Brooklyn Tweed may be best known for their rustic woolen-spun yarns and the patterns that feature them, but in the last few years they’ve added more refined worsted-spun yarns to their domestically-produced, breed-specific lineup, expanding the potential for creating new fabrics and designs. The Early Fall 18 collection from the Brooklyn Tweed Design Team features […]
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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 […]
Brooklyn Tweed Deep Fall 18 Collection
The Deep Fall 18 collection from Brooklyn Tweed features garments and accessories that merge classic, minimalist style with casual utility. Think “basics made better” with a focus on purposeful fit, proportion, and shaping details. Whether woolen-spun or worsted-spun is your favorite, Brooklyn Tweed has you covered with their sustainable breed-specific wool yarns, all grown and produced domestically, […]
Pom Pom Quarterly, Issue 26: Autumn 2018
As autumn nights close in, we spend ever more time with the moon. Pom Pom’s Autumn 2018 edition features dreamy knits that call to mind moon phases, clear nights, lunar eclipses, and all things beautiful and mystical. Read Pom Pom’s resident columnist’s musings on the cycles of age, take a behind-the-scenes look at a photo […]
The Lemonade Shop Simple Sock is Back!
The Lemonade Shop Simple Sock is back and is as colorful as ever! Dyed in Colorado by Heather Rhoads, The Lemonade Shop is known for its unique use of rainbows, speckles and color that are so delightful, they’re hard to resist. Paired with the Simple Sock base, the colors really shine. Simple Sock is as […]
Just landed: Jo Sharp Silkroad Aran Tweed
Another new fall yarn arrived in the shop this week – Jo Sharp Silkroad Aran Tweed. Rich, soft and luxurious, tiny nubs of color scattered throughout the yarn echo the changing hues of the natural world. About Silkroad Aran Tweed 85% Wool, 10% Silk, 5% Cashmere 104 yards / 50 grams Gauge: 18 sts per 4″ […]
Fall Yarn Arrivals: Manos del Uruguay Franca
We have another new fun fall yarn arrival in the shop this week – Manos del Uruguay Franca. Franca now comes in fun variegated colors, including a few speckles. (The Cincuenta colorway is a celebration of Manos del Uruguay’s 50th anniversary!) With its bulky gauge in a hefty 150 gram skein, this yarn will be […]
Welcome Scout!
Kelbourne Woolens is known for producing beautiful, quality yarns and their latest addition, Scout, is no different. So many patterns today call for a more traditional wool that gives that classic, wooly look. Scout was designed to be your go-to yarn for these projects and comes in a range of beautiful heathered colorways in keeping […]
Introducing Alegria Grande
I love consistency and I know what I like, so I always love it when this transfers to the yarn world. We all know and love Manos del Uruguay’s Alegria, and we are so happy to present its bigger sister, Alegria Grande to our yarn lineup to meet all of your project needs! Like the […]
Brooklyn Tweed Wool People 12
Let’s bid a warm summer welcome to Brooklyn Tweed’s Wool People 12 collection, twelve designs by twelve guest designers from around the world, beautifully photographed on the Oregon coast. Inspired by the colors and textures of the seashore, this collection focuses on clean, wearable shapes perfect for lightweight summer layering. Eight garments and four accessories in […]
Just Landed – Brooklyn Tweed Ranch 01
We’re excited to welcome the first offering in Brooklyn Tweed‘s new ranch-specific, single-batch Ranch Project – Ranch 01! This limited-edition yarn is sourced from purebred Rambouillet sheep raised at Bare Ranch in Surprise Valley, California, where proprietor Lani Estill uses climate-beneficial farming practices in partnership with Fibershed to ensure the health of the soil, the surrounding watershed, […]