Miss Babs Blog

Babs Ausherman

Maryland Sheep & Wool is right around the corner! We are down to the making sure we have those colors we haven't gotten to yet, some new colors, and the 2016... Read More

This Week in the Studio - 4.14.2016

Babs Ausherman

This morning I woke early. I often don't get right up in the morning and let ideas and thoughts and colors meander through my mind. I thought it might be good to let... Read More

On our Needles January 2016

Veronica Parsons

Now that the holidays are over, we're finding time to get some knitting done. See what's on our needles... Read More

Weaving Along

Jennifer Krause

Jennifer here... Fall is a busy time of year at the studio as we get ready for and accomplish the last shows of the season, and of course, there is... Read More

Rhinebeck and SAFF - Coming up Fast!

Veronica Parsons

Autumn is here and two big shows are coming very soon! We are dyeing like crazy to have lots of beautiful yarns for you. Here is some yarn drying in the studio... And some yarn waiting to be twisted... Of course we’ll have lots and lots of your favorites - we are practically bursting with gorgeous skeins of Yowza and Yummy - but Rhinebeck will be the first place you can see Katahdin, our new light fingering weight BFL in giant 1750-yard skeins. Looking for a... Read More

The Winner is.... (And what is this plant??)

Babs Ausherman

Thank you everyone for sharing your plants and fallishness. The winner is.... Cheryl M! I have contacted her and await her response. She wins a skein in the color of her choice of Yummy 2-ply Sock yarn and a Martina Behm pattern in Miss Winkle! Also, I forgot to include this picture in my blog post the other day. I saw this shrubby plant on the edge of our driveway and have never noticed it before. What the heck is it?? The balls are made up of very pointy... Read More

September - Here She Comes!!

Babs Ausherman

In just two days, September will be here. It always marked the true end of summer to me, even though the days were often still hot, the light had already begun to shift and the days were getting ever so slightly shorter. As a kid, I hated it. As an adult, I often think about how I have missed most of summer and how did that happen?? When I was a kid, summer lasted forever, now it seems like it is two weeks long. How did I miss vacation time?... Read More

On The Road and At the Studio

Babs Ausherman

Babs here...Jen and I are on the road between Stitches Midwest and Michigan Fiber Festival. At home, it has been raining cats and dogs and frogs. Roads, and driveways, and basements are full of water! Here's a picture Carmen took this morning of one of the roads in to where my house and studio are. Apparently the road from the other direction has the asphalt coming up from it and and will be turning into a mud/clay mess?? The real reason for this post is to let you... Read More

Albers Cowl in Yummy Fingering Toes!

Babs

Veronica here... I've just finished something new and easy and fun. It's Ann Weaver's Albers Cowl, and it's just perfect in Yummy Fingering Toes. It's all garter stitch, perfect for tv knitting or when you need a meditative moment. Read More

It's nearly time ...

Babs

The 2013 Knitting Tour is nearly here! 2012 has been a wonderful year of armchair travel, exploration, and of course knitting! In the spring, we visited the Seychelles Islands with Susanna IC and knit this lovely lightweight lace shawlette with beads in Yet. [caption id="attachment_1293" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Seychelles by Susanna IC[/caption] The summer took us to the moors with Romi, with a textured shawl in Yummy 3-ply Sport. [caption id="attachment_1292" align="aligncenter" width="432"] Mistlethwaite by Romi Hill[/caption] The Sierra Nevadas were our destination in the autumn, and we... Read More

It's Been 4 Years.....

Babs

Since we’ve made any changes to the basic prices on any of our yarns. There have been many price increases from all of our yarn and dye and fiber and other suppliers during that time, and we have been able to absorb them without passing them on to our customers. However, because wool is bought and sold like other commodities (oil, steel, wheat, etc…), the price is affected by those same global factors that make the nightly news. Wool prices have increased significantly this year with some of the prices... Read More