Knitty First Fall 2011

Knitty's First Fall 2011 collection has been live for a couple of weeks now and my, oh, my! what beautiful patterns! Who doesn't love cozy knits in fall?

I am in love with this sweet little lace cowl by Ashley Knowlton. I'm not such a fan of wearing pink myself, though, so I was thinking it would look lovely in a more subtle, warm color like Goldberry:

What do you think?

DIY Recycled Yarn

I love recycling and creative reuse of materials. This tutorial from Craft Passion on how to make yarn out of old t-shirts is simply sweet!

How to make T-shirt Yarn

Summer Yarn

Some of these colorways are already in the shop, but isn't it exciting to see some new ones?

Rght there in the middle is my lovely, silky lace, Bumblebirch Cocoon. It's 80% merino/20% silk. On the left is Mountain Spring, a light, dusty turquoise, and on the right is something new. I departed from the usual purples and ventured into mulberry and blackberry shades. What do you think?

Spring Tea

Spring is here in Portland! It's definitely early, but no one's complaining.

That means it's time for the Spring Yarn Clubs! Mmm, teatime...mmmm yarn!

You can join the Bumblebirch Spring Yarn Club or Yarn + Tea Club here!

Introducing Bumblebirch Grove Sock Yarn

Grove is 80% superwash merino/20% bamboo, 4-ply fingering weight, presented in skeins of 430yd/393m, which makes it perfect for socks or shawls! Bamboo is known for its strength and silky texture, and merino is the softest wool around. Add easy-care superwash into the mix and you've got a perfect yarn! Now available in the shop!

Sunkissed Sock Yarn Drawing Winner!

And the winner is...

Dragonsinger!!

You lucky duck! Or rather, lucky dragon. You get yummy yellow sock yarn. Happy stitching!

Please send your shipping info to bumblebirch AT gmail DOT com.

A Contest!

This blog can get awfully quiet, and I want to step it up. I'm challenging YOU to participate! Just leave a comment on this post telling me what you love to do with sock yarn and you'll be entered into a random drawing on Saturday morning.

The prize is a skein of Bumblebirch Heartwood in Sunkissed! It's 100g/3.5 oz (463yd/423m) of 4-ply fingering weight in 75% superwash merino/25% nylon. Sunkissed is a lovely golden yellow gradient color. I'll even wind it up for you!

I'll start: My favorite thing to with sock yarn is knit lace socks!

New Colorways

I'm very pleased to announce a few new colorways for the shop, all in 100% superwash merino fingering weight.


Pear


Celery


Autumn Leaf

Winter Yarn Clubs

It's time for the Bumblebirch Winter Yarn Club! As usual, I have a 3-month Yarn + Tea subscription. These packages are filled with goodies and, best of all, you can choose sock yarn or worsted yarn!




For those who would like to keep it simple and subscribe to the yarn only (all right, I'll admit an occasional stitch marker might find its way in there), I'm offering 3-month and 1-month subscriptions.

New Blog for Bumblebirch

Test test test!

Welcome to the new blog! I figured it was time to have a blog dedicated to the "business" side of my life: dedicated to Bumblebirch.

I've been busy making plans for upcoming seasonal yarn clubs, and they're going to be awesome! There is a theme for each month's package:

September: The Open Sea
October: Golden Harvest
November: Snow White

Here are a couple of my own hand-dyed colorways, which are currently available in my shop.

Violet Dusk


Ginger Peach


I've got some mini-skeins in the dyepot as I type and I can't wait to show you what I've been cooking up!