Jenna of Southern Skeins is paying homage to the movie Elf with her 2024 Advent calendar. Enjoy 25 colorways on your choice of base dyed in exclusive shades inspired by the iconic moments, beloved characters, and unforgettable movie quotes. I’m thrilled to reveal the inspiration photo for Rachelle’s installment of the Heritage Wool Collective hand-dyed yarn subscription, which will ship in June. If you want in on this soothing summer colorway, which will be dyed on a New York-grown and milled yarn, sign up by April 30.  Join more than two dozen vendors from at t ..read more

Megan of Megs & Co chose a photo of a chandelier-like cluster of monarch butterflies in a tree on the California coast as the inspiration for her Knitting Our National Parks colorway. Monarch Chandelier is stunning mix of orange, green, brown and gold, with just a hint of pink that makes for what I think of as a speckled neutral. The colorway is available to preorder from Indie Untangled for the next two weeks on two bases that are appropriately made in the USA. American Merino Dream, is a 100% U.S. Mercerized Merino Wool with a generous 450 yards per skein, and Ghost T ..read more

Ten years ago this week, I officially launched Indie Untangled by sending out the first newsletter. It was the first step in an amazing journey. I couldn’t pass this milestone without a yarn-y celebration! For the next 10 months, we are going to mark this occasion with 10 special colorways, each from an indie dyer who has posted to the Indie Untangled online marketplaceand been featured in the newsletter. The colorways will all be inspired by the floral image above.  The first 10th anniversary colorway is from Hazel Knits. Wendee, who is based in Seattle — I got to visit her stu ..read more

Carolyn and Michelle of Olive & Two Ewe have opened sign-ups for their Dye Live Plus Club Game Show Edition. Subscribers to this three-month club get a virtual peek into the dye studio to see their yarn dyed live, plus they receive an extra goodie each month. Erin and Holly of Stitch Stuff Yarn have new variegated, speckled and tonal colorways available on sock yarn. Trisha of Yarn Jam is offering a fabulous deal on fun mystery yarn bags: Get three skeins of yarn for just $24. You choose the base, but the colors are a total mystery. Skeins of The Knitting Artist’s&nb ..read more

For the third year in a row, I’m hosting an Oscars pool giveaway! To enter, fill out your ballot by 6:30 p.m. Eastern this Sunday, March 10. The person who guesses the highest number of correct winners will be awarded a $50 Indie Untangled gift card. Two runners up will receive $25 gift cards.  Olive & Two Ewe’s Dark & Dustry Trio was such a success that they’ve expanded it into a Dark & Dusty Party Pack, with more coordinating colors on mini skeins. Michelle of Crafty Flutterby Creations has debuted a new Ash Grey color of her sew-on cork tags, whic ..read more

Last year, I brought together two of my passions — hand-dyed yarn and breed-specific fibers — into the small-batch subscription of my dreams. The very first installment of the Heritage Wool Collective from Indie Untangled shipped out earlier this month, and I was thrilled at how it all came together! If you missed out on the first shipment, a small batch of extra skeins of this special colorway is now available to purchase. To ensure you receive the next installment in April, which will be milled in Spain and dyed by Megan of Megs and Co., make sure to sign up for a subscription. Bec ..read more

Monica of Gothfarm Yarn, who specializes in non-Superwash, naturally-colored yarns, has collaborated with Ali of Savvy Skeins on the Q 4000 sock kit. The main color is a new custom-milled, fingering-weight yarn from Gothfarm called Oxide, which was created by blending Jacob sheep wool with cinnamon red alpaca fleece, and is only available in the kit. Accompanying the natural yarn is a hand-dyed mini skein available in your choice of three contrasting colors — orange, yellow and green — to knit the 80s Retro sock design by Belén Fernández, a classic style that perfectly shows off these fun ..read more

Last summer, I was browsing the booths at Shoppe Object, a curated trade show in New York City, when I came across Chelsey Greene Studio. I was immediately taken in by her vibrant jewelry. Many of her pieces looked beaded, but they were actually made of thread, knotted together with micro macrame. Chelsey is based in San Francisco and creates stunning color combinations, including custom styles. Pictured above is her take on the recent Indie Untangled show colorway on her Dylan earring style. Carolyn and Michelle of Olive & Two Ewe have opened their Salinger Pop Club to new ..read more

Cierra of Ballyhoura Fibres is capturing the magic of winter in her colorway for the Indie Untangled Knitting Our National Parks series. Prairie Sunrise is inspired by a pink and purple sky above a frosty prairie at the Kulm Wetland Management District in North Dakota. It’s available on 2ply Sock, an 85/15 blend of Superwash Merino and nylon that comes in 393-yard skeins. Preorder exclusively from Indie Untangled through February 23. Vermont LYS Must Love Yarn is hosting a relaxing retreat at the Essex Resort & Spa from March 21-24. There will be a series of classes and an ..read more

The next Lyrical Knits mystery knit-along is most sensational, celebrational and inspirational: The Muppet Shawl. The pattern is for a rectangular shawl with several different stitch patterns and a fun twist to the construction at the end. It’s worked up in fingering-weight yarn with one main color and six mini skeins, though it’s possible to do it with fewer contrasting colors.  The first clue drops on March 1, and if you purchase the pattern during the preorder period, you’ll receive a discount as well as a planning sheet with more information on the yarn and color requirements. K ..read more