So many of us have found our kindred spirits through the fiber world. So, I knew you’d love the love story behind Yankee Rock Farm, which is supplying the yarn for the April installment of Indie Untangled’s Heritage Wool Collective subscription — a club that pairs breed-specific yarn with the magic of hand-dyed color.
Siri and Colin grew up in New England, each with their own flock: Siri raised Finns and Border Cheviots in Vermont’s Addison County, while Colin tended Border Leicesters in northern Connecticut. After years of sheep shows, shearing and lambing seasons, they had a meet-cute (sheep-cute?) at a sheep sale in Ohio. Sparks flew, and soon, so did wool — literally, since both are skilled shearers, providing an essential service for small farms that often struggle to find someone to do the job.
Last year, they took the next big step — combining their purebred flocks, which had been scattered across rented barns and pastures, and putting down roots at their very own farm in Vermont’s Champlain Valley. Yankee Rock now produces fiber from their own sheep and others they shear across the region.
For this installment, Kimberly of Newburgh Yarn Co. will be working her dye magic on Yankee Rock yarn, drawing inspiration from Vermont’s famous maple syrup, the liquid gold harvested during “sugaring season” from late February to early April.
The deadline to sign up for the Heritage Wool Collective and receive this yarn is February 28. Already a subscriber? Expect this sweet shipment in mid-April.
Carolyn’s new Happy Hearts Collection for Swan City Yarns is a four-color combo that is perfect for slip stitch patterns and flexible enough for those requiring some contrast and/or blending for colorwork projects.
Michael of Upland Fiber Co. is celebrating all things love and chocolate this weekend with 15% off all red and brown COR Worsted and Fingering yarns, spun from a 50/50 blend of Corriedale and Cormo.
Michelle of Olive & Two Ewe Studios has debuted the Color Splash Quad Squad for February, which includes Way to My Heart, Heartbreaker, Crushing on You and Papa Bear. Also, to mark Cancer Awareness Month, each order of $50 or more will include a free micro-mini hank of yarn, a special-edition acrylic pin and a coaster.
Heather of Sew Happy Jane has put together kits for the Woodland Wander Cowl, which is knit on the bias and features slipped stitches and texture to highlight hand-dyed yarns. The kit includes the PDF pattern and two skeins of Sew Happy Jane’s Delightful DK.
Sign-ups for the Journey through Oz subscription from Knitting Lizard Fibers close tomorrow! It includes sock sets, fiber and yarn inspired by the Oz books over the next seven months.
