What to stash this week: Now entering fall

By Lisa | September 16, 2022

Blueberries can be fall themed, at least in the hands of designer Bristol Ivy and Debbie of Murky Depths Dyeworks. For last year’s Indie Untangled Where We Knit Yarn Club, the two collaborated on a colorway and two designs inspired by a field of lowbush blueberries that had turned a shade of crimson after the summer. Debbie made a carbon copy of the photo that Bristol took with her colorway called The Barrens.

Bristol took two skeins of Debbie’s yarn and transformed them into a hat and mitts set with gorgeous dip stitches dotting a textured background. She named them Sal, In Autumn, as seen on Ravelry, after the Caldecott Medal-winning children’s book Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey.

This was one of my favorite Where We Knit collaborations and I’m excited to make this yarn available in a very limited preorder on Indie Untangled through Friday, September 30.

Carolyn and Michelle of Olive & Two Ewe Studios are also in a pumpkin spice frame of mind with their Pumpkin Harvest colorway, which features shades of brown, orange, green, and blue.

Janis of Queen City Yarn is skipping ahead to December with her Advent box inspired by cheesy Hallmark Channel movies we know and love. The box contains 20 sock weight mini skeins, one full-sized bulky skein, four mystery gifts from makers and patterns from Ambah O’Brien for the minis and Janis and Christen for the bulky yarn.

What to stash this week: Campfire yarn tales

By Lisa | September 9, 2022

Hanna Lisa and the team at Making Stories is ready for fall and all its cosy knits with their campfire-themed Issue 8. It features 13 modern designs to keep us warm, whether we’re gathered around a fire, reuniting with fiber friends at festivals or browsing the local farmers’ market.

Carolyn and Michelle of Olive & Two Ewe Studios are debuting their new yarn base that fits the upcoming spooky season. The 100% Superwash Merino 4ply worsted is named Shelley for the the author of Frankenstein. New colors on Shelley include a deep purple named Aubergine.

Amanda of LL Yarn Co is giving back and celebrating her dear friend’s sobriety with Burn your Bra. 50% of your purchase of this colorway will be donated to Shatterproof, a nonprofit organization dedicated to reversing the addiction crisis in the United States.

Courtney of Silly Goose Yarns just launched her Fiber Friends Collection, which features two variegated colorways and matching tonals, plus a sock set inspired by sheep and ducks. Preorders are available for a limited time.

Wendy of Nomad Yarn Co is taking a trip to Crater Lake for her September PNW Club. The colorway will be inspired by photos she recently took of the caldera in sunny weather.

This month’s Dragonflight colorway is called Forest Floor. You pick the yarn weight and get the accompanying mushroom stitch markers.

What to stash this week: Knit, purl and soul

By Lisa | August 12, 2022

For this year’s Indie Untangled Where We Knit Yarn Club, Crystal of Milly’s Knit Designs and Gabby of Plies & Hellhounds were inspired by a photo Gabby captured on holiday with her husband in Paris. They named the resulting colorway and cowl design Meraki (mA-’rak-E), a noun which means the soul, creativity, or love put into something; the essence of yourself that is put into your work. The yarn is dyed on Gabby’s Marie Cutie, a unique fingering-weight base that is comprised of 75% Superwash Corriedale and 25% nylon.

You can now preorder this special colorway for a limited time on Indie Untangled and add a little Parisian flair, and travel memories, to your fall wardrobe.

Carolyn and Michelle of Olive & Two Ewe Studios have a few spots left in their first ever Ewe Crew in the Woods Falloween Retreat, taking place from October 28-31 in a rustic, yet luxurious, resort in north Georgia. If you’re not able to join them, they also have Stellar Sock Sets in the shop.

Andrea of Woolen Women Fibers is getting ready for sweater weather and making room for new yarn, so enjoy 15% off using the code INDIE15 at checkout on select summer collections.

The Daisy Stitch Co Zen Moments Collection includes calming gray, blue, green and pink, in full and mini skeins and sock sets. It’s also 15% off with the code 15OFF.

