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Dream in Color Pop-Up Club: Mystic Prism.

Dream in Color’s Pop Up Club is back! Every month, we’re getting a special new colorway from Dream in Color, a Tucson-based producer of small batch hand-dyed yarns. Their latest limited edition colorway is here while supplies last!

Dream in Color Smooshy Cashmere:

  • fingering weight
  • 70% superwash merino, 20% cashmere, 10% nylon
  • 400 yards/100g
  • $36 each

Mystic Prism is a pastel rainbow of pink, aqua, lavender, and butter yellow.

Variegated skeins like these are beautiful on their own – one skein makes a “Sockhead Slouch” hat or “Reyna” shawl – but they always inspire me to create color combinations. Here are a few I put together with the “Temperance Shawl” in mind, a three color garter stitch and eyelet pattern that works well in low, medium, and high contrast color combinations.

  • Malabrigo Ultimate Sock: fingering weight, hand dyed, variegated and semi-solid colorways, 75% superwash merino wool, 25% nylon, 420 yards/100g; $21 each

Look for Dream in Color Smooshy Cashmere and friends in the fingering weight section here at our shop!

Pom Pom Quarterly: Winter 2023.

The penultimate issue of Pom Pom Quarterly is here! We are so sad to hear that they’re closing up shop after the Spring 2024 issue comes out in January; PPQ has been an inspiring resource for so many years. In the meantime, this new Winter 2023 issue is full of artful and intriguing knits in … [more]


Show and tell: openwork.

As you may have read in our most recent newsletter, the shop will be closed for our usual Thanksgiving break from November 22 – 27. Feel free to place online orders or email inquiries during that time, but know that we won’t be monitoring our inbox until we’re back in the shop on November 28! … [more]


Koigu Collector’s Club: Ammonite.

The Koigu Collector’s Club continues! Each month, we’ll receive 21 skeins of KPPPM in a limited edition color dyed especially for a select group of local yarn stores that carry Koigu. KPPPM is a fingering weight superwash merino, hand-dyed in vibrant colors by mother/daughter team Maie and Taiu Landra on their farm outside of Toronto, Canada. … [more]


Hello, Sandnes Garn Tynn Silk Mohair!

Another new yarn from Sandnes Garn! Meet Tynn Silk Mohair. Sandnes Garn Tynn Silk Mohair: lace weight 57% mohair, 15% wool, 28% silk 233 yards/25g $14 each Tynn Silk Mohair is soft and shiny, lightweight with a fluffy texture, and often used in tandem with heavier yarns. It pairs beautifully with other Sandnes Garn yarns, of … [more]


Amirisu, Issue 27.

The final issue of Amirisu is here! Amirisu is a knitting magazine based in Japan, each issue filled with articles, interviews, and patterns from designers all over the world. This is the last issue of Amirisu as we know it, though they will continue to publish pattern books and online content in a similar vein. … [more]


Back in stock: Malabrigo Caracol!

After spending the past few years out of production, Malabrigo Caracol is back! Malabrigo Caracol: super bulky weight thick and thin marled 100% superwash merino wool 90 yards/150 grams $25 each Caracol is a super bulky yarn with a unique texture, composed of a thick-and-thin single ply criss-crossed by a thinner yarn. Some skeins are … [more]


Kurier Waxed Canvas Project Bags.

We’ve been searching for a new source for project bags lately, and are so pleased to have found Kurier! Kurier Waxed Canvas Project Bags: Heavy weight American made waxed canvas Drawstring closure, 9” leather wristlet, removable brass stitch marker holder, four interior pockets Approximate dimensions: 10” H | 10” W | 5” D $98 each … [more]


Back in stock: Malabrigo Noventa!

We’re pleased to have a cubby full of Malabrigo Noventa again! Malabrigo Noventa: super bulky weight single ply hand-dyed 100% superwash merino wool 90 yards/125 g $24 each Noventa is plush and squishy, perfectly suited to cold-weather accessories, and one skein makes a hat or cowl in a hurry. Think Alice Dunn Smith’s “Winter Harbor Cowl,” Kristel … [more]


Sunday and friends.

Sandnes Garn Sunday has fast become a favorite here at the Hillsborough Yarn Shop, a soft and springy fingering weight merino wool. Though it’s lovely on its own or held double, it plays well with others – here are some yarn and pattern ideas for holding Sunday together with other yarns! Sunday + Fyberspates Cumulus … [more]


Grand Shetland Adventure Knits, by Gudrun Johnston & Mary Jane Mucklestone.

Laine’s latest book has been much anticipated here at HYS; let’s look inside Grand Shetland Adventure Knits ($50), by Gudrun Johnston & Mary Jane Mucklestone! Grand Shetland Adventure Knits is part travelogue, part knitwear collection, a celebration of Johnston and Mucklestone’s time together on Shetland. Pick up this book to read essays and travel stories, … [more]