Miss Babs Blog

Stitches West 2023 Preview

Veronica Parsons

We’ve loaded up our BIG shipment of yarn and it’s on its way to California for Stitches West. The show is March 2-5, 2023. We’ll be in booths 509-610. The Market... Read More

Gratitude Sale 2022

Veronica Parsons

Thank you for shopping the annual Miss Babs Gratitude Sale! All in-stock items (excluding gift certificates) are 20% off from December 25-31. We know this is a long post, but... Read More

Cupcake Project Ideas

Veronica Parsons

Cupcake is one of our special offerings for Thanksgiving 2022. Add a little sprinkle of fun with this yarn! Cupcake is a classic round and bouncy 3-ply worsted weight yarn... Read More

Rhinebeck 2022 Show Preview

Veronica Parsons

The one... the only... New York State Sheep & Wool Festival is next weekend, October 15 & 16, on the Dutchess County Fairgrounds in Rhinebeck, NY. We'll be there in our... Read More

Tubular!

Helen C-D

There's a new cowl craze sweeping the studio... Cindy finished her first one last week, and immediately cast on another. Meanwhile Vicki also chose a skein of Yowza and cast... Read More

Meet Intrepid

Veronica Parsons

We have been hearing this question more and more lately: "do you have a non-superwash?" While superwash wool takes color with incredible brilliance and depth, we love the texture, versatility, and durability... Read More

DFW Fiber Fest 2022 Preview

Veronica Parsons

We are thrilled to be returning to Texas for the return of DFW Fiber Fest! Fiber Fest will be held September 22–25, 2022 at the Irving Convention Center in Irving, TX.... Read More

Fall 2022 Pattern Collection

Veronica Parsons

September is here and so is our latest pattern collection. We're excited to bring you a dozen new designs for fall! Nearly all our Fall 2022 designs make the most... Read More

Introducing Holston

Veronica Parsons

We've been working on this one for a while and now, we're so excited to offer you our newest yarn, Holston. Sleek and glossy, Holston brings together the best of... Read More

May 2022 Staff Projects

Veronica Parsons

Here's what we've been working on recently! The weather may be warming up but our needles have still been busy. Babs has just finished Tia by This.Bird.Knits in Damask. It... Read More

Inclinations Cowl à la Babs

Helen C-D

When we saw Andrea Mowry's Inclinations Cowl we knew it would look great using one of our variegated colorways with a tonal contrast. To make it even more interesting we decided... Read More

MDSW 2022 Samples

Paige Sato

We just wrapped up our trip to Maryland for the 49th Annual Sheep & Wool Festival. Thank you so much to everyone who came out in the deluge and the... Read More