Fleece Artist and Hand Maiden Yarns

Hello Friends,

We have lots and lots of Fleece Artist and Hand Maiden yarns and kits in the store but they are already going really fast, so we thought we should make announcement!! There are quite a few colors (over 25!!) of SeaSilk yarn, Sea Wool yarn (their new sock yarn), and Merino Sock Yarn. If a color disappears, it means it has sold or gone out of stock. Same with the kits! The sock yarns, SeaWool and Merino come as kits with a sock pattern right on the label. They are an incredible value for handpainted yarns and they come in such brilliant colors. SeaWool has 70% merino and 30% SeaCell and the yarn is washable! It has a gorgeous shine. Sea Silk is perfect for lace knitting and has an incredible shine because its contents are Silk and SeaCell. Sea Cell is related to tencel, by the way!


This yarn is so gorgeous, really the photographs don't do it justice. The yarn that comes with the kits comes in huge handpainted skeins that are works of hart. Here are a few examples. This is the very large skein of yarn that comes with the Soft Wavy Wrap. It was so large, I could not fit it on our photography background. It is just gorgeous. Most of these kits have sold, but there is one left I think. We will order it in a few more colors on the next order.


Here are just a few of large skeins of Scotian Silk Yarn (wool and silk) that are used for the Celtic Vest Kit. Again, the skeins of yarn are simply breathtaking.




I could keep posting hundreds of photos but you get the idea. Please go on line and take a look at all the fantastic colors.


Are you on our mailing list? If you aren't, make sure to sign up because we will be sending out an announcement in the next week or so about a spring sale. It doesn't include everything in the shop so don't wait if you see a product or color you like! Plus we have several new patterns releasing in the next few weeks.... So keep your eyes on this blog!

Thanks for looking and go look at all the gorgeous colors!!

Many New Items!!

Is it the end of March already??

We have many new items in the store this week and also lots and lots more that will be listed over the next weeks. Also watch for a special newsletter for our customers, but you must be on our mailing list to receive it. Sign up for the mailing list by registering on the site! We try hard to not send out too many emails and announcements.....

We have so many fun and new things in the shop. I wanted to just give a summary. First, we posted a new shipment of stitch markers and also gorgeous hand crafted beaded oriface hooks on the site. These were both created by Sereknity. I never used to use stitch markers until I tried a set of hers and I have to say I really love them!! Others I had tried in the past stuck on the needles or in the yarn and this never seems to happen with Sereknity's. Here is a photo of one that I just listed that is my favorite. She uses Swavorski crystals in every set and finds the greatest beads.

These oriface hooks are for spinners! If you have a spinning wheel, you know what these are for. You can tie one of these beautiful hooks right onto your wheel. This is a close up of one of my favorite spinning oriface hooks, also available in Sereknity's section at One Planet Yarn and Fiber.


Next, we have this incredibly gorgeous yarn that comes to us all the way from South Africa. Make sure to read about Alida and her company Rainbow handpainted and handspun on her web page at One Planet Yarn and Fiber. She hand dyes and spins all of this yarn herself. The fiber used is local South African merino sheep. The yarn is unbelievably squishy and soft and this is a single ply heavy DK weight yarn. This yarn would be gorgeous for many projects including scarves and shawls. We have met some fascinating and talented fiber people all over the world through One Planet and Alida is one of those people! Try a drop stitch scarf or shawl pattern to really show off this yarn! An example is the Ladder Scarf by Chris Bylsma in the pattern section of our web site. Or the Ladder Shawl if you want something bigger. These two patterns work great for yarns like this or any handspun. Alida's handspun is very consistent and can also be used when gauge is important.




















We have another new Indie company, Chewy Spaghetti from California. Make sure to also read about Khris of Chewy Spaghetti on her section of One Planet. She names her various lines of sock yarns after different types of pasta like vermacelli and bucatini! Too cute! The yarn is gorgeous. Her color choices are great! Here is a sampling but there are more colors and fibers in her web section.


So, we have many great new yarns and fibers. Why stick with the same old same old. Try something new and different! It makes knitting and crochet a lot more fun! Keep watching this blog as well as the "what's new" section on our site for more new yarns. In the next weeks we have Fleece Artist and Handmaiden yarns and kits (too yummy for words), Hipknits yarns and patterns from England, new exclusive patterns for Yarn Botanika yarns and Lanas Puras yarns, and a new shipment of Yarn Pirate yarns and hopefully Sunshine yarns as well.! We are also working on a few light weight yarns for spring and summer knitting but remember if you start a sweater now, it might not be done until the fall!

Have a good week and dont' forget to join our mailing list if you are not on it!

Yarn Botanika Radiance Lace Headband Pattern Designed by Gina House

We are excited to introduce another new exclusive knitting pattern! This pattern uses
Yarn Botanika Radiance yarn in the sport/dk weight, but the fingering weight Radiance can also be used as can another hand painted yarn. The pattern is absolutely gorgeous and is a really great accessory. The pattern is available in download form and includes two separate lace patterns. The Radiance Lace Headband pattern was designed by the very talented Gina House. Have you listened to Gina's podcast Sleepy Eyes Knitting yet? If not, there is a link on her blog, so be sure to listen!

