Author: Sarah
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3 Ways to Enjoy Yarn Clubs
Stimulate your creative juices with new unique yarns in 2014! The Yarn Clubs are open! During the first six months of 2014, Intrepid Tulips will explore new colors of Cashmere Sock, DK, and Lace through three different yarn clubs. Cashmere Sock and DK Yarn Club members will receive a skein delivered monthly, dyed exclusively for the…
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Yarn Pooling Resource List
Yarn pooling is suddenly a hot topic! I thought it would be good to build a reference list. If you’ve got variegated yarn or planned pooling books, calculators or other resources, please share them in the comments, and I’ll add them to the list! Yarn Pooling Discussions Ravelry Groups –…
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Free Pattern Saturday: Pooled Infinity Scarf
Football season’s starting: the crowds cheer, the players adjust their mouth guards, the commentators comment, the search for game-friendly knitting projects is on! This scarf works up quickly in the round. It’s almost entirely knit in stockinette with a simple picot edge for added interest. It offers a fresh take on variegated yarn, working with…
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Of Barber Poling and Pools
Barber poling and pooling describe two frequent ways in which variegated yarn behaves badly. Of course, “behaving badly” is entirely in the eyes of the beholder, but that’s another story. Barber poling describes one or more yarn colors aligning row after row to form diagonal stripes, and pooling describes great blobs of color formed as…
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The Natural Dyeing Mystique
Last weekend I traveled to the old mining town of Encampment, Wyoming with a bunch of friends for a dyeing workshop with Carol Lee at Sheep Shed Studio. Carol has been working with fiber and natural dye for years, and packs an enormous amount of information into a delightful weekend. Natural dyeing has a different…
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Knitwear Designs for Intrepid Tulips
Val Love of Dovetail Designs I met knitwear designer Val Love a little more than a year ago at the TNNA Columbus yarn show. We bumped into each other in a loud restaurant after a busy day in the exhibit hall. We exchanged a bit of small talk and business cards. The next morning, with…
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Lace Yarns for Summer
Come take a peek at three new lace yarns to liven up the dog days of summer. Silk and Merino yarns, fresh colors. Come feel the breeze! Each of these new yarns represents a completely different warm weather knitting mood. While they’re each multicolored, the hues are not high contrast, so light summer lace should…
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Secret Desert Gardens
This past May we spent a weekend mountain biking in central Utah’s San Rafael Swell. As a bonus, the desert was in bloom after a wet winter and cool spring. Above is a photo of the blooming desert from just outside the tent. You’d never guess it was riddled with color would you? Here are…
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Knitting Stitches to Show Off Variegated Yarn
What knitting stitches to apply to that glorious skein of yarn that found you last weekend at your favorite store? If it’s a multicolored hand-painted beauty, that’s far from an idle question. Here’s a little collection of simple, small repeat patterns perfect for things like socks or mittens, where ginormous complicated patterns don’t fit well.…
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Ten on Tuesday: Things I Want to Do This Summer
“Summertime….And the knitting is easy…..” Walk on Lake Superior beaches Finish a couple malingering sweaters Add to the blog series on variegated yarns Watch ore freighters move through Sault Ste. Marie locks (Yep, trip home is in the works!) Eat strawberries Work in the garden – weeding is done, but there’s mulch to spread Drink…