No fooling – the April Mittens are here! Inspired by the ingenious way the Irish Mittens we picked up on our yarn-designing trip back in 2015 were constructed, the April Mittens are knit in two halves: the back of the hand and the palm. The pieces are then joined around the edge using a crocheted slipped…
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Color Stories: Wild Irish November
Blustery winds, waves crashing on the coastline, damp moss covered stones, and sheep clustered on jagged hills lined with babbling brooks; this is what we experienced on the western coast of Ireland last winter when we traveled to the mill to design The Fibre Co. Arranmore. As we have just received a large shipment of Arranmore…
Kelbourne Visits Donegal Mill
As you know from Courtney’s post, in order to develop Arranmore, we decided we needed to visit Donegal Yarns mill. Besides the opportunity to visit Ireland, we were so excited to see the yarn actually being made. The Donegal spinning mill was established in Kilcar in the early 1900’s in response to an increased demand…
Kelbourne Goes to Ireland!
We took an amazing whirlwind trip to Ireland last December. Myself, Kate (who is sitting a couple rows back so she had her own row!), and Meghan flew into Dublin early on a Saturday morning. I proceeded to steel myself to drive, on the wrong side of the road, from Dublin to Donegal at 7:00…