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Show and tell: PetiteKnit “Oslo Hats.”

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PetiteKnit’s oh-so-popular “Oslo Hat – Mohair Edition” is a contemporary classic. It’s simple and wearable, with thoughtful details that make it fun to knit and easy to gift. Here are some that we’ve had the pleasure of seeing in person, made with yarns from HYS!

Diana knit this “Oslo Hat – Mohair Edition” with Kelbourne Woolens Perennial and Fyberspates Cumulus held together, inspired by our well-loved shop sample.

She loved the pattern, and came back for more yarn, intrigued by the color and yarn blending possibilities. The “Oslo Hat – Mohair Edition” on the left is made with a marled sock yarn from our sale trunk, held together with Isager Silk Mohair. Diana made the hat on the right with Malabrigo Arroyo and Cumulus held together.

Kay is another serial “Oslo Hat – Mohair Edition” maker, and I know these aren’t the last ones we’ll see from her! Above, she combined Fibre Co. Amble and Cumulus, and below, Isager Alpaca 2 and Silk Mohair.

Hyesol chose Schoppel-Wolle Zauberball Crazy for her “Oslo Hat – Mohair Edition,” and gave this self-striping yarn a fuzzy halo with Isager Silk Mohair.

Thanks to Diana, Kay, and Hyesol for sharing their hats with us – we love seeing what you make. If these lovely projects inspired you to make your own “Oslo Hat – Mohair Edition,” come by the shop to see all the lace and fingering weight yarns we have to choose from!

Show and tell: mohair magic.

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Back with more show and tell! We love the fuzzy halo of mohair, and the magical way it can enhance whatever yarn it’s paired with. Here are some recent projects folks have made with mohair from HYS.

Linda has been on a “Sophie Scarf” streak – here’s one she made holding Malabrigo Caprino and Isager Silk Mohair together. This enchanting combination shows how even high contrast colors can blend together when one of the yarns is lace weight mohair, letting the thicker speckled yarn shine through. Pattern by PetiteKnit.

Here’s Hyesol in her “Sweater No. 29,” knit with Isager Jensen and Silk Mohair held together – thanks for modeling a mohair sweater in this summer heat, Hyesol!

The combination of sturdy Jensen and soft Silk Mohair is perfect for a cozy sweater, and this butter yellow color shows off the cable pattern beautifully. Pattern by My Favorite Things Knitwear.

Margaretta knit this “Helli” slipover with another blend of rustic and soft – Kelbourne Woolens Cricket and Malabrigo Mohair. Pattern by Tiia Reho.

Here’s a close up with the yarn she used, so you can see the ingredients in this unique combination, a single ply tweed and a hand-dyed mohair/silk – we love the result!

Stephanie made this “FairTee,” blending Hand Maiden Superkid Silk and Berroco Ultra Wool DK. The low contrast color combination of a pale speckled mohair and a solid cream wool creates an elegant, subtle colorway well suited to the pattern by Trine Knitwear.

Thanks to Linda, Hyesol, Margaretta, and Stephanie for sharing your mohair magic with us!

Show and tell: colorwork sweaters.

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Time for another round of show and tell, this time featuring colorwork projects!

Here’s Aubrey’s “Halibut,” a striking pullover knit with Kelbourne Woolens Cricket and Isager Silk Mohair held together throughout. This was her second sweater and her very first colorwork project! Pattern by Caitlin Hunter.

Liz came in with two incredible colorwork projects to share – the first is Midori Hirose’s “Paul Klee Sweater,” knit with Brooklyn Tweed Loft and Jamieson’s Shetland Spindrift.

“Taquile” is another of Liz’s creations, a cozy pattern from Marianne Isager’s A Knitting Life: Out into the World. She knit it with Isager Alpaca 3, a soft and lofty chainette.

Anne recently taught a class on Isabell Kraemer’s “Nasrin” sweater, and Katherine was the first in class to finish. Like Anne, Katherine knit hers with Kelbourne Woolens Camper, adding the contrast edging at the neck, cuffs, and hem. If this lovely sweater piques your interest, check out our blog post showing color combinations!

Thanks to Aubrey, Liz, and Katherine for sharing your projects with us. If you want some guidance and camaraderie as you knit a colorwork sweater of your own, check out our class page for a new class coming up in August!

Show and tell: Isager Archives KAL.

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Our Isager Archives KAL wrapped up in April – what a treat it was to gather and knit! We had so much fun seeing these sweaters take shape, and though we’ve shared photos on Instagram, I wanted to do a roundup here on the blog, too.