Here are a few photos of the headband. "Treat your tresses to two beautiful, beaded headbands....try the "Jacqueline", a relaxed and flexible lace head wrap for shorter, unruly manes or knit the "Amanda", a style that has a bit more width and texture for longer, thicker hair. Both are perfect for bringing fresh air and femininity to the face and neck....make wonderful gifts, as well! "





We also have kits available for this pattern. The kit includes a "mini-skein" of yarn (approximately 200 yards) as well as a hard copy of the Radiance Lace Headband pattern. The kits are available in six different colors........


Watch this space for more exciting new products this week. Handcrafted stitch markers and orifice hooks (for spinners) by Sereknity, beautiful handpainted yarns from Alida in South Africa and from Chewy Spaghetti. And then, absolutely incredible yarns and knit kits from Fleece Artist and HandMaiden in Canada. You will flip when you see these lovely items. We also have several new patterns coming in the next few weeks...a beautiful crochet shrug in Black Pearl Yarns cashmere by Angela Best, and another incredible Yarn Botanika pattern by Gina House.

If you want to keep up the new products as they are listed on the site, just keep checking the What's New Page every so often.. All of the new products are placed there in the order they are listed.

Thank you for looking and please check out Gina House's Radiance Lace Headband Patterns and the kits. This pattern is so beautiful, make sure to look at the close up photos so you can see the lace stitch pattern and the beading on the ends.

Introducing the Starla Cardi

I am pleased to announce our newest pattern addition to the Lanas Puras line of yarns, the Starla Cardi designed by Melissa Wehrle.

This cute hooded cardi is knit up in Lanas Puras Melosa Worsted Weight and is sure to be a hit with the younger set. Details include a ribbed side panel on each side seam, grosgrain ribbon placket and cute buttons. Mix and match the yarn color, ribbon and button combinations to create her own unique sweater.

We are also offering a special promotion with the purchase of both the yarn and the pattern together. Just enter the discount code STARLA at check out to enjoy 10% off your yarn purchase!

A few more details:

DIFFICULTY
Beginner

SIZE
2/4 (6/8, 10/12, 14/16)

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Chest at Underarm: 21 (24.5, 28, 31)"/53 (62, 71, 79)cm
Finished Length: 17.5 (18, 18.5, 19)"/44 (46, 47, 48)cm

MATERIALS
- Lanas Puras Melosa - Worsted Weight (100% Merino Wool, 3 oz, 215 yds), 3 (3, 4, 4) skeins Margarita
- One 24" (61 cm) or longer US size 8 (5 mm) circular needle or size to obtain correct gauge.
- Four stitch markers
- Three stitch holders
- Tapestry needle
- ½ yd 7/8" wide ribbon
- Six ¾" diameter buttons

GAUGE
18 sts and 25 rows = 4"/10 cm in Reverse St st with US size 8 (5 mm) needles or size to obtain gauge

February Prize Releases and Some Other Info

Happy March!!

Before we show some great photos and announce the February prize winners, we just have an announcement about the month of March. From about March 5th through maybe the end of the month we will be a little bit slower at fulfilling orders and /or answering emails. We are going to be a bit short staffed so we just wanted to let everyone know this! So please know that all orders will go out, but it will take a few says longer than usual and all emails will be answered but the response time will be just a bit slower. Thanks for your patience during this period.

The good news is lots of great things will be added into the store after this period including yet another gorgeous new line of Yarn Botanika yarn from Europe. The Fleece Artist and Handmaiden Yarns, kits and patterns should be arriving! We also will be adding Hipknits luxury Yarns and patterns from England, and Chewy Spaghetti yarns from California. Fun! We have an incredibly gorgeous new DK weight yarn from a fiber artist in South Africa named Valida, and also a lovely DK merino and silk from Sheep Shop Yarn Co, their new Sheep Shop THREE yarn. New yarn shipments will be arriving from Yarn Pirate and Sunshine Yarns and gorgeous spinning orifice hooks and stitch markers from Sereknity. Also planned are some great new patterns both exclusive patterns, some neat felting kits, and some wonderful indie designer patterns..... We are also looking at some really fabulous spring/summer yarns and patterns and we hope to tell you about those soon!

On to the fun stuff. Thanks for participating and we got some fantastic photos sent in of finished objects and quite a few product reviews written (maybe 3o plus or so!). Here are some of the great photo entries.....

Anita sent in this adorable photo of her daughter wearing the Cabo Hoodie. She modified it slightly and took off the front pocket. Notice the fab matching socks!! It is knit in Lanas Puras Melosa Margarita.! Isn't she cute! And what a great model too!
Jennifer sent in this really great scarf she knit in Sheep Shop Two yarns. I love how this turned out Jennifer, thanks so much for sending this in!!

Cindy sent in this adorable photo of her socks knit up with Yarn Botanika Juicy Watermelon sock yarn. She had a lot of fun knitting these and she also wrote a great product review. These look like fun summer socks Cindy.....Hope you got your new package!



