Yarn Giveaway!!

It’s time for another yarn giveaway! This month we are featuring a brand new collaboration between Mountain Colors yarn and the Mountain Meadow Wool mill in Wyoming. We are so excited to be combining our talents – Mountain Meadow Wool spins the yarns and we hand paint them in our original colorways. This is your opportunity to be one of the first people to get your hands on this exciting new yarn venture!


This month we are offering three kits and three different ways to win them. That means that three lucky participants will win a kit containing a gorgeous skein of our first collaborative yarn, the just-released Mountain Fusion Teton. Along with this super-squishy bulky merino yarn, you’ll also receive your choice of one Mountain Colors pattern to knit or crochet yourself something cuddly and colorful. You can play on our blog, in our Ravelry group, and on our Facebook page for three separate chances to win!

How To Play:

- To drop an entry here on our blog, reply to this post and tell us what your favorite Mountain Colors colorway is.

- To play on Ravelry, simply join our Ravelry group and then post in the giveaway thread and tell us what your favorite Mountain Colors colorway is.

- To throw your hat into the ring on Facebook, just like our Facebook Fan Page. That’s it! Easy-peasy!

We’ll be announcing the winner in exactly two weeks, on May 28, in a LIVE VIDEO DRAWING at 1 p.m. Mountain Time (3 p.m. Eastern) in our Ravelry group.

Enjoy this chance to win some beautiful new yarn!!

Feature Colorway--Chinook

Mountain Colors Chinook Colorway

Chinook winds blow on the eastern slopes of the Rockies during the coldest months of the winter.  They bring warm air and a welcome relief to the sub-zero temperatures.  The temperature can change over 30 degrees in a few hours.  These are very dry winds so humidity drops, snow and ice melt, and people feel "better".  Most people welcome a chinook wind.

Our Chinook colorway helps celebrate the chinook winds of Montana.

Feature Colorway--Goldrush

Goldrush on the dye table

Goldrush drying

One of the fun things we do every year is name our Colorways.  The newest colors are released soon but I thought you would enjoy hearing our naming "logic"!!  We try to choose names that reflect where we live.  Montana; the mountains, woodland, prairie, or valley; local geographic features, local flowers and plants; and the history of our area.  We use all of these as inspiration. 

Mining for gold, copper and silver have greatly influenced our state.  There are ghost towns where mining used to happen and there are still active mines near towns like Butte and Anaconda. Known as the "Richest Hill on Earth" Butte produced more mineral wealth than any other mining district in the world up to the middle of the 20th century. We chose the name Goldrush as a way to remember all the hundreds of thousands of people who came to Montana in the late 19th century to work in the mines, supply the miners, or entertain the miners. 

So next time you pick up a skein of our yarn in Goldrush remember the brave folks who came from all around the world to settle in the remote state of Montana.

Another Yarn Giveaway!

For those of you who are members of the incredible Ravelry site we have a new contest going!!  Join our group....Mountain Colors Yarns and check out the contest rules!!  The prize is a skein of our newest yarn, Jeannette, a Cashmere and cultivated Silk yarn that is SOOO soft!  If you aren't on Ravelry and you are a knitter/crocheter be sure to check it out.  Membership is free!

Jeannette is a brand new yarn and we are just beginning to ship it out to stores.  If you want to knit with it be sure to let your yarn store owner know.  Have them give us a call for details!!  It comes in approx 50 gram skeins with 158 yards.  That is enough to make a scarf!!  Perfect Spring knitting!

Contact us if you have any questions!!  info@mountaincolors.com  

Spring Fling Lace Scarf

Our Silk'n Ewe yarn is a lovely blend of wool and raw silk.  It is "cool" to the touch and works perfectly for Spring.  This quick to knit scarf uses 1 skein of Silk'n Ewe and the one pictured above is knit in our new Harmony Honey.  We have included a link to this free pattern below.

Need help finding our Yarn?

We sometimes have folks contact us who are having trouble locating our yarns in their area of the country.   Sometimes they don't have a local yarn store, sometimes their local shop doesn't stock our yarns, and sometimes their shop has some of our yarns but not in the colorway or yarn style desired.

If you fall into one of these categories please let us help you!!  Our Mountain Colors website  has a Yarn Stores page.  On that page we list stores by region of the country.  Many have their email and website information listed.  Also we have Special Orders shops and these stores would love to custom order any colorway, quantity, etc that you need.  These Special Orders shops are also listed on our website.  If for some reason you still can't locate exactly what you want feel free to contact us by email  infoATmountaincolorsDOTcom  (change the AT and the DOT to the usual email symbols) or by phone 406-961-1900. 

We are open weekdays from 9am-5pm Mountain time.  Call for assistance or come visit if you are in our area of western Montana.

Happy knitting!

Patterns now on Patternfish

Well somehow it is almost March.  Where did January and February go?  We had lots of snow, ice , cold temperatures....winter stuff.  And here in Montana we can not hope for Spring weather until April or sometimes May.  So it is time to start another knitting project, grab a cup of tea and make the best of perfect knitting weather!

Are you looking for a new knitting project too?  We have recently sent almost all of our designs to Patternfish.  They are in the process of uploading them to their website and  all will be available as PDF downloads.  We even included some discontinued designs from years ago!!  Check them out! It may take them awhile to upload well over 100 designs so be patient!

Stay warm!!  Diana and Leslie