Knit, Blog & Be Happy!

As many of you know, I am not a big crocheter.  Yes, I am crocheting a temperature blanket, but that is just one stitch repeated again and again in a straight line.  When I happened upon the Ikigai Fibers booth at a trade show, I fell in love with this granny square blanket.  This is not my grandmother's acrylic yarn crochet of the early 70’s. Pam Power’s Granny Square Lite Blanket, worked in a beautiful color palette, looks modern.  Six large squares are crocheted in her Paka Chunky yarn, put together and finished off with a 3-row border. The result is...

Friends, Koryn and I have been wanting to bring in the lovely Loopy Mango line of yarns for some time now, so when I had the opportunity to meet them at H+H in Chicago this summer and feel their gorgeous, Merino No. 5 yarn, I knew it needed to come home with me. Comprised of 100% merino in a chunky ply, this unbelievably soft and cozy yarn is perfect for quick projects. Create oversized sweaters in tender neutral shades or make a statement with with accessories in paintbox brights.    One ball is enough for a beanie or a cowl,...

I thought I would highlight a fairly new yarn to our shelves this week, Brooklyn Tweed Tones. A sibling to BT's Loft and Shelter, Tones is quite the interesting yarn for many reasons. First, you might notice Tones is very similar to Shelter.  Like Shelter, it is a worsted-weight American grown and spun Columbia Wool. It is also a woolen spun yarn meaning that it is a bit lighter and airier than a worsted spun yarn.  I encourage you read Brooklyn Tweed's excellent article on the difference between woolen and worsted spun yarns. Tones also comes in a 50 gram 140...

In most climates, you are celebrating warm summer weather so why not begin our "Spotlight" series with Quince & Co. Sparrow. (I say most as we have quite a bit of cool fog here on the coast.) I will begin each Spotlight with a little note about the featured product and follow up with a lot of project ideas and photographs for you all to dream about!  Quince & Co. Sparrow is an organic linen that is grown in Belgium and then spun in Italy. Quince says,"Sparrow is a plain little yarn, beautiful in its simplicity. Its clean, smooth hand is crisp as...

I am going to start this post with a bit of honesty.  I received two bags of Stra from Woolfolk to knit a sample with over a year ago.  I wasn’t inspired by a project or the yarn so I popped it into my stash and it sat – and sat – and sat. Spring forward, and the time came around to purge my stash.  I looked at the long neglected Stra, knew we did not have a sample in the shop, and figured I would knit a quick sweater in it. The Field Day Cardigan by Ozetta is second in...