Knitter's Review
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High Plains by Jill Draper Makes Stuff
I recently received a squishy package in the mail that so moved me, I had to dust off my swatching needles and review it. While all of my previous yarn reviews have been honest and unbiased, this one, although still honest, will have a definite […]
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Slow Stashing and Spring Cleaning
A healthy yarn stash is like a garden. With prudent planting, weeding, and fertilizing, it’ll feed our creativity indefinitely. But too often, our stashes can slowly turn from inspiration to overwhelm, rather like a zucchini plant if you leave it for a weekend in July. […]
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Remembering Cat Bordhi
In early 2002, I received a large manila envelope in the mail from an address in Friday Harbor, Washington. It contained a booklet I’d ordered for my fledgling online knitting magazine, Knitter’s Review. The booklet had a glossy cover and an enticing title: Socks Soar on […]
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Germantown Yarn
In American yarn, few names evoke as much history as "Germantown." While there hasn't been a Germantown yarn in years, Courtney Kelley long dreamed of bringing it back.
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Biches & Bûches Le Cashmere & Lambswool
If there's one thing I love more than a delicate, crunchy woolen-spun wool, it's the idea of a delicate, crunchy woolen-spun wool to which a dusting of cashmere has been added.
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The Woolly West by Andrew Gulliford
While searching for an ancient Ute Indian trail in the White River National Forest 25+ years ago, Andrew Gulliford stumbled upon a historic sheep “driveway” and a grove of aspen trees that the shepherds had used as their personal message board for years.
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Millpost Merino
Already the driest continent on earth, Australia is in the grips of a severe drought that many farmers claim is the worst in living memory. The lack of water poses serious threats not only to crops but also to the fate of sheep farms and […]
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West Wool Preview
“Textures are the new speckles.” With those words, Malia Mae Joseph and Stephen West, of the Amsterdam yarn store Stephen & Penelope, kick off their new joint venture: West Wool. How fitting that Stephen West, the same designer who led us into the speckled realm so […]
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Baabuk Urban Wooler Sneakers
Back in February, I got an email from the representative of a Swiss company called Baabuk (pronounced “baa-book”). They’d seen my review of Allbirds, picked up on my passion for all things wool, and thought I might like to see the wool shoes they were producing. I looked […]
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Holst Garn Coast
Are these unassuming little pucks of 55% Merino lambswool and 45% cotton the perfect solution for knitters in warm climates?