Slowing Down to Gear Up!
Asking for help is hard, almost as hard as resting. I have to get better at doing both if I intend to do this rather physical job of yarn dyeing for the long haul!
Current Projects
Three on Thursday-Snow Day Edition
One of our New Year’s intentions is to blog more in 2018. We kind of fell away from blogging last year as we got busier with shows and travel. And today is the perfect day to blog because it’s SNOWING! It been a snow drought this winter here in Saint Paul, so a snow …
PODCAST IS BACK!
After a brief hiatus (okay a few months…) due to general busy-ness of a hand dyeing business, a major move (house and aforementioned business) AND an old computer finally giving up the ghost, we have achieved PODCAST again! My new MacBook Pro allows me to do cool things like actually read emails AND edit a …
The Corset Tank Top KAL
Imagine if you will a car ride from New York City to Maryland in the spring of 2004. Gerry is at the wheel, Annie is swatching with silk, translating an idea that has percolated for months into a garment. A fabulous, romantic, lovely garment now known as The Corset Tank Top. The corset slowly takes …
Knitting for Friends-A Slippy Cowl Giveaway!
I love knitting gifts for friends, and I love receiving hand-knit gifts. As I knitter, I appreciate the love and hard work that goes into creating a gift just for me. This past Christmas, Annie knit me a new Slippy Cowl. I accidentally felted the Slippy Cowl I knit for myself (that’s another blog post for …
Works-in-Progress Part I
I’ve been promising to show a few of my many works-in-progress here on the blog. Yesterday I popped over to Ravelry to check my projects page and I looked through my knitting bags here at home. I’ve realized a few things: Realization#1- I have a raging case of Startitis and have lots of projects started, or …
Wednesday Knitting: Brahmin Moth Shawl Edition
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 …
Weekending
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 …
Lazurite Flow Featured In Knitty!!
The Winter 2014 Issue of Knitty is up, and ModeKnit Yarn was used to knit a featured pattern! A few months back we received a request for yarn support. We sent off some ModeSock to New York to designer Joyce Fassbender, and we waited to see what would be created. Would it be socks? Or …
Great Faces. Great Places. South Dakota!
It’s a catchy tagline! And it’s so, so true! This past weekend we were vendors at North Country Fiber Fair in Watertown, SD. There weren’t a lot of vendors, but the ones there were exceptional! Excellent yarns, gifts, baskets, buttons, ceramics, LOTS of spinning fibers and tools – just a wonderful variety of great small …
A new pattern- Lanark Plaid Cowl-and a contest!
If you’ve been following Annie this past week, then you know it’s been a little crazy in the ModeKnit Yarn world. The brightest spot by FAR was reading all the lovely, uplifting comments left by our amazing and wonderful ModeKnitters! And because we love you all so much, we want to re-share our latest free …
Fingal’s Cave Scarf
Annie has designed a scarf using all eight of the new Caledonian Colors! This brand-new pattern was inspired by the naturally occurring hexagonal basalt formations found in Fingal’s Cave in Scotland & The Giant’s Causeway in Ireland. The pattern is an excellent way to hone your crochet skills- it’s completely crocheted (and it’s easy, too). Did …
Fun at the Midwest Fiber and Folk Art Fair
It was a lovely weekend in Grayslake, IL! We were vendors at The Midwest Fiber and Folk Art Fair and had such a fabulous time! We met so many lovely people at the Fair. The Knitting Goddess and Fleur de Fiber were our neighbors; much fun and hilarity was had in our little corner of the show. Our booth looked …
Wordless Wednesday
Make Something Nice!
Color Affection: New Knitting Obsession
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 …
Mary Jane Socks
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 …