Marnie MacLean designs for Shalimar

Marnie's generous design hand created two designs for the Shalimarch anniversary celebration.  Thank You so much.  

This mitten and hat pair is called Willowherb uses Enzo Worsted.  These mittens have a fun story she writes about on her blog.  

 Estival is a stunning two color lace shawl.  

It can be created from Zoe, Breathless, Paulie or Homage - the collection of fingering weight from Shalimar.  Marnie has shared other brilliant color options with us in another blog post.  

The Shalimarch celebration was not the first time Marnie designed with Shalimar yarns.  This is Arctium using Breathless.  

This is Cowl and hat set is Treillage using Haven.

Marnie MacLean lives in Portland, Oregon with her three rescued dogs and her husband. She has been designing for over a decade and has a large library of free and for-sale patterns on her website, http://marniemaclean.com. She is also a production assistant and designer for Twist Collective  http://twistcollective.com.

Marnie, Thanks for sharing your designs with all the fans of Shalimar yarns.  We hope to see more.  

Angela Hahn, The Oscilla Wrap for ShaliMarch

May I introduce you to Angela Hahn.  



Angela  designed the Oscilla Wrap in Enzo Worsted.  She choose the Silver Sage color way.  She blogs about the design of the wrap here.  

My eyes are drawn to the elegant, curvaceous,  horizontal lines that surround around the shoulders.   Beautiful to be sure, yet it is a practical piece as the Enzo blend of merino, cashmere, and nylon blend will wear well and keep us warm.   It will knit back and forth like a scarf, with short rows creating this curved shape - somewhat less intimidating than some shawls that have so many stitches on the needles.  The more I study it, the more I love it.  

Thank You Angela.

In 2005, after practicing for many years as a small animal veterinarian, Angela Hahn decided to practice knitwear design instead. From 2006-2009 she lived with her family in Como, Italy, where  she was inspired by the many styles of architectural ornament, and by the Italian love of fashion. 

She began publishing knitting patterns while still living in Italy; her designs have appeared in Interweave Knits, Vogue Knits, Twist Collective, knitty.com, knit.1, knit.wear, and in a number of books. Look for more of her designs in upcoming issues of Interweave Knits, Twist Collective, Jane Austen Knits, and Enchanted Knits. 

Texture and lace worked in unexpected directions, unusual methods of shaping, and decreases and increases worked into stitch patterns - these are some of the elements that she enjoys using in her designs. She is presently working on the fourth in a series of designs inspired by the Chinese zodiac: after completing designs for the Years of the Rabbit, Dragon, and Snake, she is finding it a bit of a challenge to come up with an original yet wearable idea for the Year of the Horse. 

Her self-published patterns can be found on her designer page on Ravelry, www.ravelry.com/designers/angela-hahn, and on her website,www.knititude.com.

Alicia Plummer designs with Shalimar Breathless

Alicia Plummer, AliciaPlum on Ravelry, has joined the list of designers that have generously contributed to ShaliMarch - an anniversary celebration of Shalimar yarns.  Thank you Alicia for joining the festivities.

She has created Et Frais, a set of fingerless mitts knit in Shalimar Breathless.

This textured stitch highlights the best of hand dyed yarns.  They will knit up quickly, in time for spring's blustery days.  The pattern is $2.00 until April 10.

Alicia is warm, loving, and disorganized.  She home schools, and then stays up too late at night knitting.  She's blessed with an amazing husband and two sweet girls who are supportive of her knitting habit.  Her favorite aspect of designing is weaving a story into the stitches of a piece, and seeing how those stories translate when others knit her patterns and make them their own.  She believes every single person has beauty, and value.  Her favorite things to do for fun are playing with her kids, kayaking, holy yoga, praying, and reading the Bible--as well as cheering on Michigan with her husband during March Madness.

Ready, Set, Ship!

Ready, Set, Ship! Update

Wed. Jan. 29th, 12 Noon EST

Dear Friends, 

It's been 7 wonderful years now since we started with the very small idea of producing hand dyed luxury yarns for my (then) yarn shop customers. Several years ago, we closed our yarn shop to focus full-time on nurturing this idea, expanding our line with care, and continuing to grow and diversify our offerings. You, our customers, are the reason for our passion and our persistence. 