And Karen sent in this great photo of her India Socks also made with Yarn Botanika sock yarn. I love these, thanks Karen and also thx for the product review!



Thanks so much for sending these in and if your photo did not get entered!

Now the prize winners!! Yippee!!!!


1. First Prize - a coupon for 40% off any ONE product.
WINNER- Anita S, Royersford , PA !!!!! Anita is the great knitter and mom of the Cabo Hoodie pattern up above! Congrats Anita. We'll send you an email soon on how to claim your prize!!

2. Second Prize - coupon for 20% of your entire order.
WINNER- Helene G, New York, NY! Congrats Helene. Helene is a fairly new knitter and has knit some of the knit kits through our site!

3. Third Prize - a coupon for 15% off your order
WINNER-Marianne M from the Netherlands! Marianne is a lovely woman and she wrote a product review for her entry. We have had some great email exchanges about the Netherlands! Marianne, I hope you can find some nice things on our site over the next six months for use with your coupon.

Please don't feel bad if you entered and didn't win, because really every person who entered is going to be sent a special gift certificate to use at One Planet Yarn and Fiber.

4. Runner Up Prizes- we were going to give out 3 extra prizes, but we decided that
every single person who entered the contest should earn a special prize just for entering.

PS If you entered and did not hear from us, please let us know!! I think I have everyone's contact, but just in case!

Thanks for participating and hope you had fun!

Each of the winners will receive an email within the next few days telling them how to redeem their prize!! Also all the gift certificates and coupons are good for six months so that you can take your time picking out what you want to use them for. But if there are things you like now, GO FOR IT, because we will have more prizes in the future...

Thanks and more news soon.... We have exclusive new patterns coming soon!!!!!

February contest and BLOG coupon special!

Our February Contest is almost over, plus we are putting on tons and tons of new products right now! Please read the "What's New" section of the site where all new products are listed. If you keep checking back there you will see new products being listed all weekend and this week.

If you look at the last blog post, there is a special blog offer of 10% off orders if you enter the discount code BLOG upon check out! So use this to buy some of the wonderful new yarns and other items. Radiance, Yarn Botanika's new line of merino and tencel yarn is finally here and it is truly beautiful. Radiance is spun exclusively for One Planet by a mill in Europe. Right now we have it in fingering weight and a sport/dk weight. The worsted weight will be available soon. The merino tencel we were carrying before and what most yarn dyers and companies have in the US is the sport/DK weight. We are the only ones we know of with this fingering weight or worsted weights and we had these spun for us because of how much we LOVE this yarn. It is lovely and we ordered quantities of various hand painted colors so our customers had enough for shawls, lace work, socks and other items... Here are a few of the new colors.. aquamarine and snapdragon, yum, yum. See the rest of the colors on the site!





















We also have many new spindle kits, spinning fibers, and Marion's Sock Yarns from Germany which are just too fun and a quality quality sock yarn!

You still can enter the February contest!! It is over on 2/28/07 and we'll announce the winners the next day. The ways to enter are to either send in a photo of a completed garment or write a product review on one of our pages. If you do one of these things or more you can be entered several times. mail to: info@oneplanetyarnandfiber.com

There is ONE MORE WAY we came up with for you to enter the contest! If you have a website or a blog, if you put our button on your blog or if you provide a link to One Planet Yarn and Fiber, then you will also be entered into the contest. Here is the button and just email us where we can look to make sure your link works:

Here are the prizes:
1. First Prize - a coupon for 40% off any ONE product.
2. Second Prize - coupon for 20% of your entire order. Time to make a sweater!
3. Third Prize - a coupon for 15% off your order
4. Runner Up Prizes- 3 gifts for entering....just as a thank you!

We will make the coupons good for 90 days so you can take advantage of all the new products coming to the site. Coming soon, new Sereknity Stitch markers and a new shipment of the fabulous Yarn Pirate yarns. Coming In March - Hipknits yarns and patterns from England, absolutely lovely hand painted luxury yarns- cashmere and silk, hip patterns and a British knitting magazine! Fleece Artist and Handpainted luxury yarns including sea silk and the new sea silk and wool sock yarn! Plus great kits and patterns and handcrafted shawl pins. Also Sheep Three yarns and lots of new Sheep Shop Yarn Co patterns..... We have three new One Planet Yarn and Fiber patterns releasing soon, knit patterns by Melissa Weherle and Gina House and a great crochet pattern in cashmere by Angela Best. Watch this spot!

But right now, enter the contest!! Just send in a photo, write a product review or simply link to us on your blog and web page with a button or a hyperlink! Let us know you did one of these things!- via email.

Thanks for looking!

PS. AND, don't forget the February BLOG discount code to use on all the lovely new yarns and other items listed on the site!! 10% off for One Planet Yarn and Fiber blog readers and also for current customers only! The discount code is BLOG. :)

The week of 2/19/2007-update

Happy Presidents Day! A US national holiday for our many international readers. It is an interesting holiday created to celebrate the birth of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, two of our most famous presidents. We used to celebrate each of their birthdays separately and then it was combined into one holiday. Hope some of you are having a long relaxing weekend.

