We are back from TNNA

We are home from the trade show in Columbus, OH. Whew. That is always a busy 5 days of travel, setting up a 40 foot booth, visiting with shop owners, designers, publishers, booth tear down and wonderful dinners in nice restaurants! It is great to be home.

We introduced a new design that was VERY well received. It's the Sock Stash Hoodie. It uses two strands of sock yarn...one of Mountain Colors Bearfoot in the main color and then 1 to 4 different colors of sock yarn from your stash. It has cute cabled ribbing and zips up the front. Be sure to check it out.

Our new colorways were also well received. These newest colors are:

Peppergrass-Teals, Peacock, Deep blue and a splash of Lime green

Indian Paintbrush (new retro)-Orangey red, pinkish red, true red and a dash of dark purple..not sure why picture is so small

Heather-Subtle blend of Mauve, Plum, & Chocolate

Cedar-Chocolate browns, Raspberry, Burgundy and Teal

Copper Mountain-Copper with Violet, Blue, Teal and Raspberry

New River Twist colors:
Bear Creek : Chocolate with touches of Copper, Teal & Rose
Canyon Ferry : Fun mix of Navy, Marigold, Violet, Raspberry & Teal
Rosebud River : Rich blend of Sienna Reds, Copper, Dusty Green and Plum
Salmon Falls : Subtle blend of Plums, Rose, Mauve & Chocolate
Sundance Springs: Wild blend of Yellow, Lime Green, Purple, Blue and Pink

Check out these latest additions on our website!

Happy knitting to all!!

Leslie & Diana

Trendy Triangle Shawl

We are off to TNNA on June 11 and hope to see many of the shop owners who are attending. We are excited to show them our new colors, designs, etc. This past week we have been busy packing and shipping the contents of our booths and trying to get some last minute dyeing finished before we leave.

One of our sales reps, Andra Asars, has a beautiful and VERY popular triangular shawl design using one 12 oz hank of our Wool Crepe. It is called the Trendy Triangle Shawl and can be found at www.andra-asars.com then click on For Knitters. After that go to Free Patterns. She is letting us borrow the shawl for our TNNA booth. It is so simple to make but in the Wool Crepe the finished shawl has such a nice drape. A smaller version can be made with one Half Crepe. Check it out!!!

Happy knitting to all!!

Leslie & Diana

Bearfoot Now in Pastels!!

We ARE listening!! After a large number of requests and much discussion about dyeing techniques we have decided to offer our Bearfoot yarn in ALL of our colorways, including pastels. In the past we did not offer this yarn in the lighter colors as there is a marbled/frosted effect with lighter colors. Knitters have told us they don't mind these lighter highlights so....effective immediately these yarns are available. Keep in mind that our Bearfoot yarn takes the color a bit darker than any of the other yarns we have so our pastel Bearfoot is lighter than our other colors but it is not extremely pale!!

It may take your local shops awhile to get the colors in stock so if you contact your shop for a Special Order don't forget to mention you read this NEW information in our blog!! We don't mind Special orders and we can fill your special order quickly!! We can then send the yarn to your local shop or drop ship it to you if the store isn't nearby.

The lady who knit the socks in the photo above said these were the "most beautiful socks" she has ever knit!! Wow. That was sure nice to hear! We hope you will love this yarn as much as she did!

Happy knitting,
Leslie & Diana

Spring Cardigan

Have you seen our new Spring Cardigan?? It is knit with our Silk 'n Ewe yarn and we have been shipping the yarn and pattern to many yarn stores recently. If you don't see it in your local shop, you might ask them to place a special order for you!! It only takes 4 skeins of yarn and is light weight and perfect...for SPRING or cool summer evenings. Silk 'n Ewe comes in all of our colorways!!

Kristin's Sad Knitting Tale

Kristin is a gal in our building who is a new knitter. She runs a daycare and during her lunch break she runs over for help with her projects. Several weeks ago she decided to knit a baby blanket for a future niece/nephew who is due to arrive in late April. All was going well...she had finished knitting the first ball of yarn. And then she went to the car wash. Not just any car wash. It was one of those "fancy" ones where the people actually wipe down your car and open the door to wipe off the door jam.

You guessed it. The blanket fell out of the car, unnoticed by the car wash guy and unnoticed by Kristin. A mile later Kristin arrived at her next stop and realized that her blanket had unraveled/dragged as she drove down the road. She didn't lose her needles but the blanket was just about all gone and what remained was not worth saving. She was so depressed about the whole thing that it has taken several weeks for her to start a new blanket. Today she came over and cast on for her new blanket. It may not be ready for the newborn baby but hopefully she will finish it before that baby graduates from high school!!!

As fellow knitters we were all so sad to hear Kristin's tale of woe. And next time I go to a car wash I am going to be sure and keep track of my knitting!!

Baby Knitting

There is nothing more quick and satisfying than baby knitting. Every time I have baby knitting to do I am tempted to make at least 6 sets of booties or 3 hats or 2 sweaters....you get the idea. It's hard to stop!! Someday I hope to have grandkids and then I won't have to stop!! For now a cousin's son and his wife have a new baby and I have finished 3 sets of booties and 1 hat. Maybe next Fall when the little girl is older I will make her a sweater (or 2).

If you like to knit for babies and young toddlers watch for our newest Back To Basics patterns coming out this summer. There will be three really cute designs.

Stitches West 2009

Stitches West was huge. There were a LOT of people in the market place where we had our Sponsor Booth. Saturday was the busiest day...probably because a train full on knitters arrived from Sacramento at the same time 2 buses full of knitters arrived from somewhere else in the area. Whew.



We had a small booth in the Sponsors aisle and it was packed with folks checking out all the colorways, etc. No yarn store could possibly stock all colors so we had a display where folks could write down their favorites for shopping later. Everyone seemed to be having a wonderful time and we especially appreciated all the folks who brought in projects they had knit with our yarn. I love "Show & Tell".

Every time we go to a show I try to learn something new. We couldn't take classes because we were in the booth but I did manage to learn about knitting back backwards. It has always intrigued me and now I will have to practice to make sure I can really do it later.

For those who stopped by to say Hi we really appreciate it. And for all those newer knitters who made the effort to attend the show...keep on knitting!!

Now we are home dyeing yarn and planning all of our new colorways, designs, etc for the next Trade Show. If you are in Western Montana be sure to come see us!