LYS Day 〰️ 〰️ LYS Day〰️〰️ LYS Day 〰️ Local Yarn Store Day is Saturday April 27th this year! A wonderful annual day to celebrate and support the local yarn stores you love the most. Think of it as an international Yarn Crawl! Learn more ABout LYS DAY This year we are celebrating with 10 NEW pencil boxes, 6 NEW paint cans and 3 NEW Collector Colourways! We absolutely love our local yarn stores and we are so glad to have a part in celebrating them with special edition Koigu goodies. LYS Day Pencil Boxes 10 new vibrant pencil boxes inspired by the popular palettes throughout the 20th century! Penc ..read more

A huge thank you to everyone who came out to the Koigu farm this past weekend! We had so much fun showing you what we do and sharing what we love with you all. If you weren’t able to make it, be sure to check out our upcoming events>> Koigu owner, Taiu Landra, demonstrated our creative and dyeing process on both days. Tetris Cardigan by Monika Haas Everyone showed off their handmakes! Lena taught all about the reeling and twisting of our yarn on Friday. Floral Frills Headband by The Little Sea and the Kaari Shawl by Molla Mills Diamonds Top by Pope Vergara See what people shared ab ..read more

The third and final installation of our collector colour series inspired by the vibrant world of birds is PARADISE TANAGER. This brilliantly coloured tropical bird is native to the Amazon Rainforest and we were so inspired by it’s striking blue belly! This month’s collector colour is on a KPPPM fingering weight Merino base and is a blend of speckled and stripes. With a neutral background, the pops of electric blue, indigo, purple and black will blend beautifully into a fade of other variegated Koigu colours. Where to spot PARADISE TANAGER: Purlin J’s Roving Yarn Co. - Kingston, ON Earth ..read more

December’s collector colour continues our bird series and is inspired by the Pine Grosbeak! This beautiful bird native, only to North America and parts of the Subarctic, has a beautiful red body and warm grey wings with black and white accents. This has inspired Taiu to create an unconventional colourway that is the PINE GROSBEAK in KPPPM fingering weight merino. Each skein is 50g/175yds/160m 100% merino Image from Audubon Society. Photo by Hillsborough Yarn Shop Local Yarn Stores that Carry PINE GROSBEAK: Purlin J’s Roving Yarn Co. - Kingston, ON Earth Faire Galt House of Yarn - Cam ..read more

We are back with part 2 of Pinterest Trend Predictions for 2024! I am having a great time finding ways that these predictions apply to the fibre arts industry. Let’s take a look at it… Full Pinterest Report Make it Big: Oversized Accessories Photo courtesy of Pinterest. Oversized jackets and sweaters have been in for a while now, but 2024 is going to be the year of making accessories BIGGER than ever before. From oversized scarves, to puffy sweaters, to super extravagant hats, the BIGGER the BETTER. If it’s not big in size then it’s big in impact with bold colours, shapes and textures. In kni ..read more

The first in our series of colourful bird inspired collector colours! PAINTED BUNTINGs are beautiful bright coloured birds in the Cardinal family, Native only to North America. PAINTED BUNTING is a new type of variegated dyeing Taiu has tried out to mimic the blocks of colour on the painted bunting. The electric blue will stripe and pool differently when knit up because, as you can see (below), the kilogram hank was dip dyed half blue rather than hand-striped. We can’t wait to see what projects you come up with! PAINTED BUNTING is a KPPPM fingering weight merino collector colour available in ..read more

The second installment in our gemstone collector series, TOURMALINE, is here this month! The gem comes in a wide variety of colours and often has a rainbow of saturated hues within one rock. Tourmaline was highly collectable in the 1800s and was brought to Europe from all over Africa in large quantities by the East India Trading Company. Its colours are mainly due to Iron, Manganese and Magnesium, which each cause different colours respectively. Many varieties of Tourmaline are also magnetic! This month’s collector colour is KPPPM fingering weight and features the rich amber colour of tourmali ..read more

Shops carrying Azurite: Unwind Yarn House - New Market, ON Hillsborough Yarn Shop - Hillsborough, NC The Elegant Ewe - Concord, NH Chiagu - New York, NY Shall We Knit - Kingsville, ON Marji’s Yarncrafts - Granby, CT Cast on Yarn Studio - Vermilion, OH Fun with Sticks & Strings - Lansing, MI Woolbearers - Mt. Holly, NJ Purlin J’s Roving Yarn Co. - Kingston, ON The Little Yarn Store (Yarn Glorious Yarn) - Taringa, Queensland, Australia Earth Faire Galt House of Yarn - Cambridge, ON Bonnie’s Kozy Knit - Cuddebackville, NY Flock - Nantucket, MA Paradise Fibers ..read more

REISHI is our third and final Koigu Collector Club Colour in our mushroom series! ? Inspired by the beautiful red jewel tones of Reishi mushrooms with neutral tones striped throughout , this KPPPM fingering weight colourway works well with brights and neutrals alike. STORES WHERE YOU CAN FORAGE REISHI: Unwind Yarn House - New Market, ON Hillsborough Yarn Shop - Hillsborough, NC Jimmy Beans Wool - Reno, NV The Elegant Ewe - Concord, NH Chiagu Shall We Knit - Kingsville, ON Sheep’s Clothing - Valparaiso, IN Marji’s Yarncrafts - Granby, CT Cast on Yarn Studio - Vermilion, OH ..read more

We are so happy to introduce the newest member of our Koigu designer community, Pope Vergara! Koigu has two designs releasing with Pope in the next month, the Diamond Top on May 26th and the Garden Sweater in June. We will have Koigu kits made up and available for both (also available through Mont Tricot). Since she may be new to many of you, we took some time to ask her a few questions so you can get to know her and her beautiful work better. Photo by Domestika. 1.Tell us a little bit about yourself! My name is Josefina Vergara, but everybody has called me Pope. I'm a knitwear designer based ..read more