Soak Wash: For The Things We Love
We use Soak Wash for all our hand knits and delicate garments. Luckily, we have every scent and scentless stacked up at our office,...
In Bloom: BC Garn Alba for Spring/Summer Knits
Do you love to knit year round, but don’t know what to make? Well, we’ve got you covered!
At Kelbourne Woolens, we not...
Spring Warehouse Sale!
It’s time to clear out the warehouse and make room for new, beautiful yarns and products!
Join us on May 11, 10 am -5 pm...
A Bow in the Sky: Local Yarn Store Day!
The second annual TNNA Local Yarn Store Day is coming up on April 27th,...
BC Garn Bio Balance: Never Say Goodbye to Sweater Weather
It’s spring in the northern hemisphere, and generally that means saying goodbye to sweater weather, regardless if we’re ready for it or...
Year of Hats: April Hat
Forget the showers, bring on the flowers!
It’s the third Tuesday of the month, which means it’s time for the April...
Introducing Somer Jordan to the KW Team!
We’re pleased to announce the newest edition to the Kelbourne Woolens team - Somer Jordan!
Stitch Your Pride: International Transgender Day of Visibility
Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility, and in celebration we decided to design a cute crochet hat for you to stitch up...
Introducing Kelbourne Woolens Perennial
This spring season we are excited to announce the release of our newest addition to the Kelbourne Woolens family - Perennial.
Specifications
60% superwash Merino,...
Cast-On-Itis: BC Garn Semilla Melange
Do you suffer from cast-on-itis? It’s a problem I’ve suffered from since the invention of Ravelry. Every day a new, gorgeous, must-start-right-now design popped...
Year of Hats: February Hat
Today is the third Tuesday of the month, and that can only mean one thing - the February Hat is here!
This year we’re...
Happy Little Accidents: My Humulus Sweater (Dress)
Did you all watch or grow up with The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross? Well, when I tried on my freshly blocked Read more
Designer Feature: Germantown Hats by Chiaki Hayashi
Our Germantown yarn is one of those go-to-for-anything yarns we keep reaching for over and over again. It’s ideal for plain, textured, and stranded...
Navia Duo Makes a Colorwork Knitter Out of Me
Now that the holidays are over, I can finally show you the hats I made for my best friends two daughters! (Full disclosure, I...
We Want You!: Crochet Summer ’19 Submissions Call
We’re in the frigid depths of winter in Philadelphia, so naturally, it got us thinking about warmer climates and crochet!
At Kelbourne Woolens, we think...
A Love Affair With Lice
For the last two weeks, I have exclusively been working on the Barnelopper (Baby Fleas) cardigan by Ann Myhre (Pinneguri) in Read more
Designer Feature: Bynx Hat by Hayley Geary
We have a soft spot in our hearts for our snuggly Scout yarn. The entire Kelbourne...
An Interview With: Dianna Walla of Paper Tiger
Dianna Walla, the designer behind Paper Tiger, recently published The Chalet Collection in conjunction with Montréal...
Introducing 5 New Colors of Scout!
Introducing five, fresh new colors in Scout!
Meet strawberry heather, plum heather, teal heather, moss heather, and meadow heather. Our new colors add depth and...
Introducing the Year of Hats!
It’s a new year and about time for a new year-long-knit-a-long pattern series from Kelbourne Woolens!
What’s better than a free hat pattern? Twelve free...
Crafting a Responsibility
There has been...
Fresh for 2019: Introducing Meghan Babin to the KW Team!
Meghan? Which Meghan? We’ll have to devise a system.
Here at the Kelbourne Woolens office we suffer from name confusion issues. There’s Courtney Kelley...Designer Feature: Meta’s Bonnet by Maura Kirk
Our dear friend Maura (another former Kelbourne Woolens employee!) stopped by yesterday with her darling wee babe, Meta, who was wearing her brand...
Navia Knitalong: Updates and Progress
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Did you hear that? That was the sound of the last three weeks flying by! We’re still excitedly plugging away at the knit along,...
