New Fall Hues
…are up on the website right this very moment. Actually they technically aren’t since I am writing this post at night while canning some premium smoky tomato jam. I’ve developed a bit of a thing for late night cooking and canning. It’s cooler, quiet and feels romantic in a back porch shelling peas with my gran while listening to the the crickets sing as the wind gently lifts the weeping bows on the willow kind of way. I have a glass of wine, my daughter, the frogs peeping away in the background and you. What could be better?
Tomorrow (now today) both this blog post and the new hues and a new home page will go up. If I’m lucky all synched as planned and close to when Knitty launches their Deep Fall issue. We’ll see how that all goes.
Anyway no matter how it all rolls I’m pretty thrilled with my oh, so colorful, first Fall group. I think I hit a pretty wide spectrum with this batch. Starting with all of our contest winners, even Positive Energy, then following the seasonal shift towards the crazy goodness of Autumn, a few chickens thrown in ‘cuz I can, and a holiday one just to keep us on our preholiday knitting toes. I had a rockin’ good time in the dye barn with these Fall hues. I hope you enjoy knitting with them as much as I enjoyed creating them.
There are 25 of them ( I subtracted the 2 September sock club colorways we are putting up because they aren’t new to everyone). The first three knitters to list all 25 correctly here in the comments section of this post wins a skein of their choosing.
Those of you that have been patiently waiting for our BFL Fingering to be back in stock, it is here! It is here!! It is here!!!! And yes, I do believe that does warrant 6 exclamation points. Thank you Jim for making this such a priority! We’ve planned this one right down to the wire. We have a lovely design by Shannon Squire that we’re featuring in the soon to be live Knitty Deep Fall issue. It’s called Vernonia and I am head over heels in love with this shawl in all of it’s holiness. I pestered poor Shannon so we could get it out for the Fall issue of Knitty and here we are. Happy dancing all around. When the stars align and everything comes together it is truly a beautiful thing.
One other piece of news. This Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival will be the last one for Blue Moon. I’ve been easing out of trade shows so I can concentrate on a few other areas for Blue Moon. It is not a decision that I have made lightly and is purely a business growth decision. I will miss shows like Oregon Flock and Fiber but this is a really good move for us. We are opening more and more accounts with yarn stores and developing what I hope to be long term supportive and creative relationships that will last years and support us all.
Oregon Flock and Fiber holds a very special place in my heart since it was my first festival/trade show. It is hard and I am sure there will be tears (mine of course). I am creating a colorway to commemorate this moment ( as I do). This will be a special colorway only available at OFFF on that weekend. Sigh! Change is what makes the world go around!
As usual if there is anything special you’d like to see us bring do let us know and we’ll do our best. We will have all the new colorways in sock yarn and lots and lots of spinning fibers. It is how I started OFFF and I think it is a poetic full circle way to go. We hope to see you there.
To be very clear Blue Moon is only shifting gears and headed in another direction. We’ve been doing this, as quietly as possible, for almost a year now, so we didn’t rock too many boats. Toni Neil of the Fold will still be taking our yarns to both Rhinebeck and Maryland Sheep and Wool for as long as she wants to do those shows.
One of these LYS relationships that we have added to our Blue Moon family and us to theirs, is, Shall We Knit in Waterloo, Ontario Canada! We are super excited to be working with Karen and her team of extraordinary knitters. We just sent them a whole bunch of Socks that Rocks and Some of our lace yarns Marine Silk and Worthy.
Speaking of a team of extraordinary knitters this weekend is the Kitchener-Waterloo Knitter’s Guild Fair! Sylvie and her team at Lettuce Knit will be there with all kinds of goodies including our Socks that Rock and Twisted! Please do stop by and say hi if you are there.
Wow… that is a whole lot of goings on! The jam is canned and is now setting. I am tired and those pesky little invisible no see’ums are biting. So I am going to say good night. This is the news from Blue Moon where the colors are inspired and the chickens are happy and … .
PS: We have a new member of the family. My dear friend Gail rescued a few abandoned kittens and my girls and I fell in love with this cutie. We are still working on a name. We started with Watson moved to Nymphadora Tonks ( Tonks for short) and are now at TS Elliot ( Elli for short) . So … who knows.
Maybe just cutie pie.
