Miss Babs Blog

Babs Ausherman

It is shaping up to be a big week this week! Sssshhhhh! Secrets! New patterns and new colors are coming! New... and new...! This week will see lots going on!... Read More

This Week in the Studio - 7.25.16

Babs Ausherman

What's happening this week in the studio? Wild Iris dyeing, super-secret dyeing, and a little update about our show schedule. Read More

Getting Ready for Fall Shows

Babs Ausherman

It's almost time for our two big fall shows, Rhinebeck and SAFF. Getting ready for a show means that the tempo in the studio changes. It picks up. Everybody moves a bit faster, the days last a bit longer and there is more to be done in the day. We also move to doing some overtime so that we can get as much done as possible! See what we've been up to... Read More

Comparing the Yowza Weigh It Shawls

Veronica Parsons

Susan B. Anderson's Yowza Weigh It Shawls have been a hit - and for good reason! Each shawl gives the knitter the opportunity to make the most of one big skein of Yowza. No matching, no alternating, just simple, mostly-garter-stitch knitting creates a great accessory. And this week, you're in luck - through October 14, all of these patterns are on sale! Here's a little bit more about each shawl - all of these are currently on rotation at our shows, so you can also see them in person. The shapes, though, are sometimes... Read More

New Colors for Fall 2015

Veronica Parsons

While brights have been very popular for the last few years - and bright colors are some of our best sellers! - we've been working to develop new colorways that have a slightly more neutral undertone. We think a neutral undertone gives depth and interest, makes the colors more wearable, (especially in larger garments like sweaters), and also helps colors coordinate and blend. Here are five of our newest colors for Fall 2015: Read More

Gradient Sets - Now with 6 Colors

Veronica Parsons

We love gradients and we love seeing all the ways people use them to create beautiful and interesting projects. Some of our favorite gradient patterns, like The Joker and the Thief, require six colors in the gradient, and we only had five in our sets, leading to annoying searches for that last perfect color. Search no more! We've decided to transition our Gradient Sets (with the exception of Gemstones) to 6 skeins of graduated color - and a total of 798 yards - per set. In the case of Enlightenment,... Read More

New Adventures - Weaving!

Jennifer Krause

Jennifer is beginning to learn about weaving! In order to be able to help our customers who may want to use our yarns to create with weaving, she's beginning at square one with a big rigid heddle loom - a Kromski Harp - and some Northumbria Fingering. Read on to see her first weaving project... Read More

On Our Needles September 2015

Veronica Parsons

While we're not working on our Rhinebeck sweaters, here's what else is on our needles... actually in most cases, what's just come off our needles! We have lots of FOs to share. Read More

It's September - Does That Mean It's Fall?

Babs Ausherman

How did it get to be September? Does that mean it's Fall? Oh my, oh my! Gotta make yarn, gotta make yarn as fast as we can! And yes, it really does feel like the pressure to create treasures for our customers does go up when it gets to September. It is only 6 weeks until Rhinebeck, we have a trunk show next weekend (September 11-13) at fibre space in Alexandria, VA, and SAFF is 2 weekends after Rhinebeck, and a Trunk Show at Bliss Yarns near Nashville, TN in November... Read More

Team Babs Rhinebeck Sweater KAL Progress

Veronica Parsons

Some speedy knitters over on our Ravelry group have already finished sweaters in our Rhinebeck Sweater Knit-Along. The rest of the Miss Babs sweater-knitting team, though, is making good progress. Read on to see our sweaters in progress! Read More

Babs' Rhinebeck Sweater - Dexter

Babs Ausherman

I have never knit a sweater! So when Veronica suggested a Rhinebeck Sweater knit-along this year, I thought it would be a great opportunity for me to knit a sweater and develop the perfect colorway on one of our newest yarns, Killington. Read on for more about Babs' Rhinebeck Sweater progress... Read More

Emergency Car Knitting

Helen C

It's every knitter's nightmare: being stranded somewhere without knitting! Or at least it's my nightmare. Last week on my way to work (it's a winding 2-lane highway through the hills) I got stuck behind a car accident with no real way around it. Luckily, I had my current sock-in-progress with me, and there was enough knitting left to get me through the 45 minute wait. But it got me thinking... what if I'd only had the toe decreases left? How would I have managed the other 30 minutes of sitting in... Read More