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Starry is the newest yarn from Dream in Color, the U.S.-based indie studio that makes beautiful hand-dyed wool yarns. Starry is the same weight and base as Smooshy, their popular sock yarn. What makes Starry unique is that it contains 2% silver fibers that are spun along with the 98% Australian merino to create a supersoft washable yarn that has flecks of silver glittering throughout–so pretty! The sparkle adds dimension to the veil-dyed colorways. Veil dyeing is a technique prevents variegated colorways from pooling or landscaping, resulting in lovely and subtle color variations. Starry comes in 4 oz./450-yard skeins, which is more than enough for socks, scarves, and most accessories. As a washable and dryable yarn, it is also well suited for baby items. Wouldn’t the sparkle look adorable on a baby blanket? Come by the shop to see the colors in person–the dimension the silver adds is hard to capture with a photo lens!
-Elizabeth
Prism’s “Stuff” is made up of many fibers that form one beautiful project. From the cozy comfort of velour to the shimmering elegance of metallics, its selection of fibers features a splendid variation in nylon, mohair, wool, alpaca, cotton, polyster, nylon and silk. Just imagine what all you can create from just one half-skein of this wonderful mixture. Stuff is available in Prism’s 150 yard half-skeins. Since 1984 Prism has been bringing the ultimate knitting experience to discerning knitters. They want you to love every stitch that you make, and they always strive to deliver the level of quality, ingenuity and delightful surprises that will keep you knitting. Check out L & B’s selection of colors available here at our online shop. -B
Manos Del Uruguay is a co-operative of over 800 women, producing and supplying hand spun, hand dyed yarns and wools to customers throughout the world. Support a worthy cause and have a fabulous opportunity to knit & crochet with an extraordinary fiber blend. By choosing “Manos Silk Blend Space-Dyed” yarn, you get a wool/silk fiber gem with superb drape, velvety softness & subtle sheen all in a lightweight, DK/sport yarn.
Then since “Manos Silk Blend” is hand-dyed in large kettles, the craftswomen are able to achieve a lovely marbleized effect with subtle striations. No wonder the Manos website in Uruguay refers to this wonderful yarn as “nube” (meaning “cloud”) because of its terrific properties. Beautifully handspun & dyed of 70% extrafine merino wool & 30% silk.
Feza Tokyo is a sparkle yarn with a very interesting and different construction. Made out of 100% polyamid it has small eyelash type sections followed by a single strand of fiber, then followed again by small eyelash. It adds interest and texture to any project you decide to knit or crochet. We have knitted the Tokyo Stole that uses a series of knits and drop stitches. L & B will be posting that stole in an upcoming blog, it is very elegant and dressy and would be a good accent for an evening out on the town. Other projects that would look great out of this yarn would be scarves, cardigans, or shrugs. -B
Get your toes tapping with “Jitterbug” yarn, a wondrously soft merino wool from the artisans at Colinette. Spun as a traditional 4-ply, fingering-weight fiber gem, “Jitterbug” is superb for wearable & durable socks and also for fine-gauge, lightweight sweaters, scarves & shawls as well. Colinette gives you a fountain of colour in each hank, so go create great things of wonder and beauty. The lovely hand painted colorways are spectacular and each hank comes with a free sock pattern attached to each label.
As you can see from the above photographs each hand-painted hank is individual in nature even though they are the same colorway. As a result one skein may be somewhat different from another. This is especially true when they are not dyed all at the same time so when a new shipment comes into the store you are sure to get a little different hank from the previous shipment. -B
When you combine world-renowned colorist Kaffe Fassett and 100% soft-to-handle lambswool in an easy to knit & crochet chunky-weight yarn the final product is ”Colourscape Chunky” yarn by Rowan. Each color combination is stunning and literally calls out to me from the shelf, please knit me into a chunky weight cardigan, which is what I am doing. Maybe someday I will finish a project, now that would be exciting.
Back to the yarn, it has single long repeats of rainbow like colors intermixed with tweedy effects in a Shetland-like twist, “Colourscape Chunky” is so much more than just an auto-striping yarn option. From deep mysterious purples, maroons & turquoise to soft, dusty pastels, Kaffe has developed his palette to be truly inspirational and has added many hands-on details to the process. Each hank contains 175 yards of senstionally crafted 100% lambswool for $23.95. -B
