Local designer Dee O’Keefe has done it again! The yarnistas fell in love with her newest design, Sonatine, when she was wearing the prototype in the shop. You can now […]
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Featured Project: Promises in the Dark Shawl in Dream State and Nightshades or Daylights
The brilliant Cheryl Faust has done it again! We’re in love with her latest shawl design, “Promises in the Dark.” This stunning geometric design pairs the slow hue shifts of […]
Yarnista Files: Beth’s Greydient Shawl in Plied
It’s impossible not to be inspired by the vibrant colors and unique marling effect of Plied Yarns. When it launched last year, I realized I couldn’t just choose one […]
Terra KAL: Week 4
We’re entering the final week of the knit-a-long here at the shop, and I was lucky to be able to snap a quick photo of my progress on a handy […]
Yarnista Files: What’s your favorite sweater construction?
Sweater weather has returned! OK, and it’s gone away again … because we live in D.C. and that’s how we roll here. But it’ll be back! It always comes back. […]
Yarnista Files: Break out the pumpkins — and ALL the projects
Breaking news, guys. Fall. Is. HERE! But since my favorite season always seems to go by way too quickly, let’s get to it already! The question of the month is: […]
Yarnista Files: Yarn & needle/hook storage
I don’t know about you but, um, is it fall yet? It kinda sorta almost is, with (some) kids heading back to school and a somewhat cooler late August (weird, […]
Yarnista Files: Seasonal summer projects
Getting this post up just under the July wire. And, in seasonal fashion, it’s meltingly hot and humid out there. So, the Q of the month is: What are your go-to […]
Yarnista Files: Calling all podcasts
It’s recently come to my attention that podcasts are having a renaissance. … Um. Is it possible for something that gained popularity as recently as 2004 to have a renaissance? For the […]
Yarnista Files: Well-traveled yarn
The long Memorial Day weekend is over. While that sadly means we’re back at work right now, it also means we have something else to look forward to: Summer trips! Naturally […]
Yarnista Files: Who inspires you?
Now that we’ve been doing this for a while, we’re getting to more meaty questions. Trudy asks: Who inspires you? (Did anyone else queue up “Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey” […]