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Upcycling Your Yarn Scraps: 13 Creative Ideas

I don’t know about you, but regardless of how much I pay for a skein of yarn, I will always save the yarn scraps. This is because you never know when those yarn scraps might come in handy for fixing a handmade piece or for a future project.

Making projects specifically out of scraps of yarn is always so much fun since you end up with a unique piece that is basically a kaleidoscope of yarn….

What to stash this week: Go to the Yarni Gras

If you’re in the New Orleans area, join us Saturday, January 27 to kick off Carnival season at Yarni Gras! It takes place from 12-3 p.m. at Faubourg Brewing, 3501 Jourdan Road, with eight vendors and delicious craft beer. Registration is free, or get a swag bag with entry.

It’s always good to have a sweater on hand. So, why not join the upcoming Olive & Two Ewe Spring Out of Winter Make-a-long?…

Indie Untangled 2023 Year In Review: Make-along winners and faves

One of the best parts about going to the New York Sheep & Wool Festival and Indie Untangled is seeing beautiful knitwear everywhere. Even when I don’t get to see everyone’s FOs in person, I get to review all the entries to our annual make-along.

To close out 2023, I’m sharing the winners of the MAL, chosen at random, and also some of my personal favorites from among the entries….

What to stash this week: Soaking up summer yarn

Teresa of Sunny Day Fiber is channeling the excitement of a break from nine months of Portland rain into new yarn sets. This includes a mini skein set named Summer Love, made up of six colors that reminiscent of a summer beachy sunset. It’s available on both fingering and DK. For sock knitters, there are two summer sock sets: the Sunset Beach and the Ice Pops sock set, which conjure memories of eating popsicles on the beach….

What to stash this week: Join the club

Stephanie of SpaceCadet has opened sign-ups for the next season of the SpaceMonster Club and wants you to come along on the journey. You can sign up for six months (three parcels) or 12 months (six parcels) and receive one to three skeins and a special gift from a fellow maker.

Olive & Two Ewe Studios’ newest shop addition is Horse & Buggy, a lightly-speckled lavender that was first introduced in their 2022 Twelve Days of Christmas calendar….

Indie Untangled 2022 Year In Review: Show FOs

One of the best parts of organizing Indie Untangled is seeing all the FOs. Each year, we host a KAL and encourage people to use yarn from the vendors at the show.

Here’s a roundup of the KAL entries that used yarn from vendors at Indie Untangled.

The 2022 KAL/CAL winners!

We’re so excited to share the winners of this year’s Indie Untangled make-a-long! This KAL/CAL included projects completed between June 1 and Indie Untangled on October 14. There were 14 winners in seven categories, chosen by random number generator. Here is their beautiful work.

Cowl
Hat
Mitts/Mittens/Gloves
Shawl/Wrap/Scarf
Socks
Sweater – Adult
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What to stash this week: Yarn party

I’m so excited to debut Circus Tonic Handmade’s line of yarn for Indie Untangled! Hannah, a mom of three and former molecular geneticist based in South Australia who dyes on Australian Merino, has created special-to-IU colorways on a selection of several bases. There is Jubilee Sock, a classic 75/25 Superwash Merino and nylon sock yarn.

In addition, I’m featuring her Soiree Fingering,…

Here’s what to make with new self-striping and assigned pooling yarn from 29 Bridges Studio

This is the fifth 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!

This year, 29 Bridges Studio, one of our Indie Untangled vendors, added self-striping sock skeins to their lineup of hand-dyed yarn. You can choose from repeatable color combinations as well as beautiful one-of-a-kind skeins that use leftover dye stock as part of Mary’s no-waste process….

What to stash and what to make this week

Designer Caitlin Sheperd used Murky Depths Sanctuary, a fine 100% non-Superwash Merino wool, for the Blooming Peerie Cardigan. This child-sized cardi uses a clever slipped stitch technique and only two colours per row!

Carolyn and Michelle of Olive & Two Ewe Studios have kits for Scottish knitwear designer Morven Gabriel’s A Highland Kirk Window Beanie and Cowl. The pattern was inspired by church windows in Scotland….

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