Knitscene.
Published April 7, 2011 | By Julia
The spring magazines keep rolling in. Hello, knitscene! As usual: find it on the teacart.
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Dream in Color Pop-Up Club: Montauk & Acrid.
Published May 20, 2025 | By Julia
Dream in Color’s Pop-Up Club is back! Each month, we get 10 skeins of Smooshy Cashmere in a limited edition colorway, hand-dyed in Texas. They’re always popular for Ysolda Teague’s “Musselburgh” hat, Andrea Mowry’s “Free Your Fade” shawl, or a special pair of socks.
Dream in Color Smooshy Cashmere:
- fingering weight
- hand dyed, each skein is unique; we recommend alternating skeins to blend in a larger project
- 70% superwash merino, 20% cashmere, 10% nylon
- 400 yards/100 grams
- machine wash cool on gentle/hand wash setting, lay flat to dry
Montauk arrived in April, a soft variegated mix of cream, lavender, peach, and dove gray.
Two skeins of Montauk makes Lena Skvagerson’s “Shoreline Shawl,” a shallow crescent shaped shawl with lace and stockinette.
Acrid popped up earlier this month, a sunny aqua colorway streaked with marigold.
Jenny Noto designed her “Garden Shawl” for two skeins of Acrid, a half circle shawl with eyelets and slip stitches.
Our friend Margaretta recently knit this lovely pair of “Avena” socks with Smooshy Cashmere in Fen.
It’s great to see variegated skeins like this one knit up – this intricate twisted stitch pattern breaks up the color pooling in a lovely and intriguing way. Pattern by Natalia Vasilieva.
Inspired to cast on? Look for Dream in Color Smooshy Cashmere in the fingering weight section here at HYS, and in our online store!
Mission Falls: on sale!
Published April 6, 2011 | By Julia
UPDATE: As of 11/19/2014, we are totally sold out of Mission Falls yarns! ************************************************************* We’re sad to report that Mission Falls is discontinuing its classic 1824 Wool and 1824 Cotton yarns. We’re happy, though, to report that those two yarns are now on sale! The 1824 Wool is a worsted weight superwash merino, notable for … [more]
Marion and Marian show off.
Published April 4, 2011 | By Julia
One of the great joys of knitting, besides knitting itself, is seeing what other people are knitting. It’s a large part of why Ravelry exists, and it’s one of my favorite parts of my job at the Hillsborough Yarn Shop. Not only do I get in on the knitting plans as they’re being made, but … [more]
Knit Simple.
Published April 3, 2011 | By Julia
The Spring/Summer 2011 issue of Knit Simple has arrived. Look for it on the teacart!
Hello, Coast.
Published March 31, 2011 | By Julia
There are a lot of things to look at in the Hillsborough Yarn Shop. We have a small space and a large inventory, with many yarns, projects, and books fighting for attention. One of my hopes for this blog is to highlight some of those yarns, projects, and books, one at a time, so that … [more]
Familiar cottons.
Published March 29, 2011 | By Julia
Getting a box in the mail is exciting. I think we can all agree on this. Getting a box in the mail at the shop is just as exciting, it turns out, even though it happens very frequently. It’s even exciting to get a box in the mail when we already know what will be … [more]
Swatching.
Published March 26, 2011 | By Julia
Lately I have been knitting swatches for the shop. Takhi Mia. We try to have a sample of every yarn we sell, whether it’s an elaborate sweater hanging on the wall, or just a few inches of garter stitch tucked into the basket with the yarn. A swatch can tell you a lot about a … [more]
Reading material.
Published March 25, 2011 | By Julia
It hasn’t been a huge week-or-so for new yarns, though I do have a few to share in the coming days. There have been new books arriving, though, in their trademark smaller, heavier boxes. New yarn is exciting, of course, but I must say, I get a particular thrill opening a box of knitting books. … [more]
The Noro corner.
Published March 21, 2011 | By Julia
In the second room of the shop, one corner is devoted almost entirely to our rather extensive collection of Noro yarns. Kureyon, Silk Garden, Iro, Yuzen, Maiko, Taiyo, Kochoran… the list goes on. From fingering weight up through bulky, with fibers from wool and angora to cotton and silk, there are many kinds of Noro … [more]
Anna Zilboorg.
Published March 18, 2011 | By Julia
About a month ago, on Valentine’s Day, the Hillsborough Yarn Shop hosted designer Anna Zilboorg for a special workshop on embellishing knitted garments with embroidery. As the class was much larger than our usual groups of four to six, we met at the public library to learn embroidery from Anna. The workshop was inspired by … [more]