We know you’ll just love what we have in store for next month!
Let’s welcome the season that tugs at our heart strings with the craft medium that does the same: yarn! Fall in love with soft, luxurious yarns in our bouquet of romance-inspired colors and projects for the month.
Important to remember: The option to swap your color vibe is only open between January 15-28 for the February 2021 crates.
Let’s take a quick peek of what October will bring us!
For our October crates, we are excited to have Chantal Miyagishima (also known as Knitatude) as our influencer partner! Chantal creates beginner friendly knit designs with simple elegant lines and basic stitches that are perfect for the newest of knitters looking to expand their skills. Her designs are full of class with a touch of sass filling...
This month we partnered with Toni Lipsey of TL Yarn Crafts!! Toni is a phenomenal Designer and Educator, specializing in crochet and Tunisian crochet! Toni uses her website and social media platforms to engage with fiber enthusiasts all over the world and shares her tips and tricks for creating versatile and fashion-forward crochet pieces. From blankets, shawls, sweaters, and accessories, Toni has an eye for combining color and shapes to create show-stopping patterns and FO’s, making her blog a constant source of inspiration!
This month’s theme is Getaway- Sensory delight awaits on every horizon: rich spices and strong painted hues mingle with softer clay, stone, and alabaster.
Now let’s squish the yarn!
KnitCrate Membership
This month’s featured Membership yarn is our Audine Wools Interlock, with 34% Cotton, 35% Linen, 19% Lyocell and 11% Nylon, this base is an absolute dream as we transition into Summer! Each Sport weight hank rings in 351 yards/ 100g.
Energize Me: Pigment
Like concentrated crushed paint powders, this true orange tone brings a burst of energy to any stash or project!
Chill Out: Haze
This multi-toned lavender is cast by a light shade of gray throughout- creating a hazy, soft, and easy-to-wear hue.
All Natural: Beaches
Reminiscent of unwinding in the sand, this colorway embraces the natural beauty of minimally dyed to undyed fibers.
Membership Patterns
This month’s featured Knit pattern is the Adventure Is Out There tote bag by Katrina Walser of OliphantKat. A lovely linen stitch bottom-based tote bag with a pyramid eyelet motif scattered evenly throughout the front at the back of the body of the bag.
Pattern Details Needles: US 4 (3.5 mm) circular needle, 32” (80 cm), US 5 (3.75 mm) circular needle, 32” (80 cm) Yarn Needed: 632 yd (578 m) used / 2 skeins of Audine Wools Interlock needed Notions: Stitch marker (minimum 1, see notes), removable stitch markers (2), tapestry needle Finished Size: 16” (40.5 cm) wide x 16.5” (42 cm) tall not including straps
This month we are switching things up! We are featuring a Tunisian Crochet design by Toni Lipsey. The Getaway Shawl, a simple asymmetrical shawl perfect for beginner Tunisian crocheters!
Pattern Details Hook: US size J/10 (6mm) Tunisian crochet hook with 24” (60 cm) cord Yarn Needed: 702 yds (642 m) used / 2 skeins of Audine Wools Interlock needed Notions: Scissors, tapestry needle, blocking supplies Finished Size: 55” (140 cm) wingspan x 17” (43 cm) depth blocked
Our featured Sock Crate Membership yarn this month is Vidalana Ambient Sock- an 80% Peruvian Highland Wool, 20% Nylon blend at 400 yards/ 100g. This fingering weight blend makes for the coziest and sturdiest of socks.
Energize Me: Sizzling Sunset
Vibrant scarlet hues fade into a soft peach, like shades of a desert sunset.
Chill Out: Jungle Walk
Forest green and raspberry dance together and face into a soft ecru.
All Natural: Desert Dusk
A soft mauve and striking rust come together to create a subtle but complex natural colorway.
Sock Crate Membership Patterns
This month’s featured Knit pattern is by our very own Joanna Rankin / HappySeamstress On Ravelry. The Thunder and Lightning socks feature an easy 2 stitch cable design that can be achieved without a cable needle!
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This month’s featured Crochet pattern is by Lisa Victoria/ Yarnchick40 On Ravelry. These socks feature a waistcoat stitch and give the variegated yarn a chance to show its swirls!
Louis Boria of Brooklyn Boy Knits X Tammy of A Chick That Knitz X Cairo Romaguera of Cairo_designs
This month we have a very special crate release! Louis Boria of Brooklyn Boy Knits, Tammy of A Chick That Knitz, and Cairo Romaguera of Cairo_designs have come together with us to create a luxurious celebration for Father’s Day!
There will be 2 colorway options for this special Crate dyed on Dyer Supplier’s Silky Single made up of 70% Merino Wool, 30% Mulberry Silk Base. Each skein rings in at 415 yards/100g and you will receive 2 of the same chosen colorway in your crate.
Don
A complex and metallic bronze. Perfect for any dad accessories!
Cavalier Blue
A true and deep navy blue.
Father’s Day Crate Patterns
Louis Boria of Brooklyn Boy Knits and Cairo Romaguera of Cairo_designs have come together to curate the perfect trio of dad accessories for any gentle fellow in your life.
Knit- Louis Boria / Brooklyn Boy Knits
The Gent Skinny Tie
The Don Pocket Square
Mr. Beau Tie Bow Tie
Crochet- Cairo Romaguera/ Cairo_Designs
The GentlemanlySkinny Tie
So Square Pocket Square
Cupid’sBow Tie
Each crate will come with 2 skeins, a bow tie stitch marker by SamiSews, and an adjustable strap to complete the bowtie patterns!
This month we partnered with the one and only Dayana Knits! Dayana is a true stitch master and always has the best tips and tricks to make any project possible! This month we are featuring her very own knit and crochet garment patterns- perfect to wear as we transition into Spring!
Our theme for April isa call to spring- Luminous. Celebrating the glowing moment of the first warm day, a golden...
March is almost here, and it is time for our early preview! This month we partnered with our former Chief Creative Officer, and all-around awesome gal, Hannah Thiessen. We all miss Hannah so much, and we thought it was only right to have her be a part of this month’s journey.
Together we are taking a leisurely stroll with this month’s theme, Wanderings.Fall in step with nature and get inspired by...
We’re having a little video technical difficulty this month, so will be linking the reveal video in a later post!
It’s time for August’s Sock Crate reveal. This month, our theme was Take Wing, inspired by birds, feathers, and sky. The colorways in each of the crates have been named and dyed with specific birds in mind. For Sock Crate, we’re introducing a new base: Knitologie Incline Sock, a 75%...
It’s time for the show to start–settle in, get your popcorn and let’s get ready to peek at the July 2019 Sock Crates! The theme this month is Circus, Circus and was developed by a fellow KnitCrate-er, AwkwardKatalyst! She won some behind-the-scenes fun with us in late 2017 and helped plan this month’s beautiful theme and design a colorway in this crate.
For Sock Crate this month, we switched up the bases a little bit and sent you a new favorite of mine: Delight Sport. If you got our Delight Worsted in a past KnitCrate, you’ll know that the Delight ‘family’ means bouncy-spun, 100% Superwash Merino: super soft and rich in color. This month’s colorway is called Strawberries and is inspired by the rich reds and pinks of early-season berries.
Do you need a pick-me-up? Feeling a bit of ennui from a long winter? This months crates are happy, fun, and bright, and Sock Artisan is no exception! Featuring Icy Mom, a new base from Baad Mom Yarns, weve got a sparkling skein of brilliant blue headed your way in this months crates:
Even better, the pattern shows off this energetic color beautifully! Tread, designed by Erica Lueder, features...