Our mittens are warm, long wearing and comfortably flexible . Claire Wilson, one of the Spinnery founders, designed this basic pattern and knit the first pair in Mountain Mohair. She wore them daily through five long winters before re-knitting the thumbs. Firmly knit on Size 2 dp needles . Try some bold color experiments. An intermediate pattern.
Many of us at the Spinnery will be helping to judge this year’s Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival Contests. We are thrilled to see what visitors to the Festival have… Continue reading
Have you been looking to learn a little bit more about wool in the US? We found a great article about the history of the American Wool industry among the… Continue reading
We reorganized one of our display walls last week in order to incorporate the newest colors of Sylvan Spirit into our DK wall of yarn. This inspired us all to… Continue reading
With the I-91 Shop Hop gearing up to start next week, we got to thinking about how to help get your creative juices flowing. We understand that with a dozen… Continue reading
Can you imagine when running out of yarn might be a blessing? It can be rewarding to find a pattern that you can’t resist knitting and realizing that you might… Continue reading
Sugaring season is almost over here in Vermont which has us all very eager for Spring. Temperatures are no longer dipping below freezing at night and while we are seeing… Continue reading
The I-91 Shop Hop Bag Day is coming up soon on Saturday March 14th. Come into any of the yarn stores that participated in the 2014 I-91 Yarn Crawl (see… Continue reading
According to style maven Karen Templer of Fringe Association, the new “it” sweater this Fall will be made with camel. She follows many top designers and when they released their… Continue reading
The arrival of 2015 has us at the Spinnery looking ahead with new resolutions and intentions as well as reflecting over the past year of projects. We’ve been looking back… Continue reading
We had a wonderful time last weekend greeting visitors from all over the country who dropped in to the Spinnery during Putney’s 36th Annual Craft Tour. We opened our doors… Continue reading
A few weeks ago Kate finished a beautiful stranded cowl designed by Ysolda Teague: Pyukleen. We love the way this cowl knit up with 6 gorgeous tweedy our Mewesic. She… Continue reading