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September Sponsor Spotlight

September 9, 2015 Leave a Comment

September Sponsor Spotlight at Hands Occupied

Mountain Meadow Wool / Ewe Ewe Yarns / PostStitch / Feel Good Yarn Co.

It’s September, which means I’ve got a new crop of sponsors you should check out. All four of the companies featured this month are women-driven companies based in the U.S. I love getting to spend time getting to know new yarn industry companies because it reminds me of one of the best things about being active in this community: the people. So many yarn industry folks have interesting stories to tell, and here are just a few worth getting to know!

Mountain Meadow Wool

A Mountain Meadow Wool pasture with sheep and lambs.

Mountain Meadow Wool is a fiber mill and yarn company out of Buffalo, Wyoming. I fell in love with the Mountain Meadow Wool story after hearing an interview with the owners on the Woolful podcast. The owners’ passion for producing 100% American-made yarns is inspiring, and they have a hand in the production of many yarns I love working with. Their existence helps support sustainability for the ranchers they work with, which is just so cool!

The Mountain Meadow Wool Mill

Mountain Meadow Wool Mill

What I love: I recently got a couple skeins of Mountain Meadow’s Powell yarn, an 85% wool/15% alpaca worsted weight blend yarn. I can’t wait to make something cabled with this yarn!

Ewe Ewe Yarns

The Zoey Cardigan at Ewe Ewe Yarns

Zoey Cardigan knitting pattern

We’ve got the colorful and inspiring Ewe Ewe Yarns with us again this month! As they say on their website, Ewe Ewe makes two yarns and they make them well. Featuring a catalog of fun, modern patterns to choose from and yarns that come in bright and fresh colors, they are definitely worth knitting with.

Fair Isle Friends Wrist Warmers  at Ewe Ewe Yarns

What I love: I really dig this Fair Isle Friends wrist warmers pattern. Knit in Ewe Ewe’s Wolly Worsted Washable yarn, this pattern would be a great first project for fair isle newbies!

Feel Good Yarn Co.

Feel Good Yarn Co. yarn being made

Feel Good Yarn Company makes SilverSpun yarn with only American-sourced fibers and is spun entirely at North Carolina State. In 2012, the company’s founder met with the Spun Yarn Lab Manager at NC State to discuss her idea for yarn spun with pure silver. Since then the company has grown and expanded since its public unveiling in April 2013. SilverSpun has the strength of cotton, but feels like cashmere. The silver makes the yarn conductive (great for making touchscreen gloves), nontoxic and therapeutic, as well as inhibiting bacteria (great for making socks averse to odor). Such an innovative yarn!

Greensboro Fingerless Mitts & Cowl from Feel Good Yarn Co.

Greensboro Fingerless Mitts & Cowl pattern

What I love: Their yarn! I’ll be sharing a little pattern with Feel Good Yarn Co. yarn later this month, but I’ve been a fan of this company for awhile. Their SilverSpun Sport yarn now comes in colors, which makes the design possibilities that much more exciting!

PostStitch

Knitting Notions from PostStitch

via PostStitch on Instagram

With a worldwide network of subscribers, PostStitch makes two monthly yarn project boxes, and they also have a shop with a ton of cute knitting notions and gifts. This is the second month we’ve had PostStitch as a sponsor, and they’re super fun to work with. If you’re curious, you can check out my review of one of PostStitch’s kits from last year. I still use the stitch markers & project bag from it all the time!

Sip 1 drink koozie from PostStitch.

Sip 1 koozie

What I love: This drink koozie (or cozy as we natives of North Dakota like to say!) is hilarious. I already sip 1 for every few rows I work at knit night with my friends, so this is perfect! And really, a whole case of these would be great gift ideas for your knitting group this December – just saying. ;)

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About Heidi

Heidi Gustad is a craft book author & content creator in love with primary colors & vintage vibes. She specializes in knitting, crochet, latch hook and macramé, and her first book, Latch Hook: 12 Projects for the Modern Maker, is out now!

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Hi! I’m Heidi (she/her/hers), a craft book author & pattern designer specializing in knitting, crochet, latch hook & macrame. Really anything with yarn! ❤️  My work combines vintage and modern design elements, featuring bold colors and graphic motifs.

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How to to knit throwing (a.k.a. English) style . How to to knit throwing (a.k.a. English) style 
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In knitting, there are a few common knitting styles. Most often you’re going to encounter continental style and English (throwing) style on your knitting journey. I recently had an old video teaching continental style get a lot of views. Based on the comments, it was clear the people wanted to also see a throwing tutorial, so here you go! 🧶
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Please note that there is a LOT of variation in knitting styles, and one isn’t necessarily better than another. Most often, I’ve found it comes down to two things: how you were taught and whether or not you’re really into colorwork knitting (which can involve a mix of styles). 
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Longer-term knitters who’ve made it this far: do you prefer one over the other? And why? 
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How to do a one-step provisional knitting cast on How to do a one-step provisional knitting cast on / a.k.a. crochet provisional cast on, scrap yarn cast on
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I read recently that tiktok and Instagram are being used as search engines more and more. 🤔 I thought since I’m going to all the work of making tutorials on YouTube, I should experiment with making a quick version of them for other platforms. There are obvious teaching limitations to vertical video, short-form content like this, but I think I covered the gist of this cast on in a minute. The YouTube version also covers how to unzip this cast on because there was time for it 👍🏻 L1nk is in my profile. 
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I’m very much looking for feedback as I continue to make instructional knitting & craft videos. Sometimes good tutorials are hard to find, and (ideally polite) feedback helps me improve. 
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For the first time in a long time, there’s a new For the first time in a long time, there’s a new tutorial from Hands Occupied! 🎉 The video is live on YouTube & the blog. 
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The post covers what provisional cast ons are & how they differ, and the video covers how to work a one-step provisional cast on using scrap yarn and a crochet hook. (This is a great one to save for future reference.)
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I learned several names for this method while researching this video & post. Crochet provisional cast on, one-step cast on, scrap yarn cast on - if you know even more names for this technique, please share! 
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Working on a sample for some upcoming videos. It’s an overcast day with intermittent sunshine & I have a scruffy little sidecar. 🐶 Can’t complain! 
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What’s on your needles this week? 
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Yarn: @debbieblissknits Cashmerino Aran 
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Peg boards and craft room organization go together Peg boards and craft room organization go together like peanut butter and jelly. So, as you can see, do latch hook tools and screwdriver organizers! 🪛 
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I think this trick translates to any tool with a thick handle, so leather working tools, punch needles, print making tools, etc. should work! What other tools am I, a needlecrafter, blanking on right now? 
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