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...
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...
Handwork is powerful. It is a form of communication and expression. It is a looking glass and communicator of how the the maker perceives their environment, community and the world. Handwork also creates a dialogue. Through dialogue, a powerful force can be conjured, where awareness is raised, people come together and ultimately change can be made. I like to think of this as LRC - Listen, Reflect and Connect. When the events in the Ukraine started to unfold, it was important to me to help initiate just that in my maker community and even more important, that the Ukraine heard my voice. The first thing that came to mind, was that the people who were fleeing or would soon be...
Before I started hand dying yarn, I would knit for hours a day. It was a daily ritual that never came too short. I would knit after work, on a Saturday morning or all day on Sunday while watching podcasts. Now that things are getting busier in the shop, I realize that if I would knit at all, it would maybe be every other day. One doesn’t have to have a hand dying business to realize that having an outlet is paramount to living a balanced life or even more so, bringing balance into your life. Everyone has a different schedule. When and where you knit is up to you, but even if it’s 15 Minutes a day, your...