Crista Jaeckel’s new Clematis Collection of project bags, named after one of her favorite flowers, are sewn from her studio scraps. These OOAK bags come in bright, cheerful color combinations.

This month’s colorway from Dragonflight Yarns is called is called N-ewe-tral.

What to stash this week: Big yarn

By Lisa | July 29, 2022

Stephanie of SpaceCadet knows the joy of big yarn, which is why she created her SpaceMonsters Club. Through the club, you get a big, squooshy parcel delivered to your door every other month. It contains a skein of SpaceCadet yarn in worsted or bulky weight, hand dyed in an exclusive colorway created to bring out the best in thicker yarns. You also get the SpaceCadet’s Log exploring the inspiration for each colorway and a special gift tucked into every third parcel.

The club is opening to new members next week and, if you get on the SpaceCadet mailing list now, you’ll get early access to grab your spot! Like the SpaceMonster parcels, Stephanie’s newsletter is stuffed full of fibery goodness, including craft world news and pattern suggestions.

Kate of McMullin Fiber Co is celebrating Christmas in July with three new mini-skein sets in holiday-inspired colors. And every purchase over $100 automatically comes with a stocking stuffer — a 25g mini skein of her Squishy Sock yarn. Today at 10 a.m. Eastern, she’s also opening up 24 more spots for her Dreaming of a Classic Christmas Advent, inspired by covers of classic novels from the MacMillan Collector’s Library.

Olive & Two Ewe Studios’ Christmas in July is drawing to a close, and the star on the proverbial Christmas Tree is their 2022 Christmas in July Mini Set.

Debbie of Murky Depths need to free up some space on her shelves so she’s put nearly 100 different listings on sale for 20% off, no coupon code required.

Victoria of Eden Cottage Yarns just had a “proper” sock yarn update with plenty of full and mini skeins of Tempo 4ply (Superwash Merino and nylon in stock.

What to stash this week: The great American yarn road trip

By Lisa | July 8, 2022

This year’s Indie Untangled New Year countdown box is called Sea To Sea To 2023 and is a journey crisscrossing from coast to coast. The box will be filled with 31 wrapped items, including 24 87- to 92-yard fingering-weight mini skeins dyed in a color palette inspired by the places these talented dyers call home.

Your itinerary includes these stops:

Jilly & Kiddles – Bristol, Rhode Island
Murky Depths Dyeworks – New York, NY
McMullin Fiber Co. – Cincinnati, OH
Hawari Bazaar – Detroit, MI
KraeO – Chicago, IL
Knitcircus Yarns – Madison, WI
Lavender Lune Yarn Co. – Minneapolis, MN
Knotty Pine Fiber Co. – Thermopolis, WY
Sew Happy Jane – McCall, ID
Hazel Knits – Seattle, WA
Three Fates Yarns – Portland, OR
Seismic Yarn – San Francisco, CA
Baah Yarn – Las Vegas, NV
The Backcountry Knitter – Moab, Utah
Traveling Yarn – Sedona, AZ
Breaking Yarn – Albuquerque, NM
Moondrake Co – Oklahoma City, OK
Savvy Skeins – New Braunfels, TX
Mitchell’s Creations – New Orleans, LA
Jems Luxe Fibers – Vicksburg, MS
Apothefaery Luxury Fibers – Eureka Springs, AR
Maelstrom Fiber Arts – St. Louis, MO
Queen City Yarn – Charlotte, NC
Verse Yarns – Ocean City, MD

Below, you can see their inspiration images.

The coordinated colors will come together in an accessory design from Crystal Hiatt of Milly’s Knit Designs. There will be souvenirs from Birdie Parker Designs, Hudson + West and Woodsy and Wild and more surprises to unwrap, plus a playlist to listen to during your month-long journey!

Preorders run through July 31 or until sold out. Boxes will ship in mid-November so that you can take off on your trip by December 1.

