More New Things!

We have a gorgeous new pattern called the Garland Shell, which was designed by Connie Chang Chinchio. You might have noticed Connie's beautiful patterns, just released in Interweave Knits Spring issue. Connie is so talented and we are so lucky to have her working with us. She also helps out with our Ravelry group. The Garland Shell is knit in Black Pearl Yarns DK weight cashmere in Red Dragon. There is also a complete knit kit available.

We have a new shipment of Marion's Hand Dyed Sock Yarn from Germany. These are very pretty yarns, and we have done very well with them over the past year. If you love sock yarn and bright spring / summer colors, take a look at these. There are now two different fibers, 100% merino and a merino/nylon blend.

We are really excited to introduce a brand new company to One Planet. Cottage Fiber is a very unique fiber studio located in Kansas City. The fiber artist, PJ, is extremely creative and talented. We are carrying their incredible technospindles which are a must try for spindle lovers. CD spindles have been around a long time, but these are just incredibly unique!

We also carry their hand painted Feet First Yarn, a beautiful line of all natural hand painted fingering weight yarns.

Our own One Planet Luxury All Natural Knitting Hand Cream, was such a huge success that we have added two more fragrances. This luxurious paraben-free cream is now available in Grace, Essence of Lavender, Lemon Sugar and Roasted Hazelnut and Vanilla!

Make sure to keep checking our "on sale" section. We are revamping all the Lanas Puras colors and will be putting quite a few of the yarn at 20% off. We chose for the future 15 semisolid colors and 17 variegated colors that we will be using for the long term and for our wholesale sales. So, the discontinued colors, many of which are gorgeous, will be marked down. We are also discontinuing some other yarns for various reasons and they will be placed also in the sale section. So keep watching there!

Fleece Artist Fiber, Farmhouse Yarns, Be Sweet, More

We wanted to tell you about some of the items we have just added to the site. Many colorful and beautiful new things for yarn and fiber lovers! Also see below for a brief description of what is coming soon to One Planet Yarn and Fiber.

We just added tons of gorgeous spinning fiber from Fleece Artist-we have new very large 250 gram (8.2 ounce) balls of hand painted BFL and merino silk. Also the 50 gram braids that we have been carrying for awhile and sell pretty quickly. There are many beautiful colors, here is just a few.

We have many new patterns from Be Sweet Yarns, both for the gorgeous magic balls as well as for their bamboo yarns. We will be adding more kits as well as the incredible Be Sweet knitting bags in the next week and in the next month we will be adding more magic balls as well as their new organic cotton/bamboo blend. This is an incredible yarn for spring and summer!

We added some absolutely beautiful and funky knitting bags from Two Stix. These are each hand made from recycled sweaters-each bag is one of a kind. We also have the Two Stix needle holders.

Are you familiar with Farmhouse Yarns? What a cool company. The yarn is all natural fibers and simply gorgeous-all hand painted and one of a kind skeins. The yarns are all from local sheep! We added the Fannie's Fingering weight yarn and we will be soon adding some of their hand painted cotton/spring yarns and lots of patterns. Make sure to take a look at the beautiful hand painted colors.















Coming soon.......

An incredible new line of sock yarn called "Feet First" from a really cool indie company based in Missouri. They also have a unique line of fun and hip spindles called technospindles. We can't wait for you to see them! We have a new shipment of lovely sock yarn from Marion's Sock Yarns yarns from Germany. We will be adding another really unique company from Wales, called Fyberspates, and introducing her luxury hand painted yarns, fibers and knit kits. Also watch for yarns and patterns from Kaalund Yarns and Peartree Yarns, both from Australia. We have beautiful patterns coming from several new Indie designers. Many are willing to share their pdfs with us, which is wonderful for all of you, especially our international customers.

That is it for now! Make sure you are on our mailing list and please join our Ravelry group for announcements and contests.

Thanks for your support!

New Patterns, Kits and Yarn

We have so many amazing new products just starting to arrive in our shop this month. This month we are excited to introduce a fantastic new line of patterns, knit kits in Hummingbird, a gorgeous space dyed alpaca yarn from Artesano of England. The patterns are all designed by either Jean Moss or Jeanette Sloan and they are simply beautiful! Here are a few photos of some of the new designs all available in kit form too. This one is Lis' favorite: This one is my favorite:

Look how wondeful these patterns are:

There are so many more patterns available in either single leaf sheets, the new Hummingbird pattern book or as part of a knit kit in one of the many gorgeous Hummingbird yarn colors.

