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It's time for our last featured company for our Independent's Celebration.
Palouse Yarn Company is owned and run by Shelley Stone. She's been a knitter practically her whole life (she says she was taught to knit as a child to keep her occupied during the long winters in Maine so she wouldn't drive everyone crazy). More recently she took up dyeing as a side project that has now expanded to become Palouse Yarn Company, producing the wonderful yarns we get to play with and enjoy today.
All Palouse Yarns are hand dyed in small batches in Shelley's backyard studio. She loves getting to recreate the colors that inspire her with her own fibery pursuits.
At Alpaca Direct we carry Palouse Yarn Company's Merino Fine, Merino Lace, and Cashmere Squeeze.
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Merino Fine Sour Cherries[/caption]
Merino Fine is a fingering weight single ply yarn. It is made from 100% Superwash Merino wool. It comes in four ounce hanks of 475 yards. This yarn makes beautiful lightweight accessories and baby items. It will beautifully display both open, lacey patterns and cables.
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Merino Lace Night Sky[/caption]
Merino Lace is a lace weight single ply yarn made from 100% Superwash Merino wool. It is an even finer version of Merino Fine. It comes in four ounce hanks of 825 yards. It is perfect for creating heirloom lace pieces as well as everyday scarves, shawls, and stoles.
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Cashmere Squeeze Wheatgrass[/caption]
Cashmere Squeeze is a sport weight yarn made of 75% Superwash Merino, 15% Cashmere, and 10% Silk. It comes in four ounce hanks of 400 yards. This lovely soft yarn makes beautiful lightweight garments and accessories. The softness combined with its superwash content make it a good choice for heirloom quality baby items that can also be used.
We hope you've enjoyed this series of posts featuring our independent dyers for our Independent's Celebration. We'll be featuring more of our independents throughout the year. We know how much love and care the creators of these yarns put into their work. We love to support them and hope you do, too!
A new baby is something to be celebrated, and this coming May, shop owner Kelley is going to welcome her second granddaughter. So exciting! I don't know about you, but I still have some of my own baby clothes saved carefully in my hope chest. These include a receiving blanket and a couple of handmade dresses; they're such wonderful keepsakes.
Kelley designed a future keepsake for her new grand baby, Claire—a hat fittingly named Clair's Baby Hat. It's knit with our new luxury yarn, Bravo, a 100-percent baby alpaca yarn, so it'll be warm, cozy, and beautiful. We are so proud of this luscious yarn!
I just finished repairing a baby blanket that had a hole in it. The owner was anxious to get it back, so it was a rush job. Oh, and the owner of the blanket is 14 years old! Isn't that great? It shows how important these blankies can be for children of all ages.
Shop owners Kelley and Jim are expecting their second grandchild, and Kelley has baby blankets on her mind. I thought I'd share a few options for those of you who need a shower gift or are expecting a baby of your own.
Our shop owner Kelley recently finished Ambah O'Brien's Adventurer Cowl, and during our weekly Technique Tuesday broadcasts on Facebook Live, she demonstrated a few techniques used in the project.
This project is really gorgeous, no matter if you choose a bunch of mini-skeins to work with, or just two colors like Kelley did.
And with so many techniques to practice, it's a great pattern for stretching your skills. Ambah wrote the Adventurer Cowl for advanced beginners and beyond, and if you're a beginning chart reader, the pattern includes both written and charted instructions for the lace.
