THE FIBER HAPPENINGS!
Independent designers are always releasing new patterns, running special offers, and leading Knit-a-longs and Crochet-a-longs.
And then there are all the online retailers with their specials. How to keep track of what's going on?
Keep up with all the happenings right here!
And then there are all the online retailers with their specials. How to keep track of what's going on?
Keep up with all the happenings right here!
I'm providing this information to help makers find patterns outside of Ravelry and to showcase these amazing designers. And seriously they are all amazing. Designers do no pay me to be added to this list.
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PATTERN HAPPENINGS
Announcements are listed chronologically by when they were released and then alphabetically by designer.
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A Bee In The Bonnet: Amicus Socks
The Amicus Socks feature columns of narrow cables broken up by simple eyelets across a field of garter stitch. They come in three sizes and an LVA version of the pattern is included.
Skill Level: Intermediate
Techniques: cables, increases, decreases, knitting in the round
Skill Level: Intermediate
Techniques: cables, increases, decreases, knitting in the round
Kath Andrews Designs: The Little Orme Collectio
Originally available on Knit Picks using Palette Yarn The Little Orme collection features a hat, glove and cowl worked in a beautiful, traditional fair isle echoes the lichen clinging to cliffs over the edge of the ocean.
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Knit Picks Palette* was made for colorwork projects - literally. This fingering weight, 100% wool yarn comes in a vast color range. You're sure to find the exact shade you want for your next stranded adventure. Looking for Indy Dyers and Spinners? You can find so many on Etsy*
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Pantsville Press: Plicate Hat
Love a slouchy hat, struggle for the perfect slouch? You have something in common with Hunters Hammersen whose new pattern solves this delimma!
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That Metzbower Girl: Minnesota Socks
That Metzbower Girl has released her latest state inspired sock honoring the Land of a 10,000 Lakes: Minnesota! This sock features toe up construction, intarsia color work and a strong heel!
Strong Heel Tutorial
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That Metzbower's Girl new sock features the strong heel: the Socktober 2020 Feature Heel! See how to work this gusset heel sock that requires no picking up stitches!
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Victoria Marchant Knits: Tyger Cowl
Tyger is a snug cowl, knit with 2-colour stranded colourwork to recreate the fearful symmetry of this big cat. If your day needs a little less lamb and a little more roar, cover your neck with bold stripes and tackle it head on.
Note: Tyger is wonderful for keeping your neck and face warm, but it is not suitable for use as a face covering to prevent the spread of disease. Please wear a mask!
Note: Tyger is wonderful for keeping your neck and face warm, but it is not suitable for use as a face covering to prevent the spread of disease. Please wear a mask!
I love interchangeable circular needles and they are perfect for hats, cowls, and gloves. In this blog post I discuss DPN vs Magic Loop vs Two Circulars. Blog post includes an exclusive video demo'ing how to set up interchangeable needles for two circulars without additional tips. When people ask what interchangeable needles I recommend I have lots of questions for them first: What material do they like? Any grip issues? How sharp to you want your tip? How do you feel about cables? Invariably I recommend one of the four sets below.
For stranded color-work I love my Knitter's Pride Karbonz Needles*. I don't love knitting with wood needles, but this set gives just the right amount of grip for stranded work, but provide a shaper tip with its metal tip.
For stranded color-work I love my Knitter's Pride Karbonz Needles*. I don't love knitting with wood needles, but this set gives just the right amount of grip for stranded work, but provide a shaper tip with its metal tip.
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Aklori Designs: Along the Way Shawl
Another beautiful Tunisian Crochet shawl from Aklori Designs. This pattern is a triangular shawl worked side to side.
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We do not only perform magic with are needles and hooks, but with pins and blocking matts! Not everything requires pin blocking, but lace is truly transformed during this process. Make sure you have what you need whenever you want to cast on and cast off your lace work.