You asked for more download patterns and are happy to be able to provide this for you! We are thrilled to announce that One Planet Yarn and Fiber will now be selling the full line of Gardiner Yarn Works patterns in pdf downloads! Gardiner Yarn Works is the creative outlet for former softwear architect and company founder Chrissy Gardiner. Chrissy is a regular contributor to Interweave magazine as well as pattern compilation books and yarn company pattern lines. Here are a few of her lovely designs:

Most of Chrissy's sweater designs are also available in plus sizes up to size 6x which fits right in with our mission to make options available to knitters of all sizes.

We have some more surprises right around the corner! Keep watching!

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!!

Yarn Pirate Fans

As promised, I wanted to let all Yarn Pirate fans and those that are not fans "yet" know we have a new shipment of yarns here. All of the yarns will be made live tomorrow, Tuesday, 1/29/09 at 9:00 MST (mountain standard time). Has anyone heard from Georgia? I am kind of worried about her (excited too) because I haven't heard from her since last week and there is nothing on her blog about the baby. I am very excited for her, hope she is doing alright!

The yarns are GORGEOUS. This time she sent us these incredible semi-solid hand painted skeins. The fiber is superwash blue faced leicester and it is incredibly soft. There are enough skeins of each quantity to purchase a few to make a lovely shawl or a bigger project. So get them while they are still in stock. Semi-solid colorways are too yummy for words, especially hers, subtle shades of the same color knit up to a beautiful colorway!

Here is one of the prettiest colorways, merlot:Our very exciting new patterns, yarns and knit kits from Artesano will hopefully be "unveiled" at the end of the week! There are so many great patterns, we look forward to showing them to you. Watch for more in the February newsletter.

The Gull Stitch Cardigan Has Arrived!

For walks on a cool afternoon or curling up by the fire on a chilly, winter evening, this cardigan is the perfect wardrobe addition. The against-the-skin softness of the yarn and mock turtleneck make it a cozy sweater ideal for casual wear indoors or out. The gull stitch detail makes for interesting knitting that is simple enough for even the novice cable knitter.

The Gull Stitch Cardigan is shown in Lanas Puras Melosa, worsted weight yarn in Desert Bloom, one of our most popular colorways. It was designed by the very talented Debbie O'Neill who also designed the Arrowhead Lace Cardigan exclusively for One Planet Yarn and Fiber.
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The cardigan is available as a pattern download or as part of a knit kit which includes the pattern download and the yarn in Desert Bloom. Like all of the patterns created by our design team here at One Planet Yarn and Fiber, the cardigan pattern is sized to fit all women, ranging from XS-3x.
Watch this space for more fabulous patterns coming designed by Debbie O'Neill, Sara Lucas, Connie Chang-Chinchio, Shirley MacNulty, and of course our very own, Melissa Wehrle.

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!

Ravelry Knitters Group Contest 1

Ravelry Contest !

Are you a member of Ravelry.com yet? If not, you should join! We have our own One Planet Knitters group there and over the next few months we will be having several contests that are related to being part of this group. We are having a contest this month involving our One Planet Knitters Group at Ravelry.com .

Here is how the Contest # 1 works.

1. Join our One Planet Knitters Group
2. Post a personal introduction telling us a) your first name b) where you live and c) one or more things you like about One Planet Yarn and Fiber. You will see a thread under the discussion section saying 'Post an Introduction.' If you are already a member of our group, it is ok, just go ahead and post your introduction.
3. After you have done this, Connie Chang, talented knitting designer, who helps us out (thanks Connie!) will send you a special gift-a certificate that is good for one full year to help with shipping costs on any order
4. In addition, all of the names of the people who post an introduction will be placed into a drawing. We will be giving out 3 skeins of Fleece Artist hand painted sock yarn to 3 lucky people.

Make sure to watch the One Planet Knitters Group and our blog and newsletter for February's contest which will be a bit different with other steps and more prizes!! The drawing for January will be held the first week of February 08.

Do you get our newsletter? We just sent out the special offers for January and if you did not receive this, please email us at: info@oneplanetyarnandfiber.com and we would be glad to send them to you.

Knitspot Design in a New Kit!! And More!

Happy New Year!

We are very excited to announce another gorgeous new knit kit, this time in our own luxurious Black Pearl Yarns DK weight cashmere. The pattern, called the Zig Zag Set, was designed by one of our favorite designers, Anne Hanson of Knitspot.com.

The pattern includes directions for fingerless mitts, a hat and a scarf. All the details of the knit kit can be seen on the product posting: HERE. We also have listed some less expensive alternative yarns for all of you including Artesano Alpaca, a soft and luxurious alpaca yarn! Email us with questions....

