Stories in the Making

This month was a great roundup of your recently finished items, thank you to everyone who shared! Judy shared two different projects with us, here's her Cirrus, which can be best described as a combination sweater/poncho. Nancy O'Connell is the designer, you'll find this pattern published in Shibui Knits. Judy made hers in an Americo original yarn held together with Debbie Bliss Rialto Lace. Cirrus, photo via Shibui Knits, Ravelry Judy's second share was actually two items - an adorable matching pair of ponchos for a set of twins! This is Temptation Poncho and Hat Set by Tatsiana Matsiuk. She used...

Our May guest speaker was our very own Alexis, who shared helpful tips and information about successfully substituting yarn in a project. Do you ALWAYS use the yarn the pattern calls for? I'm guessing probably not. I know I don't. Sometimes the yarn is unavailable in your area, it's discontinued, or you simply found another yarn you'd rather use. Cool. That's fine. Alexis gave us the tools and knowledge to help us chose an alternate yarn for a pattern without the whole project turning into a disaster. Get ready for it....GAUGE! Of course this discussion is going to start with...

Laura shared a few of her recently finished projects - first up, Warriston by Kate Davies, knit in emerald green Malibrigo worsted.   Warriston, photo via TwinOaksFarmFibre, Ravelry Here's Spindrift, by Helen Stewart, knit in Laura's own Twin Oaks Farm fingering yarn Spindrift, photo via TwinOaksFarmFibre, Ravlery And for a spot of colourwork, how about this Merrie Dancers Toorie by Elizabeth Johnston, knit in Uradale Shetland DK? Merrie Dancers, photo via TwinOaksFarmFibre, Ravelry Liz brought in her Highway 61 Pullover, pattern designed by Jennifer Owens. She knit hers in Berroco Blackstone Tweed, and shared with us that the cables were...

It was a nice change to have a guest speaker at Yarn Club this month, and Chantelle from coriand3r knits was a perfect burst of COLOUR at our spring meeting with her long colour change gradients. Chantelle broke her talk into two parts, discussing social media for fibre enthusiasts in the first part, and details about her business and dying techniques in part two. One of the best pointers Chantelle shared about social media was using it as a way to support your favourite small businesses. Speaking as an indie-dyer, Chantelle LOVES when her customers tag photos of things they've...

For copies of patterns downloaded or purchased in hard copy before April 15th, 2018, Rows 7 & 15 in Section 1 - Mini Coloured Honeycomb should read as follows: Row 7: K2 MC, P1 MC, P2 CC, P1 MC, *Sl M, P2 MC, P2 CC, P1 MC, rep from * 4 more times, K2 MC. Row 15: K2 MC, P1 MC, P2 CC, P2 MC, P2 CC, P1 MC, *Sl M, [P2 MC, P2 CC] twice, P1 MC, rep from * 4 more times, K2 MC. Pattern files on Ravelry and Phibersmith.com have been updated.