Sweater Knit Kits designed by Debbie O'Neill

We have two new sweater knit kits from Debbie O'Neill to blog about...

The Piuma Griga Cashmere Tee and the Myrtille Cardigan are designs by Debbie O'Neill of Nutty Creations. Debbie is a very talented designer. Her patterns are very well-written and easy to follow. She has created other patterns for One Planet Yarn and Fiber including the very popular Dayflower Cardigan, the Arrowhead Lace Cardigan and the Gulf Cardigan. We have had great feedback from our customers regarding all of Debbie's designs, and all of them are available as knit kits at One Planet Yarn and Fiber. Debbie is planning a few more designs for spring including a lace shawl in HandMaiden sea silk and other surprises for you in other various Fleece Artist/HandMaiden yarns.

All of Debbie's patterns and the knit kits come in extended sizes including XS and plus sizes in keeping with One Planet's goal of having as many kits and patterns as possible in this wide range of sizes to fit all women.

Piuma Griga Cashmere Tee

Here are some photos of the Piuma Griga cashmere tee and the Myrtille Cardigan. You can read more about them on their product listings on our site-just click on the pattern name.. The yarn used for both of these is very special. The Piuma Grigia pattern is knit in Black Pearl Yarns pure DK cashmere, one of our best selling yarns. The Myrtille Cardigan is knit with the very special Fleece Artist Lanica - an unusual single ply 100% organic yarn, dyed with plant based dyes. Plant dyed yarns are very special in that the colors are unusual. The color used for Myrtille is Blueberry and some have asked us why it is not blue! The actual blueberry plant, the leaves were used to dye this color and they are a beautiful shade of soft olive green.

Myrtille Cardigan

We have two other new knit kits which we will blog about separately! These deserved their own blog post.

Announcing the Release of Colette!

Melissa Wehrle, our very own Creative Director here at One Planet Yarn and Fiber has done it again! Once again, we are pleased to announce the release of yet another gorgeous new sweater pattern designed by Melissa. Colette is a comfy, cozy cashmere deep V cardigan with 3/4 sleeves which is as easy to wear as it is to touch. Throw it on over a flowy dress or over your favorite tank and jeans. Dressy or casual, it will be sure to keep you fashionable and warm. Colette is an intermediate-advanced knitting pattern and uses a gorgeous lacy fern stitch pattern. It is shown here in Black Pearl 100% cashmere DK in Espresso. It is sized for women sized XS-3x and is available as a pattern download or as part of a knit kit.
We are super excited about all of the wonderful new products beginning to trickle into our shop this month. Keep your eyes open for some terrific new patterns, some unique accessories and of course some beautiful new yarns!!

Spring Colors, New Yarns & More!

Each season, the fashion industry releases the Pantone report which contains suggested "in" colors for spring. We actually do look at these when choosing yarn colors for our own product lines Black Pearl Yarns, Lanas Puras Yarns and Yarn Botanika.

This is the pantone for Spring 2008 and I thought you might all like to see it:


If you want to see something truly amazing, take a look at this blog that is from one of my favorite companies called Aromaleigh. If you aren't familiar with Aromaleigh, it is one of the best companies for mineral make up in the world. I am totally addicted to all of their products, and very inspired by their colors and the creativity. In the owners blog post (click here), she shows all of her eye shadow shades that go with the Pantone report for spring. It is amazing, so take a look! It really helps you see what the "in" colors are for spring. I am not affiliated with this company but recommend their make up highly!

Speaking of colors, we are very excited to announce that we will be adding an incredibly gorgeous line of 100% very soft bamboo yarn to Black Pearl Yarns soon. It comes in gorgeous colors. We have a huge selection to pick from and I am going to ask our designers to help us choose the best colors for spring and hopefully we can get some new knit designs going for this yarn. It is so pretty, soft and affordable! We can't wait to show you!

We are looking at two or three other yarns for Lanas Puras from a new mill we made contact with in South America. This will happen more towards the fall as well as a revamping of Yarn Botanika natural fiber eco/organic yarns with fresh colors inspired by nature. We have several exclusive knitting patterns releasing soon that you all will love, including sweaters in cashmere by Melissa Wehrle and Connie Chang Chinchio and a gorgeous and colorful sweater in Lanas Puras Desert Bloom by Debbie O'Neill. We can't wait to release this. Then there are three or four spring patterns in Lanas Puras Clarissa that will be released in February or March. I really think we have a more complete pattern line that many of the yarn companies out there!

