October and November 2019 Newsletter!
I don’t know what your relationship to Halloween is, but for me it’s always been “Bah-humbug”. I go to the store after work, reluctantly buy candy, put it in a bowl out front of the house, and I turn off all the lights and hide in my room.
Willow, on the other hand, LOVES halloween. Here’s a direct quote “It feels like it’s more acceptable to be myself during Halloween. I love putting on costumes and doing face paint… watching horror movies... putting halloween decorations up in my room even though in all reality they’re going to stay up all year around…”
So, maybe a bit of Willow’s Halloween spirit is rubbing off on me, because I’m going to dress up this year and have her paint my face. Here is an example of her awesome face painting skills!
This month’s Newsletter is FULL of information, so stick with it! And feel free to pull any photos from this newsletter to promote Round Mountain Fibers (and increase sales) on your social media. Here’s what it covers:
New Club Colors for November
NEW Pattern Suggestions
Photos of garments recently knit up in our yarns
NEW patterns by Jennifer Kirchenbauer for DK and Worsted weights
Nomadic Knits Vermont Edition! Remember the patterns from the TNNA runway?
New Club Colors for November:
We hope you will forgive us for doing ANOTHER orange colorway this month. This time, in the Entomology collection! We have seen more Monarch butterflies this year than in previous years, and wanted to honor this incredible flyer by trying to capture its vivid colors on a skein of yarn. The coordinating semisolid is inspired by the more neutral tones on the underside of the Monarch’s wings.
Colorway: Monarch Butterfly and Semisolid: Butterfly Buff
Our Ornithology colorway is in honor of a beautiful little Vireo who passed away after flying into our window… we wanted to honor the little bird by trying to replicate his beautiful feathers. The soft green semisolid mimicks the bird’s breast feathers, and allows the yellow-green of the colorway to pop.
Colorway: Red Eyed Vireo and Semisolid: Vireo Green
Our Botany colorway is based on the rich reds, yellows and golds of Fall, Willow’s favorite season. The deep purple semisolid is a perfect match to the dark red of the darkest Maple Leaves making up the crunching, rustling carpet of our neck of the woods.
Colorway: Fall Leaves and Semisolid: Maple Leaf Purple
Our Aquatic colorway is based on the Greater Blue Ringed Octopus, a beautiful and venomous creature that only reaches about 10cm in size!
Colorway: Greater Blue Ringed Octopus and Semisolid: Octopus Gold
New Pattern Suggestions:
We’ve found and shared several beautiful patterns over the course of the last few weeks on our Facebook page. Here they are! An assortment of patterns to show off our semisolids and colorway pairings. I am smitten with mosaic knitting, as I love the idea of reversible colorwork! Feel free to use these patterns to promote our yarn on your social media pages!
From Left to Right: Maivember by Melanie Berg, Tiger Owl by Greg cohoon, Le Pouf by Beata Jezek, Scapula by Adreanne Perusse, and Sunset Lights Shawl by Stella Egidi.
Maivember by Melanie Berg: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/maivember?fbclid=IwAR38HEsBNwSzOqF0YExph6ajXwa3yzaKrohxMZYPc_RR5t0z0CH2ic7_7GM
Tiger Owl by Greg cohoon: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/tiger-owl?fbclid=IwAR2vnt7adQ-L9v79Dby_fitv4PUM8KwjooGTObD8o1whKwBSwL5uq8t7G7M
Le Pouf by Beata Jezek: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/le-pouf-2?fbclid=IwAR3MiWquoUjlQUhYfGObytLpFkWtZ5n5p82vnuVAjH9CDePfNH5MvJs3318
Scapula by Adreanne Perusse: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/scapula-2?fbclid=IwAR0qN5pPQ_XJ_4y1SX38-SG8Jc6YSISwCvai0vLDDq85OqadGoxzxO-yxsY
Sunset Lights Shawl by Stella Egidi: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sunset-lights-shawl?fbclid=IwAR37bA1BtoI3Ohpl6d0A2zL5M6mPZGwM2fu2OV8tn7MqtwtTqPgtacWaqNU
Round Mountain Fibers Knit Up:
We’ve also shared some garments knit up in our yarns!
Good People Shawl in Bluegill and Honeycreeper Blue. https://www.instagram.com/p/B3lBYopAXAW/?igshid=8hw89ufzv3v6&fbclid=IwAR1Rf1kBMhXeabXpGf9upE7JSQcYUnpoNn4g-M9eaF3tqol1PXu3jJnTByU
Socks knit in October’s Ornitholog club colorway ‘Oriole’. https://www.instagram.com/p/B3nJ_uHJqRb/?igshid=1vz6z5kwrrrur&fbclid=IwAR2j4SOIXHScvkM85utY09QTIpft_N2jLpAUZ5ZBSXC6s-vRJw3BwyegvS8
Diamonds Hat by Raina Kruus knit in the Botany collection. Left photo: Juniper Berry and Pulpit Berry Red, Top Right Photo: Hopniss Flower and Pulpit Green, Bottom Right Photo: Succulents and Pulpit Brown. https://www.facebook.com/roundmountainfibers/photos/a.186091144922919/1165001530365204/?type=3&theater
The Diamonds Hat and Shawl by Raina Kruus, shawl knit in Alder Fingering Bunting Blue and Necklace Starfish, hat knit in Spruce Fingering Juniper Berry and Pulpit Berry Red. https://www.facebook.com/roundmountainfibers/photos/a.186091144922919/1164989627033061/?type=3&theater
Socks knit in Maryland Blue crab! https://www.instagram.com/p/B2sz5z3pACV/?igshid=o86pj5wv7y0v&fbclid=IwAR3AX4S3SLI_uRJBqkVsxijdXjqC3y8CCAybJtvIRYRAtbkX0ugqtwM2Avg
Awash with color Shawl by Raina Kruus being knit up in Maryland Blue crab! https://www.instagram.com/p/B3NMhepJxtt/?igshid=1ksweiuew6jj1&fbclid=IwAR0pWRtVHYE-DVRhEGGpvYy8cgfysw21mPZHfISorT48S11iTQEMldL-CQc
Rockefeller by Stephen West knit using our Wild Mustard colorway! https://www.ravelry.com/projects/MamaHare/rockefeller
DK and Worsted Weight Patterns by Jennifer Kirchenbauer:
We’ve added a bunch of heavier weight patterns designed by Jennifer Kirchenbauer to our patterns shop, and have had them knit up by our sample knitters. Here they are!
On the left: Zhu Bamboo Scarf by Jennifer Kirchenbauer knit up in Pulpit Berry Red in our Spruce Worsted. On the right: Serpentine Stairs by Jennifer Kirchenbauer knit up in DK in Jewel Weed Stem and Spruce Worsted in Dark Gray.
Jennifer also just published a new pattern designed for our 50g Spruce Worsted skeins (Do you have any of those left? We discontinued them, but of course folks can use a half skein of two colors).
Nomadic Knits: Vermont Edition:
AND, Nomadic Knits issue 5: Vermont has just come out, and it features 4 different designs in Round Mountain Fibers, all big hits at the 2019 Summer TNNA Show!
Stay warm (or cool, depending on where you live!).
Hugs,
Monica and Willow