If you are new to blocking, Knit Picks has the perfect starter kit with blocking matts, T-pins, blocking pins, soak wash travel/sampler set, instruction labels and lint shaver. Have matts? More pins than you know what to do with? No worries you can purchase each item separately. |
Knitrospective: The Peigi Anndra Shawl
From the house they shared in South Uist (Outer Hebrides), Peigi Anndra Macrae and her sister Mairi, offered lodging to the American photographer and traditional music collector Margaret Fay Shaw in 1929. After Shaw married the folklorist John Lorne Campbell and moved to Canna, their close friendship continued.
Spending weeks nestled in their living room and surrounded by the cats of Canna House, Peigi would constantly spin, sing and knit. In a 1955 BBC Home Service programme*, Shaw describes Peigi as ‘a tiny bird of a woman, of no age, with a store of wisdom and a hand that can do anything’. Shaw ponders, ‘What treasures have gone into the yarn and socks as she knits?’
Now under the ownership of the National Trust for Scotland, the house contains the archive of collections made by Campbell and Shaw - many of which were gained through their connections with the Macrae sisters and their community.
This pattern is inspired by the long friendship between Peigi Anndra and Margaret Fay Shaw. They celebrated other ways of knowing through the intangible material culture of folklore, song and practices of everyday rural life. The cats so loved by both women pad gently through the asymmetrical triangle shawl, with paw print lace tracing its independent path against a background of garter stitch.
Originally designed for the Textiles from Home conference, University of Madison, Wisconsin in March 2021, this pattern is now available from here and raises funds for Refuweegee - a Glasgow-based organisation which supports displaced people living in the city and across Scotland. Every penny goes to the charity and I will publish giving information on my website knitrospective.com and Instagram @Knitrospective
Spending weeks nestled in their living room and surrounded by the cats of Canna House, Peigi would constantly spin, sing and knit. In a 1955 BBC Home Service programme*, Shaw describes Peigi as ‘a tiny bird of a woman, of no age, with a store of wisdom and a hand that can do anything’. Shaw ponders, ‘What treasures have gone into the yarn and socks as she knits?’
Now under the ownership of the National Trust for Scotland, the house contains the archive of collections made by Campbell and Shaw - many of which were gained through their connections with the Macrae sisters and their community.
This pattern is inspired by the long friendship between Peigi Anndra and Margaret Fay Shaw. They celebrated other ways of knowing through the intangible material culture of folklore, song and practices of everyday rural life. The cats so loved by both women pad gently through the asymmetrical triangle shawl, with paw print lace tracing its independent path against a background of garter stitch.
Originally designed for the Textiles from Home conference, University of Madison, Wisconsin in March 2021, this pattern is now available from here and raises funds for Refuweegee - a Glasgow-based organisation which supports displaced people living in the city and across Scotland. Every penny goes to the charity and I will publish giving information on my website knitrospective.com and Instagram @Knitrospective
Liz Corke Knits: Lozen
Lozent is a Scots word meaning diamond patterned – the perfect name for this cowl covered in diamond shaped leaves! Knit from the top down with its’ leaves increasing in size from the top to the bottom, Lozent is a cylindrical cowl with a simple but fun lace pattern! It’s a great introduction to lace for a new knitter or an easy, relaxing pattern for the more experienced knitter and is a fantastic layering piece as we move through the seasons.
The pattern is fully written and charted so whichever way you like to read your patterns, you’re covered! The pattern has been tech edited and test knitted.
Receive 25% off Until 3/23 with Code LeafSale
The pattern is fully written and charted so whichever way you like to read your patterns, you’re covered! The pattern has been tech edited and test knitted.
Receive 25% off Until 3/23 with Code LeafSale
Bullock-Ozkan Design: March Flowers Mitts
The early days of spring can still have a nip in the air. These cheerful fingerless mitts featuring Tulips will keep your hands warm while reminding you of the spring flowers. This project would be perfect for the adventuresome knitter ready to try colorwork for the first time. And for the experienced color work knitter, options abound to make your own custom creation. Sign up for Ozkan-Bullock Designs newsletter for discount.
Periwinkle Dragon Designs: Azureum Socks
Inspired by the Green Thornytail Iguana Carolyn Lisle has created another beautiful sock. This sock is worked toe up with a rounded, afterthought heel. The sock features ribbing around the leg and foot for comfort and fit with a panel of textured stitches to create interest. As so often is true from Periwinkle Dragon, this design is well suited for variegated and self striping yarns.
