Learn What’s Up with Your Favorite Indies in One Place

I love supporting independent yarn makers, dyers and designers, but sometimes it can be difficult to keep up with all the different sites you’d need to visit (or mailing lists you’d need to be on) in order to keep up with your faves or to know when a great indie is having a sale or introducing a new product.

Enter Indie Untangled. This website aims to be a clearinghouse for independent yarn, notion and accessory makers, where they can post information and readers can learn about lots of different companies all in one spot.

The site has been live since the spring, and it has a marketplace where you can scroll through news or visit particular participating vendors. When I looked there were just over 50 vendors (and if you’re an indie you can apply to be a part of it).

The site also includes a blog with knitting tips, product updates and more. Looks like a great one to bookmark if you’re a fan of small makers!

[Photo via Indie Untangled.]

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The other day I saw a post from Pinterest about trends for summer and it said one of them was “cultivating whimsy.”

Well, I don’t know where Pinterest has been all this time, but we’ve been cultivating whimsy here at Craft Gossip for a long time. I love sharing projects that are a little different, things that make you smile when you see them, and will make you smile when you knit them and wear them or use them.

Such it is with the Tutti Frutti tee knitting pattern from Bea Creative Knits.

This cute little baby tee is worked top down in the round with contiguous shoulder construction to shape the sleeve caps. There are short rows for the neckline and folded hems with picot edging at the hemline, neckline and edges of the sleeves.

All of this would be great on its own, but then there’s the addition of a super cute fruit icon, which is added with duplicate stitch. There are a lot of options, including strawberry, banana, orange, cherries, watermelon, lemon, blueberries, kiwi, peach, dragon fruit, apple and pear, so it’s likely you can add on your favorite fruit.

It is offered in eight sizes, to fit a bust measurement ranging from 28-30 inches (71-76 cm) to 56-58 inches (142-147 cm). The design is meant to be worn with around 6.3 inches/16 cm of negative ease, but you can choose the fit you prefer. There’s also optional bust and waist shaping included in the pattern if you want to make it even curvier.

This is considered an advanced beginner or intermediate project because of all the skills involved, but it’s sure to be a lot of fun even if some of these techniques are new to you.

Grab a copy of the pattern for yourself form Bea Creative Knits on Etsy.

[Photo: Bea Creative Knits]

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