Frontier Fiber Mill is my favorite yarn company, hands down. This small company is own by Lisa Gilman & Michael Rheinheimerf, who own an alpaca farm in Indiana.
The alpaca yarn is beautiful, amazingly soft, wonderful to work with, and the best thing about the yarn is that it’s all natural - no dyes, no nothing. […]
Category Archives: Designs
On the Needles and On Display: Scarves and Other Things Warm
December 19, 2007 – 5:54 pm
On the Needles and On Display: Berets and Wintercaps
December 15, 2007 – 12:21 pm
A Very Warm Hat by Ms. Elizabeth Z. is a customer favorite, partially for its reversibility. It is actually two hats connected at the hem. Purl stitches are picked up at the bottom of the first hat and knitted to begin the second hat.
This pattern can be found in Elizabeth’s Knitting Around […]
On the Needles and On Display: Socks
December 14, 2007 – 6:52 pm
Mock cables, otherwise known as baby cables, are one of my favorite patterns to knit, particularly for socks. The pattern is very simple, easy to memorize, and works well for socks due to its ribbing character.
These socks are knitted with Creatively Dyed Yarn. Dianne’s dye work is simply amazing. Sometimes she goes […]
On the Needles and On Display: Garments
December 8, 2007 – 8:32 pm
As knitters, we acknowledge that there are always projects on the needles. Sometimes, this is a positive thing - there’s always something to work on. Sometimes, …. um…. not so much - there’s something that’s needs finished (Oh, dear).
Just like some of you out there, finishing is not necessarily my strongest attribute. I’m not […]
In our windows
November 13, 2007 – 1:40 pm
The basic design of the Orange Basketweave Cable Shawl was inspired by the shawl found in Weekend Knitting by Melanie Falick. The design is simple: Knit a rectangle and creatively join two points of the rectangle to make a shawl.
The shawl is made with Cascade Eco+, color Pumpkin, on old metal needles, US size […]
