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For me, colour and texture rule and most of the inspiration feeding my imagination comes from the natural world. I see knitting as art, as viable as any other, and no matter what the tool or preferred palette, in human hands, magic happens.

Jane

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Welcome to my kit shopping page, perfect for yarn lovers and those who either have trouble combining colors or who just can't acquire such lovelies in their area.  Note that silk is my default position and that I regularly plunder the treasures at Fleece artist and HandMaiden, my local hand-dyeing maestros. However, I literally comb the world for interesting textures and lovely colors. my kits are special. 

However, once these kits are gone, they're gone, as I'm off to compiling another yarn gathering. Often I'll spot a unique hand-dyed yarn and then search out compatible mates in color and texture until I have enough for a kit. I call this yarnscaping. Since many of the yarns found are one-of-a-kind, they become nearly impossible to duplicate.

My gatherings of color and texture work perfectly with any multi-yarn project and most come in quantities suitable for vests, wraps or shrugs. Just by adding a base color, you can often extend these kits to cover most any project. All kits come with your PDF pattern of choice. Just select one from my pattern page and I'll send it to you in PDF form by email. All kits come in a clear plastic project bag.

Fiber Fixes are like kits gone lite. With less yardage and only three-to four balls of yarn, they provide tasty little samples where you can try extraordinary yarn for much less than you could manage otherwise. All Fiber Fixes come with a package of coordinating beads plus a print copy of my popular Breeze pattern. A bargain.

All kits are now coming pre-wound in balls ready for knitting.

A flat shipping rate of $15.00 applies for all US and Canadian orders. Because the packages are often crossing borders, they often get snagged at customs, making things slower than I'd like. Expect a delivery time of three weeks. If you'd prefer a guaranteed delivery of 1 week through UPS, just email me and I'll arrange it for an additional $10. Overseas customers, please email me and I'll give you a price (PS: I do supplement overseas shipping to make it more affordable).

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Knit long and be happy!

 

 




Color Streams Tropical Seas


  

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I love these colors in the summer, the tropical sea blues, the rich purples with ribbons of turquoise. i almost look as though I have a tan in these colors. Here, I've composed a collection for my new Color Streams short row wrap, a design specifically created to show off the wonder yarns gathered together in that one magnificant ball of Great Adirondack Surprize (front center). The ball even contains gourmet ribbons to shimmer like warm currents across your wrap. The kit is complete for the wrap right down to the dangles and includes:
 
60 yards of Great Adirondack Surprise in turquoise/blue/purple
110 yards Alp natural in purple in linen, silk, vicose and cotton
120 yards Hand Maiden silk/bamboo in turquoise
35 yards of a cotton/rayon twist by Great Adirondack in Carribean aqua
80 yards Tilli Tomas beaded silk in purple
60 yards Mango Moon beaded Chakra in turquoise/purple/blue
a packet of fixings for two dangles including glass and abalone beads with copper findings
1 pdf and print copy of Color streams wrap:
 

Price: $175.00

Quantity: (2 available)

 


 

Color Streams Spring Garden


  

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Spring is a garden and this collection of yarns will sing spring color across my new Colkor Streams wrap design. The colors are spring green, warm pink the hue of peonies with touches of lavendar. I didn't want to let these go. Everything you need to create a Color Stream wrap lives here including makings for the beaded dangles in shell, glass and pearl. Read on for details:
 
80 yards of HandMaiden hand-dyed silk in peoney pink
95 yards HandMaiden silk bamboo in light pink
125 yards HandMaiden hand-dyed silk wool in peony
45 yards of hand-dyed Great Adironbdack ribbon in a variegated mix
45 yards of Great Adirondack rayon boucle in a variegated mix
65 yards Great Adirondack rayon slub in a variegated color mix
1 print and PDF copy of Color Streams wrap
1 package beads including enough to make 2 dangles with  copper bead caps, pink shells, glass seedbeads and pearls87:

Price: $175.00

Quantity: (2 available)