Designer Feature: Grayson by Leah McGlone
The Winter 2018 Knitty is live, and in it is a stunning wrap, Grayson, by our dear friend Leah McGlone! Leah...
A Giveaway for the Bohéme Christmas Hat!
Just in time for the holidays, we have teamed up with Randi Hjelm Debes of Faroe Knit to offer a giveaway for her Bohéme...
Provisional Cast On
A provisional cast-on is a way to cast on stitches using waste yarn as a temporary cast on so that it can be easily...
Courtney’s Carbeth Cardigan
Every now and then a pattern hits you like a ton of bricks, and you stop everything you’re doing to cast on.
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Bobbles
There are many types of bobbles created using different techniques. The basic concept for all bobbles - regardless of their size - is that you are...
Filet Crochet
While often very complex in appearance, filet crochet is a simple form of crochet that uses a open netting and filled spaces formed by...
Aslant Pullover + Andorra Yarn Giveaway!
The Aslant Pullover, designed by Lana Jois using Kelbourne Woolens Andorra and published in the latest knit.wear issue is the perfect...
New Free Pattern: Llumeneres Hat!
When we received the new colors of Andorra this season, I saw the deep navy and immediately fell in love.
I had always wanted...
Bohéme Christmas Hat by Faroe Knit
Last night while relaxing with a cup of Sleepytime tea and some Instagram therapy, I happened upon the perfect Christmas-y knit to add to...
Cables Across Repeats
Working cables in the round in all-over repeats requires working the cable at the end of the round differently than the others in the repeat.
When...
Navia Knitalong: Swatches and colors
Despite a bit of snow that surprised every meteorologist in the tri state area, we all managed to do a little bit of swatching...
Navia Knitalong: Free Pattern and Plans
It is time to get excited for the Navia Knitalong! As I mentioned in the post last week, the design, Troyggja Við Mynstur (Sweater...
Announcing the Navia knitalong!
As I mentioned in my previous post on Navia, we’re hosting a casual knitalong using the Troyggja Við Mynstur (Sweater with...
Scout Collection: Powell
Throughout the process of creating and growing the Kelbourne Woolens line of yarns, it has been really fun to see how Meghan...
An Interview With: Óli Kristian á Torkilsheyggi of Navia Yarns
As mentioned in my last post, we spent some time with Óli Kristian á Torkilsheyggi (Kris), the owner of Navia Yarns, in...
Our Visit to The Faroe Islands
2018 was a pretty crazy year, and one of the absolute highlights (besides the birth of Courtney’s daughter, Gilda, and the release of four...
An Introduction to Navia Yarns
The fall issue of Knit.Wear includes a stunning article by Leslie Petrovski on the Faroe Islands and Navia Yarn, one of the...
A Brief History of Germantown Yarns
In our previous posts we’ve alluded to Germantown’s long history as a good quality American yarn. This post will go a bit more...
Color Stories: Germantown Collection
The Building Blocks collection colors came from our love of classic styling and design, so we went for a palette of neutrals mixed...
Germantown Collection: Building Blocks
As we mentioned in the introductory blog post for Germantown, the collection we designed in conjunction with the release of the yarn...
Kelbourne Woolens at Vogue Knitting Live – Minneapolis!
I just returned from Vogue Knitting Live in San Francisco, which was my first teaching foray post-baby! It was a success, and I’m busily...
Germantown: Redesigning a History
It’s not often in life that one gets to have a dream and follow it all the way...
Mattress Stitch
I have wanted to update the images for the mattress stitch tips and tricks since…well, as long as I can remember! I finally...
Kelbourne Woolens, Celebrating Ten Years
If you had asked us last year at this time to look forward to right now, we would...
Introducing Kelbourne Woolens Germantown
2018 marks the ten year anniversary of Kelbourne Woolens and we are celebrating this milestone with something we have been dreaming about for a...
Designer(s) Feature: Vogue Knitting Fall 2018
Meghan and I just discussed our realistic-yet-still-ambitious Rhinebeck sweater goals, which can only mean one thing: Fall is almost here! We’re on the tail...