What to solve this week: Shawls & sleuthing
Are you the type of person who loves curling up with a good mystery? Can you usually figure out the perpetrator of the crime in the first few chapters of a book (or minutes, if it’s a TV show)? Then you may just have an assignment in Washington State this fall!
Cheryl of Row House, who puts together the incredibly fun Camp Knit-a-way retreat I attended last year, is also organizing a knitting- and crochet-filled murder mystery weekend in Kenmore,…
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What to stash this week: Rainier wildflowers
We’re going back to Mount Rainier next week for Indie Untangled’s second retreat! Maribel of Rainier Roses was the perfect dyer to call on for the return to this majestic mountain for the August installment of the Knitting Our National Parks project.
Maribel was inspired by this fall landscape, captured by photographer Scott Malagold. She specializes in mini skeins and is dyeing five-skein Rainier-inspired sets on four different bases.
On fingering weight,…
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What to stash this week: Floral decadence
Although running Indie Untangled is usually a solo operation, I do have the benefit of a wide network of friends/coworkers. I met and got to know Stephanie of Asylum Fibers before she started dyeing yarn, when she organized a knitting meetup in New York City. She’s multi-talented, with a beautiful singing voice and a degree in opera performance. She’s since moved to Connecticut, so I don’t get to see her as often, but cherish our memories as part of the NYC fiber community….
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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….
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What to stash this week: Season of the wool witch
This November, Rhode Island-based knitting instructor and knitwear designer Marny Kindness is organizing a three-day knitting retreat in spooky Salem, Massachusetts, through her newly-launched company, Explore Knitting Tours.
The group will visit historical and cultural attractions, including the Salem Witch Museum and Peabody Essex Art Museum. There will also be knitting classes to help you get a head start on your holiday knits. Lodging is at the luxurious Salem Waterfront Hotel,…
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What to stash this week: A cozy anniversary cottage
Before I launched Indie Untangled, I learned of Eden Cottage Yarns through a swap in the Yarn Hoars group on Ravelry. My Alaska-based swap partner listed it as a yarn she’d always wanted to try, so I happily browsed their website and grabbed a skein of bright purple laceweight and moody brown/gray fingering for my package. A couple of years later, Victoria was one of the first dyers I contacted about my new marketplace and she has been a consistent presence in this newsletter….
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What to stash this week: Coral reef of color
As many of us spend a holiday weekend enjoying the great outdoors, it seemed appropriate to launch the next installment of the Indie Untangled Knitting Our National Parks series. This one takes us a bit further afield. Faery of Apothafaery Luxury Fibers was inspired by the stunning landscapes of the National Park of American Samoa, home to coral reefs, volcanic mountains and pristine rainforests.
Faery created two colorways: the variegated Tutuila,…
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What to stash this week: A trip to Australia
For the August installment of the Heritage Wool Collective yarn subscription, Isabel and Nick of the Great Ocean Road Woolen Mill are milling up their La Bella Fingering, a blend of Australian Merino and dark alpaca, which gives the yarn a soft gray tint that will provide a complex undertone for hand dyeing. Hannah of Circus Tonic Handmade, also based in Australia, is creating a colorway inspired by a 300-year-old Ghost Gum tree she visited in the Northern Territory to create “garment-perfect neutrals,…
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What to stash this week: Spooky Girl Summer
Andrea of WoolenWomenFibers is embracing the summer to fall transition with her Spooky Girl Summer yarn box. Preorder now, and in August, when you’re totally ready for Halloween, you’ll receive the following:
• A sock set with two 100g skeins of 75/25 Superwash Merino/nylon yarn (one main and one contrasting color for colorwork) and one 20g mini for heels, toes and cuffs
• The I’m Batty for Halloween sock pattern by Stone Knits
• A set of three SamsTinyTrinkets charms
• A SamsTinyTrinkets themed Trinket Dish …
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What to stash this week while you wait for Indie Untangled tickets to go on sale
Tickets to the 11th annual Indie Untangled Rhinebeck kickoff go on sale tomorrow, June 15, at 12 p.m. Eastern Time. You can sign up for our email list to get a reminder with all the info you need to know beforehand.
AJ of Cashmere & Coconuts is offering 15% off all orders over $150 for a limited time. This doesn’t include the Outlander-themed Advent, but it does include expanded yarn bases and a selection of fiber/roving….