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Published April 13, 2024 | By Julia
Dream in Color’s Pop Up Club is back! Every month, we’re getting a special new colorway from Dream in Color, a Tucson-based producer of small batch hand-dyed yarns. Their latest limited edition colorway is here while supplies last!
Dream in Color Smooshy Cashmere:
- fingering weight
- 70% superwash merino, 20% cashmere, 10% nylon
- 400 yards/100g
- $36 each
Mystic Prism is a pastel rainbow of pink, aqua, lavender, and butter yellow.
Variegated skeins like these are beautiful on their own – one skein makes a “Sockhead Slouch” hat or “Reyna” shawl – but they always inspire me to create color combinations. Here are a few I put together with the “Temperance Shawl” in mind, a three color garter stitch and eyelet pattern that works well in low, medium, and high contrast color combinations.
- Malabrigo Ultimate Sock: fingering weight, hand dyed, variegated and semi-solid colorways, 75% superwash merino wool, 25% nylon, 420 yards/100g; $21 each
Look for Dream in Color Smooshy Cashmere and friends in the fingering weight section here at our shop!
Published March 27, 2012 | By Julia
Several weeks ago, a new magazine arrived at the shop and I neglected to blog about it. WollZauber had the misfortune of making its grand entrance on the same day as the new Schulana yarns. I photographed WollZauber, promised to get back to it, and then we got a box from String Theory, followed by a most … [more]
Published March 25, 2012 | By Julia
It’s been a knitterly gadgets kind of week here at the Hillsborough Yarn Shop. Along with the Fix-a-Stitch, we also received a shipment of double point work-in-progress tubes, or DP Wip Tubes, for those who like to abbreviate. Like the Fix-a-Stitch, the DP Wip Tube solves a specific problem simply and well. Say you’re knitting a … [more]
Published March 23, 2012 | By Julia
New yarns, books, and magazines we expect. New patterns, new colorways, a new brand of needles or hooks every once in a while: sure. It is much more rare, I think, that I come here to announce a new knitterly gadget like this one. Here is the Fix-a-Stitch, a short, two-ended crochet hook for picking … [more]
Published March 21, 2012 | By Julia
Another new Debbie Bliss booklet has made its way to the Hillsborough Yarn Shop. Celebrating Family, as the name suggests, is a collection of knitting patterns for babies, children, and adults. All of the patterns call for sport-weight yarns, either Debbie Bliss Eco Baby, an organic cotton, or Cashmerino Baby, a machine-washable blend of merino wool … [more]
Published March 18, 2012 | By Julia
A few months ago, I overheard Anne having a serious-sounding phone conversation with a representative from Malabrigo Yarns. I heard her request “a bag in every color” and knew it must be something good. Then a pause. Then, “better make it two bags in every color.” It must be very good indeed, I thought. How … [more]
Published March 16, 2012 | By Julia
Thank goodness for this week’s shipment from String Theory! Our Caper Sock cubby was practically empty. Just look at it now: a few new colors, a few familiar colors. A pleasantly full cubby. We’ve also replenished our supply of String Theory Selku and Merino DK, which live in twin baskets on the teacart, by all the new books … [more]
Published March 15, 2012 | By Julia
The latest spring magazine is for crocheters. Within the Spring 2012 issue of Interweave Crochet, you’ll find skirts, socks, shawls, and other crocheted garments suitable for the season. Find it on the teacart!
Published March 13, 2012 | By Julia
Last week, I wrote about two of the most recent knit samples at the shop. If you’ve been in the shop in the past week or so, you may already have seen two more finished samples: hats made with new yarns from Schulana. First up is a hat I made using Schulana Lambswool, a marled … [more]
Published March 11, 2012 | By Julia
Perhaps you’ve noticed a slight change in the shop in the past two weeks. Not a huge furniture rearrangement. Not a cubby full of bright, new yarn. Not a new sweater hanging on the wall. Just a little change in the way we store and display our large collection of circular needles. We used to … [more]
Published March 9, 2012 | By Julia
Anne and I are never without a shop-sample-to-be, it seems. All our new yarns need swatching, and lately we’ve been making whole projects instead of the usual 4″x4″ swatch, the better to show off the yarn. Here’s what we’re up to lately. We recently got a new yarn from Araucania for the spring: Lontue, a … [more]