Anyone who has been in the shop during the last months knows I’ve been enjoying knitting designs by German designer Isabell Kraemer. Isabell has a modern aesthetic with clean lines. Her designs are easy-going knits and her patterns are well written. She builds in simple techniques that ensure the final garment looks polished and well made. Ainu, released in October, was the first pattern I knit...

As we think ahead to 2018, we are renewing our commitment to offer yarn brands that aren't typically available at local yarn shops.Life in the Long Grass (LILG) is a great example of this. Dyed in the countryside of Ireland, LILG is an Irish Artisan hand-dyed yarn. Like other variegated yarns that we love at Yarn Culture, LILG blends sometimes riotous colors in a pleasing way making the colorway...