Miss Babs Blog

Babs Ausherman

We have been enjoying all the combinations people have chosen for their Taboo shawls, and have come up with a few more suggestions to share. Read More

Color Combinations in Wild Silk for Boo's Halloween 2016 MKAL

Babs Ausherman

See lots of suggested color combinations in Wild Silk for Boo Knits' Halloween 2016 Mystery Knit-Along, Taboo. Read More

Why we Love... Tarte

Veronica Parsons

There's a lot to love about Tarte! 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

A Visit to the UK

Helen C-D

It will not surprise you to know that I took several knitting projects with me on my trip to the UK, and in the grand tradition of internet knitters I... Read More

Yowza Gauge Challenge

Helen C-D

We've had a few patterns published using our yarn where the yardage required is close enough to the yardage in our skeins that gauge really can make the difference between whether or not the project can be completed as written. We all know gauge varies from knitter to knitter, but how much can it really vary? Quite a lot, as it turns out! Inspired by the test described in this blog post, the knitters at the Miss Babs studio decided to conduct our own test. Babs, Jen, Veronica, Carmen, Helen,... Read More

This Week in the Studio - 5.23.2016

Babs Ausherman

It's been two weeks since Maryland Sheep & Wool, and we have all started getting caught up on our rest. Now we are in that magical last month before vacation. ... Read More

New Samples for MDSW 2016

Veronica Parsons

We have a few new samples to share for Maryland Sheep & Wool 2016, coming up in just one week. We've created some big colorful shawls to showcase gradients and... Read More

This Week in the Studio - 4.25.16

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 March 2016

Veronica Parsons

Spring is here! The light is coming back and we are finding new projects to work on. Many of us are knitting along with our Ravelry group with projects in... Read More

What's New - Babette vs. Wild Iris

Veronica Parsons

We don't talk a lot about exactly how the dye magic happens here at Miss Babs (hey, we have to have some secrets!) but today we're going to go into... Read More