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Welcome to Kaleidoscope Fibers!
Kaleidoscope Fibers is a full service yarn shop located in beautiful downtown Lake Mills, WI. Here you will find a wide selection of yarn, needles, hooks, patterns and accessories for your knit and crochet projects. Also available are handmade items such as scarf/shawl pins, Blue Tulip project bags, and Yarn Susan ball holders. I am adding new yarns and accessories on an ongoing basis, be sure to check here often to see what's new! Please browse through the website to learn more about upcoming classes and class schedules, and to learn more about the yarn and accessories carried here.
New Yarn!
More malabrigo! I have loved every different yarn I have used to date from this company, and now there are more to love! New to the shop are Sock, a 100% superwash merino light fingering weight yarn, and Rios, a 100% superwash merino worsted weight yarn. I've already started a project with the Sock yarn, and am itching to get started on a Rios project too. Both are stocked in many fabulous variegated and semi-solid malabrigo colorways, along with the many color selections already here for Silky Merino, Arroyo and Rasta. You're sure to find one you can't resist!
Another newbie to the shop is Lamb's Pride Superwash Bulky from Brown Sheep Company. Made here in the United States, this 100% superwash wool yarn is soft, and washable to boot! This is great to use when you want a quick project, Ravlery users have made everything from baby sweaters to footstools with this yarn!
Last month brought products from two new companies, Kauni and Frog Tree Yarns. For many of you, Kauni hardly needs an introduction. Long known for it's outstanding range of color-changing yarns, Kauni Effektgarn is a shetland-type fingering weight yarn from Denmark. Great for stranded colorwork, this yarn also shines in lace shawls, scarves, sweaters, you name it! I have several patterns developed for use with this yarn in stock, come see the great color combinations and project ideas!
Frog Tree Yarns is a non-profit company, which is part of the reason I chose to carry their yarns. Any profits made from the sale of their yarns and patterns goes to supporting the women and their families that work in the mills in Peru and Bolivia, where the yarns are spun. The other reason I chose these yarns is because they are awesome! Alpaca Sport Melange is a 100% alpaca sport -weight yarn that comes in many wonderful heathered shades. Picoboo is a soft, silky cotton/bamboo blend yarn that is machine washable, perfect for baby items or comfortable summer garments for anyone! And Pediboo is a superwash merino/bamboo blend sock yarn that is wonderfully squishy and bouncy. Great for socks, and also lace projects, it comes in 24 lovely colors. I also have several different Frog Tree patterns in stock.
Needles!
New to the shop are Knitter's Pride needles. Very similar to Knit Picks needles in construction and price, I will be carrying these beautiful wood needles in fixed circulars and straight needles. Each needle is a different color according to size, and has the size stamped onto the needle as well.
I am also carrying new needles from Serendipity Needles. These handcrafted needles are made of birch, with decorative finials in many designs. I also have several of their handmade shawl pins available, again made of birch with handmade end pieces. These make a fun gift for the knitters in your life!
Books!
This is one area of the shop that needed a boost, so I am starting to gradually build up the inventory of pattern books. New arrivals include: Textured Stitches, Malabrigo Book 3, Knitting Off the Axis, Big Book of Knitted Monsters, A Handknit Romance, Fairytale Knits, Pop Knitting and several more. Plus more crochet, toy, dog and other pattern books!
Stitching Group!
Come join us every Thursday morning from 10am to noon for knitting, crocheting, conversation and coffee at Sweet Lips Gallery here in Lake Mills! The group is open to everyone, and is free! Come show off your latest projects, join the conversations, and enjoy Brynne's coffee!
I also raise registered Icelandic sheep. Here are a of a pair of my most recently born lambs (born 4/3/12) and their doting mama!