 


 

Color Streams Warm Tide


  

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This Color Streams kit has everything you need to make this shawl including my new pattern and even the beaded dangles. What's more, the kit contains two silks and four rare Great Adirondack textured yarns including the hand-dyed ribbon which in itself is worth a swoon. When worked together in this short-rowed multidirectional wrap, currents of tropical green melds with turquoise, lavendar and blue for a gorgeous summer wrap. Beads include purple agate, abalone, glass and seed beeds with copper bead caps and head pins. The kit contains:
 
  • 115 yarns HandMaiden silk/bamboo in turquoise
  • 90 yards hand-dyed Great Adirondack rayon boucle
  • 70 yards hand-dyed Great Adirondack rayon thick and thin twist
  • 35 yards hand-dyed Great Adirondack thick and thin rayon and cotton
  • 85 yards HandMaiden SeaSilk in lavendar
  • 45 yards hand-dyed Great Airondack ribbon in turquoise/lavendar
  • 1 packet of beads withcopper bead caps , head pin and agate, abalone, glass and seed beads
  • 1 print and PDF copy of Color Streams short row wrap pattern
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Price: $165.00

Quantity: (0 available)

 


 

SOME LIKE IT HOT(TER) TOO


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Give me bright!

 

 

This brilliant burst of floral reds and pinks began with Great Adirondack's glorious hand-dyed ribbon rich with tropical punch will unfurl ribbons of brilliance in the Color Streams wrap. Six summery yarns in hues to warm your heart including one beaded (real stone chips), one sequined lovely, that gorgeous ribbon and three silks. These colors are a perfect match for the new antique (how's that for an oxymoron?) Turkish tassels, which can be purchased over in BEADS. The kit includes:

 

65 yards Fleece Artist silk in coral punch

90 yards hand-dyed silk from New Mexican dye artist , Dyelot

80 yards Fleece Artist ripe red silk

75 yards Mango Moon's very red beaded Chakra yarns with real stone chips

45 yards of double-stranded rayon and sequined taped diva yarn in a glorious meld of fuschia and coral

35 yards of Great Adirondack's glorious fuschia/coral, slightly plum hand-dyed ribbon touched by silver. Imagine the possibilities!

 

1 PDF plus a print copy of the Color Streams wrap.


Price: $165.00

Quantity: (1 available)

 


 

SOME LIKE IT HOT(TER)


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Tropical flowers in a kit

 

 

The first yarn to set this color group in motion was that Great Adirondack ribbon at the very bottom. Hand-dyed and gorgeous, this lux ribbon slips a stream of tropical color along its lengths like a Jamacan garden: fuschia, a tinge of yellow, crimson melting into coral -- every possible shade of vibrant pink from warm to cool, including something almost plum. I just had to have it. The little lumiescence of silver only increases the effect.

 

The back-up players are hand-dyed silks with a fabulous new-to-me yarn that blends two strands, including a coral sequined tape with a rayon twist. Wow. It's so much fun to knit with (I tried mine in a wrap in a deep blue with copper sequins). I also added the Mango Moon silky ribbon because it captures most of the hues swirling around in this hot little color dance.  Work a shawl or anything else to bring the vibrant tropics to your heart. The kit includes:

 

45 yards of the double strand sequined diva in coral/fuschia/lime

75 yards Mango Moon silk/rayon ribbon

90 yards Dyelot coral/fuschia silk hand-dyed in New Mexico

65 yards Hand Maiden coral punch silk

35 yards Mango Moon beaded amethyst cotton/rayon yarn in violet to capture those purply hues

35 yards of Great Adirondack hand-dyed tropical punch ribbon

a PDF pattern of choice which I will email to you upon request plus the pattern comes with a print copy of Vining Branches wrap.


