This season, NO SPOILERS heads to the Highlands of Scotland to introduce a series of colors based on the characters and locations of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series of books. We’re calling them Caledonian Colors. (Caledonia is the name the Romans gave to the area we now call Scotland). If you’re unfamiliar with the Outlander books, you have quite a journey ahead […]
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Back in April, we brought the first balls of Flow to Yarnover. You can see right there in the basket some Flow that is grey and yellow. There is also some that is grey and pink. We called these “Licorice Allsorts” and they were a huge hit with the knitters at the event. Our dear
Kathleen is knitting Color Affection. It look like it’s number 11,770 in the Ravelry statistics for the pattern. That is an amazing amount of garter stitch and short rows! After Shepherd’s Harvest, we decided we needed another sample project for our booth, and we wanted something that would show off more than one color of
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Who remembers wearing cute Mary Jane shoes with lace anklet socks?? We do!! Who wishes there was a grown-up version for grown-up feet?? We do!! These lovelies are Mary Jane Socks by Joanne Seiff. These are toe-up ankle sock with short-row heels and a really fun, funky picot ruffle. The yarn is ModeWerk Fingering in
Kathleen had so much fun meeting all the ModeKnitters who stopped by the booth at Shepherd’s Harvest this past weekend!!! The booth looked good! It’s definitely a work-in progress, changing a bit at each show. We added the display at the back of the booth (made by Kathleen’s husband Tom and her friend Karen). The
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Or, What will I buy with my coupon? We will have our mini skein sets in “MidWife Speaking” and The Knitting Dead. We will also have some mini skeins sets not available online known as A & K Choice. These are 8 15g skeins of complimentary colors for your small projects. We will also have
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The excitement. There is an amazing amount of excitement on the fairgrounds from the attendees and the vendors. Everyone has a great time! The animals. Sheep, lambs, bunnies, sheepdogs. The list goes on. The yarn and fiber. So much to see. So much to buy! The tools of the trade. Needles, hooks, books, patterns, looms,
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Good morning ModeKnitters! One week from today we will be vending at Shepherd’s Harvest in Lake Elmo, MN!! Saturday, May 17th 9:00 – 5:00 Sunday, May 18th 10:00 – 4:00 Do you receive our newsletter? Sign up for the newsletter to receive a special something for the Shepherd’s Harvest Weekend! We will be showcasing several
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On Saturday we were vendors in the market at Yarnover. Yarnover is an annual event here in Minnesota, put on by the Minnesota Knitters Guild. This was our very first show, and it was tons of fun!! We met new friends, reconnected with old friends, and sold lots of yarn, books and patterns. The mini skein
The random number generator has spoken, and the Mini Skein set winner is….. JOAN! Joan, we’ve emailed you. Please reply so we may send out your mini skein set. Here’s her winning comment “The colors are all so beautiful! Isn’t business growth wonderful? Both daunting and exciting at the same time.” We couldn’t agree more!
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A few months ago we sent out 1000 yards of ModeSock in Lazurite for a new design for Holla Knits! Spring/Summer 2014 Collection. That lovely blue sock yarn has turned into the StoneyBrook Top, a light, airy sweater perfect for spring and summer. It’s youthful and fun, and looks great with leggings as pictured, or would look good
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Leave a comment on this post or on “Nonnatus House, Midwife Speaking” for a chance to win a 15gr mini skein set of “Midwife Speaking” in one of our favorite yarns, ModeWerk Fingering. A random commenter will be chosen on Tuesday April 8th, 2014. Join our Ravelry group ModeKnit Yarn on Facebook Follow Annie on
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You’ve probably noticed how quiet I’ve been – I apologize for that! Believe me, it’s all because of work, and that’s a good reason! We just shipped our first wholesale order, which was huge (to me) and this adventure will NOT be duplicated until 2015, when we’re set up to seriously seek wholesale accounts. All
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I’ve been rather quiet on the blog, and I apologize for that! You see, we’ve been KILLER busy! According to our [back of napkin] business plan, ModeKnit Yarn, LLC wasn’t scheduled to begin working on acquiring wholesale orders until 2015. Kathleen and I both feel that one of the easiest mistakes to make with a
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