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SHOPPING AT ESTES PARK WOOL MARKET 2025

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/ellen-t-sibelius-ravelry-store

AMAZING knitting patterns for all kinds of animals, dinosaurs, plants, butterflies, and more from Ellen Sibelius!

Wonderful bright and neon colors at Interlacements! https://interlacementsyarns.com/

Beautiful samples at Greenwood Fiberworks. https://greenwoodfiberworks.com/

The amazing Ali was there, with her hand-dyed yarn Road Trip Sock Yarn (which is amazing!) https://www.etsy.com/shop/RoadTripSockYarn

Wonderful and fun yarn from Little Squirrel Yarn! Sarah and Dylan are so kind and a joy to know! https://www.littlesquirrelyarn.com/

Hand-dyed farm fiber, alpaca, and handspun from Wandering Pines Ranch. https://wanderingpinesranch.com/

Priceless and gorgeous weavings from La Familia Hernandez of Indigo Rugs. The depth of color in their fiber and their amazing weaving are stunning! I especially love that gorgeous turquoise color, which they told me was made with indigo.

Some of the handspun entries on display.

Some of the gorgeous samples on display from Longmont Yarn Shoppe! I really want to make the Agave top from Dan Doh, Yumi Alexander.

We also got to see fiber friends Ken & Paul of Gayfeather Farms https://gayfeatherfarms.com/ and Cassandra @fiberandleaves and Freyja @lassofforbes while we were there! Fiber friends are the best friends!!!

This guy makes it all possible! My husband, best friend, and partner in crime, Erm!

PREORDERS ARE OPEN FOR THE 2025 CRAFTY CRYPTIDS ADVENT FROM BLACKBIRD SYCAMORE YARN!

The Crafty Cryptids Advent is now open for pre-orders and I think this is going to be the best one so far!

This is a made to order holiday box with mystery yarn mini-skeins, meant for one package to be opened each day leading up to the Christmas holiday, but you can open yours however you like. Each box will also include a large sturdy handmade drawstring project bag with a wrist strap, wool wash, and an assortment of curated progress keepers, stitch markers, notions, and goodies.
This year’s box will be a more airy soft pastel palette, with an assortment of tonals, semi-solids, and lightly speckled colorways. It will be a cohesive pastel gradient.

It will include 25 hand dyed mini skeins on YOUR CHOICE of yarn base:
SUPER SOCK (75% Superwash Merino Wool, 25% Recycled Nylon, each skein is approximately 88 yards, 20 grams, 4 ply)
–or–
DIVA DK (75% Superwash Merino Wool, 25% Recycled Nylon, each skein is approximately 49 yards, 20 grams, 4 ply)
Pre-orders are open now through my Square site. The box will be shipped out in early October so that it can get to you in time to start opening it on December 1st. I will send you a message to update you when your box ships!
Preorders are now open!

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MY 2024 CRAFTY CRYPTIDS ADVENT CARDIGAN

I used the Voyage Cardigan pattern from Wool & Pine as a template for this cardigan. I left off their colorwork and made stripes instead, but did a sawtooth colorwork edging to give it a little pizazz. I used Scrivener as the buttonband, collar, and cuffs, and Fangorn Forest for the sleeves. I really enjoyed this project and it went pretty fast since I was constantly wanting to start the next color. Will definitely use the pattern again for another project. It works up nicely and is well written.

2024 CRAFTY CRYPTIDS ADVENT

GEOGRADIENT STEPHEN WEST MKAL

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/geogradient-shawl

TWISTS AND TURNS STEPHEN WEST MKAL

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/twists–turns-4

SHAWLOGRAPHY STEPHEN WEST MKAL

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/shawlography

SLIPSTRAVAGANZA STEPHEN WEST MKAL

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/slipstravaganza

A LITTLE MORE HANDSPUN

This gorgeous shawl was woven by a very talented artist named Susan Leach, using some of my handspun yarn! https://www.facebook.com/susan.leach.9465

More things knit with Blackbird Sycamore Yarn

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/raven-beanie-2

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/silvestre

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/stella-quilt-blanket

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/charm-of-the-woodland-hats

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/valkyrie-headband