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What to stash this week to stay warm

Lanivendole’s Aestiva wool/linen yarn is pictured here in Florence Spurling’s Winslow Tee. This pattern would require 1-3 skeins of Color 1 and 1-2 skeins of the other three colors (I used Moka, Baltico, Persefone and Tabacco). There are nine currently in stock to choose from. And, if you want a little more wool for some warmth, you can see the Baltico color pairs perfectly with the Harris Sling bag in teal. …

What to stash this week: Lovely colors

Teresa of Sunny Day Fiber is marking the holiday with some new colors. There are two mini sets: the Lipstick set has cranberry, magenta, sugarcoated, cinnamon, cayenne and plum, and is modeled on the classic makeup counter. There’s also a Spicy color set with carrot, melon, paprika, soft peach, mist and shallot. Combine the two color schemes for the Hot & Spicy sock set, with a main skein sprinkled with shades of melon, magenta, paprika and plum and coordinating paprika and plum minis….

What to stash this week: A mountain of love

For her installment of Knitting Our National Parks, Jensen of Sugarplum Circus chose a gorgeous image of Mount Rainier by photographer Doug Shearer of the mountain surrounded by scarlet and lilac wildflowers on a misty morning — very Valentine’s Day. Since she couldn’t decide on just one color to spotlight, she dyed up four different colors: Mountain Blush, Alpine Aster, Moody Mist and Scarlet Paintbrush. All are available to preorder individually on full skeins of Sugarplum Sock,…

What to stash this week: If the sock fits…

Sizing is a challenge for sock knitters, especially when you’re knitting socks for someone else. Even if they’re conveniently around, you don’t necessarily want them constantly trying on the WIP. Dawn of Twice Sheared Sheep has a new Sock Sizing Ruler. To use it, you place the ruler with the arrow snug into the heel or toe of your sock and knit until you reach the line for your desired size. Then, you begin working your toe or heel….

What to stash this week: Wool from Down Under

I recently added yarns from Australia’s Great Ocean Road Woolen Mill, a sustainable, boutique operation, to the site. La Bella fingering is an 80/20 blend of Superfine Merino and natural white alpaca that is incredibly soft, with not a trace of prickle factor. You can use it to knit Isabel Kraemer’s topolino, Yamagara’s Nichi Nichi or Noriko Ichikawa’s Azami Shawl. This blend is also available on a DK weight and is the perfect yarn for a cable or lace sweater or shawl….

What to stash this week: Wild for this yarn

I don’t normally do repeats of Knitting Our National Parks colorways, since it involves a special order and it can be tricky to get the timing right. However, Wild Tarnish, the Pacific Crest Trail-inspired colorway from Chelsea of The Enchanted Kettle, was so popular when it was released back in August that I knew after the preorder sold out in the first week that I would be doing a rerun. As is often the case with small,…

Indie Untangled 2022 Year In Review: Indie exclusives

Projects always seem more special when you use a unique colorway that has meaning behind it. I always love seeing projects made with Indie Untangled Knitting Our National Parks yarns, or the other special colorways I’ve offered in partnership with indie dyers.

Here are some projects using special Indie Untangled colorways that were finished in 2022. Some, including the Circus Tonic Handmade and Lanivendole yarn, is still in the shop,…

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.

What to stash this week: Incredible Ibis

December’s Knitting Our National Parks colorway celebrates our feathered friends. Andrea of WoolenWomenFibers was inspired by a photo of a white-faced ibis with incredible purple, crimson, teal and gold feathers, captured by photographer Leslie Scopes Anderson at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in Utah. As the young folks say, she understood the assignment! Her appropriately named Incredible Ibis is available to preorder from Indie Untangled through Friday, December 23, to ship at the end of January….

What to stash this week: Yarn tales and works of art

Kate of McMullin Yarn Co’s upcoming yarn clubs have some openings. There is the Literature Society, a quarterly luxury yarn box inspired by classic literature, that includes a Zoom book club meeting. This year’s lineup includes Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy, Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving.

If you consider your indie skeins works of art,…

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