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What to stash this week, before October

We will be welcoming more than 40 vendors to the 11th annual Indie Untangled Rhinebeck kickoff, taking place Friday, October 18 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at HITS on the Hudson in Saugerties, NY. The vendor list is now up on the event page and includes both new businesses and familiar favorites: yarn and fiber dyers, hand spinners and producers, along with talented makers selling project bags, stitch markers, jewelry and other fun yarn-related accessories and tools….

What to stash this week: Stock up for summer stitching

Trisha of Yarn Jam has fully stocked her store with new supplies for fiber lovers of all kinds. There are seasonally-appropriate yarns, like silk/linen and bamboo fingering. She also now has U.S.-grown Merino/Rambouillet combed top for your spinning needs, and it pairs perfectly with her Natural Sport and Natural DK yarn for projects where you’re looking to use a mix of handspun and mill-spun.

Because we all love the ’80s,…

What to stash this week: Adventures in Advent-land

Melissa of Storyteller Stitchery is putting together an Adventures in Wonderland-inspired Advent Calendar that blends the joy of fiber arts with delightful self-care treats. Choose from a yarn option, a fiber option or a yarn and fiber option. Each includes 12 days of mini skeins and/or 1 oz. fiber braids, a full 100g skein and/or 4 oz braid and 12 self-care items and crafting tools with a touch of wonder and whimsy.

Preorders are open until July 1 and the boxes will be shipped by November 1….

What to stash this week: Explore Italy

Marny Kindness, a Rhode Island-based knitting instructor and knitwear designer, is weaving some yarn through her first trip through the newly-launched Explore Knitting Tours. Join Marny and tour guide Lynn Ruggieri for a nine-day tour of Italy, including the ancient city of Perugia — where Lynn is from — the Renaissance capital of Florence, and the historic city of Rome.

Traveling by coach, attendees will tour a family-owned vineyard,…

Yarn and craft trends from h+h americas 2024

This year marked the third annual h+h americas trade show and it was the busiest and buzziest yet.

For those of you who aren’t familiar, h+h is a wholesale show for the craft industry: yarn crafts like knitting, crochet and embroidery (more on the latter as a “yarn craft” in a bit), as well as fabric and thread crafts like quilting and sewing, though it was light on garment sewing brands….

What to stash this week: A Heritage Wool New Year

Preorders are now open for A Heritage Wool New Year, a special holiday countdown box of sustainable yarn and farm goodies. Six incredible indie dyers will be creating coordinating colors dyed on mini skeins made of super soft, non-Superwash wool that is completely grown, processed and spun in the U.S.

Your box will include:

• 24 fingering-weight mini skeins and one full skein made with non-Superwash Shaniko wool,…

What to stash this week: Yarn-y mystery

If you enjoy a good mystery, then check out the Murder She Knit and Crochet club from Andrea of WoolenWomenFibers. This is a year-long yarn subscription and blanket make-along comes with a mystery, with your mini skeins as the “clues.” Detectives will be knitting the Northeasterly blanket by Melissa Alexander-Loomis or crocheting the Northeasterly blanket by Katy Stevens throughout the year and can also enter to win prizes by knitting or crocheting all 12 blanket chevrons each month….

What to stash this week: Yarn-y cheer

Jenna of Southern Skeins is paying homage to the movie Elf with her 2024 Advent calendar. Enjoy 25 colorways on your choice of base dyed in exclusive shades inspired by the iconic moments, beloved characters, and unforgettable movie quotes.

I’m thrilled to reveal the inspiration photo for Rachelle’s installment of the Heritage Wool Collective hand-dyed yarn subscription, which will ship in June. If you want in on this soothing summer colorway,…

What to stash this week: Monarch magic

Megan of Megs & Co chose a photo of a chandelier-like cluster of monarch butterflies in a tree on the California coast as the inspiration for her Knitting Our National Parks colorway. Monarch Chandelier is stunning mix of orange, green, brown and gold, with just a hint of pink that makes for what I think of as a speckled neutral.

The colorway is available to preorder from Indie Untangled for the next two weeks on two bases that are appropriately made in the USA….

What to stash this week: 10 years of Indie Untangled

Ten years ago this week, I officially launched Indie Untangled by sending out the first newsletter. It was the first step in an amazing journey.

I couldn’t pass this milestone without a yarn-y celebration! For the next 10 months, we are going to mark this occasion with 10 special colorways, each from an indie dyer who has posted to the Indie Untangled online marketplaceand been featured in the newsletter….

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