4.20 A new design, knit by Kate out of Savannah in Natural.
Work in Progress….oh. huh.
Well, it looks like Wednesday got away from us! No bother, it is because we were busy finalizing last minute details, packing, planning and preparing (do you think 4 knitting projects is enough for 5 days of travel?) for our trip to California! The details: + On Friday the 15th (tomorrow!) at 6 pm, we…
Photoshoot!
Somehow, we managed to schedule a photoshoot for our fall collection on what was the hottest day of 2011 in Philadelphia. No matter, our model was gorgeous and patient as always, and the photos came out really great. We thought you would enjoy a little teaser sneak peek of some of our upcoming designs! Now…
Hannah is at it again!
Last week Hannah Fettig announced the release of 2 new beautiful sweaters featuring Savannah. The Spring Ribbed Cardigan {rav link} {web link} is an open front top-down raglan designed in Savannah in Pink Grapefruit and features deep ribbing, 3/4 length sleeves and a garter/rib pattern on the body and sleeves. In true Hannah Fettig style,…
Work in Progress Wednesday
A new accessory, designed and knit by Kate. Finishing up our samples for the new Fall collection. We’re super excited about this one and hope you will be, too! Update: Find the pattern here!
Vintage Modern Knits-a-long Contest!
We thought it would be fun to add a little contest into the mix in conjunction with the VMK-KAL! When the KAL ends on May 13th, we will be awarding prizes to participants for best projects in the following categories: Most Creative Use of Color Best Modification Best Use of Fibre Company Yarn Best Use…
Knitscene Summer 2011: Starboard Cape
The brand new Knitscene Summer preview went live the other day and Courtney has a really cute design in the issue featuring Canopy Fingering in Macaw. The Starboard Cape is knit from side to side on a larger-than-typical needle to create a little capelet with a lot of drape and shaping. The pattern is written…
Twist Collective Spring 2011: Clearwing
Today marks the release of the new Spring 2011 Twist Collective Magazine, and again the issue is chock-full of really beautiful designs. One we’re particularly partial to (and can you blame us?) is the Clearwing sweater designed by Amy Christoffers featuring Savannah in Bluegrass. Clearwing features just the right amount of detail – slightly tapered…
Work in Progress Wednesday
3.30 Remember this? We’re deep in deadline knitting for our next for sale pattern collection, but during much-appreciated spare moments (or when her brain is just…broken..) Kate works happily away on her Adelaide for the VMK-KAL. And don’t forget! If you, too, are participating in the KAL, please “tag” your project with”VMK-KAL” so we can…
Kelbourne Woolens + Martha Stewart!
We are SO excited to tell you that Kelbourne Woolens, the Fibre Company and our friend Maura are featured on today’s Martha Stewart Crafts Department Blog, complete with a free download of Breda’s Cowl, a beautiful crochet pattern designed by Maura out of Road to China Light! You can view the post HERE. Through a…
Work in Progress Wednesday
3.23 Courtney’s Vintage Modern Knits-A-Long version of the Brigid Jacket from Vintage Modern Knits, shown in Terra in the color Black Walnut. A she is completely unable to knit the same thing twice, Courtney is planning some modifications to the cardigan, having already knit the version that is shown in the book. She is making…
Design Planning Meeting
The weather was really beautiful on Friday, so after crossing off as much as we could of our office-related “to-do” lists, we went to the Belgian Cafe for dinner to brainstorm new ideas for fall. It was wonderful to spend the early evening in the warm fresh air, (the new to us but awesome Lambrucha…
Work in Progress Wednesday
3.16 Swatching colors for Kate’s version of Adelaide for the Vintage Modern Knits Knit-A-Long! She found a winner with Black Walnut, Sorrel, Nettle, Olive Leaf + Anemone…now onto the knitting! —- And, on a similar note, we will be chatting it up with Planet Purl tomorrow at 8 pm EST – sign in for the…
Bloomin Yarns Weekend!
As we mentioned, our trusty little camera decided it did not have enough time to see all the sights in Pittsburgh, so it stayed to hang out for a little while. It has safely come back home to us (thanks, Michelle!), so we wanted to share photos from our fabulous weekend at Bloomin Yarns. From…
Independent Designer Feature, Part 3: “Lavaliere”
We hope you enjoyed the first and second installment of our designer feature mini series! We’re closing this series with a newly published design by the lovely (and prolific!) Cecily Glowik MacDonald (rav link) of Winged Knits. We have been a fan of Cecily’s since…well, we can’t remember that far back, and were really excited…
Independent Designer Feature, Part 2: “Cayden”
We hope you loved the first installment of our designer feature mini series! Today, we bring you part two, a really versatile and beautiful vest designed by Laura Nelkin. We first met Laura at Stitches back when Courtney was working at a LYS and Laura was working for Schaefer, and are always happy to see…
Independent Designer Feature, Part 1: “Woodland Accessories”
There are some fabulous patterns featuring the Fibre Company yarns that have been put out recently by some of our favorite independent designers (and some new-to-us designers as well – always awesome!) We thought it would be neat to do a little mini-feature of them over the next few days. To start us off is…
Work in Progress Wednesday
3.09 More swatching, swatching, swatching…a new design by Kate knit out of Canopy Fingering in (so far) Chiclet Tree, Laguna, Sarsparilla, Wild Ginger + Coqui.
