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Wheaten Cap and Mitts
Wheaten Cap and Mitts has been ready to roll for some time. We held back to dither about all the publication choices. We love it so much that we wanted the presentation to be perfect. We considered...

Bare Naked Wools
About Stone Soup Yarn
Stone Soup is a natural yarn sourced from rambouillet, columbia, lincoln, navajo-churro, alpaca, silk, bamboo, tencel, bison, and lama. It is currently available in fingering and DK weight in five ...

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Atlantique
Can I just say—I love Atlantique! It is so soft, light, and airy. Perfect for warm weather and yet so practical for every season.
In spring, summer, and fall it stands alone with sleeves or withou...

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Brambler
Ummm, where’d that come from?
Heh. Yes, well I sat down last evening to swatch that cashmere/silk yarn the Lilith sent me and I did swatch the yarn.
I’ve had my eye on this one stitch motif for a...

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Swatch Out - Scarves Coming Through
I know you all love swatching. C’mon, admit it—it’s fun right? no?? Hmm, you seem to love it plenty when I do it, and you can just watch—swatching as a spectator sport then, ok.
Once the Snowflake...

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Little Nothing Scarves
Lace is everywhere.
These ghostly leaf shadows left behind by wet, molding oak leaves are not only beautiful, but the kind of imprint my brain obsesses over when I think about lace scarves.
A li...

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Skirtability
A real quick skirt update—I am getting ready to work the final 5 or 6 inches in the laciest pattern, and I am changing to an even larger needle to do so. That means it is a good chance to take a fe...

Bare Naked Wools
The Start of Bare Naked Wools
“Give the Knitters What They Want!”
That pretty much sums up why we created Bare Naked Wools.😆
Well, perhaps there’s a little more to the story...
Bare Naked Wool's custom-spun artisan yarns are ca...

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Regrouping
All kinds of questions about schaeffer Anne; I love it!
Anne C. says:
Hey, my name is Anne, too (All Annes should get a couple of hanks)! Where is Little Knits?That yarn is sooo lovely.P.S. Comple...