Some news about what is coming soon. Look for a new shipment of yarns from Yarn Pirate next week. I will post on the blog in advance since all of the Yarn Pirate addicts like to be notified in advance as the yarns sell quickly.

We have MANY new patterns and yarns coming from Artesano Yarns from England. We are the only US company that distributes Artesano. This will change soon I am sure because the yarns are so gorgeous and the patterns are incredible. They will be releasing 60, yes 60 new patterns this year. We are busy now trying to get the new patterns and kits on the site for you. If you like hip and colorful designs, you are going to fall in love with the new patterns like we did. The new Hummingbird pattern book has 14 patterns in it using the colorful space dyed Hummingbird yarns. Here is a photo of Chill, one of the gorgeous sweaters:


Our cool finds from TNNA knitting show are not quite here yet, but we are adding four or five new yarn lines soon, plus some great new knitting bags, and gorgeous handcrafted needles. We can't wait to show you!

Thanks to those of you who joined our Ravelry group. I hope we can get everyone posting more about the projects they are making from One Planet. Feel free to post comments here as well. We get lots of emails from all of you with your nice comments and suggestions, so feel free to post them here as well! We are always looking for new and unusual yarns, patterns and more to bring to all of you!

The Seaside Tank

What could be lovelier this time of year than a lacy tank designed in buttery soft Black Pearl cashmere? We are so happy to announce the release of the sexy Seaside Tank designed by the very talented Lucia Tedesco. Lucia also designed the Lacy Mock Cable sock pattern in Lanas Puras Melosa fingering weight yarn for One Planet Yarn and Fiber.

The Seaside Tank is a sleeveless lacy top perfect for a special night out or just for your favorite jeans; dress it up or down, the possibilities are endless. The slanted lace pattern is suprisingly easy and flattering for all figures. It is shown here in Black Pearl DK 100% Pure cashmere in Blue Topaz, but would be gorgeous knit up in any one of the Black Pearl colors!


The sweater is sized from XS-3x and is an intermediate/advanced pattern. Sizes XS-Medium use just 3 skeins of Black Pearl DK 100% pure cashmere. The pattern is available as a PDF download or as part of a kit which includes the yarn to make the sweater along with a complimentary pattern.

Please take a look at our entire section of kits now available in Black Pearl cashmere with many more kits on the way!

Cashmere Flowers in Bloom

Introducing another lovely crochet pattern by Angela Best, of Toronto, Canada, called Cashmere Flowers in Bloom.

This unusual and beautifully modern shrug, Cashmere Flowers in Bloom, is crochet with Black Pearl Yarns 100% cashmere yarn in Hot Chile. Red Dragon is a very similar color, and it is the red that we have in stock right now. This pattern would look amazing in some of the other cashmere colors as well.

Cashmere Flowers in Bloom is "a sensual, exotic little floral shrug that says paradise!"

This is an intermediate-to-advanced crochet pattern, as it uses a special stitch called the Double treble clusters to make the flowers.. This is a gorgeous pattern to wear over a camisole in the evening or for a special event.









This pattern is available in download form at One Planet Yarn and Fiber. It will also be available soon at KPixie.com in hard copy along with the yarn. If you are interested in purchasing the yarn, we happen to be having a special spring sale at One Planet Yarn and Fiber during the month of April for our customers. An announcement is going out very soon. If you are on our customer mailing list, you will receive the details of this special sale offer! Please sign up on our mailing list right at the site on the front page on the left hand column or CLICK HERE!
Feel free to email us if you somehow missed the sale flyer. After you have signed up for our customer mailing list, we we will send you a special flyer. The sale is on quite a few items in our store including the pure cashmere used in this pattern.

Watch this space for some other pattern releases in the next few weeks! We have some amazing patterns for various felted items coming in Lanas Puras Melosa yarn, and also a beautiful pattern for the home in Yarn Botanika handpainted yarn.

Thank you for looking!!