Two New Liberty Wool Print Colors! Plus ALL Colors are 20% Off!

Liberty Wool Print in Rodeo

Ever been to a rodeo?  The earthy browns together with the flashy reds, purples, blues and greens of the cowboys' vibrant star-spangled costumes and the clever rodeo clowns.  Liberty Wool Print's newest color, Rodeo, captures the excitement and flash.

If your tastes are better suited to a mellow sunset than a traveling rodeo, then Sunset Frost is the color for you.  Combining the orange and yellow of a sunset with the blue, purple, gray and green of a morning frost, Sunset Frost is a relaxing, soothing color.

Three Great Patterns!

Liberty Wool Print is Classic Elite's soft worsted weight, machine washable 100% wool yarn.  Yup, that's right, I said machine washable wool.  It is a self striping yarn in a huge assortment of awesome colors.  Rodeo and Sunset Frost are the two newest of over 35 colors of Liberty Wool Print!

Bonus:  For a limited time all Liberty Wool Print - not just the two new colors, but all Liberty Wool Print - is on sale at 20% off!

Liberty Wool Print in Sunset Frost

There are soooooooo many options with worsted weight yarn, how will you choose a project?  Well, we're making it easy for you with a FREE pattern!  Buy any quantity of Rodeo or Sunset Frost and choose the fun Liberty Wool Headband, the casual Slouchy Fair Isle Hat, or the dramatic Sawtooth Edge Scarf for FREE!

Caution:  While we do suggest knitting with Sunset Frost as you watch a sunset through a frosty window, we do NOT recommend knitting with Rodeo (or any other yarn) while riding a bucking bronco!

Happy Knitting . . . . Amy

Mountain Color Yarns newest FiberWild! Exclusive Color - Slate!

Interrupted Rib Scarf in Slate

Slate.  Even the word is masculine.  It makes me think of rocks, granite, and tools.  Slate is the name of Mountain Colors' newest FiberWild! exclusive color.  And just as the name implies, it is a masculine color - a simple blend of blues and grays without any foo foo or silliness.

The new color is available in two great Mountain Colors yarns:  Alpaca Blend and Crazyfoot.  Alpaca Blend is a blend of superfine alpaca and soft wool, for a sturdy, but soft medium weight yarn.  Alpaca Blend is perfect for almost anything:  sweaters, scarves, hats, mittens.  Crazyfoot is a superwash wool and nylon blend in a superfine weight - great for socks, children's garments, or any other lace or fine gauge project.  Bonus:  Buy either yarn in the color Slate and you'll save 20%!  

Bonus:  Buy Alpaca Blend in Slate and you'll get the Interrupted Rib Scarf pattern for FREE.  Knit with two skeins of Alpaca Blend using US 7 straight (or circular) knitting needles, it's a quick knit in a simple ribbed pattern.  No scalloped edging, no lacy pattern, not even any fringe - this scarf is all man.  The scarf will look great on your special guy, and because it's a ribbed pattern that doesn't need blocking, it will still look great after he comes in from shoveling snow and throws it in a heap on the floor. 

Crazyfoot in Slate

The Interrupted Rib Scarf will not work with the Crazyfoot yarn - the gauge is all wrong.  But I suggest the Fishtail Hollow Sock or the Maffit Sock for a lacy (Fishtail Hollow) or cabled (Maffit) feminine twist on the Slate color in Crazyfoot - because we ladies look super in blues and grays, too!

So who is our cute new model?  Some stud we imported from Ralph Lauren or Armani?  Nope, it's our own employee Matt.  Matt works on our computer programing, and with an office full of mostly women, it's nice to have a young man around for manly jobs like carrying boxes or moving office equipment.  Matt thought Sean was kidding when he said he wanted to use him as a fashion model for our men's patterns.  His photo shoot went great - and now Matt's wondering if he should hire an agent!

Happy Knitting . . . .  Amy

Interrupted Rib Scarf in Slate

Happy Valentine's Day - With FREE Shipping!

We love yarn.  You love yarn.  What better way to celebrate Valentine's Day than with more yarn to love!

This Valentine's Day (Friday, February 14) we will celebrate our love of yarn with FREE shipping on all orders within the U.S. and Canada.  There is no minimum order, no special code or secret handshake.  Just place an order at FiberWild.com on V-Day and your shipping cost will be $0.

Mmmmm . . . Chocolate

Are you a chocoholic?  We have over 60 yarns named chocolate! Sample a classic taste of Knit One Crochet Too's machine washable bamboo and nylon blend Babyboo in Chocolate, Ella Rae's 100% superwash wool Classic Chunky in Chocolate, and HiKoo's cotton, bamboo and silk blend CoBaSi and CoBaSi Plus in Chocolate Milk.  Or pamper yourself with a more exotic flavor like Jojoland's 100% cashmere Cashmere Sport in Chocolate, Dream in Color's merino wool and cashmere blend Classy with Cashmere in Chocolate Night, or Claudia Handpaint's shimmering 100% silk Claudia Silk Lace in Chocolate or Chocolate Cherry.

Classic Chunky in yummy Chocolate

All of our chocolate yarns are guaranteed to be calorie-free, they contain no nuts (we have nuts working in the store, but no nuts in our yarn), and they will melt in your hands!

Happy Knitting . . .  Amy

The Colors of Noro - All 25% Off!

Designed by Elle Tricote

Noro yarns are well known throughout the knitting world for the company's incredible devotion to yarn and their phenomenal colorways. During the month of February, we're celebrating this with a 25% off sale on all Noro yarns and patterns!  This includes the individual patterns from Noro's Fall 2012 and Spring 2013 magazines, now available as downloadable PDFs!