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Knit Picks* has a lovely selection of sock yarn at a beautiful price point. I'm a big fan of Hawthorne, a Superwash Highland Wool/Nylon blend with a beautiful selection of totals and solids.
If you want to go full ham with your sock yarn, check out Lovecraft*s. They have a large selection of sock yarns at every price point. |
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Amy Snell, The Devious Knitter: The Wanderoo
Wanderoo is a sport-weight sock that takes us on a little adventure. Its cables meander back and forth as though they can’t quite make up their mind where they want to be: a little to the left, back to the right, sometimes a little longer, sometimes a little less.
Wanderoo is worked toe-up, with contrast color toes, heels, and cuff. The heel construction uses short rows and a clever little mini gusset that delivers the perfect amount of extra room across the ankle for those who need it.
Wanderoo is worked toe-up, with contrast color toes, heels, and cuff. The heel construction uses short rows and a clever little mini gusset that delivers the perfect amount of extra room across the ankle for those who need it.
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Looking for that perfect pack of mini skeins or just want to treat yourself to hand spun, hand dyed yarn? Don't forget to check out our Yarnie Indy to show your support for dyers and spinners providing accessible places to purchase the pretty string.
And you can find more independent dyers and spinners on Etsy! |
Rachy Newin Designs: The Co-Worker Beanie
Rachy Newin is known for her lacy shawls, but her newest creation takes things in a whole new direction. This beanie is crocheted flat and the magic of short rows turns it into a hat. Get 15% off with Code COWORKER until 2/16.
DESIGNER NEWS AND MAKE ALONGS HAPPENINGS
Sarah Dawn's Design: Spring Leaves Market Bag
For the Month of April, the Spring Leaves Market Bag is on sale at 50% off! Plus, there's a knit-along! Finish a bag by the end of April, and you can enter to Win!
Etsy: No Code Needed Payhip: Use Code AprFeatPatt2021
This pattern has written instructions, and the stitch pattern is both written and charted. This pattern also has an accessible large print option that is compatible with screen-reading software. This option includes only the written instruction.
Techniques Used:
decreases: k2tog, ssk
increases: yarn over, m1l, m1r, m1p
pinhole cast on
knit cast off
working small circumferences in the round
creating a twisted cord
Etsy: No Code Needed Payhip: Use Code AprFeatPatt2021
This pattern has written instructions, and the stitch pattern is both written and charted. This pattern also has an accessible large print option that is compatible with screen-reading software. This option includes only the written instruction.
Techniques Used:
decreases: k2tog, ssk
increases: yarn over, m1l, m1r, m1p
pinhole cast on
knit cast off
working small circumferences in the round
creating a twisted cord
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Do I have a favorite crochet hook? Yes I do and it's the Clover Amour Set. These are ergonomic crochet hooks with a soft grip. I personally love the tapered, pointed tip making it easier to enter each chain.
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Wool Wide Adventures
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Join us on a virtual expedition! This Instagram-based event will run throughout March and April. Each week, we'll be exploring a different aspect of the history, culture, and practice of the fiber arts around the world... and you are invited to follow the week's Adventure by sharing along on Instagram, using the hashtag #woolwideadventures.
We'll be launching the event with a kickoff party on Zoom Saturday, February 27 at 7:30pm Eastern time. Registration is required for this free event, at www.tiny.one/WWAWelcome. |
SALES HAPPENINGS
Knit Picks*
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It's an amazing book sale from Knit Picks! Now is the time to get a a pattern book, stitch library, or reference book you've had your eye on!
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Etsy*
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*As an Etsy Affiliate I earn on qualifying purchases
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Check out my Favorite Shops List to see all the designers on the FTIL with stores on Etsy. And you can see some of my favorite patterns from designers on The Fiber Indy List.
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Lovecrafts*
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Every day Lovecrafts has an amazing sale happening. I can barely keep up! Make sure to check out their Star Deals.
Always check out my Community Page: Carrie CraftGeek. You can see some of my favorite patterns from designers on The Fiber Indy List.
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