We have a lot of new products this week at One Planet and many more coming in the following weeks. Every week, I'll try to post a few photos about the products and also tell a bit of history about each company.

Sheep Shop Yarn Company

First, Sheep Shop Yarn Company. I mentioned them last week, but now that all the new colors are updated, I thought you should know a bit about them. I first read an article about the founder of Sheep Shop in the weekly Knitters Review newsletter. You can read this same article by clicking here: About Sheep Shop Yarn Company. This article really is worth reading and it is part of what turned me on to this company. Sheep One is a single ply worsted weight wool. Sheep Two is a double ply bulky wool and knits up fast. Both come in a huge variety of amazing colors. We will have Sheep Three, the new yarn, in a few weeks. The owner, Fonnie, sent us a skein of Sheep 3 and I fell in love. It is a lovely soft DK weight yarn that is 70% merino and 30% silk. it comes in many of the same incredible colorways and the silk adds a really nice shine.

What can you do with Sheep One and Sheep Two? Well Sheep Shop has some lovely patterns for both the worsted and bulky weights. They are also releasing another dozen or so patterns. The most popular patterns are these shown below.. Using Sheep Shop one, the bag (which I JUST LOVE) and also the Cabled Rib Pullover - look at that color!




















For Sheep Shop Two, the most popular patterns are the Seamless Chunky Raglan Sweater (the yarn for this G43 sells out on a consistent basis) and also the Shawl Cardigan-look at the colors! This yarn is color F31 and if you like green, this is your color.



We stock all the colors now of Sheep Shop but in quantity, many have to be special ordered, but that is ok, it doesn't take long. Just order the items and we will let you know the estimated time of arrival.
There is a special offer for the next month on Sheep Shop Yarns-and other items :) You still can use the discount code BLOG to get 10% off your order.. See what you get for being a faithful reader? Last week, many people took us up on this offer! Hint...the coupon is good for the whole month!

There are other patterns that work really well with the Sheep Shop Yarns. Make sure to check out our patterns sections for worsted weight yarn patterns and bulky weight yarn patterns for many other ideas. HINT-I am going to make Ariann by Chic Knits with colorway G148, an incredible new Sheep Shop Color. Sheep One would also work great for Wendy Bernard's Flair pattern.

Woolpets

This next company, Woolpets, really deserves an entire blog post of its own but we have so many new things it is hard to do. I first heard about Woolpets from my friend, the Yarn Pirate. She was raving on her blog about their needle felting kits. I just looked and she has photos up too!! I fell in love with them too, being a pet lover and fiber lover and all . I think I am going to make every one of them because I want to learn how to needle felt and I want to have my own little collection of Woolpets right here next to my computer while I work. One of the most interesting facts about Woolpets is that Laurie and her husband, the owner (gosh I don't know his name, sorry to refer to him as the husband! HAHA) raise their own sheep!! So all of the fiber for the Woolpets kits come from their own sheep. These make the cutest presents for just about any fiber lover including yourself. Make a sleepy sheep or a penguin..!




Coming Soon

Lots and lots of yarns from Yarn Botanika including tons of handpainted miscellaneous yarns (cashmere, silk, wool, etc) and the introduction of our new Radiance line of yarns. More about that later including a special pattern release and very cool kits designed by Gina House of Sleepy Eyes Knitting. We also have new shipments coming from Marions Sock Yarns in Germany (these are amazing) and the entire line of Hipknits Yarns and patterns from England. Within a few weeks, Llamajamas products will be here and also lots and lots from Fleece Artist and Handmaiden of Canada! These will all get their own special blog posts so keep an eye out!

Thanks for reading......And don't forget the BLOG discount code, just for you!

February 12th week------

What's new this week in the shop? So many items.

First, all of the brand new Wooldancer sock yarns have been listed on One Planet. These yarns come to us all the way from Australia. Wooldancer yarns are absolutely amazing. The sock yarn is 100% pure Australian wool. The fiber content is 100% superwash merino and this yarn is super soft and squishy. What gorgeous hanks of yarn!! These yarns are truly some of the nicest sock yarns I have ever seen. The fiber is very high quality and the colors and color choices are brilliant.
Each colorway is so unique and the depth and mix of colors show this fiber artist's talent! Here is one of Michelle's yarns entitles Sting of the Thai Orchid!! I mean, have you ever seen anything so gorgeous in your life!! The feel, the color, just too yummy for words! Michelle also has an ETSY shop, so make sure to check that out as well...




We also have about 20 new colors of Sheep Shop One and Sheep Shop Two yarns. These yarns are from Uruguay and are just wonderful. Sheep Shop One is a heavy worsted yarn in a single ply. and Sheep Shop Two is a bulky weight yarn. Both are handpainted and 100% merino yarn and they are incredible to work with. Sheep Three will be here soon. We are the exclusive online only seller for Sheep Shop Yarns so we wanted to have every single color available and every single pattern. They are not all up yet in the shop, but they will be soon. There are quite a few new patterns also coming soon. For now, please check out all the of brilliant colorways!! There are so many! Here are a few of the new colors....



