I finished my little part of Leigh Radford’s Community Knitting Project. It’s come a long way from this: But I think it looks coolest like this! I’m looking forward to seeing the completed blankets. Thank you to Lantern Moon for donating needles for this project. I’ll get this set back to Leigh, and maybe someone [...]
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Scrumptious: free patterns!
Posted in knit on Dec 9th, 2011
Lantern Moon is pleased to provide eight free patterns for Fyberspates Scrumptious yarns! Five are single skein accessories patterns, and three are for sweaters. You can see the patterns and download them on the Lantern Moon website. These beautiful designs are by Jeni Hewlett and others, for Fyberspates. We’d love for you to knit these [...]
A warm welcome to Stash, a new shop/social space/gallery in Corvallis, Oregon. I met up with Stash owner Sonia, a blogger friend, at Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival in September. At that time, she was just a month from opening her shop. She had a great time picking up yarn and supplies at the festival! [...]
Community Knitting Project
Posted in knit on Nov 16th, 2011
Leigh Radford, designer and author of several books including One Skein and One More Skein, is spearheading a community knitting project, and you can be a part of it.This is the Albers Stash Blanket from One More Skein. Leigh says: Please join me in knitting blankets to be donated to those in need this winter! [...]
We had a special visitor at the Lantern Moon office last week. Ysolda Teague! This popular designer was here in Portland for a workshop and book signing event at Happy Knits, and she took time for a stop at Lantern Moon. It was a quick and busy visit with lots of not-ready-for-prime-time developments! So busy [...]
Thank you for all your entries in our Scrumptious giveaway! I consulted the random number generator, and the oracle has spoken. Susan (knittingasfastasican) wins the 4 ply/sport weight. She says: I’d love a skein of the plied sport weight! I’d make a drapey and decedent triangular scarf that I would design myself. Slate, Biscuit, & [...]
We are hugely excited about our our new product, Fyberspates Scrumptious yarn. Lantern Moon is the exclusive USA distributor of this yarn, which is very popular in the United Kingdom. Why yarn? We at Lantern Moon are best known for high quality, luxury items that are rich to the touch and silky to the eye. [...]
But it was fun while it lasted! Have you met Sean? He’s one of our sales reps. It’s nice to have a face to associate with the voice on the phone. And if you’ve met him in person, you know that he’s charming! I gave away Lady Baa-Baa to Franklin Habit, and I gave her [...]
Out of my bag, at least. I replaced Lady Baa-Baa on Friday, but hadn’t yet named him/her/it, and then I gave the new one away, too. This is Anna Zilboorg. I’ve admired her knitting since way back when. I had a color knitting class with her at Stitches in 1997 (the one and only time [...]
How do you organize?
Posted in bags, fiber baskets, knit on Mar 30th, 2011
This is a cross-post from my other blog. I was struck by how much Lantern Moon was in it, so I thought I’d share it here. I’m taking part in the second annual Knitting and Crochet Blog Week, and today’s topic is “Tidy Mind, Tidy Stitches: How do you keep your yarn wrangling organized?” I [...]