I think it's time for a yarny spring treat, don't you?! Place your order online as usual, April 10-16 and use coupon code ShipFree and you'll see you'll receive free US shipping!
The code works twice per person this week, so if you forget something on your original order, you can ship again on us. If you forget to use it (or use one of the fast Check Out methods like ApplePay that sometimes breeze you though too fast to notice), just respond to your e-mailed receipt after and I'll take care of it. International shipping rates continue to climb, so we aren't able to offer free shipping to shoppers outside of the US, but at least we've kept our flat rate shipping for you down to the same rate for the past several years, even with the increase in cost for us! We're trying, but dang, shipping costs just keep increasing.
What might you like to treat yourself to this week? I've been loving my current Opal Yarn knit, and the new collections have just started to trickle through Customs. We hope to have more by the end of the week, but right now we have all of the 8ply (light worsted weight) Wilder Winter series, and most of the Sweet Kiss series. We also have more of popular of collections like Black Dragon & Van Gogh. See everything we have here. Want to try something you might not have seen elsewhere? We have a great selection of Canadian dyer Fleece Artist right now. Jana and her team have been dyeing yarn for over 40 years now, so this one is the staple in hand dyed yarn. We have a cashmere blend, an organic wool and nylon blend (the only one I know of), and also thrummed mitten kits so you can make the warmest mittens you've ever worn. Shown above are the thrummed mitten kits and if you like the color that's pictured knit up, it's this one.
Love a great hand dyed stripe? Knitterly Things and Freckled Whimsy are dyers that I'm super proud to have in the shop. Hand dyed stripes are labor intensive to make, and their color selections are fab. I even have DK weight striping sock sets from Freckled Whimsy. And when's the last time you saw that way of a superwash merino/nylon stripe WITH a mini skein for toes and heels??
Want the look of hand spun at a much lower cost than some of the boutique brands? Cascade Heritage Wave (fingering weight for socks) and 220 Superwash Wave (worsted weight) are super options for less than $15. The color ranges are beautiful too. Cascade offers a lot of beautiful free patterns too. For the worsted weight 220 Wave, consider this kid's sweater, this shawl, or this infinity scarf. Want fingering weight pattern options for the Heritage Wave? These socks are super cute, as is this shawl.
Love a great pom pom? We do too! Our artisan recently made us dozens of new faux fur options (like the lovely Lynx Cat shown above), and you can see them all here. Pair them with a skein of Tosh DK (yes, our selection of 300+ colors is quite dizzying), this pattern, and you've got the coolest hat ever. And if you aren't sure which pom goes perfectly with your chosen color of Tosh DK, just e-mail me, Allison, at [email protected] and ask. I'm always happy to help!
This project of the year for us so far seems to be the Field of Violets shawl. It looks amazing with Dream in Color's new Assigned Pooling Color Collection (which we have all back in stock now, and you can see the list of them here). We also have the Violet Fields color shown in the pattern on Smooshy with Cashmere, Smooshy Sock Yarn and our exclusive Colossal Sock base yarns for ya. Colossal Sock is in the Sale Yarn section, where you can find all sorts of great deals right now.
Want to make some Herding Cats socks or any of Stone Knits awesome colorwork patterns? We have Cascade Heritage in every solid color for your main colors, and it's so low cost it's great for the colorwork too. Or get Emma's minis. Both can be used in the same project together to great effect.
Photo courtesy of StoneKnits
Finally, we have the gradient colors of Malabrigo Sock, and I don't know of any other shop that has these right now. I made a stunning Herald Shawl out of one ball of Starry Night last year, and it's my favorite knit of 2022.
I hope you find something that energizes you and your knitting! Local Yarn Shop Day is coming up soon, and you know we'll be doing something awesome for that too. Often we do something like free pattern with purchases, or little gifts. I'll keep ya posted!