Price: $155.00

Quantity: (1 available)

 


 

BEACH DAY KIT


Everyone loves a day at the beach

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It's warm, it's sunny, and ahead lies a haze of sky and sea, a pastel wash of blue, sandy-cream, touches of pink and golden light. That's what this grouping reminds me of. Three of the yarns are exactly the same as the abalone kit only here I've picked out the sunny yellow and stirred in a dash of texture with Great Adirondack's beach day boucle with mint/pink/blue and lemon. The kit includes:

  • 85 yards Great Adirondack bamboo cotton variegated sky blue/pink and cool mint
  • 65 yards Great Adirondack slightly fuzzy boucle with a touch of lurex (very subtle)
  • 50 yards Great Adirondack cotton tape in the above hues
  • 45 yards Great Adirondack Easter egg-hued rayon boucle
  • 100 yards Fleece Artist shell pink bamboo
  • 30 yards lemon silk/merino by Fleece Artist
  • 50 yards subtly shimmering Great Adirondack carry along variegated yarns with tiny sequins
  • Try this with the tabbard pattern of last month for the PDF pattern of your choice. Tell me which, and I'll send it to you right away.The kit also comes with the Vining Branches pattern in kit form.


Price: $165.00

Quantity: (1 available)

 


 

SNAP DRAGON SPRING KIT


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SNAP DRAGON SPRING

Any one weary of winter, of dark days and cold weather? Any one craving the sight of the first bloom pushing its way out of the earth? Well, this will be a year of the dragon spring, I thought I'd name it after thst harbringer of good fortune, a spring dragon. And, yes, she's snappy, as in quick and light-hearted. Here I've gathered crocus colors -- mostly purples, mauves, pinks and a touch of candied tangerine.  Perfect for a scarf, wrap or vest. The kit includes:

75 yards Tilli Tomas beaded silk in plum

35 yards of a variegated silk/wool in plum/tangerine/pink

95 yards Mulberry silk variegated in hues of plum/pink

65 yards of a Scottish wool boucle

75 yards variegated silk/wool blend in tangerine/plum

75 yards Mango Moon ribbon in plum

30 yards Great Adirondack Starlight gossamer mohair for blending with any of the above

PD pattern of choice


Price: $155.00

Quantity: (1 available)

 


 

LAVENDAR SPICE KIT


  

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LAVANDER SPICE

 

Look very carefully at this kit and be amazed by the glory in this color combination if it had never seduced you before. Lilac and spice are perfect complements on the color wheel but all that scienticc stuff aside, just savor that warm spicy pink next to the blue-mauve cool of lilac and you'll know this is sublime. What's more, look at the textures in the Prism Stuff to the left which carries both colors in a mix of ribbons, silks, rayons, textury grasses and so much more. My new Tabbard pattern included shows you how and where to add this diva yarn amid all the silks and ribbons this kit contains. And see that Prism bubble yarn? That's a rarity as in difficult to source but a texture-lover's dream, again in a color Prism's Laura call's 'Spice'. The combination is perfect for so many of my designs but imagine it as a vest or tabard.

The kit includes:

85 yards Prism Stuff in Spice

25 yards Prism Bubbles in Spice

120 yards handMaiden/Fleece Artist silk in lilac

95 yards of HandMaiden's twisted silk/cotton (new yarn) in lilac

75 yars Mango Moo's ribbon in lilac/purple/blue

50 yards Fiestas cotton chenile in 'Rusty'

40 yards of Trensetter Dune mohair in purple/lilac

1 print copy of Sunset Bolero Vest or Tuscan Wall Tabbard, your choice


Price: $170.00

Quantity: (1 available)

 


 

Isabella Kit


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Isabella, a painting by John Melhuish Strudwick 1849-1937), is a lover of fiery hues that keep winter at bay and, like all ladies of a fine and singular taste, she wears garbs of silk and velvet with just a touch of luminous spring green in her jeweled girdle. Who wouldn't like to be her even for a moment? Yes, we might choose a better bra or perhaps ensure we wear one, period, but still.

