Designed by Maureen Clark
When the snow lies deep in Vermont, our rose bushes lie dormant waiting for longer days and warmer temperatures to generate new growth. As crafters, we can accelerate that timeline by adding beautiful blossoms to our hand knits that will keep us comfortably warm until spring’s return. By alternating main and contrast colors, you’ll have sufficient yardage for two hats, giving you and your sweetheart heartwarming bouquets that look just freshly picked all winter long.
Show here with White Wedding and Brickhouse Mewesic
Intermediate Knitting
Designed by Idabelle Hegemann
Top-Down Construction
This classic pattern was one of the Spinnery’s first, originally published in the 1980’s. It has been warming toes for decades. In celebration of our 40th anniversary, we’ve updated it to include expanded sizing that can work for the entire family, and we’ve made the instructions a bit more approachable for less experienced knitters. We are confident that these socks will be as hardwearing and hard working as our scrappy cooperative.
Pictured in Limited Edition yarns: Avocado, Grey and White
Intermediate Knitting
Designed by Kate Salomon
The Green Mountain Spinnery is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, and to mark the occasion we have crafted a slouchy cap pattern with sizing for everyone who comes through our doors. This hat features a classic three-color slipped stitch pattern called the oak stitch which will stand the test of time, just as our Mill has. The pattern is perfect for newer knitters since it requires no decreases for a perfect fit!
Pictured in Limited Edition yarns: Avocado, Grey and White
Intermediate Knitting
Designed by Maureen Clark
When Autumn colors fade into Winter’s monochromatic landscape, we yearn to linger near the fireplace and snuggle into extra layers. This lushly textured, garter stitch crescent shawl is created with the soft undyed neutrals of the Spinnery’s most comforting yarn. Let it embrace you in the cool tones of a Vermont Winter and the warmth of a hearth.
Shown with White, Variegated and Dark Green Mountain Green
Intermediate Knitting
Typically, this weekend we would be joining many of the New England fiber producers at the New Hampshire Sheep and Wool Festival in Deerfield, New Hampshire. This year’s festivities have been cancelled, so we’ll wait patiently until 2022 to gather.
In the meantime, we wanted to share a very small batch of Limited Edition yarn that we would have showcased at the fair, as well as an opportunity to do a bit of armchair travelling to learn more about the original source of this fiber!
Over a decade ago, we first created Simply Fine yarn to provide a lighter weight single-ply sibling to our deliciously soft and minimally processed Green Mountain Green Yarn. These yarns include a blend of 60% Fine Western Wool and 40% Kid Mohair, two of the softest and most luxurious fibers we spin here at the Mill.
We offered the fingering weight yarn in the same three undyed natural shades as our Green Mountain Green: Dark, Variegated and White. As a demand for beautiful hand-painted skeins grew, we asked our friend Melissa Johnson to hand dye our creamy white skeins. She worked her magic in mini batches of 4-6 skeins at a time, and every skein was a work of art.
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We are very excited to be able to offer a special 15% discount on our entire Simply Fine collection to our friends this weekend. Use Coupon Code MDSW2020 when checking… Continue reading
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Our friend Thea Colman (aka BabyCocktails) has been pronounced a knitting champion this week! Kay and Ann at Mason Dixon Knitting just wrapped up March Mayhem 2020 and Thea’s Oban… Continue reading
