Local Yarn Store Day is a shop appreciation day created by TNNA Yarn Group. The first annual LYS Day will take place on April 21 and is designed to show support for small businesses while bringing together a unique community of knitters, crocheters, weavers and spinners to drive awareness and celebrate the craft. We have…
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Designer Feature: Caragh by Laura Nelkin
Our dear friend Laura Nelkin just published a lovely sweater design, Caragh, featuring The Fibre Co. Arranmore Light. From Laura: “Caragh is a boxy sweater knit with my Novus construction, a high/low turned hem, cabled side panels, and an optional scrummy cabled cowl neck. The pattern includes notes for making your Caragh longer, and taking…
Independent Designer Feature: Medio Cowl
Laura Nelkin has done it again with another stellar pattern! Check out this gorgeous colorwork cowl! The Medio Cowl gets its perpendicular striping pattern from its wacky but totally approachable construction. It uses three colors of our new Arranmore yarn to great effect: Bradan, Ciaran, and Brannagh. Here are Laura’s own words describing this cowl: …
Pathways Collection Feature: Vesa
As promised, this week we will be focusing in on each individual pattern in the Pathways Collection by Laura Nelkin. For an overview of the collection, you can see the official introductory post here. Today, we bring you Vesa, a beautiful elongated half-circular shawl that features a unique construction, gorgeous lace pattern, and edging. Laura was kind enough to answer…
Pathways Collection Feature: Prospect
As promised, this week we will be focusing in on each individual pattern in the Pathways Collection by Laura Nelkin. For an overview of the collection, you can see the official introductory post here. Today, we bring you Prospect, a lace shrug knit in one piece with a geometric lace pattern featured prominently on the back. Laura was kind enough…
Pathways Collection Feature: Covert
As promised, this week we will be focusing in on each individual pattern in the Pathways Collection by Laura Nelkin. For an overview of the collection, you can see the official introductory post here. Today, we bring you Covert, a lace cowl featuring a 2-sided panel lace pattern. Laura was kind enough to answer a few questions about this design,…
Pathways Collection Feature: Stillwell
As promised, this week we will be focusing in on each individual pattern in the Pathways Collection by Laura Nelkin. For an overview of the collection, you can see the official introductory post here. Today, we bring you Stillwell, a boomerang shawl with a garter stitch body and lace edging. Laura was kind enough to…
Introducing: The Pathways Collection by Laura Nelkin
Every time I sit down to write a blog post sharing the release of something new, it usually begins with “we’re delighted to announce…”…and I realize I’ve probably said it a thousand times before and try to think of new, creative ways to but this time, when sharing the release of The Pathways Collection, I really, really mean…