Greetings from space! Here’s what has been happening around the shop this week as well as upcoming classes and events. Just Landed Jill Draper Makes Stuff Esopus Lemonade Shop Simple Sock Events Mark your calendars for the 2017 Metro Yarn Crawl! Pre-register to receive a free tote and free gift (limited to the first 250 […]
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Just Landed – Studio Worsted!
What’s better than finally digging out from a blizzard? Neighborhood Fiber Co. Studio Worsted, of course! We received a massive shipment this past week right before #blizzard2016 hit. (In fact, friends of Danielle’s unloaded it for her while she was flying solo at the shop on Friday!) Now it’s ready to be knit into all […]
Meet our two newest yarnistas
You may have noticed some new faces around the shop recently. I wanted to formerly introduce you to our two newest yarnista members. (You can see all of us here). Sarah What is your favorite technique? I’m a huge fan of lace and cables. I like how ordered those techniques are and that the stitches […]
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. And fall, after all, does inevitably turn into winter. So in light of that — and our fall knit-a-long — I wondered what everyone’s favorite sweaters […]
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, right???) weekend under our belts. And with the hope that summer may finally be coming to a close, the Q of the month is: How […]
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 that got us to thinking about travel projects. So: What’s your most well-traveled project that you can remember (past or present)? And let’s be honest now. […]
Yarnista Files: What’s your biggest fibre fear?
Some projects we absolutely adore. Others bore. Some irk. And some? Some make us drop our yarn and run away. Faaaar, far away. This month’s topic comes to us via Yarnista Nicole. She wanted to know: What are you afraid to knit/crochet and do you have plans to tackle your fear this year (or have […]
Yarnista Files: Our go-to patterns
I have been noticing that certain someones on staff have a habit of repeating patterns. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. (No, really.) It just piqued my interest because I personally am not one to repeat patterns often. So, what inspires a repeat – or even a three-peat or more (coughTrudycough)? Here’s our conversation […]
The Yarnista Files: Process or Project?
Our staff here at fibre space™ has been stitching up a storm. At our last staff stitch night (we like to get together and knit & crochet too!), we got to talking about what we get out of our fibre crafts. We asked each other “Do you like the process of making the object or […]