Here are some photos of this beautiful set:














We have an incredible new yarn in from Hand Maiden Yarns. It is called Casbah and it is a blend of merino with cashmere and just a touch of nylon. It comes with an adorable sock pattern called "Little Squares." These are very generous skeins and are absolutely gorgeous, very soft, with a nice spring and also machine washable! We also just received the Jo Sweater kit which is a gorgeous pull over from Perl Grey with Fleece Artist Big Blue (blue faced leicester yarn)




We have many new items coming in the next month or two. The shop will be closed on several days for some buying trips: January 7th, January 11th, 12th and 13th. So there might be a short delay in answering emails or getting your packages out, but it will be short! Those of you who order from us know how quickly we usually respond to your needs! We are headed to a yarn show and hopefully we will find some special new items.

We are having a contest this month involving our One Planet Knitters Group at Ravelry.com
If you are on our mailing list, you will see the details of the contest. It is very very easy and we hope you will participate to earn a free shipping certificate. For international customers, we will provide a $ 10.00 off shipping certificate to help with costs. Watch soon for the January newsletter..... Sign up for our mailing list if you are not yet on it!

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!

Felt Studio UK Hand Spun Yarn

We just posted some gorgeous new yarns from Felt Studio in the UK. Daniela is a very very talented fiber artist. Make sure to check out her ETSY shop for more of her handspun yarns. Many people don't know what to do with handspun yarns and there are so many ways to use them. They often can be used on their own or mixed with other yarns to make a one skein project. You can use them as trim on the top of a pair of socks, the cuff of gloves or on the end of sleeves. So many knitters, including myself, stick to the pattern instead of being creative. I keep waiting for a great book to come out showing unusual ways to use handspun yarn combined with other yarns.

Anyhow, give it a try with some of these. Look at this one Daniella hand dyed the fiber, hand carded it and then spun the yarn. She then attached tiny velvet flowers to the yarn. Talk about creative!!



Coming soon, a new Black Pearl Yarns sweater and knit knit, this one is perfect for the holidays. It is so beautiful! We also have new kits from Fleece Artist/HandMaiden coming soon, and several new indie companies we are excited about....

We have a new section we will be adding to the site in the next week, loaded with all kinds of knit and crochet kits for every type of garment.....

Are you on Ravelry? Make sure to join our One Planet Knitters group there!!

Introducing the Brioche Kit

How exciting!! We are celebrating our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!! Did you get our Holiday Sales Newsletter? If you missed it, drop us a note at info@oneplanetyarnandfiber.com and I will send it along to you! It tells about all of our special celebration savings and new products.

We are super super excited to introduce a new sweater kit called BRIOCHE. Brioche was designed by our good friend and talented designer, Wendy Bernard of Knit and Tonic. Wendy's patterns are always so special and we have tried to make it easier for you to knit Brioche by offering a special kit as well as suggesting some alternative yarns for those who may not want cashmere. We have a special discount for you on the alternatives too. Just buy the BRIOCHE KIT if you want the pattern as shown, in Black Pearl Yarns DK cashmere in black onyx, or use the discount code BRIOCHE for one of the recommended substitute yarns. These are Artesano of England's fine Inca Cloud or Inca mist alpaca yarn, Jo Sharp Alpaca Kid Lustre, Silkroad DK Tweed or Alpaca Silk Georgette ,GGH Cumba yarn (merino and alpaca) or Sheep Shop Yarn Company's Sheep Three Merino and Silk.




We are also in the process of a new "KIT" section to the site. There will be some redundancy but for people who love kits, we wanted to put them all in one place, organized by the type of garment, so watch for that soon. We have started listing all of our own patterns and some others in kit form to provide a savings to you for buying a bundle of yarn along with the pattern.

Other new things coming soon? We have some gorgeous (and I mean gorgeous) handspun yarn from Felt Studio in England that we will be putting on the site this week. We are anticipating a new order from Yarn Pirate soon. We'll announce the date here. And we have two other brand new Indie companies which are incredible and we'll keep those a secret for right now!!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! And if you do not get the holiday sales flyer, make sure to let us know so you can see it!!

Patterns, patterns, patterns!

Here at One Planet Yarn and Fiber, we love patterns to showcase our gorgeous yarns and we especially love being able to provide you with beautiful, unique, and fashion forward patterns created exclusively for us by our fabulous design team. We are once again thrilled to announce the release of our newest pattern, the Arrowhead Lace Cardigan designed by the very talented Debbie O'Neill. Debbie has been knitting for nearly 20 years and has been teaching knitting and designing knit wear for the past 10 years. Her designs have appeared in Interweave Knits, Knit Simple, the Ethnic Knits series by Donna Druchunas and various House of White Birches books. She also has a line of self published patterns and works with a variety of yarn companies and small retailers. When she is not knitting, designing, or working her day job, Debbie spins, weaves, quilts, sews garments, does needlework, and spends as much time as possible with her family. While Debbie doesn’t have a blog, you can find her on ravelry.com.

