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Woosh Scarf Yarntasting Cafe Design Yarn: Artfibers WOOSH Yardage required: 126 yds includes 10% extra to allow for differences between knitters. Needles: U.S. size 17 (12mm) Main Stitch Pattern: Garter Stitch (all knits) Wrap and Drop Stitch: Row 1: *K1, yo; repeat to last stitch, k1. Row 2: Knit the knit stitches, drop the yo’s [...]
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Windmill Scarf Yarntasting Cafe Design This scarf uses a single skein of VINYA, our luxurious chunky extrafine merino yarn. Enjoy! — Rox/ARTFIBERS Yarn: Artfibers “Vinya” Yardage required: 206 yards includes 10% extra to allow for differences between knitters. Needle Size: U.S. size 11 (8mm) Stitch Pattern: Windmill Stitch (multiple of 20 stitches): Hint: If the [...]
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[Guest Post from Noelle, Artfibers Design Director] This month I was given a very special assignment: to take total creative control over the Artfibers Yarntasting Sampler Collection. This is an opportunity that I have been waiting for since my early days at Artfibers. I wanted to do something entirely unique that has not been done [...]
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Tags: artfibers, dyeing, yarn, yarntasting sampler
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Artfibers Design # 1002: Cropped Jacket Description Contemporary and classic, this comfy little jacket can be styled up or down depending on your mood. Layer it with a long sleeved pullover, with a slinky dress for evening, or a shell in a cool office! Optionally, use a pin instead of a button to adjust the [...]
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It seems that for many of us, meeting with groups of other fiberholics ensures us a time slot to get something accomplished on a project or two. The only dilemma is all of the great storytelling that goes on, inspiring the occasional curse word as someone discovers that while howling with laughter they skipped a [...]
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Tags: artfibers, lace, yarntasting cafe
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We were living in a small French village in the deep South, near Spain. On the edge of town, surrounded by vineyards, was an 8th century church. It was squat and dark, looking for all the world like a stone barn. Most of the villagers never went there. One day there was a special event. [...]
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Artfibers’ “Lingo” 100% linen yarn is perfect for skirts! The drape and swing are wonderful; linen feels great to wear. This skirt is knit in the round from the top down so there is almost no finishing work. The draw string is braided. Finished dimensions given are after blocking. Sizes: small/med: 36″ (med/lg: 42″) hip [...]
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Tags: drawstring, free pattern, lace, linen, pattern, skirt
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Air Ecru’s intrepid pilot and tour guide, Noelle, this month takes us on a voyage that begins underground and ends underwater. Buckle up! At Artfibers we start each week with design. The subject at hand was Brioche, a complex thick/thin stretch yarn requiring double dyeing in opposite chemistries. Noelle had visited an Egyptian antiquities exhibit [...]
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Brioche Bag (approximate finished size of bag section: 10″ X 10″) This archetypical bag is worn diagonally from one shoulder to the opposite hip. It is knitted in 2 identical pieces that extend from the bottom edge of the bag to the point at which the strap reaches the top of the shoulder. It is [...]
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Color is light on a voyage through space, and perception of same. We invite you to join us for a worldly tour, on the maiden voyage of the new Artfibers virtual airline, Air Ecru. Our wings will be lifted by the spectrum, guided by the wisdom of color in nature and history. We’re cleared for [...]
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Tags: Air Ecru, artfibers, Bjork, Iceland, yarn
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