We have lots of new handpainted fibers listed and an entirely new shipment of Woolyvine spindles. Not only are there stone spindles but there are a few with glass whorls as well. Take a look at these!! They are gorgeous. Later this week, we should have about 10 or so new Traveler Spindle kits. Those were the kits featured in Spin Of Magazine last fall.... Watch for these.......


What else? We have lots of new magazines and books in!! Including the three new Interweave Press titles just released and these are hard to get! Lace Style, No Sheep for You and Favorite Socks. All really great books with beautiful patterns..... We keep selling them as they are listed but more are on order..


Coming soon...gorgeous sock yarns from Germany called Marion's Sock Yarns, a new line of Yarn Botanika yarns that is very special, lots of other unusual Yarn Botanika hand dyes, Llamajamas yarns, patterns and fun finished stuff for kids, Marie Grace Smith knitting patterns, new orders from Yarn Pirate and hopefully Monsoon Winds/Yarnahoy, Hipknits yarns, patterns, magazines and other items from England and more!! We also have several pattern releases including another crochet pattern for Black Pearl Yarns cashmere and quite a few patterns for Lanas Puras yarns.

OH, do you get Interweave Knits? We will have copies in the store any day now for sale. See our ad on page 53. We went in with a group of people and it turned out great I think....Take a look!

PS Our contest is still going on!! Write a product review or send in a photo of something you have made with our yarns for a drawing entry.
PPS Did you read this far??? Good for you!!! Want to try something new in our store? Use the discount code BLOG when you place an order as a reward for getting this far!! Receive 10% off your entire order... The BLOG coupon is good until the end of this month...for those who really read our posts :)

Flair - Lanas Puras Melosa a recommended yarn!

Have all of you seen Wendy Bernards new "Flair" pattern up at her blog? http://knitandtonic.typepad.com/knitandtonic/

Is that too cute for words or what?? NOTE that she mentions Lanas Puras Melosa as a substitute yarn!! I think we are going to actually order that yarn in chocolate brown in honor of this new pattern and call it Flair!! We are about to order some new solids anyhow, including eggplant, a pale pink and a pale blue. Plus we are getting a series of new colorways that we are designing ourselves.... A nice semi-solid chocolate might work great for that pattern too. Flair in eggplant? Fabulous....

Congrats on another winner pattern Wendy....!
Wendy is amazing. Isn't she a talented designer? She is a nice person too. What more can you ask for? Can you imagine what her book is going to be like??

We have so many yarns and things to post over the next week, keep your eyes peeled on the site........I'll show photos as we go along. We have lots of new spindles including new stone spindles and a new design in gorgeous glass. Wooldancer yarns from Australia are here and they are some of the most amazing sock yarns I have seen. Michele uses 100% pure Australian merino wool and you can just feel the quality. More aboutt his soon. We have a whole new load of Sheep Shop Yarns (including samples of the new Sheep 3 coming soon (merino and silk-yum yum) and some new patterns they are releasing soon. We ordered every single color since were are now the only online only shop to carry Sheep Shop yarns. Our new Lanas Puras Clarissa is here, and next week we will be introducing a new Yarn Botanika yarn line..... There are also at least two new patterns coming out in Februrary, maybe three!

Happy Weekend.....!

A special promotion and new products this week

We sent out a newsletter announcing a special promotion! Hopefully it was not confusing to anyone. Simply, if you write a product review on our site OR if you send in via email to us a photo of something you have made with one of our yarns, you are entered into a drawing. You can do both and get several entries!! At the end of the month we will draw out quite a few prizes. The first prize is a coupon for for 40% off any ONE product. A great time to get a beautiful handwoven shawl or cashmere or a Honeycakes Needle Roll. The second price is 20% off your entire order, and the third prize is 15% off your entire order. Then there are several runner up prizes. It is SUPER easy to enter!! If you go onto the site and look at any product, underneath the product listing, there is a place to write a customer review. Just like how amazon.com has it and other sites. So if you love a certain yarn or Indie person, please enter the contest!! We have had several reviews and several photos sent to us!! I'll be making a readers gallery for photos on the site.

In new product news this week, we got a great shipment of yarns and fibers from Sereknity. Her work is simply top notch! There is no other way to say it. She uses very high quality fiber for her yarns. She sent us quite a few gorgeous sock yarns. Look at this Blue Hawaii followed by McIntosh. Her color sense and depth of colors in her dye is fantastic. If you like sock yarns, you really must try her yarns. They are also wonderful for shawls and other items.


Heather of Sereknity also sent in lovely spinning fibers. Her fibers are some of the very nicest I have truly ever seen. No felting here!! They are soft, fluffy, and draft easily. The colors are brilliant!! Check out my favorite one, IGGY!!



