It’s time to announce the winner of the Plymouth Yarn Company’s 50th Anniversary Drawing! Richard Power, President (pictured right) alongside Melvin Smith from Roberston Company, Certified Public Accountants drew the winner! Please join us in congratulating Arabella Perry from Woodbridge, CT. It was an exciting contest with over 1,300 participants. We wish to thank all who...
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Plymouth Yarn Company is working with the hill tribes in Thailand to create unique handmade accessories. These hill tribes have a long tradition of creating hand crafted items having a rich display of unique patterns, designs, and textiles. The Hmong Village The village that creates these items has a small population of about 100 families totaling 500 people. They settled 90 miles from the province of Chiang Mai. The village is rural, and economic opportunities are welcomed by the hill tribe people. The profits support local community projects and enrich the villagers’ lives. They have been producing vibrant fabrics...
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Our beloved Happy Feet has an updated look! Happy Feet has been a consistently popular yarn for us at Plymouth Yarn. We have used it throughout the years as a sturdy sock yarn and for comfy lightweight sweaters. Not to mention it is ideal for the very popular fingering/sock weight shawls that everyone seems to be making. Brand new for Fall 2016, Happy Feet is now available as 100 grams/384 yards a skein. What does this mean? Well, you can make a pair of socks with one skein. Or, that shawl pattern you have been dying to make that...
Read MoreHere’s a great little news story out of Idaho Falls, ID about a young man learning to knit and making chemo caps. Encore is the perfect yarn for these projects. The Yarn Connection has quite a variety of colors too! Ask at your local yarn shop about charity knitting projects. There are so many organizations in need and many knitters and crocheters who want to help. You guys rock! It always warms my heart to see the amount of good and kind things the makers in this world are doing. Keep up the good work!...
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If you saw our previous post and video on how to work Brioche Stitch in the round, then perhaps you are ready to try cabling in brioche? The cable comes from our free pattern for a cabled cowl using Gina and Galway Worsted....
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