The Arrowhead Lace Cardigan is a surprisingly straightforward knit with elegant results. The body is lacy, while the sleeves are solid with a lacy cuff lending a bell effect. Dress it up with a skirt or wear it with your favorite jeans. The pattern is shown here in lovely Lanas Puras Melosa, fingering weight yarn, in the Fern Green colorway. The pattern is sized all the way from women's x-small through 3x. A size small uses only 3 skeins of Lanas Puras Melosa!

The pattern is available as part of a yarn kit or as a single pattern download. It would be a wonderful addition to your wardrobe or would make a special holiday gift for a favorite friend or family member.
Another new arrival in our store is the brand new! Rebecca Magazine. Rebecca knitting pattern magazines from Germany are filled with gorgeous fashion-forward knitting patterns.. This new edition has 41 incredible fall designs to fit bust sizes 30-42". Patterns include accessories, sweaters and adorable dresses! Be sure to pick one up before they sell out!

Keep any eye or two on this space for more patterns and special treats to come!

Elijah is Here!

We are so happy to announce the release of yet another sweater pattern in Lanas Puras Melosa, this time an adorable pullover for your favorite baby! Elijah was designed by Heather Davis. Heather has been knitting since childhood and more recently began designing and blogging from her base in North Carolina. She works as a project coordinator for public health research in DR Congo and enjoys dreaming up new garments in her spare time. On her layovers, she checks out the local knitting goods, and can tell you from experience which airlines and airports won't let you through with needles.

Elijah is a beginner/intermediate pattern and is sized all the way from 3 months-18 months. It is so warm, soft and cozy when knit up in Lanas Puras Melosa worsted weight yarn and fits easily over baby's head. It is darling for either a boy or a girl and is shown in the picture below in two of our favorite Lanas Puras Melosa colorways, Cornflower for boys and Orchid for girls. Of course, this sweater would be sweet knit up in many of our other Lanas Puras Melosa colorways as well.

Elijah is knit in one piece and uses only 2 skeins of Lanas Puras Melosa, worsted weight yarn. It would make a wonderful gift for that special baby boy or girl in your life.





The fabulous patterns knit by our talented design staff here at One PlanetYarn and Fiber just keep on coming. We have several really lovely sweater patterns almost ready for release so keep your eyes open!

Presenting "Walking the Dog"

Even if you don't own a dog, this adorable pattern will make you want to go out and get one or at least inspire you to knit up an ensemble as a gift for a dog-loving friend! Walking the Dog is our newest pattern for Lanas Puras Melosa and was created by Vermont Designs by Shelagh especially for One Planet Yarn and Fiber. Shelagh Smith is an experienced knitter and spinner and has taught knitting classes at all levels for over 20 years. She wholesales and retails her own line of knitting patterns as well as designs for yarn companies. Her designs have also been featured in several magazines.


Walking the Dog is an intermediate level pattern and includes instructions on knitting up a medium sized dog coat for man's best friend along with a cozy matching hat and warm mittens for the dog's owner. You may purchase the pattern at One Planet Yarn and Fiber as a pattern download or as part of a yarn kit. This fabulous Walking the Dog kit includes a complimentary pattern and the 5 skeins of Lanas Puras Melosa with colors as shown in the pattern photo necessary to make the entire ensemble.

We have many more surprises in the works for you. Keep an eye on this space for more unique and gorgeous pattern soon to come in Lanas Puras Melosa, Lanas Puras Clarissa and Black Pearl cashmere. We are really excited about the patterns to come and know you will be too!

Patterns and Yarn........

I don't know if we showed this photo of our three latest sweater patterns. They are just adorable, all of them.....The Daytrip Cardigan, the Lace Rib Turtle and the Grannie Smith Cardigan in Lanas Puras. They are all available in download version in the section Patterns for Lanas Puras. And the yarns are 10% off so try them, with the discount code Nov07.

We are posting tons of INDIE yarn and fiber now, from Funky Carolina and Madelinetosh. If you love to spin and if you love color and and indie yarn, all of this yarn and fiber, is just incredible.....the colors, the textures, yum, yum.

Here is one favorite fiber:


Coming soon, more gorgeous Jo Sharp yarn. and yes finally some pattern ideas for you out of her books. The yarn is so gorgeous, if you have not tried it, you are really missing out!