What else is coming soon... Wooldancer Yarns from Australia! I will post some photos and a bio about our fabulous indie dyer Michelle. We also have discovered some very interesting indie yarn spinners/dyers in other countries. We will be getting some incredibly beautiful yarns from South Africa soon from a most interesting fiber artist there. And also some lovely spring dyed merino from a woman in Germany. More on this soon. I'll try to post more about new products after they are in the store rather than before!

I also posted several new sock kits..... These include a hand sewn sock bag by Knitted bits, a handpainted skein of yarn, a set of Chiagoo Double pointed needles and a downloadable sock pattern. Here is a sample of one kit. These are a wonderful value and lots of fun too!!


That is it for now!

Please, help us out and write a product review for a yarn or product you really liked!! And send in photos! Photos should be sent to info@oneplanetyarnandfiber.com

Introducing a New Crochet Pattern-the Barely There Camisole

This beautiful crochet camisole was designed by Angela Best of Toronto, Canada. Angela is a very talented crochet designer. Watch soon for a release of her second Black Pearl Yarns crochet pattern. There are two versions of the Barely There camisole pattern. One version, shown in black onyx below, has a ribbon trim around the top. We are pleased that this pattern fits all sizes from XS-3X. We have a commitment to publishing patterns that fit all sizes of women everywhere. Our wide range of sizes will also apply to any patterns developed for children and men as well.

The Barely There camisole uses only two to three skeins of Black Pearl Yarns Cashmere yarn. The colorways shown are Cherry Blossom and Black Onyx. This camisole is perfect for a night out on the town or to wear under a jacket. This new crochet pattern is available for instant download purchase at One Planet Yarn and Fiber now!




**Interested in buying both the pattern and the yarn? Email us at info@oneplanetyarnandfiber.com for a special discount coupon!


Another important note. Going forward, of our patterns now have both US and metric measurements. We have a very fast growing international group of customers and we want all of our patterns and yarns to make sense to you! Slowly we will be updating all the products on the site to reflect international standards.

Amazing Scarves and Shawls from Chile

We mentioned Quedicha in a previous blog post. These absolutely gorgeous scarves and shawls are either woven or knit by hand by women who live in Chile. They work under the direction of an amazing young woman named Vivi. I have seen items just like this in art galleries for two to three times this price! Really, she should charge more for her work! The photographs don't even capture how beautiful the color and fibers are. All of them are very soft and made with unusual fibers that are not found often in the US.

All of Quedicha's items can really be worn year round as they are so light and soft and because of the fibers she uses, they seem to breathe.

Visit our Quedicha from Chile section on One Planet Yarn and Fiber to see all of the scarves and shawls. We will be getting some other really interesting items soon including handwovens for the home like pillows and also some handcrafted shawl pins. We love working with Vivi as she is such an extremely devoted and talented young woman. Thanks Vivi for all your hard work on our behalf! She literally has combed the Chilean countryside looking for items for One Planet Yarn and Fiber and we appreciate it!!

Here are two samples of two of my favorite shawls. This first one is hand knit and I am in love with the colors!! It is so soft!!


This second shawl is handwoven and is a bright multicolor shawl. I have to admit, our new model looks good in everything she wears!


Other news this week..... We have a new pattern releasing in just a few short days!. This is an incredible pattern using Black Pearl Yarns cashmere. It only uses a small amount which is what is so wonderful. The pattern was designed by Angela Best who also designed this well known Bolero you see below. You might recognize this from the Stitch N Bitch Crochet book by Debbie Stoller.

Remember this very popular pattern??


You'll see two of Angela Best's crochet designs right here in this space. One this week and hopefully the other within a few weeks!
Other patterns coming soon? Wow, so many. Just a hint though...an incredibly adorable girls sweater by Melissa Wehrle, and adult womens sweater by the Zephyr gals, a fun skirt, a few felted bags, felted kits by Sara Lucas, crochet and knit shawls, etc... Watch this space for pattern and product releases!

Thanks for looking!

Introducing the Cabo Hoodie

We are excited to introduce a new sweater pattern, the "Cabo Hoodie." This adorable girl and boys pullover hoodie was designed by Wendy Bernard of Knit and Tonic. Many of you are familiar with Wendy's incredible designs. If not, please check out this pattern and also her web blog. Not only are there exciting patterns for sale, but she is a funny and talented writer.

This pattern uses the Lanas Puras Melosa worsted weight yarn. This yarn is a beautiful soft merino handpainted in an array of brilliant colors. Lanas Puras Melosa also comes in lace and fingering weights. We have quite a incrdible patterns coming soon! Please make sure to read our blog to see all of the additions coming to the Lanas Puras line of yarns. We are having a Cabo Hoodie kit special. If you buy the Cabo Hoodie pattern, you can receive 10% off the Melosa yarn that you need to make the project. We have added quite a few new colors that are great for girls and boys! As a special bonus, while you are buying the Cabo Hoodie pattern and yarn for it, receive 10% off any other Melosa yarn as well. We just added quite a bit of new stock including lots of new colors!! Take a look and act quickly because new colors of Lanas Puras Melosa go quickly!!! Use the discount code CABO at checkout to get a discount, but you must by the pattern with the yarn!