Kelbourne Woolens + Purl Soho!
We had a wonderful time this past weekend at Bloomin’ Yarns. The classes (Roositud on Saturday and Fair Isle on Sunday) were filled with really lovely, enthusiastic, fun knitters, and the staff at Bloomin’ were incredibly accommodating and splendid hosts. Our camera decided it did not want to come home with us, so once it…
Finished Project: Sapphire Mountain Ash
The smaller version (but still quite generously sized) of the Mountain Ash shawl, designed by Kate and knit out of Road to China Light in Sapphire. This shawl has seen quite a bit in its short life – Kate started working on it during her trip to Argentina this December, knit a few rows at…
Work in Progress Wednesday
3.1 A new design for our upcoming collection, knit by Courtney out of Canopy Worsted in Wild Ginger + Ipe (and probably more…can you guess what wacky intarsia animal she is going to slap on this one? Moose? Platypus? Corgi?)
Vogue Knitting Spring/Summer 2011: #28 Lace Cardi
Courtney has a new design in the current issue of Vogue Knitting, oh-so-descriptively named #28 Lace Cardi (ravelry link). For ths design, Courtney created a trans-seasonal layering piece knit out of the versatile Savannah in a looser than typically recommended gauge. Vogue Knitting Spring/Summer 2011, photo by Rose Callahan The shrug/cardi has a really nice…
And the winner is…….!
…Commenter #19, Elaine Gould! Congrats Elaine! We’ll be emailing you at the address you provided to get all your info so we can send you your fabulous prize. Thanks again to everyone who participated. We hope you enjoyed reading our answers.
Interview Answers!
Thanks so much to all of you who entered our Blog Tour Contest and asked such great questions! We have compiled all of the questions and our answers below. Enjoy! Dotti asked: Was there any specific era and/or design book that inspired your book? Kate + Courtney: Not one specific decade or time period, but…
Collection 3 now available!
We are delighted to announce our third collection of for sale patterns is now available for individual purchase online and is on its way to LYSs around the country! This season we designed a collection of shawls, scarves and even a cowl, each using a different Fibre Company yarn, and each with a unique construction…
Finished Project: Moebius Cowl
A birthday present for a very dear friend, Colleen. Knit by Kate out of Terra in Anemone, with an attached i-cord border out of Organik in Fjord.
Work in Progress Wednesday
2.16 Swatching. Swatching. Swatching. A new Kelbourne Woolens design, knit and designed by Kate out of Organik in Highlands.
Vintage Modern Knits-a-long!
Happy Valentine’s Day! We have been feeling a ton of love in these last few weeks, thanks to those of you who have said such nice things about our book and the Fibre Company yarns. One of the best things about the book’s release has been the opportunities we have had to visit yarn shops,…
Vintage Modern Knits Blog Tour! {+ a chance to win!}
As many of you probably already know, the blog-o-sphere is hosting a lovely little tour of our book, Vintage Modern Knits. It began on Feb 5th with a interview on the WEBS Ready Set Knit Podcast. The podcast was our first “live” interview, and we were quite nervous, but think it went pretty well! If…
Name Our Colors Contest!
I remember being a little girl, thumbing through catalogs and thinking about how great it would be to get to name all the colors. Sage, Eggplant – or the particularly fancy Aubergine – Rose and always an “Iced” something. Ice Pink, Ice Green, Ice Blue. Well, now it is a part of our job here…
Work in Progress Wednesday
2.9 Adult version of the Fiddlehead Pullover, knit by Courtney in Canopy Worsted in River Dolphin. The body and sleeves are finished, now it’s on to the yoke! View it’s first WIPW appearance here.
Flargh.
It has come to our attention there are a few errors in the Kiva Hattu pattern. We have updated the file and sent a correction email to those who have purchased the pattern from our For Sale Patterns page, and have also included the corrections below. Abbreviations: T1L: slip 1 st to cn an hold…
Our Trip to Space!
