Share the adventures of three friends who knit, spin, dye, travel locally, and strive to showcase wool and woollen yarns which are grown and produced in Canada.
Easter Sock Yarn Sale!!! From April 4th to April 11th, there will be a 20% discount on selected sock yarns in our shop. Within those dates, just look through the sock yarn pages in our shop to see all of the skeins on sale. Summer Sock Club. Pre-orders will close April 30, 2022. For the …
First, I would like to share something with you. The llamas in this photo are not mine. But I saw something the other day with my llama Bandit that I have never seen before. It was beautiful and I tried to capture it on video but, as luck would have it, the moment ended before …
Are you ready for another adventure?? For our Fall sock club, I had no idea what the colours were until the box of yarns arrived, one month at a time, just before I had to mail them out. Each time …
I love sock yarn clubs. Many years ago, I belonged to one by the Indy dyer, Pandia’s Jewels. At that time, our dollar was closer to the US Dollar in value so it wasn’t so crazy to consider a 3-month sock yarn club. I was only able to afford it once or twice before our …
I, Robin, don’t like drop spindling. My apologies to all of those drop spindle spinners but I don’t like it. I do realize that can change over time like when I used to hate Brussel Sprouts but as a thirty-something adult, suddenly liked them. So I keep trying. In fact, it has almost become a …
In my post about mittens, I mentioned something about using the yarns local to you. I know right now it is a very popular thing to knit with yarns from Norway, Denmark, and Scotland. No arguments from me! I love those yarns, too. Rauma, Jamieson and Smith, Istex Lett-Lopi, and I have been fast friends …
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Last summer, I knit the Lumme pattern by Heidi Alander using the Mondim yarn. The pattern, by the way, is also in the book 52 Weeks of Socks. I love my Lumme socks. Especially since they were my first garter stitch heel. I love these socks even if the colour is normally not what I …
Disclaimer: This post is written by Robin and reflects my opinions and my opinions only and not necessarily those of Kim or Sylvie and Grumpy Sheep, Happy Llama as a whole. Anna, of the YouTube channel, AnnaKnitter, was mentioning a non-profit, pro-life foundation she works for in eastern Germany which supports new mothers. To use …
It would seem my post about Knitvism did not provide enough information. Reading it over, I admit I just skimmed over the subject. I may have been overwhelmed with all the information I read and in which direction to take to write my blog. I wanted to bring awareness that knitting isn’t just an old …
Our shop started a Lopapeysa KAL on Ravelry. The start of the KAL was February 13 and the last date to post a finished or work-in-progress is March 31, 2021. Most knitters purchased Briggs and Little Heritage or Regal from us for their sweaters while some used stash. I thought we could take a peak …