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Boldly colorful and spectacularly speckled hand dyed yarn & fiber 🧶
Handmade in Santa Fe, NM 🩵

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Designing the Old Kingdom shawl 🔔

Inspired by Garth Nix’s Old Kingdom novels and, more importantly, @longdogyarn ’s Abhorsen color collection, this might be my favorite shawl yet. Pals, I love the Abhorsen books. I’ve been reading them over and over for more than half my life and, when I discovered Tim Curry had voiced the audiobooks, I bought ‘em again. If you haven’t read them, I really can’t recommend them highly enough. They’re fabulous.

Since they’re so close to my heart, you all can imagine the shriek that shrieked out of me when I saw Brandy’s swatches and labels. One look and I was racing for paper and a pencil to draw out what I was imagining:

An asymmetrical triangle shawl, almost like a crescendo, which seemed oddly appropriate for a book where sound is such a vital element. A long sweep of colors to echo the bell bandolier I always wanted to have. I knew I wanted each bell to have its own stitch pattern, mirroring their voices— sweet, sleepy Ranna and harsh, raucous Mosrael to the iron command of Saraneth and the mournful peal of Astarael. Between the colors? a soft wave, maybe the gate between the precincts or the interjection of a sardonic white cat.

Nerding out alongside me, @longdogyarn offered to give me a head start with the colors, so I’m already off on this adventure, and let me tell you, pals, it’s a good one. Over the next few weeks, I’ll share my progress on the shawl, as well as a little behind the scenes peek at what the design process looks like over at WSK HQ.

These colors (delicious) will be available starting this Saturday, September 26, at 4pm MDT and running through 9pm MDT on October 31, which should give me just enough time to pick my favorite....right?

What do you think? Are you going to cross the wall with me?

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$My most recent spin from @longdogyarn Sing-along Club - August’s installment inspired by I’ll Make a Man Out of You from Mulan. 🐑 Cormo 📝 2:1 fractal spin$

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Yet another example of why blocking your knits is so important!! ✨🧶

Pattern: Cranberry Dress by @made_in_lea.s
🧶 Never Go In Against a Sicilian When Death is on the Line @longdogyarn

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First handknit dress done, and I already want to make another! 🫶

Pattern: Cranberry Dress by @made_in_lea.s
🧶 Never Go In Against a Sicilian When Death is on the Line! from @longdogyarn

Earrings from @haydaymade 🕷️

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Brandy Velten

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