Category Archives: Inspiration

Spring Clearance Sale!

Our Spring Clearance Sale is here! We're making room for a bunch of exciting new products, so that means great savings for you! We're offering up to 70% off regular prices, and you'll be sure to find fabulous deals on tools, yarns, and books--it's a great time to stock up.

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Color Crush: Crochet Shawl Collection

When Spring rolls around, I love wrapping up in my lightweight, cozy knits while out running errands or meeting friends for brunch. Our newest shawl collection is just my style! Bright, graphic patterns with a modern touch, these crochet patterns are just as much fun to make as they are to wear!

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Knit Picks Playdate: A Baby KNit Collection
Playdate: A Baby Knits Collection

Designer: Quenna Lee I make no secret of how much I love, love, LOVE tiny babies and their tiny baby clothes. The look on my face and audible squeal I make whenever I see a new human in a grownup looking garment is also kind of a giveaway, too. Imagine my delight when I learned we were planning a baby knits collection for this spring! Hoo-boy. It was some next-level excitement. First things first—is there anything more heart melting than a little one in a teeny knit cardigan? I think not. This new collection offers several versions of this wardrobe staple to choose from! One such project is the Baby Graphic Cardigan, featuring the classic top ...

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Podcast 297 – Cotton and Clean

As the clustering cold and heavy skies of winter pass, refreshing vernal rains come to bring new life to the landscape. . .and your knitting! Knit Picks is celebrating the renewing season with new cottons, new colors, and new perspectives. To start, Knit Picks official cotton aficionados Hillary and Erica discuss fresh and favorite cotton yarns, including new Snuggle Puff, made just like our ever-popular Wonderfluff, but with cotton! After that, Hannah and Heather dig into stash cleaning to talk about how and why to give those hoarded hanks new life. Enjoy! Listen on Apple Podcasts Mentioned in this Episode: Snuggle PuffLittle Lamb HatCotLinShine Sport27 Knots SocksBillowCedar Blocks

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Hands knit a swatch of undyed yarn next to a pile of various undyed yarns in boxes
Bare Yarns on sale for April!

This month’s sale is a bit extra special: ALL of our Bare yarns are 20% off. Did you know that we have an enormous selection of undyed yarns? You can use them as they are, with all their natural beauty, or dye them yourself!

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Free Downloadable April 2019 Calendar

It's April! The sun is shining ... some days. Up here in the Pacific Northwest, it's that time of year where we see both sun and rain on most days. So, here's a rainbow-inspired calendar wallpaper with some of our new warm-weather-friendly cotton yarn!

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Introducing Snuggle Puff Yarn!

Snuggle up with downy drifts of cotton! Snuggle Puff is an amazingly lightweight heavy worsted or Aran weight cotton yarn made possible by blowing cotton fiber into a nylon mesh. Without the rigid structure of spinning and plying, the resulting yarn is amazingly lofty, showcasing Pima Cotton’s beautiful drape and huggable softness. Snuggle Puff is perfect for wool-free accessories and garments for babies, children, anyone with extra sensitive skin, and cotton fans of all kinds. The best part? It’s machine washable too!

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Spring News: Our Latest Cotton Yarn, Collections, and more!

Introducing Snuggle Puff We are so excited to share our latest yarn innovation with you! Snuggle Puff is an amazingly lightweight, huggably soft cotton blend–it really is the perfect yarn for snuggling (hence the name!). It has all that great, next-to-skin softness cotton is known for but without the weight and density of a traditional cotton yarn. It’s a ball of squishy, cuddly goodness, and it comes in ten sweet pastel colors! What makes Snuggle Puff so great is the unique way it’s made. Downy drifts of cotton are blown into nylon mesh, which creates the absolute softest, fluffiest, and ...

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Spring Color Palettes

Spring is knocking on our door! The warmer weather and colors that are starting to sprout have me itching to reach for some lighter knitting. I hope these palettes will inspire you to cast on a new project! Cherry Blossoms This image of cherry blossoms has perfect hazy early morning colors mixed with pops of jewel tones. Our soft and warm Alpaca fiber yarn, Alpaca Cloud, is perfect for shawls and light Spring accessories. Match the gorgeous cherry blossoms with Alpaca Cloud in Charlotte, Anna, Algernon, and Bennet. Image by Nikhil Kumar via Unsplash Tulip Blooms These bright blooms are the epitome of springtime excitement. Bold greens paired with pops of bright pinks, orange, and yellows get me excited for warm walks at the weekend farmer’s market. I love ...

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Happy Spring Sale!

We’re so happy that spring is finally here! To celebrate, we’re giving away fabulous freebies AND giving folks 15% off their orders. Why? Because we can! Shop. Save. How simple is that? Just be sure to use promo code MARCH15 at checkout. You’re probably saying to yourself, “This is the best news I’ve heard all week!” At this point we would say, “But wait! There’s more…..” We’re spreading the freebie love with these awesome deals: Free Rose Gold Swift Case with purchase of Onyx Swift OR Free Teal Swift Case with purchase of Birch Swift? YES! Free Rosewood Yarn Bowl ...

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