Seismic Yarn – San Francisco, CA
Baah Yarn – Las Vegas, NV
The Backcountry Knitter – Moab, Utah
Traveling Yarn – Sedona, AZ
Breaking Yarn – Albuquerque, NM
Moondrake Co – Oklahoma City, OK
Savvy Skeins – New Braunfels, TX
Mitchell’s Creations – New Orleans, LA
Jems Luxe Fibers – Vicksburg, MS
Apothefaery Luxury Fibers – Eureka Springs, AR
Maelstrom Fiber Arts – St. Louis, MO
Queen City Yarn – Charlotte, NC
Verse Yarns – Ocean City, MD
Below, you can see their inspiration images.
The coordinated colors will come together in an accessory design from Crystal Hiatt of Milly’s Knit Designs. There will be souvenirs from Birdie Parker Designs, Hudson + West and Woodsy and Wild and more surprises to unwrap, plus a playlist to listen to during your month-long journey!
Preorders run through July 31 or until sold out. Boxes will ship in mid-November so that you can take off on your trip by December 1.
Carolyn and Michelle of Olive & Two Ewe are offering new Christmas in July colorways, Hard Candy Christmas and Gingerbread Man, along with a free downloadable Holiday Project Tracker.
The Dragonflight Yarn Club July box, Sunday Sundae, celebrates summer with yarn in your choice of weight and ice cream cone stitch markers.
Courtney of Silly Goose Yarns is beating the summer heat with a slushie in yarn form with her drink/yarn of the month.
Just in time for the Tour de Fleece, Natalie of Fiberdog Fibers has new, green-hued food for your spinning wheel or spindle.
Arella Seaton has designed a one-of-a-kind beach bag named after one of Australia’s most iconic beaches.
Daisy Stitch Co’s Summer Vibes Collection is inspired by summer sips and beachside relaxation. Margarita, Mimosa, Just Breathe, Bellini and Daiquiri are available on fingering, DK and worsted.
Queen City Yarn’s Happily Ever After Holidays box is themed around the Hallmark Channel cheesy feel-good holiday movies we know and love. The box includes an ambitious city girl who returns to her small hometown and falls in love with the local vet. Wait, actually, it includes 20 mini skeins, one full-sized skein, four mystery gifts and patterns.
Moving back to summer, Courtney of Silly Goose Yarns has launched a Drink of the Month yarn club. Each month’s colorway will be inspired by a fun cocktail, with an alcoholic and a non-alcoholic version of each drink.
Sign-ups are open for the Holly Dyeworks Sense and Sensibility Knit & Read Along! Knit a mystery shawl inspired by Jane Austen’s novel while also reading the book. Yarn kits and pattern kits are now available in Eve’s shop.
If you’re in the Delaware/Maryland/Virginia area, join the DMV Fiber Friends to celebrate World Wide Knit in Public Day with a fundraiser for Project Knitwell. The event is free and will include a marketplace and knitting and crochet instruction.
The Southern Skeins May Sock Box is inspired by the vibrant pink hues of flamingoes, featuring a tulip pink full skein as well as a coral and black mini skein.
The new WoolenWomenFibers collection is called Darling Dahlias and it’s made up of vibrant colors with a hint of elegance. Colors include Dahlia Fields Forever, Pink Perception and Bloom Where You Are Planted, and there’s the option of adding on colorful flower progress keepers from SamsTinyTrinkets and a Darling Dahlia Sock Sack from Aggie’s Bags.
Trudie and Tony of Posh Yarn have been dyeing yarn from the peaceful Welsh countryside since 2006. They recently introduced commissioned colorways, such as the one pictured here, which a customer wanted to look like a stormy sea. If you have an idea for a colorway that you just can’t get out of your head, get in touch to make your dream a reality.
David of Crafter Gamer Geek is having a shop update tomorrow with DK-weight yarn inspired by the game Horizon Forbidden West. In addition, all OOAK skeins are 15% off from May 21-27.
The Southern Skeins May Sock Box is perfect for pink lovers and the start of summer. Jenna’s boxes feature two colors of hand-dyed yarn as well as a couple of tropical treats.
Spots in the June edition of Daisy Stitch Co’s That Sock Set Box are open. All subscribers get access to exclusive yarn colors from Shelly in a sock set with a full skein and two minis.
Peel slowly to see Lisa The Knitting Artist’s May Andy Warhol Yarn Club colorway, inspired by the cover of The Velvet Underground & Nico, VU’s debut album that Warhol produced.
Paola’s latest release, Dancing with Galaxies, is a top-down half circle shawl with an intricate and fun mosaic border.
Andrea of WoolenWomenFibers is ready for lazy days on the lake and has debuted the Gone Knittin’ collection. Whether you’re up for casting a line or sunbathing on the pontoon, there are ways to enjoy this holiday in yarn form. The six colorways include Fly Fishin’, Lazy Lake Day, Lakeside Sunsets, Pontoon Party, Bait & Tackle and Rainbow Trout, plus a set of five DK mini skeins. There’s also the option to add on an adorable bait and tackle progress keeper that has two attachable stitch markers from SamsTinyTrinkets.
