If you’ve been following along in Instagram, you may have noticed Leah knit along with the Fringe Hatalong #2: L’Arbre by Cirilia Rose in Road to China. Her hat is newly complete (an official post on that soon!), and I though it would be great to showcase it in three unique spring styles. Our office dress-code…
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#CrochetSummer2014 Pattern: Bobble Stitch Plant Coasters
In September of 2013, we (myself, Owen, Charlie + our 4 pets) moved into a new home. Like all things, the whole process did not go as expected, and after 360 days on the market, we finally closed the sale on our old house yesterday. After living with about 60% of our furniture for 12 months, we happily…
New For Sale Pattern: Maxine
Last year we introduced a Brick and Mortar Appreciation Program, aka BAMAP. The program featured a LYS exclusive pattern and yarn each month over the course of three months and incorporated some of our favorite Fibre Company yarns. We’re excited to announce that December’s BAMAP pattern, Maxine by Leah McGlone is available for Ravelry download. …
Fair Isle Style: Fara Raglan + Scandi Sukkalegs
If you’ve been paying any sort of attention, you know we love colowork. A bunch of our designs: Colette, Rukkilill Mitts, Gretel, Jackson, Winnipeg, Sylvie + many of the projects in Vintage Modern Knits (just to name a few!) feature color in one way or another. As a result, when we were approached by colorwork knitter extraordinaire,…
Introducing the Kelbourne Woolens: Baby Collection!
We are pleased to announce the arrival of our new book: Kelbourne Woolens: Baby Collection! Whether delicate and dainty or rumble-tumble and rowdy, Kelbourne Woolens Baby Collection has the perfect project to clothe your sweet wee one…whatever adventures your life may now bring. This lovely collection has everything to keep your baby warm and adorable…
Knitscene Accessories 2013
The online issue of Knitscene Accessories 2013 just came out and we couldn’t be more excited about it. With two gorgeous projects, the Transistor Hat by Ann McDonald Kelly and the Rukkilill Mitts by Kate Gagnon Osborn, we’ll be ready for those brisk morning walks. The Transistor Hat by Ann McDonald Kelly features Road to China in Garnet, Riverstone and Ruby….
Independent Designer Feature: the Neighbor Hoodie by Andrea Sanchez
The Neighbor Hoodie by Andrea Sanchez is an adorable baby hoodie knit from the top down with intentional neckline shaping to add a great design element. Knit in the luxurious Road to China Light‘s Peridot colorway with an accent of Autumn Jasper for the set-in pockets , this petite hoodie will give any child a…
New Colors of Road to China!
Last week we announced the introduction of two new beautiful neutral colors of Acadia, and this week we’re delighted to announce the release of two lovely colors of Road to China. You may recognize both both colors from when we introduced them in the Road to China Light line. We loved them so much, we couldn’t…
New Free Pattern: Picket Hat
Originally knit way back in 2011, Maura kept wearing this hat to work all fall + winter and after we all threatened to steal it from her (more than once!) we though it was high time to write it up into a pattern. The beauty of this hat is in its simplicity – a gorgeous…
Announcing…Kelbourne Woolens, Volume One
It’s been hard keeping this a secret all year, but we are so pleased to finally share with you our celebration of the first five years of Kelbourne Woolens! Five years ago, in 2008, Kate was in her last year of graduate school, earning a degree in textile design with a weaving focus, and Courtney’s…
Knitter Projects: Botanic Hat
With winter showing its brutal face here on the east coast, it’s time to bring out the hats, scarves, mittens and everything warm to protect us from the harsh winter winds. The Botanic Hat by Stephen West is a great way to mix and match colors and textures of different yarns, plus it’s reversible! In…
Interweave Knits Fall 2012: Amstel Hat
The fall 2012 Interweave Knits is here and it is easily one of the best issues we have seen in a long time. Filled with garments and accessories – even two bags and a children’s toy – it is the perfect antidote to the warm + humid summer we’re experiencing on the east coast. Courtney…
New For Sale Pattern: Tree of Life Cowl
The latest pattern offering for you designed by Courtney, the Tree of Life Cowl is a beautiful quick to knit accessory featuring a simple cable pattern using Road to China. An ideal accompaniment to the popular Tree of Life Wristlets and knit using just two skeins, it is the perfect quick knit to give as…
New Colors of Road to China!
Our final batch of new colors for this season – three amazing additions to the Road to China line. You may recognize these three colors from Road to China Light, as added them to that line this fall. Due to their popularity, we thought they deserved to be featured in Road to China as well….
Sneak Peek:
A little snippet of a soon-to-be released design, knit by Courtney out of Road to China Worsted in Citrine.
Independent Designer Feature: Zelkova
Kristen Kapur of Through the Loops is at it again, this time with a beautiful sweater, the Zelkova cardigan {web link} {ravelry link}, knit out of Road to China in Malachite. The body of the sweater is knit in one piece, and the 3/4 length sleeves are knit separately and joined at the armholes. The…
Vogue Knitting Winter 2011/12: Cable Brim Cap by Erica Schlueter
The newest issue of Vogue Knitting was recently published, and the issue is packed with effortless sweaters, accessories and items for the home designed to be lived in. In the “Soft Sculpture” story, the pages are filled with accessories in shades of purple, each designed with beautiful textural and design elements. The Cable Brim Cap,…
Knitscene Winter 2011: Ileana Pullover by Romi Hill
The new Winter 2011 issue of Knitscene is out, and, yet again, it is a winner! (Is it us, or does each issue just get better than the last?) The cover sweater is the beautiful Ileana Pullover {web link} {rav link} by Romi Hill {web link}. Knit out of Road to China Worsted in a…
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!
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…
Work in Progress Wednesday
10.27 Striped Top Down Pullover. Knit by Courtney in Road to China in Garnet + Hematite. *** What the heck is Work in Progress Wednesday anyway? You can find out more about it here.
New colors of Road to China Worsted!
We got a new order of Road to China Worsted the other day and are so excited about this shipment’s batch of colors. Our dyers really outdid themselves this time. We were doubly excited to receive the 4 new colors of Road to China Worsted that we added to the line this season! Due to…
A brand New Opus!
No, not this Opus (but don’t you all wish? Cutest. Mutt. Ever.) THIS Opus! It had been almost 2 years since Kate published the pattern, and re-knitting, updating and tweaking it slightly was always in the back of her mind. Armed with a week of vacation in Maine, some beautiful ocean-esque colors (blue tourmaline +…
Spotlight on: Road to China Worsted
As we dive deeper and deeper into our knitting for future patterns, the ability to share what we’ve been up to has decreased even more dramatically than before. (More on that in a bit). We both know that is no fun for a blog, especially one that is supposed to be about knitting, so we…
New Free Pattern, Mi’raj Shrug
Mi’raj means ladder in arabic, and that is the effect that the simple stitch pattern gives to this simple to knit garment. It is worked from cuff to cuff, first in the round, then back and forth for the opening then in the round again with an easy double yarn over stitch pattern. There are…
Kindred Knits
Our lovely friend Hannah at Knitbot has published a new pattern using Road to China Worsted, the Ribbed Pullover Vest. It uses 4 (4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9) skeins of The Fibre Co. Road to China WW in Garnet for finished bust sizes of 23 (25, 27, 28, 30, 32,…