What to stash this week: Yarn blues
Teresa of Sunny Day Fiber is winding down April with the blues — blue yarn, that is. Her latest mini skein set has six blue colorways: Navy, Sky, Light Baby, Lapis, Ice Blue and Blue Skies. They’re perfect in scrappy socks with any complementary leftovers you may have in your stash. She’s also remixed them into special sock sets. The Icy Hot Blue sock set is made up of aqua tones with a neon green contrast,…
Pre-Rhinebeck Untangling: Jennifer Tepper Heverly of Spirit Trail Fiberworks
This is the first in a series of blog posts featuring the fabulous sponsors of the 2018 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.
Since I started attending the New York Sheep & Wool Festival in 2011, I’ve known of Spirit Trail Fiberworks, one of the very first indie dyers to come on the scene. I gravitated toward Jennifer’s striking blues and her silky soft bases. Five years later,…
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What to stash this week, whether you’re at MDSW or not
Following on the heels of her luxuriously rustic Vintage No. 1, Anne of Middle Brook Fiberworks has introduced Vintage No. 2. It’s a blend of hand-selected fleeces, including 40% Cormo and Merino from a sheep named Marshall in New York’s Hudson Valley and 15% alpaca fleece from Angel. There’s also 35% superfine Shetland and 10% cultivated silk. Anne has hand dyed this DK-weight yarn in five deliciously soft and bright colors. …
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Untangling: Cathy and Heather of The Knot House
This is the second in a series of blog posts with the generous sponsors of the 2016 Rhinebeck Trunk Show.
I first learned about The Knot House in Frederick, Maryland, when Dami of Magpie Fibers began posting to Indie Untangled, and she told me about the amazing yarn shop where she learned to knit and was inspired to start dyeing after seeing yarns from Duck Duck Wool and Western Sky Knits….
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