Debbie of Murky Depths Dyeworks was inspired by grackles and grosbeak and bears (oh my!) for her newest summer-y colorways.

Carolyn and Michelle of Olive & Two Ewe are offering new Christmas in July colorways, Hard Candy Christmas and Gingerbread Man, along with a free downloadable Holiday Project Tracker.

The Dragonflight Yarn Club July box, Sunday Sundae, celebrates summer with yarn in your choice of weight and ice cream cone stitch markers.

Courtney of Silly Goose Yarns is beating the summer heat with a slushie in yarn form with her drink/yarn of the month.

Just in time for the Tour de Fleece, Natalie of Fiberdog Fibers has new, green-hued food for your spinning wheel or spindle.

Arella Seaton has designed a one-of-a-kind beach bag named after one of Australia’s most iconic beaches.

What to stash this week: Crafting by the lake

By Lisa | June 24, 2022

For their first club installment of 2022, Giulia and Stefania of Lanivendole are creating a bundle that evokes a perfect summer day out at the lake — actually, the end of that day, “when both the water and the sky around are painted in delicate pinks that slowly turn into faded lavender greys.” The bundle includes three skeins in a surprise shade of their new Aestiva base, which is a light fingering blend of 70% Abruzzese wool and 30% unbleached French linen, a delicate hand-embroidered and sewn bag from Ilaria of In Bottega in your choice of two colors, and a scented creation from Alice of Lunaria Candles. You can add on extra skeins of Aestiva and get an additional surprise.

Subscriptions are open until tonight at midnight Pacific Time and packages are scheduled to ship around July 8.

Purple lovers, mark your calendars: David of Crafter Gamer Geek is having a very purple shop update on June 29! It includes two new colorways, Seirei Skyline and Loquacious Fungus, dyed with a slight watercolor effect, debuting on a Polwarth DK base.

Paola’s latest pattern, Delicate Balance, features an unusual “half donut” shape and a graceful leafy lace border that Paola says is much easier to make than it looks. The pattern is 20% off until Sunday with the code delicate.

Just in time for summer, Courtney of Silly Goose Yarns has tons of fingering-weight yarn in stock for your light, quick summer projects. Use it for a tank, shortie socks, or a lightweight beanie.

Michelle of SquareKnot Handmade has padded canvas knitting needle rolls that are available in coordinating fabrics to her canvas drawstring project bags, to protect and store all types of needles.

Natalie of Fiberdog Fibers is now a Shave ‘Em to Save ‘Em provider, offering a naturally-colored CVM/Romeldale roving as part of an effort to get endangered breeds into the hands of fiber artists.

What to stash this week: Skein-o-saurus

By Lisa | June 10, 2022

Maggie of Yarnaceous Fibers is celebrating this weekend’s release of Jurassic World: Dominion with a special collection of her already dinosaur-themed yarn! Preorders hatch today at 10 a.m. Mountain Time. The collection includes six colorways and is available on four bases.

Celebrate Pride with this month’s club colorway from Dragonflight Yarn, called Love Wins. There is also cake, in charm form. A portion of sales will be donated to The Trevor Project.

The special Summer Sorbet collection from Southern Skeins is in the shop for a limited time. The bright colors are reminiscent of beach and pool days, and of course the feeling of getting your first ice cream of the summer.

Michelle of SquareKnot Handmade crafts her two-skein project bags from canvas in a variety of prints and lines them with a natural canvas to make it easier to see the bottom. The come with a drawstring closure and plenty of pockets.

What to stash this week: Summer vibes

By Lisa | June 3, 2022

Daisy Stitch Co’s Summer Vibes Collection is inspired by summer sips and beachside relaxation. Margarita, Mimosa, Just Breathe, Bellini and Daiquiri are available on fingering, DK and worsted.

Queen City Yarn’s Happily Ever After Holidays box is themed around the Hallmark Channel cheesy feel-good holiday movies we know and love. The box includes an ambitious city girl who returns to her small hometown and falls in love with the local vet. Wait, actually, it includes 20 mini skeins, one full-sized skein, four mystery gifts and patterns.

