Mother’s Day is almost here, treat the mom in your life with some fibre and notion goodies! 1. Fino Mini-Skein Kits Fino Mini-Skein kits are perfect gifts! Each of these bundles contains five sweet mini-skeins of lush Manos del Uruguay Fino, a super soft merino/silk single ply. At a total of 900 yards per bundle, […]
Inspiring
Loopy Mango, Big Cotton Yarn and So Much More!
We’re psyched to welcome Loopy Mango to our shop! Loopy Mango features big, cozy yarns ideal for making chunky garments and home accessories. Their easy, accessible patterns and DIY kits encourge the most novice stitcher into creating their first (and fast) project! From the founders: Loopy Mango is the brainchild of Oejong and Anna, two […]
Spring into the New Perennial Pattern Collection!
Kelbourne Woolens has just released a new pattern collection to go with their brand new yarn, Perennial, a super soft, machine-washable light fingering-weight yarn. The collection is aptly named, according to Kelbourne: The Perennial is true to its name celebrating the best of our most timeless designs. Available as individual pdfs, the Perennial revisits an […]
Meet Havirland, A Sweet Self-Striping Yarn in Sport and Fingering!
We can’t get enough of this awesome self striping yarn by Havirland! The vision of Carol Ocker, a super local dyer from southern Maryland, these beauties are eye candy as well as a colorful and fun knit! We’ve got Pax Sport, and Sotterly Sock, a fingering weight–both are ideal for fun sock knits and eye-catching […]
Living Coral – the color of the year
Pantone’s 2019 Color of the Year has been described as humanizing, warm, nourishing, uplifting, and vibrant. Living Coral, the light orange hue with gold undertones, is supposed to help us energize and remind us to connect outside the digital landscape that occupies most of our day. The maker community is all about connection, engagement, [...]
Ready for a fresh, spring yarn? Meet Lino!
The oddly warm days this past week have had me thinking ahead to light, spring tees and shells. Enter BC Garn Lino, a shiny and bright 100% linen that softens as it's knit and worn. This yarn is fingering weight and machine washable for easy care. Yarn Details: Lino is a plied fingering weight, machine [...]
Laine 7 is here!
In 2018, indie magazines blew us away! From PomPom to Making, to Laine 7, each publication brought us innovative and widely popular patterns along with stories, recipes and lifestyle. This issue brings more inspired designs to get us through the rest of the winter and wile away those wet, slushy days. Featured designers include: ærke Bisschop-Larsen, [...]
New Year’s Day Knitalong – kick off a year of comfort stitching
All the rain. All the terrible news. 2018 has been rough. I am committing 2019 to things of comfort - warm wood needles and beautiful wool in my hands, a cup of amazing hot cocoa on a Friday night, brunch with good friends. 2019 will be a year of appreciating the little things that bring [...]
Handmade Holiday Gifting: gifts for stitchers and non-stitchers alike
Here at fibre space, you can find gifts for non stitchers that you don't have to make! Here are some of our gift ideas: 1. Wax & Wool Soy Candle - $18 These gorgeous candles are made in small batches, hand poured and soy! We have a ton of different scents. 2. Cross Stitch Friends [...]
Handmade Holiday Gifting: last minute gifts
There are under two weeks left until those gifts are officially due to your friends and family. It's time to start thinking about quick knit and crochet projects in bulky weight yarns! Here are my favorites for last minute gifting (most of which you can see in person at the shop right now)! 1. Swirly [...]
Handmade Gift Guide – Mittens
The gift guide this week is focused on keeping fingers warm! Here's my top picks for mitten projects this year, along with my recommended yarns: 1. Bella's Mittens by Marielle Henault These Twilight inspired mittens have inspired over 10,000 projects on Ravelry since the pattern was published ten years ago. This is still one my [...]