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There’s Still Plenty of FABULOUS YARN ON SALE!

25% off our regular price (which is generally lower than many other indie dyers! 

SALE YARN

There’s a good amount of marked down yarn available in the SALE section of the shop. The pic above is a screen capture of just some of it. There are solids and variegateds both!

So, you know, what are you waiting for? 

• Sock yarn for $17? Pffft, such a deal!  • There’s a 600 yd skein of silk blend fingering for $28 bucks! • 657yds of BFL for $25! I mean, crazy, right??  • And lastly, how about a shawlette for $18? That’s 490 yds for $18 clams. 

Whooooo-hooooooo!

When I was a little girl, I used to have flying dream all the time. I loved having them and it made it easy to pretend I was a super hero myself. Later on, I decided I wanted to be Veruschka (ver-oosh-kah), she was 6′4″ tall and a contortionist as well as one of the first “super models.” See below in a Richard Avedon photo:

She was almost as popular as Twiggy (again, photo by Richard Avedon), the quintessential model of the late 60s early 70s.

So what does this have to do with yarn?

Look at the top shot! Look at that fist-full of yarn! Can you imagine how big my hands must be to hold so many skeins of yarn??? Am I a super hero? Am I as big as Veruschka? 

Hahahahaha! No!

That’s a fistful of Mini Skeins and they’ve begun shipping! So if you ordered some and you’re not doing a payment plan, keep an eye on your mail box. If you did a 2-month plan, they’ll ship after the April installment. If you went for the 3-month plan, they’ll ship after the May payment. And if you ordered every color, they’ll ship at the end of the week or beginning of next.

cue Etta James AT LAST… but substitute the lyric LOVE with WEB: “At laaaaast my WEB HAS BEEN UPDATED….” While it may not have the same emotional intensity of the lyrics she sings, it certainly feels as if it took FOREVER to happen! We’ve ditched the old colorways, kept the favorites and added the new ‘flavors’ for 2016!

It’s organized by color family - yellows, pinks, reds, etc. PLUS! on the last two pages there are groupings of our most popular colorways in variations you may see or ask for,  including Painted Sky, Modern Art, Lucky Charms, etc.

Finally, if you remember nothing else about gnarledpaw, remember these two things: we dye more yarn bases than anyone else (that we’ve found thus far) and we dye the colorway YOU want on the yarn YOU want, when YOU want it!

So what are you waiting for? Head over to gnarledpaw.com and checkout the updated colorway listings. Look for the downloadable yarn consultant to help you pick out all the great yarns we carry. Then, order something we can dye for your RIGHT NOW - from one skein to 100.

A week from today you will be able to buy these. Tulip and Ziggy Stardust.

My Envy, in progress but getting there...

Today we are so, so, thrilled to announce the release of Afifa’s newest, fun-est and most colorful pattern yet - the Faultline Sweater. It’s the perfect pattern: it’s easy, it’s fun, it’s fast and it’s sharp! You can wear it with leggings, jeans or slacks. You can make it bold or make it subtle, whatever your own style dictates.

We’re offering Faultline for download in the gnarledpaw shop as-is for $5, AND we’re offering it as a complete kit for $80. Pick any color or colorway in our gallery or that you can describle, choose 100% superwash merino Sporty or 80/20% superwash merino/nylon Super Sporty. 

I’ve asked Afifa to talk a little bit about how she comes up with her ideas. I mean, holly cow, can she come up with fun and different with the blink of an eye or what? But before we get to that, I just want to let you know about a iittle Easter Egg. We’re really pulling out the stops to get the word out about this pattern and in one spot - posted to a public and logical place - we’ve planted a code. It’s time sensitive and must be used within the first 24 hours to save you $20 per kit. Offer good for one kit only.

And now Afifa:

Liz asked me to talk a little about how I come up with my ideas. I literally thought to myself wouldn’t it be fun to have an easy-wear, super-comfy, graphic sweater for fall? Oh, and wouldn’t it be perfect if it could be flattering, too? 

First, I figured out the lines I wanted it to have - diagonal makes for long and narrow. And I wanted to play with diagonal and triangular shapes and combine them with my unusual constructions. I prefer to knit something that’ll keep my interest and is completely seamless. AND, I love the juxtaposition of stockinette and garter, particularly in contrasting colors. 

I always knit the pattern in my head to make sure it’s feasible before I begin to knit the actual sample. Construction problems do come up and when they do, I’ll put the design away to sleep on it. In fact, I have my best ideas in the middle of the night – the sole joy of being a crappy sleeper. 

I don’t tell Liz what colors to send me but in this case I did tell her I wanted the colors for this to be equally bold. That doesn’t mean you’re bound by my vision, because the best part about seeing Faultline confirmed as a wearable, stylish garment is that I can see more ways it can work.

Finally, you need to know this was named for a 4.2 trembler we had the day I finished it up. That makes it legitimately quake-tested and approved. Not every knitting pattern can say that! ;-)