Here I've gathered those hues in several kinds of Fleece Artist/Handmaiden silk including their new yartn called Ma\idenhair, a divine concoction of wavy silk and kit mohair. Feast  your eyes and fingers. The kit contains:

100 yards Swiss Spun Mulberry Tussah in ginger

125 Silk in goldenrod

80 Yards silk in crimson

110 yards Maidenhair in a soft blend of jewel tones

100 yards silk in spring green

100 yards of ginger silk mixed with kid mohair

109 yards of Anny blatt Victoria ribbon, perfect for mixing with any and all of the above 

700 yards all together plus 1 PDF pattern of choice. Branches and Dunes would be perfect for this as would Feather and Fan Organic wrap.


Price: $185.00

Quantity: (1 available)

 


 

Morning Meadow Kit


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That's what this combination evokes for me: sunshine pouring through a meadow at that time a day when all is a little misty yet golden. This gathering is definately peachy with a lovely soft copllection of hand-dyed silks plus a variegated cotton perfect for spring. The kit includes:
 
95 yards Hand Maiden Tussah hand dyed silk in soft misty yellow, green and peach
110 yards Hand Maiden silk/bamboo in the same dyelot as above
85 yards variegated Hand Maiden cotton in soft green/peach
90 yards HandMaiden Sea Silk in apricot
120 yards Hand Maiden silk/bamboo in peach, apricot and creamy green
70 yards Mango Moon silky ribbon in peach/apricot and green
1 PDF pattern of choice (try the tabbard top!) 

Price: $175.00

Quantity: (1 available)

 


 

FIBER FIX DRAGON SPRING


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Dragon Spring Fiber Fix

Into color longing? How about a blend of ginger gently slipping into ba spicy terracotta with the Dragon Spring fiber fix. Ribbons and two silks make this a lovely treat. The kit contains:

180 yards Ginger lace-weight silk

75 yards of ginger/green/terracotta variegated hand-dyed silk

20 yards Louisa Harding Sari ribbon in ginger & terracotta

A packet of amber, glass, pearl, jasper and a carnelia carved fish

1 Breeze pattern


Price: $75.00

Quantity: (0 available)

 


 

FIBER FIX SEA CHANGE


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Sea Change Fiber Fix

Maybe you're longing for a cool stream of aqua and blue. here it comes in this lovely fiber fix with ribbon and variegated beauties. The kit contains:

75 yards Mango Moon ribbon

50 yards navy/blue textured rayon mix

80 yards Mango Moon rayon and cotton blend

A packet of beads containing glass and pearl beads

1 copy of the Breeze Pattern


Price: $65.00

Quantity: (1 available)

 


 

FIBER FIX PURPLE HEART TWO


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Purple Heart Two Fiber Fix

To all you red lovers, here's a hot little number to wake up your stash: deep, fiery red and noble purple paired with filaments of orange. Not for the faint of heart but for a strong spirit. The kit contains:

75 yards of an Italian rayon blended with kid silk

40 yards of Fiesta's purple/red mohair mix

70 yards Mango Moon rayon/cotton blend

A package of cinnabar, pearl, glass and purple agate beads

1 Breeze pattern


Price: $65.00

Quantity: (1 available)

 


 

FIBER FIX PURPLE HEART


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Purple Heart Fiber Fix

Craving a jolt of color? How about rich red silk married with two other high-color, high-texture, beauties and a package of beads besides? The Fix contains:

70 yards Mango Moon rayon/cotton twist in multi colors mixed with red

35 yards Great Adirondack Pixie in luminous red/blue/purple

75 yards Hand Maiden hand-dyed silk in henna red

a bead pack containing cinnabar, purple agate, pearl and glass beads

1 copy of the Breeze pattern


Price: $75.00

Quantity: (1 available)

 


 

 

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Recent Comments love it. Another stunner. I can think of many dragon color ranges from my boys pokemon card collecting days! Blues eyes White Dragon was everyone's favorite.

By janice on 2012 03 05
From the entry 'THe Dragonista free-range scarf!'.

 

 

 

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