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Everywhere else it may be back-to-school time, but not here.

It’s that time of year again, where one season wanes and another lies in wait. If the leaves are going to change colours, shouldn’t our yarn, too? Not to frighten anyone, but just beyond fall, the holidays are out there, too!

That’s right. Autumnal and holiday colours are what we’re talking about in the dye barn. We have some new colourways for you. You can expect them going up around September 9th.

For returning colourways, this is where we need your help. Are there any fall- or holiday-inspired colours you’d like to see make their comeback? Let us know your favorite colourways that you’d like to see returned to the website. Have a holiday project in mind? Or maybe hoping someone will give you a certain colourway? Tell us what you’d like to see from the BMFA color archives by leaving a comment below.

Of course, we’re going to have to make room for all of these lovelies, so that means saying a temporary “see you later!” to some of our summer bunch. If any of these tickle your fancy, you best get them now. We’ll be taking them down on September 2nd.

Alina	Azure Malachite	Bumbleberry
Chawton Cottage	Clare de Lune	Cloudy with a Chance
Cozy, Fierce, Scummy Gir	Crabby McCrabby Pants	Crabby McHappy Pants
Crazy Lace Agate	Dutch Canyon	Fairgrounds
Femmebot	Flower Power	G-Rocks
Henpecked	I Love What You’re Wearing	Koi Koi
Lagoon	Lavender Truffle	Little Bunny Foo Foo
Lucky	Mango Tango	Marbles
Mermaid	Mist	Mochaberry
Muckity Muck	Muddy Bottom Breakdown	Orange You Glad
Peaseblossom	Pebble Beach	Persephone’s Persimmons
Petunia	Pink Granite	Plankton Ooze
Pride	Prism	Queen Charlotte
Retroid	Rhodonite	Rollingstone
Rosemary Rocks	Ruby Slippers	Sassafras
Scaponia	Scum Bubbles	Siren Song
Sophie	Space Dust	Spawn of Braun
Spot Rock One	Spring Fling	ST-1
ST-2	Thistle	Titania
Tweety Bird	Walking on the Wild Tide	What’s Up Buttercup
Wonderful Goodness	Yosemite

posted by Stephen

August 25, 2011

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Goodbye dearest Joyce

This past week the knitting world lost one of it’s treasures. Joyce Williams contemporary of Meg Swansen, author of Latvian Dreams and friend, passed away around noon on August 4th.
If you never had the pleasure of seeing Joyce’s work, or listening to her talk then I am sorry. I’ll never forget when I met her. I was vending at Madrona Fiber Arts and went to the bar (where everyone hangs out) to get a bottle of water. There were these two women sitting on one of the sofas chatting it up in some of the most beautiful knits I had ever seen. I couldn’t resist saying hello and complimenting them on their sweaters, the next thing I knew my cell was ringing and Debbi was wondering where the hell I had gotten off to. As I excused myself, explaining about the booth and all, we realized we have never exchanged names, just had launched right into knit-communion. So I introduced myself and was making plans to meet with them again when the smaller, fiery eyed one reached out her hand,seized mine and said I am Joyce Williams. Well… you could have knocked me over with a strand the finest lace yarn you can find. Here, for almost an hour I had been sitting and casually chatting with one of the most brilliant knit minds on the planet. I do believe my jaw dropped to my chest. I should’ve known. It was then I recognized the sweater she was wearing and well worked really hard at not kicking myself all over that bar. She was beyond gracious of course. What got me thoroughly in that moment was the twinkle in her eye when she caught my eye and whispered, it is my favourite piece in the book. I fell hard and fast for Joyce right then and there.
My life was enriched before meeting Joyce Williams in person because I had met her through her phenomenal designs. Meeting Joyce and getting to know and spend the little bit of time with her I have is a blessing I’ll cherish forever.
I love you Joyce, you will be missed!

posted by tina

August 9, 2011

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Here we are…

It’s one minute away from being the 27th day of July. A day all of us ST’s have been working towards for quite awhile now. We’re packed. A big ol truck is sitting here filled with swag and every little thing we feel like we’ll need to make this all happen. Form the looks of it we think we’re going to need a lot.
We’re excited, slightly scared and ready. We are ready. We are ready to set up and welcome our teachers,vendors, sponsors and all of you knitters.
We have been talking about what we are looking forward to the most.
What I am looking forward to the most is seeing all of friendly happy knitterly faces. That is my favourite part by far.
The second might be the sheep.

For all of you knitters who can’t make it to Sock Summit we’re having a 10% off sale from the 28th to the 31st. The code for this sale is Celebrate Sock Summit.
There are new colours too.

Happy knitting!

posted by tina

July 26, 2011

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