We find inspiration all around us, especially in the changing seasons. These new colors, inspired by autumn and all it brings, are perfect for transitioning your palette of summery brights into the fall season for an autumnal palette with abundant richness and a touch of drama.
Waverly: A warm caramel and browned butter hue with golden undertones. Good enough to eat!
Fedora: A red-tinged nut brown hue, like burnished bracken in the autumn. We are head over heels for Fedora!
Chesterfield: Burgundy-brown like an oiled leather chair. Perfect with neutrals of all shades as well as pinks (even Poprocks!) and oh, the scummy color pairings just begging to be made. Chesterfield is the rich neutral we’ve been dreaming of!
What can’t we say about Dimond Laine Birdie? This base is in constant rotation on our needles with fun and personality to the max! It’s a fingering weight yarn that is all things to all projects: it’s a strand-along, a fingering-weight, a DK-weight. Held single, the fabric is airy and cloud-like; held double, the fabric is all delicious fluffy squish. We also love how Birdie takes the dye – with a 74% Suri alpaca, 26% silk fiber blend, the color glows from the inside out, from its shiny, silky core to its brushed fleecy tips. We offer this yarn in 50-gram, 328-yard skeins in our full hand-dyed color catalog through our dyed-to-order events and in our Bainbridge Island store. It’s...
It’s always a delight when we come up with a new color that we just know will be a permanent fixture in our hand-dyed catalog– Antique is one such color. It’s a creamier, warmer counterpart to our beloved Vintage. Both colors are lovely neutrals, perfect for any and every season. Antique and Vintage will be available on Birdie and Downy Fingering at this weekend’s Dyed-to-Order event.
Fall always brings some of that "new year" energy with it and we've been channeling some of that into color development at the dye pots. This weekend's DTO will feature a few resulting colors (and on a new base!). Please meet....
Antique: The quintessential cream — adding a dollop of pure delight to your project. Antique is a creamier counterpart to our beloved Vintage, and sure to be a new staple in our hand-dyed catalog.
Coastal Grey: The inky smudge where water meets the sky in a darkening blue twilight.
Sweetbriar: An heirloom tea rose in full bloom; a sweet, clear pink.
We’re huge fans of the patterns created by Good Night, Day, and we’ve recently embarked on a Nanaimo kick. This chunky cardigan pattern is approachable and over-the-top cute! Of course, we made some modifications…here’s what you need to know to knit one like ours: Pattern: Purchase the Nanaimo pattern from Good Night, Day. It’s available on Ravelry or directly from the designer. Yarns: Sarah's cardigan is knit in Dimond Laine Big Birdie held together with The Lamb & Kid Monstro. In this case we used 3 skeins of Big Birdie in Plaid Is My Favorite Color and 6 skeins of Monstro in Lobster. If you'd like to add length, or knit a larger size, purchase 4 skeins of Big Birdie and...