Moving back to summer, Courtney of Silly Goose Yarns has launched a Drink of the Month yarn club. Each month’s colorway will be inspired by a fun cocktail, with an alcoholic and a non-alcoholic version of each drink.

Sign-ups are open for the Holly Dyeworks Sense and Sensibility Knit & Read Along! Knit a mystery shawl inspired by Jane Austen’s novel while also reading the book. Yarn kits and pattern kits are now available in Eve’s shop.

If you’re in the Delaware/Maryland/Virginia area, join the DMV Fiber Friends to celebrate World Wide Knit in Public Day with a fundraiser for Project Knitwell. The event is free and will include a marketplace and knitting and crochet instruction.

The Southern Skeins May Sock Box is inspired by the vibrant pink hues of flamingoes, featuring a tulip pink full skein as well as a coral and black mini skein.

To mark Pride Month, Dragonflight Yarns is donating a portion of their proceeds to The Trevor Project.

What to stash this week: A gripping yarn Advent

By Lisa | May 6, 2022

McMullin Fiber Co.’s popular Advents have been inspired by classic novels. While this year’s Advent, inspired by covers of classic novels from the MacMillan Collector’s Library, filled up quickly, Kate has graciously saved 20 spots exclusively for Indie Untangled readers! If you don’t want to know the ending, you can sign up for this year’s box. If you aren’t a fan of mystery yarn, you can also sign up for last year’s Advent, which was based on the colorful covers of Chiltern Classics. Act fast!

Crystal’s latest shawl design, Chiffon, is perfect for cool nights and overzealous A/Cs. It’s knit with fingering-weight yarn held with a fluffy laceweight.

The most recent Cashmere & Coconuts shop update featured several of Anastasia’s new Outlander-themed colorways, and she’s also opened preorders for an Advent inspired by Downton Abbey: A New Era.

Indigo of Dragonflight Yarn has a monthly subscription box and this month’s colorway is called May Flowers. The box comes with a choice of yarn weight, exclusive stitch markers and discounts on the entire site.

Are you looking for that perfect color for your next project? Jenna of Southern Skeins now offers dyed-to-order colors.

What to stash this week: Yarn-centric

By Lisa | April 1, 2022

The Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival takes place a month from now (back in person after two years!), and there’s a new indie pop-up/pre-game show on the scene: Yarncentrick is taking place on Friday, May 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Mt. Airy, Maryland. More than 20 indie dyers, bag makers and creatives, including several Indie Untangled online marketplace and show vendors that you may already be familiar with, will come together outdoors under covered pavilions.

Anastasia of Cashmere & Coconuts recently discovered the joys of assigned pooling and has released two AP colorways. She’s also offering 20% off all her solid color Peruvian Highland Wool and 10% off all other yarn purchases.

Amy and the crew at Fort Worth, Texas, yarn shop West 7th Wool have their own hand-dyed yarn line and they’re mad for mohair! Their newest yarn base, 7th Street Singles + Mohair, is comprised of 56% extrafine (19.5 micron) Merino and 44% mohair. They’re offering a free keyhole scarf pattern that can be completed with one skein.

Giulia and Stefania of Lanivendole recently dyed up more of their Twisty Chic base, a twistier version of their chic blend of 20% Mohair, 20% Alpaca and 60% Brogna wool. It’s perfect for lighter patterns to wear in the upcoming warm weather in the Northern Hemisphere.

Get ready, Advents are coming. Holly Dyeworks’ Advent is inspired by Narnia, the magical world created by C. S. Lewis. It’s available to preorder now, shipping in November.

Eden Cottage Yarn just had an update of Eldwick Lace, a fluffy superkid mohair/silk laceweight yarn. It can be uses on its own as well as held double with other yarns.

Gothfarm’s newest yarn is made of carbonized bamboo.

The next installment of Plies & Hellhounds’ Wicked Seeds, a monthly club inspired by beautiful but deadly plants, drops tomorrow.