Here’s Amy holding up her finished “Norma Sweater,” by My Favorite Things Knitwear, knit with Isager Tweed, Silk Mohair, and Tvinni.

Here’s Anne’s work in progress, an “Inge Sweater,” by Lene Holme Samsøe, knit with Isager Jensen.

Bailey finished her “Inge Sweater,” by Lene Holme Samsøe, knit with Isager Jensen, Tvinni, and Sandnes Garn Sunday.

Here’s my “Inge Sweater” in progress, knit with Isager Jensen.

Here’s Kristin holding up her “Norma Sweater,” by My Favorite Things Knitwear, knit with Kelbourne Woolens Cricket, Isager Silk Mohair, and Tvinni.

She outdid us all by casting on for a second Isager Archives pattern – here’s the start of her “Inge Sweater,” knit with Kelbourne Woolens Scout.

Patricia graciously lent us her finished “Johanne Loop Sweater,” by Other Loops, knit with Sandnes Garn Sunday and Isager Silk Mohair. Come by the shop to see it for yourself!

Here’s Stephanie modeling her “Inge Sweater,” by Lene Holme Samsøe, knit with Isager Jensen.

Thanks so much to everyone who participated in our KAL, we loved knitting along with you!

New colors in Malabrigo Mohair!

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We’re excited to share six new colors in Malabrigo Mohair!

Malabrigo Mohair: 

  • lace weight
  • hand-dyed, variegated
  • 72% mohair, 28% silk
  • 229 yards/25g
  • $15 each

The original Mohair palette highlighted Malabrigo’s well loved variegated colorways, but these new additions are all tonal, or semi-solid.

We love pairing lace weight mohair with other yarns – the soft halo it brings to the knitted fabric is enchanting! These match up beautifully with Malabrigo Ultimate Sock, pictured above. Below are pairings in Brooklyn Tweed Loft, Tones Light, and Kelbourne Woolens Camper. There are many, many more yarn and color combinations where these came from – come by the shop to make your own perfect pair!

These semisolid shades are particularly well suited to lace, texture, or cable patterns like Midori Hirose’s “Ranunculus,” Tin Can Knits’ “Love Note,” PetiteKnit’s “Agnete Cardigan,” or Andrea Mowry’s “Pink Fizz.”

Look for Malabrigo Mohair in the lace weight section here at HYS! We’re open 11-5:30, Tuesdays-Saturdays.

New solid shades in Kelbourne Woolens Scout!

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We’re excited to have eight more colors in Kelbourne Woolens Scout!

Kelbourne Woolens Scout

  • DK weight
  • 2ply
  • worsted spun
  • 100% wool
  • 274 yards/100 grams
  • hand wash, lay flat to dry
  • $18 each

This soft and sturdy DK weight wool has become known for its heathered colorways, but these clear, bright solids expand the palette beautifully.

What to knit with Scout? We’ve seen sweaters, shawls, hats, and mittens, among other things – click here to see a blog post with all kinds of pattern ideas. Earlier this year, we shared color combinations in Scout for Lene Holme Samsøe’s “Inge Sweater,” part of our Isager Archives Knit-Along. The KAL is over, though my own “Inge Sweater” isn’t quite complete – maybe that’s why I immediately thought of “Inge when I saw these new shades in Scout!

photo © Lene Holme Samsøe

Look for all 35+ shades of Kelbourne Woolens Scout in the DK weight section here at our shop – we’re open from 11:00 am – 5:30 pm, Tuesdays – Saturdays.

Triangle Yarn Crawl 2024!

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For the first time in 5 years, the Triangle Yarn Crawl is back!

The Triangle Yarn Crawl is a self-guided tour of 7 local yarn shops, where yarn-lovers get together and hop from one shop to the next, shopping, entering raffles, and seeing the full breadth of available fibers. The 2024 crawl is coming up this week, on June 7, 8, and 9 – print out your passport and start planning your route!

Each local yarn shop has something special to offer, and we’re no exception – visit HYS during the Triangle Yarn Crawl to enjoy our usual selection of natural fiber yarns along with the following special attractions from June 7-9, 2024:

  • Kelbourne Woolens Erin Collection Trunk Show on display, and 10% discount on KW Erin yarn
  • special closeout sale on select sock yarns
  • free TYC totes with $25 purchase, while supplies last
  • enter our raffle to win prizes from Koigu, Cascade, and others
  • get your passport stamped at all 7 shops and enter to the TYC Grand Prize Raffle

“Orla,” from Kelbourne Woolens Erin Collection

We’re lucky to live in such a fiber-friendly part of the world, with so many choices available to us, and the Triangle Yarn Crawl is a great time to see all of those choices. Come see us as you’re crawling along!

