Yesterday, I promised to show you my UFO basket and my works-in-progress, but I think I’ll save that for the weeknd. Today I’d rather give you a sneak peek of the first Sock Club colorways! You might have seen this already on our Facebook page, but it’s so pretty I couldn’t resist showing the pictures […]
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Yesterday Annie and I both wrote about the fiber show we did on Saturday. It got me thinking about our 2016 show schedule, and what we do to bring our yarn to our customers. One of the things I do here at MKY is plan our travel schedule for the following season. This is the
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This past weekend we were vendors at Fall Fiber Festival right here in our own backyard. What an absolutely delightful show! What a long day! The day started at 5:30 am for load-up. For local shows like this, we don’t rent a trailer. (Hopefully we will be buying our own in the next 6 months). I
The trees have turned, the leaves have fallen, and the vibrant fall colors are almost a memory, except we’ve captured them in yarn! These luscious colors are pictured in ModeWerk Worsted. I’m picturing our Slippy Cowl knit up in Maple Fire and October Sky. Or Buckeye and October Sky. Or Yellow Birch and Buckeye. I
I’m usually terrible at taking selfiies. I throw my chin up at weird angles. I took this one back in February at a show we did in Madison, WI. I like that it shows off my Slippy Cowl. And my chin looks fine. Just a short post tonight. We were at Fall Fiber Fest all
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It’s very retro! 1970’s colors in all their glory. But I made sure I brought it home from my parents house in Florida. It’s the only thing I have that was knit by my mother, and I truly treasure it. It’s heavy and scratchy, and when I’m sick all I want to do burrow under
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Who taught you to knit? This is a question knitters are often asked . The answers vary; some folks are self-taught, others learned from family members, and many others others come to knitting in a more circular manner. I am one of those others. It was Easter weekend 2006. I had gone off to a
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Annie just released a new shawl pattern designed with our beautiful ModeWerk Fingering yarn! The Brahmin Moth Shawl is inspired by the Owl Moth, a uniquely patterned moth seen in both North and South America. The moth often looks like there are owl eyes on the wings and back, with dark and light lines on
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Among the very first color inspirations for ModeKnit Yarn were minerals and gemstones. My background is in the jewelry business; I started working in jewelry stores when I was just out of college way back when, even though my degree is in theater and education. I even started the coursework to become a gemologist, but
This weekend we: Retreated with friends to The Gathering Place at Whitetail Ridge. There was knitting, quilting, cooking, eating, blogging, laughter, wine and cider. Shopped at Quilt Haven in Hutchinson, MN. Some of us went more than once. I love the fabrics and the historic building but I didn’t buy anything. I don’t quilt, but
Today (November 1) marks the first day of NaBloPoMo, also known as National Blog Posting Month. I’ll be blogging every day in the month of November as I need to sharpen my rusty writing skills. (Confession-I never know what to write about when I sit down to blog, so I’m hoping to use this month
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It’s Wednesday, October 21st, and you know what THAT means…our ModeKnit Yarn Clubs are open! We’re so excited! We’re introducing our new ModeWerk DK Club and welcoming the return of our popular Sock Club. All the Club details can be found here! Club pricing and sign ups are here. Welcome to the Club!
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It’s been such a long time since we’ve posted! (Since August! I’m somewhat amazed how fast the time has flown by…). Annie and I have resolved to post more often here and over here at her personal page. I’m even thinking about blogging here every single day in November! I’m challenging myself! We’ve been
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The Stockinette Zombies have invaded Rochester, Minnesota!! Megan and Amy, The Stockinette Zombies, are hosting their annual knitting retreat this weekend in Rochester, Minnesota. Do you listen to their podcast? Sounds like a whole lot of fun is happening! And speaking of FUN, join us this coming Saturday, June 27th in the Zombie Knitpocalypse Market! The
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Our next event is this month right here in Saint Paul, at the Midwest Weavers Association Conference. The market is free and open to the public (hours below, and a coupon for our booth!) we hope we’ll see you there! We’ll have some amazing items available at our booth!
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It’s Spring Festival season, and Modeknit Yarn is heading out on the road! Will we be at a show near you? Yarn Fest We are at Interweave Yarn Fest in Loveland, CO April 16-19, 2015. We will have our new colors, mini-skeins, kits and FLOW, Annie is teaching classes as well (there are still spaces in Knitting
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