Rose City Yarn Crawl!!!
When the sun rises here in Blue Moon-land it slowly climbs over the hills, breaking down and over into the fields and finally peaking through the tress, down the drive and right smack dab into the barn the two sets of double glass doors that are the front of the dye barn.
As you an see it affords us with many lovely sunlit woolly moments that just warms the heart and inspires the soul!
Since we are speaking of inspiration and delight I spotted this on my walk yesterday. We are rich with pussy willows especially down my the river where I like to walk. It is that time of year wear for their fuzzy selves to shed their covers. Luckily I happened upon these as they were still shedding their shells. Look at their little caps!!! So cute!
Delightful!
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Is everyone getting excited for next weekend?? The Rose City Yarn Crawl Portland’s knit extravaganza is finally upon us! We have been dyeing so much yarn for Twisted that we all have been wondering where the heck they are going to put it. So when I showed up early this week with yet more yarn (and yet more today) and was met with boxes and boxes of Blue Moon yarn and lots of Twistedista’s unpacking and inventory it all I got a small glimpse of to the, hows and where. It was quite the sight I will tell you. It looked a lot like the dye barn had exploded on Twisted and in a way I guess it has. As you can see everyone was enlisted to help!
I designed two colorways for Twisted inspired by this years theme ~ ” Oregon Grows Great Things”.
Leapin’ Lupines for all of the beautiful wild lupines that grow pretty much everywhere here. I know along Hwy 30 they are all along the roadside on the the sides of the hills. So pretty! One of my favorite flowers.
Photo Credit: Rose City Yarn Crawl
I do not think you can have a conversation about what Oregon grows without considering mosses and lichens, since they basically grow everywhere on just about everything here in this part of Oregon. I secretly (and firmly) believe if one were to stand still long enough you would find yourself with a lovely green mossy coat. One of Portland’s other growing super powers is most definitely our hipster vibe which I translated into the plaid aspect of our colorway by how the colors play out when it crochets/knits up. All of which gives us a Mossy Plaid Portland which makes this Oregonian’s heart sing green!
Photo Credit: Rose City Yarn Crawl
I hope you like them as much as I enjoyed creating them. I love how well they worked in the two stunning that Kat and Megan created. I love both of these designs. Kat’s is quite elegant and if I were a lupine I would be feeling the love right now. Such a pretty lace panel.
I do not often say this but Megan’s shawl makes we wish I was a more talented crocheter because I would be starting to crochet one right now. So much fun.
Photo Credit: Rose City Yarn Crawl
Oregon Lupine Shawl designed by Katherine Leek
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Oregon Moss Shawl by Megan Parrish
SALE!!!!!!
So after lots and lots of talking and some number crunching with have made the hard decision of saying goodbye to our light and lovely BFL Fingering. We love this yarn but it is not the easiest thing for the mill to do and well… sometimes you just have to let things go. Which we are choosing to do at this point time.
We have about 150 pounds left in stock which is a fair amount when you are a light and lofty fingering weight yarn. We have marked it down to form 23.50 to 13.50. A pretty sweet deal. I know I am going to add a fair amount to my stash since it makes such a light and lovely shawl.
Do you remember the super fun KAL we did a few years ago with Star Athena’s Interval?
Photo Credits: Star Athena
and then there’s the holey goodness that is Shannon’s Vernonia
Our BFL sale will last as long as the yarn does.
I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend.
