This week I have been working behind the scenes to make my website a little more sleek and streamlined. Now you can filter your search by yarn weight, yarn base, and dye method for Yarn Ready to Ship and by dye method for Yarn Dyed to Order. You can choose multiple filters at the same… Read More Behind the Scenes
A few weeks ago, I was at the movie theatre watching the extended editions of The Lord of the Rings movies with my family. I love the books so much more than the movies, but I try to think of them sort of like Italian pizza versus American pizza. They are both great even though… Read More An Odyssey in Yarn
It’s time for this year’s Eight Days of Easter Kits! Each year for the last seven years I have created a mini skein surprise kit for Easter. These are like a mini Advent calendar. This is a preorder, which means I’ll be dyeing up as many kits as there are orders. This year the colorways… Read More Eight Days of Easter Kits!
A couple weeks back I asked for your opinion about adding a sport-weight yarn base and whether you preferred it to include nylon or not. Many of you told me that you really enjoy sport weight, and most of you said you preferred it without nylon. Your wish is my command! This week I added… Read More Your Wish Is My Command
I don’t know about you, but I feel like I’m just getting back to ordinary time after the holidays. This week I have lots of fresh-dyed colorways on a variety of yarn bases. I have a skein or two of each of these butterfly colorways in stock on Stained Glass Fingering: I also dyed Sea… Read More Some Fresh-Dyed Colorways
As we turn toward 2026, I thought I would take a moment to look back at the year. I have so much to be grateful for! First of all, I want to say thank you! I am truly grateful to all of you for being part of Purple Lamb. I’m grateful for your friendship, for… Read More 2025 in Review
Many years ago when I started selling hand-dyed yarn, I made the decision to use the word “sock” in the names of all of my fingering-weight/sock-weight yarn. As you know, fingering weight and sock weight are the same weight, and I liked the way the names rolled off the tongue. However, I realized that that… Read More From Sock to Fingering
We have some beautiful projects to share for this month’s Show and Tell newsletter. I love sharing these with you, and I also love seeing what my little yarn babies grow up to become! Let’s start with this beautiful cowl by Catie. The pattern was just published by Jennifer Lovett specifically for assigned pooling yarn.… Read More Show and Tell – October 2025
I am super excited to announce the upcoming mystery knitalong for Lena Mathisson’s new pattern, Mermaid Dance. Mermaid Dance is a crescent shawl knitting pattern with lots of fun stitches and variation. I wish I could show it to you, but that would take all the mystery out of mystery knitalong, wouldn’t it? I can… Read More Mermaid Dance MKAL with Lena Mathisson of Softyarn Designs
Today I thought we could take some time to talk about the different yarn weights–how to know what’s what, good options for different projects, and how to substitute yarn. We’ll also talk about plies and how to figure out what weight that yarn from your stash is that doesn’t have a label anymore. I’m going… Read More Nerding Out about Yarn Weights and Measures