Make sure while you are on our site, to also check out the "What's New section." Just in are contemporary fabric needle holders from Honeycake Designs have been added, wonderful new yarns from Peace of Vermont and lots of new patterns. Piece of Vermont yarns are incredibly beautiful. I have never seen dyeing like this. If you look closely, you see many subtle variations of color. Take a look!

Thanks always for your support!!

The Week of January 20th

A great deal is going to be happening in the next few weeks. Here is an update.

First if you go to the Lanas Puras section of the store, you will notice some big changes. That is because we will be greatly expanding our line of artisan yarns from South America. There are four lines of yarns and each of them will come in various weights. The Lanas Puras merino yarn that has been very popular is now listed under the name "Melosa". Melosa means sweet in Spanish. We are getting a new order in tomorrow so please watch the store because the fingering weight colors sell out very quickly. We have several new colors coming in in all three knitting weights. Melosa is simply a fantastic yarn. It a very soft spun merino in beautiful colors. The lace and fingering weight are a single ply which add to their unusual beauty. The worsted weight makes a beautiful sweater, as you will see this week...

Clarissa is another gorgeous yarn that comes from Argentina. I flipped when I saw this yarn because I am always in search of non-wool yarns to make items out of. It is pretty soft, but it can be mixed with any other yarn, even a single strand cotton would give it more structure. It can be used alone in shawls or scarves but probably should be mixed with something for other use. We hope to develop some interesting patterns for this. Designers take note! If you want to challenge yourself, this would be a wonderful yarn to do it with.

Here is a photo of Clarissa and it will be in stock within two weeks:

There are other yarn lines, including Calma, that will be here in a few months!!!! You will love it:)

We have the cutest pattern on earth releasing this week. It is by Wendy Bernard of Knit and Tonic, one of my favorite designers to work with, and one of the nicest people I have met in this industry! This sweater is honestly too adorable for words! Watch this site on about Wednesday for details!!

Also we have many other patterns releasing in the next two-three months. Felted kits, felted bags, sweaters, crochet camisoles and shrugs, shawls, socks, etc... We have some extremely talented designers working with us. A speical thank you to our talented Creative Director Melissa who is unbelievably talented,creative and smart and who makes me laugh each and every day.

We are adding several new internationally based companies. You can read about Llamajamas and HipKnits on our site. We are lucky to have both of these companies-more about them soon! We also will be adding Marie Grace's patterns in download and hardcopy form so we are thrilled about this.

This week we are receiving in the mail, an incredibly gorgeous line of handwoven and handknit shawls from Chile. These are made by Vivi who is a very talented fiber artist. Vivi and I have become good friends and we email a lot. I find her to be one of the most talented fiber artists I have ever met. Her items have a real artisan look to them and are so creative!. We hope to carry many more of her items so please keep an eye on her store section on One Planet. Here is a scarf/shawl that we will be getting. Vivi uses local fibers, naurally dyed materials and mixes and matches fibers and colors in unusual and astounding ways. YES, we are CRAZY about Quedicha!


Yarn Botanika will have a complete rehaul and there will be 7 or 8 new yarns! We are also super excited about this. I will make a separate post about this sometime next week! But watch for quite a few yarns pouring into the site.

We are also researching many other companies and we will be adding them slowly. We are planning a new section of the site that will carry all "Made in America" yarns. These are yarns that are spun from the fiber of local sheep, many from small farms and many organic.

If you ever have suggestions for unusual yarns, fibers, spindles, patterns, or other accessories related to knitting, crochet or spinning, drop us a line! Just click on CONTACT US on the top navigation bar of the site.

Happy week of January 20th!

Call for submissions

Hello All!

One Planet Yarn and Fiber is looking for submissions to compliment our exclusive yarn lines. We are looking for all types of projects, focusing mainly on: smaller projects, shawls, bags, socks, household items, and sweaters. Please note we are also looking for crochet and felted designs in those categories along with knitted items.

We are focusing on developing patterns for our Lanas Puras line of yarns, which come in worsted, fingering, and lace weights. However, we have some new things coming soon that will also need pattern support.

We will supply yarn for all projects and designers will have 45 days from yarn receipt to complete the project. Photography, tech editing and all graphic work (schematics and graphs) will be provided.

In addition to any design ideas you may send, we would love to see some of your past work to get an idea of your design style and experience. Don't have prior experience? Don't fret! We are always looking for fresh talent also.

Please send all sketches and swatches to Melissa by Jan 29th: melissa AT oneplanetyarnandfiber DOT com

If you have any questions or would like more details, please feel free to email me!

Thanks!

Melissa Wehrle
Creative Director
One Planet Yarn and Fiber

What is new??

We have quite many new items with more coming.

A few weeks ago, wee got in this beautiful Fiber Jewelry from Rebecca Smith. We met her at an art fair and couldn't believe the earrings and pendants were made from fine fiber. They really are beautiful and they go with many items. Please see Rebeccas work under her section on our site.

