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Shopping our Sale? Here are some Project Ideas!
Do you find yourself looking through the sale section of our website, hoping to find a deal, but you need to figure out what to make with the yarn that has caught your eye? We have done the work for you! Take a peek at the pattern suggestions we paired with our sale yarn! Grab a deal and knit a gift for someone special or yourself! Spincycle Trine - Trine is an absolute wooly dream! It's a worsted weight, 3-ply marl arriving in a variety of fun colors, from subtle color-wheel adjacent trios to high contrast wild color combos. Roku -...
Spotlight on: Selecting kits for the newsletter, it is not always easy.
Last week Sarah from Sea Change Fibers delivered a new base to the shop, Swale Sport, a beautiful combination of American Merino/Rambouillet and cashmere. It is so soft and bouncy. I searched through Ravelry for the perfect pattern. On Saturday, I found it, Koryn selected the colors, I photographed the options, Jenn wrote a description, and we had it all set up to appear in the newsletter. I was thrilled! On Tuesday, I took the yarn and pattern home with me and cast it on. I knit the first section, and it was okay; I knit the second section, and,...
Spotlight on: Travel Knitting for H+H Americas
Koryn and I are off to Chicago for the H+H Americas trade show next week, and you had better believe one of the most important things we are packing is our knitting. Yes, this will be a jam-packed work trip, but our knitting will always be at our side. The conference center, the hotels, and the restaurants are filled with industry people who knit and crochet. Anytime you have a break, out comes your project. So what are we bringing? Koryn is going to knit cast on Summer Saga by Britt Marie Bremmer. The last time Britt-Marie was in town for a meeting,...
Spotlight on Yarn: mYak Kupa Baby Yak Organic Cotton
In between bigger projects, I started a little top by Isabel Kraemer called Tresoro. We had just received a shipment of mYak Kupa, and I did not have a project in the shop using the yarn, so this was the perfect marriage of project, yarn, and necessity. I did a gauge swatch (of course) and was pleased with the feel of the yarn and knew it would be perfect for the sweater. I cast on the sweater, a knit for a couple of days, and fell in love. Oh my goodness, do I adore this yarn! Kupa is a combination...
Current Favorite Makes for Summer
Even though warmer days typically roll through our coastal town toward the end of the season, it doesn't mean we can't start dreaming up summery knits now. Plus, for our friends who are already feeling high temps, you can start readying your queues along with us! Read further for our current favorite makes for summer. This fabulous tee was featured in one of our newsletters not long ago, and folks loved it, so, we had to make more kits! We can see why too: Caprock by Bernice of Yamagara Knits is just calling for warmer weather. Designed for Woolfolk's latest collection, this fun pattern, with its well-placed yoke stitching,...