SAVE THE DATE: Malabrigo Day is October 24th!

October 13, 2026

If you remember the FIRST Malabrigo Day (or heck, if you weren't able to make it), be sure to pencil OCTOBER 24th into your calendar! Here's some of what is in store to celebrate some of our most popular yarns:

Meet Malabrigo's newest yarn! (Yes, that makes two new yarn bases this year!)
We will have a limited number of sampler skeins available at a special price. First come, first served, and one per person.
In-store door prize--one entry just for coming to the event, additional entries for each Malabrigo finished project worn, and additional entries for each $20 purchased.
A special treat (😋) during Social Stitching, 2-4pm.
A wide selection of yarns available for "tasting"--we've done the cast-ons, you can knit a bit to see what you think!
Free patterns featuring Malabrigo yarns

Hope to see you on the 24th!

…mark your calendars

Social Stitching

Every Saturday, 2-4p

Every Tuesday, 10a-12p

📍Factory Girl Design Trunk Show

October 1-?? , yarn & fiber

📍Spinzilla Wrap

Saturday, October 17, 2-ish-4

We'll be giving out a few awards to our Spinzilla team during Social Stitching, and there will be twisty snacks for all!

Malabrigo Day

Saturday, October 24th

…new in the shop

We're seeing an influx of new bulky and super bulky yarns into the shop:

Merino 401 Chunky has incredible stitch definition--it's a big, bouncy, ROUND yarn, and it pops cables and texture patterns like nobody's business. The huge 150g balls contain 156 yards of 100% extrafine Merino wool. Our shop sample, Cathryn Johnson's Twist of Fate Beanie, was knit in a day (May 26th, to be precise), and it only required 61.5 grams of yarn--meaning that one ball would make TWO beanies. Eyecatching, warm, and super soft--we think this is such a great choice for winter accessories.

You might remember that Xandy Peters was this year's featured designer for the Have a Ball Fall Crawl. One of the kits we ran out of time to talk about was for the Stacktangle Scarf. You may know Xandy as the creator of the Fox Paws pattern, which features "stacked stitches." The Stacktangle Scarf takes the concept of stacked increases and decreases and applies it the crochet granny stitch. We put together kits in soft and easy-care Berroco Vintage, and you can find our color combinations here.

…to inspire

My stitching queue is a bit of a mess right now, but the Nelli Scarf is practically begging to be a shop sample! Feel free to beat me to it--it calls for two balls of Cashmere Kumula, which knits like a dream. Find it here.

...currently stitching

Hey Halo in Gepard Woolia and Kid Seta: I knit a few extra rounds of hem ribbing, but those are complete and I finished the tubular bind off on the bus! I am also properly chastened by my refusal to take the time to transfer the sweater to Stitch Saver Cords to check the sleeve length before working the cuffs, and they are too short, so I am picking out the bind off, and tearing back to add length. It won't take long, but I could have saved myself the hassle..

Meanwhile, there was this:

A good chunk of my Spinzilla spinning--676 yards of a Targhee/Cormo blend from Palouse Yarn. There's also a 4 oz bobbin of singles that haven't been plied yet. This fiber was an absolute dream to spin--I hope to get some for the shop very soon!