Here is one photo of a pair of earrings and another of my favorite pendant.



We have quite a few patterns from Heartstring listed on the page now. It is wonderful that all of these patterns are available to you in download format!! Heartstrings patterns are some of the best patterns I have seen. They are written very clearly and have good charts. Please check the section called Heartstrings on the site under Patterns by yarn company. Here are photos of one beautiful scarves/shawls: Crest of the Wave. This would be beautiful in Lanas Puras lace weight yarn or Yarn Botanika merino and tencel yarn.




We also just listed theBees Knees Patterns and they are now all up on the site although the photos still need some fine tweaking. These patterns are too cute!! They were designed for sock yarn (solids and self-patterning) which is such a clever idea! BUT, they also work fantastically with handpainted yarns which is why I got them.

Here are two of my favorites! Avery and Ruby.




We also added four great patterns from Chic Knits this week. They are listed on their own page HERE! I love these patterns and I hope all of her other patterns will soon be available for wholesale. We have Ribby Pulli, Ribby Cardi, Ariann(I want to make this!!) and Cece. Here is a photo of Ariann. We have even more patterns we purchasing soon and also a few more pattern releases soon, two Lanas Puras sweaters for children and the cutest crochet tops in Black Pearl Cashmere yarn.


The other very exciting news, is that by the end of this month, we will have a whole new line of Yarn Botanika yarns in several fibers and in just about every knitting weight! We have been working hard with our supplier on this overseas and we can't wait for them to come in and for you to see them..... More on this soon!

One Week Sale!!

One Planet Yarn and Fiber – ONE WEEK SALE!

Start the New Year of 2007 with a new knitting project and try some exciting and unique yarns!

We thank all of you for your interest in our new store. We have been doing well and this enables us to seek out other yarns from around the world. Wait until you see some of the really incredible yarns and patterns we are adding soon! We hope you will enjoy them as much as we do!!

In order to thank our customers for visiting our store, we offer this one week only special New Year Sale.

This one week sale starts today Monday, January 1^st and ends Sunday January 7^th at 12 pm Pacific Standard Time! The discount codes will not work after this time period.

We rarely offer these discounts on these product categories so take advantage now.

There are two discount levels, 15% and 10% off. EACH discount level has a separate discount code. This is because of how our website is set up and we apologize if this is confusing. You can enter BOTH discount codes if you buy items out of both categories. You can also use the discount codes multiple times within this week if you decide, but they are ONLY available this week!

For the following companies/products, we are offering 15% off. Use the discount code FIFTEEN in the discount code box for these yarns:

-Black Pearl Yarns-100% Cashmere, 4 ply DK weight in all available colors

-Yarn Botanika Yarns-merino sock yarn and merino tencel yarn

Make sure to choose of our new yarn patterns to go with your yarns. We rarely will have the cashmere yarn or sock yarns at this special price. We have many new patterns, with more coming soon, so take a look.

For the following companies/products, we are offering 10% off. Use the discount code TEN for these items/categories.

-Lanas Puras Yarns-Lace Weight, Fingering Weight and Worsted Weight Yarns

-All Indie Yarn Companies- including Sunshine Yarns, Monsoon Winds/Yarnahoy, A Piece of Vermont, Felt Studio-UK, RMD designs, Yarn Pirate and Sereknity yarns. Incredible handpainted sock yarn, handspun and other yarns. Be adventurous!! There are many pattern ideas for all of these yarns in our pattern section.

-ChiaoGoo Bamboo Needles-Circular Needles, Double Point Needles, Straight Needles

-Spinning Fiber-All HandPainted Spinning Fibers are 10% off. These are rarely on sale and this is a special one week offer only.

-SheepShop Yarns-Sheep Shop One (worsted weight) and Sheep Shop Two (bulky weight) handpainted yarns from Uruguay.

-SOAK Wool Wash Products-10% of the SOAK 16 ounce bottles, or the starter kit. Available in three great fragrances-citrus,aquae and flora.

-Needle Felting Kit-Includes needle felting supplies and a pattern for a beautiful and large bag to hold your knitting supplies.

In addition, any total orders greater than $ 100.00 or more (the total order amount after discounts) will receive free shipping. We will credit the shipping amount back to you on either your credit card or your paypal account. It will not show up on your final invoice.

There are other great products that are not offered at a discount, but will help bring your total order up plus they are just beautiful. Please check out Lee Chesson’s gorgeous handcrafted wood knitting needles, Honeycakes Designs beautiful and contemporary needle organizers, Monsoon Winds' handwoven shawls and bags and Rebecca Smith's gorgeous and unusual jewelry made from yarn and fiber.

Thank you and please email us at info@oneplanetyarnandfiber.com if you have questions.

Remember, the discount codes are TEN and FIFTEEN and they can be used together or separately and multiple times throughout the week! The codes are only valid until January 7^th at midnight!! You place the discount code in the box when checking out. Orders over $100 will have their shipping amount refunded to them after the order is placed.

Thank you for your support, Happy New Year and Happy Shopping!!