A reminder: all sales are final on discounted items; no exchanges, returns, or special orders. Discount applies only to in-store purchases. Thanks! 

“Nasrin” in Camper, Loft, and Tones Light.

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“Nasrin” is a colorwork sweater by Isabell Kraemer, and the subject of Anne’s upcoming class, which starts Saturday, May 18.

“Nasrin,” by Isabell Kraemer, photo copyright Isabell Kraemer

She’s knitting hers with Kelbourne Woolens Camper, a soft fingering weight wool in heathered colors, and an excellent choice for colorwork.

You can choose between the “solid” or “outlined” colorwork motif at the yoke; both charts are included in the pattern. A high contrast color combination shows the pattern best, in my opinion – here are some ideas in Camper!

I also like the idea of flipping the color arrangement so that the main color is dark, and the contrast color at the yoke is light.

Brooklyn Tweed Loft is another yarn that seems designed with colorwork in mind, a woolen-spun fingering weight wool with a bit more structure than Camper.

Loft plays well with Brooklyn Tweed’s other fingering weight yarn, Tones Light – which has a much more vibrant color palette!

Look for all of these and many others in the fingering weight section here at our shop, and read more about Anne’s class if you’re inspired to make a “Nasrin” of your own!

Show and tell: from our classroom.

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Show and tell is an ongoing part of our daily Instagram posts, but I like to share it here on the blog from time to time, too. Today, let’s look at knitting projects completed during classes here at our shop!

First up, here’s Claudia and her first completed “Stitch-Sampler Handwarmer,” knit during Anne’s Beginning Knitting class. Anne uses this Churchmouse pattern to teach new knitters because it takes very little time but uses so many techniques – casting on, knitting and purling, of course, but also seaming!

Like Claudia, Dustin used Kelbourne Woolens Germantown for his “Stitch-Sampler Handwarmers,” our go-to worsted weight wool. It’s smooth, easy to work with, comes in all kinds of colors, and holds up to frogging and reuse, if it comes to that!

Stephanie knit this “Field Slipover” during a recent class with Anne. She used Berroco Ultra Wool DK and Isager Silk Mohair together throughout, creating a rich blend of greens and a soft texture. Pattern by Camilla Vad.

Jaime knit this “Shetland Solstice” hat during Nancy’s recent class, using Kelbourne Woolens Camper. As soon as she completed this one, she cast on for another, rearranging the colors to change the look. Then she bought a fresh colorway in Camper, to make it yet again – a ringing endorsement of Gudrun Johnston’s pattern!

Here’s Linda’s “Scout Shawl,” made during Nancy’s class. Florence Spurling’s intricate intarsia and fair isle shawl has a patchwork look, but is worked in one piece, from end to end – a feat, and Linda’s looks lovely in Brooklyn Tweed Loft and Tones Light. Here are a few close-ups!

Many thanks to our teachers and to all the knitters who challenge themselves to learn something new in classes here at our shop. We love seeing what you make and watching as you grow your skills!

LYS Day 2024!

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We’re looking forward to Local Yarn Store Day, this Saturday, April 27th. Come to our shop on LYS Day for 25% off featured yarns!

LYS Day is about celebrating brick-and-mortar yarn shops and appreciating all that they offer. Here at the Hillsborough Yarn Shop, we are proud of our selection of high quality yarns, books and tools, and our customer service. Our mission is to provide knitters and other fiber artists with quality materials and help connect them with the knowledge they need to make things they’re proud of.

All the yarn in our shop is sorted by gauge, with sections marked Lace weight, Worsted weight, Bulky weight, and so on. We hope this makes it easier to sort through our robust selection to find the yarn that’s right for your project! For LYS Day, we’re offering 25% off one featured yarn in each gauge section:

You can read about all our featured yarns on the links above, and look for the yellow signs to find them here at the shop on LYS Day!

Come by the Hillsborough Yarn Shop this Saturday to celebrate LYS Day and get some great deals! We’re open from 11 am – 5:30 pm; see you at the shop!

 

A reminder: all discounted yarns are final sale, no returns or exchanges. Discount applies only to in-stock items, no special orders. Thanks for understanding!