yarn club 10 - Indie Untangled

What to stash this week: You’re going to need a bigger needle

To mark the 40th anniversary of Jaws, Lara Smoot has released a pattern for what have to be the most fantastic socks I have ever seen. Shark Bite is worked flat from the cuff down, and then the cuff and leg portion of the socks are joined at the ankle. The heel, foot and toe are worked in the round. For knitters who are new to colorwork,…

What to stash this week: Journeys in yarn

Caroline of Life in the Longgrass, or LITL for short, dyes her lovely variegated colorways in the County Cork countryside. The name is inspired by the lives of the creatures that provide us with wool. Her 2015 Summer Yarn Club is now open to knitters all over the world, with flat-rate shipping included in the €70 (roughly $80) price. In June, July and August, subscribers get one 464-yard,…

What to stash this week: French inhale

While I’m not promising that it will be easy, I’m pleased to be able to give you a little head start: Margaret of French Market Fibers, will be having an Etsy update today (Jan. 9) at 10 a.m. Central. It will be her first major update in over a year, since she took time off from dyeing to be a stay-at-home mom.

A woman after my own heart,…

What to stash this week: Resolve to knit more and buy more yarn

All patterns from Sand and Sky Creations are Buy One Get One Free on Ravelry through today, Jan. 3. Simply add any two patterns to your shopping cart and use coupon code “bogo” to get the discount.

Designer M K Nance often partners with indie dyers on her accessories, which incorporate colorwork, cables and lace. Coloring, the blue scarf shown shown here,…

What to stash this week: The yarn Imitation Game

There’s no imitation for this new release: the Bletchley Collection, from Eden Cottage Yarns and designer Joanne Scrace, is inspired by early computing and encoding machines, the codes themselves, and the women who operated them at Bletchley Park (yes, the place from that Benedict Cumberbatch film). The knit and crochet designs, which have a bit of ‘40s flair, utilize Victoria’s Milburn 4ply yarn range, a blend of British BFL and silk….

What to stash this week: A pop-up of some magnitude

As excited as I am about the return of Dan Harmon’s brilliant Community, I’m even more excited about what’s new on Indie Untangled. On Monday, I opened a pop-up shop with tons of skeins from Berry Colorful Yarnings. There are quite a few beauties, including one skein of T Fingering in this beautiful aqua. Definitely check them out before they’re snapped up.

Sign-ups are open for the 2015 Power of 3 Club,…

What to stash this week: Hallow-skeins

Kim of Western Sky Knits has plenty of treats on hand, including some new speckled sock skeins and some new semisolids in both DK and worsted weight yarns. She has also added a few skeins of Lace and a set of mini skeins on Magnolia Luxe fingering base.

You don’t even have to wait until Nov. 1 for a sale: Carrie of Alpenglow Yarn is doing a bit of Halloween housekeeping,…

Pre-Rhinebeck Untangling: The Golden Skein

I was poking around Ravelry one afternoon this past spring, shortly after I launched Indie Untangled, when I came across the group for The Golden Skein. Started about a year ago by Jo Milmine of the Shinybees podcast and Kate Ellis of Kate’s Twirl, The Golden Skein offers yarn clubs with special, limited edition colors by indie dyers from around the world.

I have to admit that at first I had a slight twinge of jealousy — Such a cool idea!…

What to stash this week: IU’s hottest yarn clubs

I decided to channel my inner Stefon in this week’s Friday blog post. For those of you not familiar with SNL, or who haven’t watched the show in recent years, Stefon is a flamboyant NYC ambassador and regular Weekend Update guest who clued us in to hot city clubs with some… colorful characters, like “a Russian guy who runs on a treadmill in a Cosby sweater.” And Indie Untangled has some colorful yarn clubs on the marketplace this week (if you want to make a Cosby sweater,…

What to stash this week: black sheep yarn

In case you haven’t heard, there’s a giveaway going on here on Indie Untangled. While you’re waiting to see if you’ll be one of four lucky winners, take a look at some of the other things on offer from our talented artisans. It might not be free, but I’m sure your shopping experience will be just as satisfying.

I love all the things that I am discovering through Countess Ablaze‘s Twelve Caesars Collection updates….

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