Columbia Archives - Knitter's Review

Local Color Fiber Studio

Hand-dyers are painters who use yarn as their canvas. Some work their magic on commonly available base yarns, while others seek out the truly rare or unusual. Many more try to find a yarn that falls somewhere in between those extremes, a yarn that is

April 16, 2015

Clara Parkes

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Brooklyn Tweed Loft

Let's cut to the chase: Loft is pretty much perfect. If I had all 32 colors at my disposal, I could easily see myself knitting with nothing but this yarn for the rest of my life. Well, that might be an exaggeration—but only slight. After all,

November 3, 2011

Clara Parkes

Yarns

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Brooklyn Tweed Shelter

Letting a designer create his or her own yarn from scratch is like giving a child the keys to a candy store. It's easy to lose focus and get overwhelmed by all the choices. It takes maturity and willpower to go slowly, be patient, and

October 7, 2010

Clara Parkes

Yarns

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Imperial Yarn Columbia 2-Ply Yarn

For more than 140 years, sheep have grazed along the Columbia Plateau in north central Oregon. Many of them were brought there by rancher Richard Rolland Hinton, a homesteader and respected sheepman whose early crossbreeding efforts helped develop what eventually became the Columbia sheep breed. Although

April 17, 2003

Clara Parkes

Yarns