During the month of March, we will be celebrating in our Ravelry group - with KAL/CAL's, prizes, new patterns introduced by some of our favorite designers, new colorways and new yarns. Please join in the celebration!

We're launching our first RSS of 2014 with an exciting 

NEW Yarn! 

Introducing Enzo Aran - as awesome as its' Enzo siblings...light and lofty with great shine and stitch definition. 

200 yds, 4-4.5 sts/in

70% SW Merino/20% Cashmere/10% Nylon - $29

Shop Here

Wed. January 29th, 12 noon EST  

We'll have the following yarns Ready to Ship: 

• Enzo Aran -New!
• Breathless DK
• Breathless Lace
• Paulie
  
• Enzo Sport 
• Enzo Worsted 
  New Colors for 2014!
   
  Azteca
  
   Mephisto Waltz
   
  Wagon Wheel
   
  Red Hot Minute 

*All yarns will ship within 36 hours

Thanks for supporting small, independent fiber-arts businesses! 

Kristi

Shalimar Yarns

ShaliMarch!

We are so excited for Shalimar Yarns 7 year anniversary this March!  We have teamed up with guest moderator Julia Trice for a month of fun filled yarn excitement.  There will be KAL/CAL's and lot of great prizes.   

Here is what Julia has in store for us:

Shalimar’s 7th anniversary is this year, and to celebrate we will be having a month-long extravaganza in March for all things Shalimar! I say “we” because I will be helping to spearhead Shalimarch as a guest moderator and tour guide extraordinaire (gotta have a cool title if you do the work, right?). The month will include knit and crochet -alongs, contests, designer discounts, and prizes. We’re going to start gearing up right away with the release of new exciting patterns designed especially for Shalimar yarns, including several from yours truly. The new designs will be released periodically between now and March 31, 2014, accompanied by updates so that you can get the perfect yarn for your projects and start planning for Shalimarch before it arrives. Excited? Here are some essential things you’ll want to know. If you have questions, please post them in this thread so that everyone can share in the information. I will answer you as soon as humanly possible, and add all really important information to this post so that you can find it easily.
When is Shalimarch?
March, sillies! All KAL / CAL’s will begin at midnight EST March 1, 2014 and end March 31, 2014 at midnight EST. There is one exception, and that is the garments KAL/CAL. Anyone knitting a garment (child or adult) with Shalimar yarn can begin knitting on February 1, 2014 at midnight EST. Garments take longer, and we don’t want to leave out our sweater knitters (like me!).
How do I participate in the KAL / CAL’s?
You can start by joining the Shalimar group! Then pick an appropriate KAL / CAL and Shalimar yarn for your project. We will have two KAL / CAL’s for general types of projects:
• Garments & Shawls
• Smaller Accessories: Cowls, Scarves, Hats & Mittens
Additionally, we will have 2 KAL / CAL’s of your choosing. There will be a thread to pick the group-chosen KAL / CAL’s, so look for it soon – the sky’s the limit, so be creative!
Every group will have an FO thread (no chat) and a chat thread. We urge you to participate in the chat threads while you are choosing yarn bases and colorways, deciding which patterns to use, and working on your WIPs. When you are done, feel free to cross-post FO’s in the chat and FO threads. Only the FO’s in the FO thread will be eligible for prizes, so please be sure to post there, but post in the chat thread, too – your friends will be excited to not only see your FO’s, but comment on them as well. Be sure to tag your FO’s “shalimarch2014”. Every thread will have detailed rules and information posted in the header. We will pick winners in the FO threads using a random number generator.
How do I enter the contests?
We will have most yardage and most FO contest threads with the details listed. You can enter projects to win prizes in individual KAL / CAL’s and in the contests.
How do I donate prizes?
First of all, if you are donating a prize – thank you! We are happy to accept patterns and tools related to knitting and crochet. Just PM me and we’ll talk!
How can designers participate?
We encourage designers who would like to discount their designs for Shalimarch to post in the designer discount thread. You can post any time between now and March 31, for as long a period as you like and for any amount of discount. Just be sure to specify the terms of your offer in the thread and have customers use the code “shalimarch2014” so that we can avoid any code confusion. If you have questions, feel free to PM me.