Designers love Noro yarns for their extraordinary colors - and so do we!  Many variegated yarns are spray painted with dye - but not Noro yarn.  Instead the fiber is dyed in individual colors, then each color is manually laid out on the carder.  The result is a richer, more vibrant color.

The Noro factory is in Japan, and "Noro" is the name of the company founder, Eisaku Noro.  The Japanese are known for their attention to detail, and that trait shows through in the yarn.  Eisaku notes that when new yarns are created, the designers work with their eyes closed to fully concentrate on the texture of the fibers.

Preparing the Carder at Noro.

All animal fibers used in Noro yarns are from certified organic farms.  Noro is personally involved with inspecting all aspects of production, from visiting the animal farms to checking the machinery used to insure that the process is as eco-friendly as possible.  By doing as much by hand as possible, Noro reduces the friction and heat that the yarn is exposed to, preventing damage to the enzymes in the fibers while reducing the impact on the environment.

What incredible devotion to their yarn!

Happy knitting . . . . . Amy

Think Warm Island Vacation with Liberty Wool Print's two new colors!

Liberty Wool Print in Lilac Daydream

It's freezing in Galena!  It's not enough to just have snow, we've got drifting and blowing snow, with temperatures plunging into the negative double-digits!  Brrrrr!

Well, you can't get more "island vacation" than Lilac Daydream and Oasis, the two new Liberty Wool Print colors.  

Liberty Wool Print is Classic Elite's soft worsted weight, machine washable 100% wool yarn.  Yup, that's right, I said machine washable wool.  It is a self striping yarn in a huge assortment of awesome colors.  Lilac Daydream and Oasis are the two newest of over 30 colors!

Liberty Wool Print in Oasis

Lilacs bloom in early summer, beating out roses and other flowers.  Lilac Daydream's blend of purple, pink, blue and gray will have you daydreaming of island breezes while you knit beside your frost covered window.  An oasis is a refreshing area of water, green grasses and trees in the midst of the desert.  Oasis' refreshing blend of blue, green, white, pink and purple will warm you up as you knit.

Both Lilac Daydream and Oasis are on sale at 10% off!  But wait, there's more . . . When you buy any quantity of Lilac Daydream or Oasis we'll give you a free pattern!  You can give Winter a big, fat, kick in the backside using island vacation colors to warm yourself with a Ridged Scarf, Simple Pocket Sweater or Mitered Mittens.  Take that, Old Man Winter!

Happy Knitting . . . .  Amy

Beat the Polar Vortex with the Abbey Cowl!

The Abbey Cowl in Montana Yarn

So how cold is it in your neck of the woods?  We hit minus 22 degrees on Monday - and that's not counting the wind chill!

This is serious knitting weather, folks!  Put your fine lace projects aside, and get out your big needles and bulky yarn to knit yourself some fast, warm accessories you can wear now! 

You can't go wrong with the Abbey Cowl.  Warm up and snuggle down into the eco friendly, unprocessed, 100% wool roving of Tahki's super bulky Montana yarn.  The yarn is all natural colors.  It's not dyed - it's the color of the sheep!  It's cozy soft and knits up quickly on your addi US 11 24" circular needles.

Lantern at the V&A Museum

The Abbey Cowl pattern is a beauty!  The cowl was inspired by the intricate patterns of Gothic cathedral church lanterns, like the one shown in the picture on the left.  The Fair Isle pattern is deceptively simple, and uses only two skeins of Montana (one main color and one second color).  It is a great instant gratification project to practice colorwork skills!  Designer John Brinegar says "I wanted to make a cowl that was simple enough for beginning Fair Isle enthusiasts, yet enough of a challenge for seasoned color workers.  Montana is a perfect choice for this, knitting up in just a couple evenings, and stitch definition galore!"

The pattern is only available for a limited time - so get your copy now!  More of our super-cold polar vortex weather is expected soon!

Brrrrrrr!   And Happy Knitting . . . . Amy

Learn Colorwork with "Building in Color" - and Save 20% on the Yarn!

The Building in Color Blanket

Have you tried colorwork?  Wouldn't it be nice if you could learn colorwork with an expert knitting tutor by your side?  Well, you can!  Michelle Hunter's new book, Building in Color, is an expertly designed series that introduces the novice to essential colorwork knitting techniques one skill at a time.  Instead of making useless swatches, you'll be knitting the pieces of a beautiful sampler blanket!

The book contains 10 different colorwork techniques that you knit separately, then seam together at the end to create a colorful blanket.  Each new technique has both charted and written instructions and a special "Chart Sense" section to help the knitter gain confidence in her skills.  Many of the designs are timeless favorites, some are original creations, and ALL of them are deliciously fun!

All of the techniques featured in this book are supported with free online video instruction available at www.KnitPurlHunter.com.  It's like having access to your own personal knitting tutor on call 24-hours a day!

Building in Color

To make the Building in Color blanket you will need eight skins of three different colors of HiKoo's Simplicity yarn (for a total of 24 skeins.)  Simplicity yarn is buttery soft, machine washable, and available in a huge selection of vibrant colors ... perfect for colorwork!  Michelle recommends using a dark, medium, and light color for the best effect.  She used the colors Natural, Ghost Chili, and Chocolate Milk to create her awesome sample.

Bonus:  All Simplicity yarn, in any quantity, is on sale now at 20% off!

Simplicity in Bubble Gum

You will also need an addi Turbo US 6 24" circular needle and an addi Turbo US 6 40" circular needle for the border, or other size needed to obtain a gauge of 22 stitches over 4".

The book makes a great Girlfriend Project!  Get together with your local knitting guild, nearby neighbors, or friends across the country to knit one section each month, then show off your work!

Start building your colorwork skills!

Happy knitting ... Amy