If you are on the Olympic Peninsula and looking for something really fun to do try out the Jefferson County Farm Tour. It is such a good time lots of wonderful people doing great things. There is all kinds of fiber related fun along with food related goodness. I am headed up there as soon as I can tear myself away from her cute furry self!
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I think I found them all:
1. Chana Masala
2. Cranberry Bogged
3. Gilly
4. Antiquated System
5. As High as an Elephant’s Eye
6. Broody Bantams
7. Dostoevsky’s Crocodile
8. Free Range Chickens
9. Gandalf the Grey
10. Gazing Ball
11. Go Beavs!!
12. Jingle
13. Lavender Fields in the Mist
14. Metaphysical Angst
15. Positive Energy
16. Slithy Toves
17. Tea and Alchemy
18. The Great Northwest
19. The Olive Pit
20. Ginger Plum-licious
21. Who’s the Pumpkin?
22. The Foliage is Falling
23. Lemon Pesto
24. Tomatillo
25. Ish Kabibble
I LOVE the new colorways! I have a special place in my heart for fall colors, and these are gorgeous!
Here are my picks for the new colors:
Antiquated System
As High as an Elephant’s eye
Broody Bantams
Dostoevsky’s Crocodile
Free Range Chickens
Gandalf the Grey
Ginger Plum-licious
Gazing Ball
Go Beavs!!
Ish Kabibble
Jingle
Lavender Fields in the Mist
Lemon Pesto
Metaphysical Angst
Positive Energy
Slithy Toves
Tea and Alchemy
The Foliage is Falling
The Great Northwest
The Olive Pit
Tomatillo
Who’s the Pumpkin
Chana Masala
Cranberry Bogged
Gilly
Ginger Plum-licious
Gazing Ball
Lavender Fields In The Mist
Antiquated System
Lemon Pesto
Positive Energy
As High As An Elephants Eye
Broody Bantams
Dostoevsky’s Crocodile
Free Range Chickens
Gandalf The Gray
Go Beavs!!
Ish Kabibble
Jingle
The Foliage Is Falling
The Great Northwest
Metaphysical Angst
Slithy Toves
Tea And Alchemy
The Olive Pit
Tomatillo
Who’s The Pumpkin
Chana Masala
Cranberry Bogged
Gilly
Phew! that was a marathon and a half- now I am going to go back to them and have
a really long indulgent look 🙂
Oh! I have just spotted that Gilly is actually Golly,
there’s an interesting story around it too!
1. as high as an elephant’s eye
2. broody bantams
3. dostoevsky’s crocodile
4. gandalf the grey
5. olive pit
6 gazing ball
7 ginger plum licious
8. go beavs
9. ish kadibble
10. its all about me all the time
11. jingle
12. jubilation
13. kalish
14. lavender fields int the mist
15. lemon pesto
16. metaphysical angst
17. positive energy
18 puddle of bleu
19 who’s the pumpkin
20 tomatillo
whew
the great northwest
the folliage is falling
tea and alchamy
slithy toves
joys autumn
sugar plums
I suck at this. Folks there are 27 colors not 25
Please ignore this. back to 25
1. Chana Masala 2. Cranberry Bogged 3. Gilly 4. Antiquated System 5. As High as an Elephant’s Eye 6. Broody Bantams 7. Dostoevsky’s Crocodile 8. Free Range Chickens 9. Gandalf the Grey 10. Gazing Ball 11. Go Beavs!! 12. Jingle 13. Lavender Fields in the Mist 14. Metaphysical Angst 15. Positive Energy 16. Slithy Toves 17. Tea and Alchemy 18. The Great Northwest 19. The Olive Pit 20. Ginger Plum-licious 21. Who’s the Pumpkin? 22. The Foliage is Falling 23. Lemon Pesto 24. Tomatillo 25. Ish Kabibble
Here are my guesses:
1. Antiquated system
2. As high as an elephant’s eye
3. Broody Bantams
4. Dostoevsky’s crocodile
5. free range chickens
6. gandalf the grey
7. gazing ball
8. ginger plum-licious
9. Go Beavs
10. ish kabibble
11. it’s about me all the time
12. jingle
13. lavender fields in the mist
14. lemon pesto
15. metaphysical angst
16. positive energy
17. slithy toves
18. tea and alchemy
19. the great northwest
20. the olive pit
21. tomatillo
22. who’s the pumpkin
23. chana masala
24. cranberry bogged
25. gilly
just now realized that my #11 is a club color.