Victoria of Eden Cottage Yarns has debuted a new laceweight base. Called Bowland Lace, it’s comprised of British Bluefaced Leicester wool and creates a woolly, cozy fabric.
Get your newspaper and callbacks ready: Courtney of Silly Goose Yarns has opened preorders for a Rock Horror Picture Show-themed box that will be shipped in time (warp) for Halloween.
Giulia and Stefania of Lanivendole have launched Aestiva, their new wool and linen yarn. This light fingering-weight yarn is comprised of 70% Abruzzese wool and 30% French linen which, like all their bases, is spun in a mill in Piedmont. It comes in 13 gorgeous hand-dyed hues and the natural color, and with a generous 328 yards per 50g skein.
The WoolenWomenFibers A Woolen Mystery yarn club heads to Key West next month. Boxes include your choice of a sock set or a single skein, a project bag to carry it in, handmade soap or lotion bar, a handmade candle and charms.
Are you heading to the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival next weekend? Kick off your yarny trip with a visit to Yarncentrick, a new indie pop-up, taking place on Friday, May 6, from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. in Mt Airy, Maryland. This one-day event will feature more than 20 indie dyers, artisans, and small creative businesses in an outdoor setting under covered pavilions.
Crystal’s latest design is the Marmalade Shawl, a basic triangular-shaped shawl with a center cable that adds a little flare. It’s knit with fingering-weight yarn held double along with mohair/silk and is perfect for using up leftovers.
Judy and Emily of Jems Luxe Fibers take us to Mississippi for their 2022 yarn Advent. Their name, Jems, comes from the the first letters of their first names and MS for their home state. You’ll learn everything you did or didn’t know about Mississippi. For example, did you know that bluesman BB King and Elvis Presley, the King of rock ‘n’ roll, were both born in the state, as was Muppets creator Jim Hensen? And that Coca Cola was first bottled there?
You’ll discover these stories and much more via 25 mini skeins and some extras, including a limited-edition Christmas ornament. You can choose between a knit or crochet box and between Jems’s Luxe Sock, Luxe DK and Classic DK bases.
Liz of Knitting Lizard Fibers is taking us to a much colder place for her December countdown. Each Winter in MN Countdown Calendar will come with either a single skein, weekly sock sets or 20 minis plus one full skein. Sock or DK options are also available.
If you’re looking for a treat to open a little sooner, Maggie of Yarnaceous Fibers and Sarah of Charmedology have collaborated on a Cast On Set to celebrating spring. Each set includes a 100-gram skein of yarn or 120-gram sock set and a special-edition themed dinosaur polymer marker.
Jill of Beach House Knits used A Heavenly Blend yarn from Italian indie Lanivendole — which she picked up at last year’s Indie Untangled show! — to design the Little Frannie cowl. The four-color cowl comes in two sizes and Lanivendole has kits.
Shelly of Daisy Stitch Co is having a spring sale! Use the code 20OFF for 20% off your purchase until this Monday. To sweeten the deal, all orders over $100 after the discount include an enamel pin designed by Allison Clark of Stitchery & Co!
It’s David of Crafter Gamer Geek’s birthday, which means you get presents! He’s created some new fingering-weight sets, each with one variegated skein and one to two semisolid coordinating colorways.
The Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival takes place a month from now (back in person after two years!), and there’s a new indie pop-up/pre-game show on the scene: Yarncentrick is taking place on Friday, May 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Mt. Airy, Maryland. More than 20 indie dyers, bag makers and creatives, including several Indie Untangled online marketplace and show vendors that you may already be familiar with, will come together outdoors under covered pavilions.
Anastasia of Cashmere & Coconuts recently discovered the joys of assigned pooling and has released two AP colorways. She’s also offering 20% off all her solid color Peruvian Highland Wool and 10% off all other yarn purchases.
Amy and the crew at Fort Worth, Texas, yarn shop West 7th Wool have their own hand-dyed yarn line and they’re mad for mohair! Their newest yarn base, 7th Street Singles + Mohair, is comprised of 56% extrafine (19.5 micron) Merino and 44% mohair. They’re offering a free keyhole scarf pattern that can be completed with one skein.
Giulia and Stefania of Lanivendole recently dyed up more of their Twisty Chic base, a twistier version of their chic blend of 20% Mohair, 20% Alpaca and 60% Brogna wool. It’s perfect for lighter patterns to wear in the upcoming warm weather in the Northern Hemisphere.
Eden Cottage Yarn just had an update of Eldwick Lace, a fluffy superkid mohair/silk laceweight yarn. It can be uses on its own as well as held double with other yarns.
Gothfarm’s newest yarn is made of carbonized bamboo.
The next installment of Plies & Hellhounds’ Wicked Seeds, a monthly club inspired by beautiful but deadly plants, drops tomorrow.
The Woolen Women want to take you on a yarny adventure for your summer vacation. Fly on a magic carpet or walk among the dinosaurs with two special boxes, filled with yarn and notions to open up every day for the week leading up to the first day of summer.
If you love knitting socks, Daisy Stitch Co’s That Sock Set Box is for you! Spots are open for this club of hand-dyed sock sets delivered every other month.
Eden Cottage Yarn just had a shop update featuring Bowland Aran, a Superwash British Bluefaced Leicester wool, and here are still plenty of colors to choose from.
