This week I have some really lovely projects to share with you. This first project was made by Amy. She used the Lotus Pool Shawl by Dora Does: Isn’t this gorgeous? She crocheted it using my Monet’s Water Lilies colorway on Squoosh DK. She actually made two–one for her mom and one for herself–and they… Read More Show and Tell – April 2026
This week I have some lovely fresh-dyed semi-solid and tonal colorways for spring. Here’s Rose Petals: This was the semi-solid colorway I made to go with the April clubs, and I dyed a couple extras for the shop on Sock Perfection. It’s in the same color family as Rosy-Fingered Dawn, Coral, and Begonia. All four… Read More Fresh Spring Colorways
This week I published a new shawl pattern called Field of Flowers. It’s a top-down crescent shawl, and it uses two skeins of assigned-pooling yarn. I used Monet’s Water Lilies on Sock Perfection for the sample, but any fingering-weight assigned pooling colorway will work. Here’s the front: …and here’s the back: It has assigned pooling… Read More Field of Flowers Shawl Pattern
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