changing #11 from it’s about me all the time to greige
1. Antiquated System
2. As High as an Elephant’s Eye
3. Broody Bantams
4. Chana Masala
5. Cranberry Bagged
6. Dostoevsky’s Crocodile
7. Free Range Chickens
8. Gilly
9. Ginger Plum-licious
10. Go Beavs!!
11. Ish Kibibble
12. Kalish
13. Lavender Fields in the Mist
14. Lemon Pesto
15. Metaphysical Angst
16. Positive Energy
17. Slithy Toves
18. Tea & Alchemy
19. The Foliage is Falling
20. The Great Northwest
21. The Olive Pit
22. Tomatillo
23. Gandalf the Grey
24. Gazing Ball
25. Who’s the Pumpkin
I haven’t looked for colourways yet, but the kitten’s name should be Marmalade(lol).
Cheers and red wine, Hazel.
I’m not a club member so I listed the 27 that are new to me. I don’t know which two are the club colors.
Antiquated System
As High as an Elephant’s Eye
Baby Zombie
Broody Bantams
Dostoevsky’s Crocodile
FrankenHen
Free Range Chickens
Gandalf the Grey
Gazing Ball
Ginger Plum-licious
Go Beavs!
Ish Kabibble
It’s About Me All the Time
Jimgle
Lavender Fields in the Mist
Lemon Pesto
Metaphysical Angst
Positive Energy
SasSwatch
Slithy Toves
Tea and Alchemy
The Foliage is Falling
The Great Northwest
The Olive Pit
Tomatillo
Who’s the Pumpkin?
Witchy Woman
Chana Masala
Cranberry Bogged
Gilly
It’s Not All About Me Brown
Whoops, I included a few that io didn’t mean to in that last post. Here is my corrected list.
Antiquated System
As High as an Elephant’s Eye
Broody Bantams
Dostoevsky’s Crocodile
Free Range Chickens
Gandalf the Grey
Gazing Ball
Ginger Plum-licious
Go Beavs!
Ish Kabibble
It’s About Me All the Time
Jimgle
Lavender Fields in the Mist
Lemon Pesto
Metaphysical Angst
Positive Energy
Slithy Toves
Tea and Alchemy
The Foliage is Falling
The Great Northwest
The Olive Pit
Tomatillo
Who’s the Pumpkin
Chana Masala
Cranberry Bogged
Gilly
It’s Not All About Me Brown
1. antiquated system
2. as high as an elephant’s eye
3. broody bantam
4. Dostoevsky’s crocodile
5. free range chickens
6. Gandalf the grey
7. grazing balls
8. ginger plum-licious
9. go bravs
10. ish kabibble
11. jingle
12. lavender fields in the mist
13. lemon pesto
14. metaphysical angst
15. postivie energy
16. slithy toves
17. tea and alchemy
18. the foliage is falling
19. the great northwest
20. the olive pit
21. tomatillo
22. who’s the pumpkin
23. chana masala
24. cranberry bogged
25. gilly
Ok, here’s my try…
1. Antiquated System
2. High as an Elephant’s Eye
3. Dostoevsky’s Crocodile
4. Downpour
5. Free Range Chickens
6. Go Beavs!
7. Holiday Hen
8. Ish Kabbible
9. Kalish
10. Lemon Pesto
11. Oaks Bottom
12. Positive Energy
13. Pumpkin Spice
14. Slithy Toves
15. Tea & Alchemy
16. The Cookie Next Door
17. The Foliage is Falling
18. The Great Northwest
19. The Olive Pit
20. Who’s the Pumpkin?
21. Wonderful Goodness
22. Chana Masala
23. Cranberry Bogged
24. Dark Shadows
25. Tonalite
Even now I am tempted to switch out Pumpkin Spice with River Rocked, but I suspect they might both be returners, so…I’ll go as is, I guess.
I was just wondering when the official list of the new colors would be announced? We are trying to do a mini swap on Ravelry for the new colors, but we’ve been waiting on the official list of new colors before ordering the yarn.