Category Archives: Yarn

As Seen in . . . Knit.Wear Magazine!

a while back, knit.wear magazine asked us to send them some joie de cashmere yarn for a mystery project.  to be honest, we had forgotten all about it until the most recent fall/winter 2016 issue fell into our mailbox . . . and lo and behold . . . on page 71, we found suesan roth’s  stunning kakasu shawl knit up in our yarn. knit.wear was kind enough to send along some larger photos to share with y’all.  that said, what the photos don’t capture…

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wip: julie hoover’s daphne!

row 2 i’ve been a terrible knitter of late — mostly due to having developed a bad case of bursitis (ouch!) a few months back.  after laying off the needles for almost a good nine months, my wrists have finally healed. . . which means i can finally take-on julie hoover’s daphne.  here we go! row 55 i decided to knit dafne using lustrous linen in capri with two strands held together.  it’s steamy hot in nyc and i’m looking forward to the crispness of…

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sheep of steel super speedy beret

it’s a bird! it’s a plane! it’s our super speedy sheep of steel beret!  we opened our box of sheep of steel twisted bobbles handspun yarns yesterday and got straight to work.  we knit the entire 36 row beret in about 2.5 hours — no doubt less time than it would take to walk to madison avenue, battle the crowds, and buy a beret (much needed these days, given that it’s FREEZING in NYC!).   irem, the british textile artist that spins each skein by hand,…

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moko moko in red

photo on left courtesy of olgajazzy.blogspot.com we’ve been long-time admirers of Olgajazzy‘s fiber artistry.  she has a truly unique point of view and always does things that delight and surprise.  so imagine how excited we were, when she whipped up the moko moko cowl in our clever camel. photo courtesy of olgajazzy.blogspot.com we were so intrigued with the construction of the cowl that we decided to stitch up one for ourselves in poppy red — which we think really emphasizes how dramatic the piece is.…

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