Yesterday we did a book signing and Yvette Roositud (rav link) workshop at Fibre Space in Alexandria, VA. Our morning began with a quick (but delicious!) brunch at Vermilion Restaurant right around the corner from the shop. The food was excellent. While we were at Vermilion, the Fibre Space staff was hard at work setting…
Finished Project: Gretel Hat
Kate recently finished a second version of her design in the latest Knitscene, the Setesdal Love Hat (rav link) (web link). For this version, she went with a bluey/green palette of Canopy Fingering, and used Palm Bud (pale blue) for the main color and Chiclet Tree (chartreuse) and Quetzal (peacock blue) for the contrast colors….
Snow day with Bruce
Bruce is our UPS driver. He is great. He wasn’t very happy today to see the pile of boxes waiting for him, especially as his truck couldn’t get anywhere close to the loading dock. So we helped him schlep the boxes in the snow. These were the last two. He looks happier now.
A moebius cowl, VK Live, Meg Swanson + The Farm
Not a bad lead in for a post, eh? And not too shabby for a Saturday. How did it all begin? Well, as you know, we wrote a book. (Officially released today)! And this winter and spring we are going on a little tour to promote said book. The first stop on the tour was…
Work in Progress Wednesday
1.26 Crochet! A striped cowl, designed by friend of the Fibre Company + Kelbourne Woolens, Maura Kirk, crocheted by Courtney out of Road to China Light in Lapis, Sapphire + Blue Tournaline.
New Colors of Savannah!
Last but not least, we are introducing 2 new colors to the Savannah line this season. Reintroduced in June, Savannah is our 100% Pennsylvania made yarn, and as a blend of 50% wool, 20% cotton, 15% linen and 15% soy, it is as close as we get to a “summer” yarn, while still having the…
Vogue Knitting Live + Knitty City!
Just a quick note to let you know (or remind you!) that we will be signing copies of Vintage Modern Knits at the Knitty City booths (2301, 2303, 2305 + 2307) at Vogue Knitting Live tomorrow (Saturday) at 2 pm! We will also have a trunk show with all of the patterns from the book…
Work in Progress Wednesday
1.19 An updated version of Courtney’s Sugar Mountain Beret to be re-released in Organik. Shown in color Magma and knit by Kate.
New Colors of Organik!
In addition to the new colors of Canopy Worsted this spring, we are also delighted to be introducing 3 new colors to the Organik line! The original palette was a much more “primary” one than our other lines – Magma, for example is pretty close to a “true” red, and colors like “Loam”, “Seawater” and…
New Colors of Canopy Worsted!
We are delighted to announce the addition of four new colors of Canopy Worsted to the line. A nice lighter worsted weight that has beautiful drape knit loosely at 18 or 19 sts/4in, or structure and amazing stitch definition at 22 or 23, Canopy Worsted is a wonderful sweater yarn. As a result of the…
Finished Project: Guillermo’s Cardigan
While on her trip, Kate had limited suitcase space but made sure to pack enough yarn to knit her cousin’s son and daughter cardigans. It was the first time she was to meet Guillermo (“Lolo”), and over a year since seeing his sister, Maggie, so the two sweaters seemed like the perfect combination Christmas and…
TNNA!
Well, the show in Long Beach just ended and we’re happy to be back in the hotel room relaxing! Here’s a quick recap of our whirlwind weekend: We got to the booth on Friday and before us lay a daunting day. Set up is always worse than any other part of the weekend, but after…
Knitscene Winter/Spring 2011
Not to sound like a broken record, but we like working with Lisa Shroyer at Knitscene. A lot. Every new issue that features one of our designs brings the same excitement, anticipation, (and yes, a little bit of nervousness) as the first! (The Tempest Beret (rav link) published in Winter/Spring 2009 – you can read…
Work in Progress Wednesday
1.5 Cables + Lace Beret (rav link) by Michele Wang, knit by Kate out of Road to China Light in Carnelian.
Interweave Crochet Winter 2010: Belcarra Cardigan
Sadly, crochet does not get a ton of airtime around here (which will soon change, we promise!), and as a result we are always delighted when we see our yarns used in crochet designs, both in print and online. The latest issue of Interweave Crochet Winter 2010 (website link) + (rav link) is no exception….
Finished Project: Aidez Cardigan
Happy New Year! Kate was lucky enough to spend the holidays (including a rather long flight on New Year’s ‘celebrated’ only with a “feliz año nuevo” begrudgingly announced by one of the flight attendants over the loudspeakers while most of the passengers slept) in Patagonia, Argentina, visiting the free range and organic ranch where her…
Work in Progress Wednesday
12.29.10 The New Year is on the horizon. For this Work in Progress Wednesday I thought we could take a chance to reflect upon the greatest work in progress Kate and I have, Kelbourne Woolens. August of 2010 marked our second year as distributors of The Fibre Company yarns, a job which we both feel…
Work in Progress Wednesday
12.22.2010 Inspired by Kristen Rengren’s Jasper Diamond Hoodie and knit in Canopy Worsted, color Blue Crown. A gift for Kate’s very lucky cousin!