Every year we offer a Yarn Advent Calendar in the shop. It has become quite a tradition I must say it has been a lot of fun designing and dying these calendars over the years. A lot of thought goes into selecting and planning its theme, so that every advent calendar is an experience during the Advent Season. Here is what a customers had to say about our 2023 advent calendar: "Thank you for making such a beautiful Advent Calendar. I enjoyed opening it every day!" - M. Last year’s calendar theme was Christmas in Germany. Although the Christmas season here (I live in Germany) is also very nice, I wanted to venture off to Scandinavia where Christmas is just...
Have you ever heard of a “Trunk Show”? If not, I am about to tell you how much fun they are and how they can open your world to hand dyed yarn! Let’s start at the beginning. What is a Trunk Show actually?Definition: A sales event at which a particular designer or company which presents their merchandise to potential customers, typically held in a shop.These events are almost like mini celebrations within the space of a yarn store. A yarn store owner invites their customers on a certain date to experience and shop one of their favorite hand dyers. This hand dyer can be locally, domestically or even internationally known. The dyer comes to the shop location usually with an...
I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself to those of you who are just discovering Little Bishes Stitches Hand Dyed Yarn! My name is Cat. I am an American Indie Yarn Dyer, a mother of two, married and living in Hagen Germany. We moved here from New York in 2011. It was quite an adjustment, but nevertheless I enjoy living here, not to mention having close access to the other European countries. I very much enjoy culture, art and cusine. Sometimes my husband makes fun of me because I am always on a mission to find the next good restaurant or bakery. From Italian to French I love experiencing other cultures and learning more about...
The Yarn Advent Calendar season is in full swing in the shop! This will be our 4th year offering Advent Calendars and I couldn't be more excited! Yarn advent calendars typically consist of twenty four 20g mini skeins as well as one 100g skein of yarn. All of the skeins are individually dyed and are one of a kind colorways dyed according to the theme of the calendar. This year's Little Bishes Stitches yarn advent calendar theme is inspired by #EVENINGART, a running curation of artworks from artists local and international via @lilbishesstitches_yarn Instagram stories. Each evening a piece of art work is posted that not only evokes emotion in me but also inspires me creatively. For this year's...
When I started hand dying yarn, I basically dyed any skein of yarn I could get my hands on! It didn’t matter! As long as it was yarn and it had been treated well, I was going to dye it! After a lot of experimenting with colors and their application, I began to realize that there was more to dying yarn than just an idea and the right amount of citric acid. The fiber you were dying also had a lot to say when it came to how the colorway turned out. With the help of this Eureka moment, I began testing yarn bases with just that hypothesis in mind. Conclusion: the type of fiber you use decides how color...
