We all know that knitting can bring together communities and form bonds of friendship with other knitters all over the country, and the world. I think it’s one of the reasons we all like to knit! We can feel a closeness with people we otherwise might not have had the opportunity to meet, and our…
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Rhinebeck Round Up!
Like many of you, we spent the last weekend in Rhinebeck, NY to attend the New York Sheep and Wool Festival. It couldn’t have been better sweater weather – it even snowed! – and like everyone else, we got the chance to wear the sweaters we were saving for the occasion. As always, the sweater game…
Rhinebeck Weekend!
Today at noon, our office is headed up to Rhinebeck, NY for the the New York State Sheep and Wool Festival at the Duchess County fairgrounds. We aren’t going as vendors – we’ll leave that to the growers, spinners, and craftspersons – but we are going to walk around, eat doughnuts, drink hot apple cider, and dream of…
Botanical Knits Blog Tour! {and a chance to win!}
When the talented Alana Dakos, the design maven behind Never Not Knitting, contacted us in the summer regarding design support we knew that good things wouldn’t be far behind. Boy, were we right! Her new book, Botanical Knits, is truly a gem. Alana’s eye for design in the natural world shines forth in this stunning…
Independent Designer Feature: Boiseau by Megan Goodacre
Megan Goodacre is a knitwear designer known for her classic designs with beautiful texture and color. (I don’t know about you, but you can bet Kate is knitting Charlie a pair of Megan’s Tiny Pants this weekend!) The Boiseau Wrap is an absolutely stunning scarf with textural and lace details. Knit out of Acadia in Bog,…
Finished Project: Rocky Coast Cardigan
The Rocky Coast Cardigan by Hannah Fettig from her wildly popular self-published book with Alana Dakos, Coastal Knits, has taken the knitting world by storm. For more info on their design process and experience writing the book, be sure to check out the little interview we published with Hannah + Alana as part of their…
Work in Progress Wednesday
Swatching, swatching….. We’re in San Francisco for the day before we teach at Interweave Knitting Lab visiting Margaux. So far, the day has entailed delicious Indian food, corgis, a trip to the Painted Ladies (more on that later!), and now we’re happily knitting and eating pie (and having a few libations). Not too shabby, eh?
Coastal Knits blog tour + Interview!
When Hannah Fettig and Alana Dakos, the authors of the wildly popular new book, Coastal Knits {web link} {rav link}, approached us to be a part of their blog tour commemorating the release of the book, we jumped at the chance! Hannah used one of our yarns, Organik, for the Rocky Coast Cardigan, and Kate…
Work in Progress Wednesday
The wildly popular Rocky Coast Cardigan {rav link}, by Hannah Fettig from the book Coastal Knits {web link} by Hannah and Alana Dakos, knit by Kate out of Organik in Crater Lake.
Knitbot Snack Size Pattern Series: Day Beret + Tricolor Cowl
Have you had a chance to check out Hannah Fettig’s new “Snack Size Pattern Series”? {rav link} In her words, the series of patterns are a collection of “classic accessories you can work up for the cooler weather ahead.” Intended to be easy, fun, well designed, modern and classic – great go-to patterns to feature…
California Dreamin’…
Well, what can we say? In a word, our trip to California was awesome. Awesome hostesses, awesome knitters, awesome friends, awesome yarn, awesome wine, awesome students, awesome weather. We began the trip at A Verb for Keeping Warm. The first thing we saw after stepping foot in Oakland? This graffiti: Quite uplifting after over 10…
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,…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
An Interview With: Gudrun Johnston
It has been too long since we have posted one of our designer interviews! We are excited to jump back into this feature with Gudrun Johnston, the force behind The Shetland Trader. Gudrun recently self-published a book, available in both hard copy and electronic form, aptly named The Shetland Trader – Book One. (website link)…
Sneak Peek!
Our new pattern collection, aptly named Collection 3: Scarves and Shawls, will be available this Spring. Here’s a quick preview: Kate “zhooshing” Maura, which sounds more scandalous then it is. Striking a pose! “Yo, Adrian, we did it… We did it.” She’s so cute for someone who is SO COLD! Lovely and contemplative… …descending into…
Thanks Patricia’s Yarns!
We had such a wonderful time this Saturday at Patricia’s Yarns, spending time with old friends and new! Thanks so much to everyone who came to hang out and to our 8 amazing students who took the Meritursas Fair Isle class with us. For those of you who couldn’t make it, here is a little…
Patricia’s Yarns Event!
This Saturday Kate and Courtney will be at Patricia’s Yarns in Hoboken, NJ! We will be arriving at 1:00 pm armed with a trunk show and ready to hob-knob until class starts at 4. If you come hang out with us, we will be happy to answer any questions you may have about Kelbourne Woolens,…
An Interview with: Cecily + Melissa!
We, like many of you, are super excited about the release (TODAY!) of Melissa LaBarre + Cecily Glowik MacDonald‘s new book with Interweave Press, New England Knits! (For a complete list of the projects on Ravelry, click here). We have a few special connections to the book — firstly, we adore Cecily + Melissa and…
Whale Watch Hat, aka Kate’s ode to New England
When Kate was asked by Melissa LaBarre last year to design a hat using Canopy Fingering (two of her most favorite things ever) for her and Cecily Glowik MacDonald‘s book, New England Knits, she didn’t hesitate for one second. (And now that the book is on the precipice of coming out — and is AWESOME…
Knitscene Fall 2010 – continued!
As we mentioned in yesterday’s post, besides the gorgeous sweater designed by Hannah Fettig in Organik, both Kate and Courtney have designs in the 5th Anniversary issue of Knitscene that feature the Fibre Company yarns. Oscilloscope Shawl. Photograph by Joe Coca + © Knitscene Kate’s design, the Oscilloscope Shawl, named after the sawtooth waves made…
Knitscene Fall 2010!
As always, when we were presented with the opportunity to work with Lisa Shroyer for the Fall 2010 issue of Knitscene, we jumped at the chance! The 5th anniversary issue is packed with a wide variety of projects covering a broad spectrum of techniques, styles and yarns. One of the unique and interesting aspects of…
An Interview with: Anne Kuo Lukito
This post is a long time coming, and we’re so glad to have found the time to finally put it up! We met Anne, of Crafty Diversions and the Handicraft Cafe at our first TNNA in January of 2009. She has always been a huge fan and supporter of the Fibre Company and our yarns. …
Haitian Relief Auction – a joint auction with Kristen Rengren
Like all of you, we were devastated to hear of the tragic earthquake in Haiti last week. Many knitters immediately joined a fund-raising effort in order to support the aid to this country and it has been wonderful to see and hear of the tens of thousands of dollars that have been donated so far. …
Canopy Worsted Revisited
A few weeks ago while noodling around on Ravelry we came across this amazing sweater, knit out of Canopy Worsted. It was, coincidentally, knit by Sonali (knittingowl on ravelry) who used to live in Philadelphia and bought the Canopy Worsted to make this sweater at the local yarn store we also frequent. Small world! Sonali…