Thursday, August 9
Yarn Bird
Author: The Twisted Purl
Cyndi Minister is the owner, fiber artist, and crazy yarn lady behind The Twisted Purl.
Four Fabulous Star Wars Themed Knit and Crochet Patterns
May the Fourth be with you…in yarn
Star Wars series has a found place in all of our hearts. May Fourth is known as Star Wars Day, therefore “May the Fourth be with you…in yarn!”
To honor this day, in the most yarny way possible, here’s a list of a few of our favorite Star Wars Themed Patterns.
Star Wars Charts by Sarah Bradberry
Charts are the best. You can play with them and put them into your own designs. Sarah Bradberry has provided charts for free!
The charts for knitting characters, vehicles, and phrases from Star Wars includes:
- tie fighter
- all terrain scout vehicle
- all terrain attack vehicle
- light sabers
- storm trooper
- R2D2
- “Star Wars”
- “may the force be with you”
The charts are available on Sarah’s site. Check it out here.
If you make something be sure to share with us on Instagram @TheTwistedPurl or on Facebook. We wanna see!
Star Wars Porg Inspired Amigurumi by Wendy Motsinger
Who doesn’t love the adorable Porg from the Star Wars series? I would love one as a pet, but I’m sure Loki would have something to say about that. Wendy Motsinger has this crocheted design pattern available as an instant download in her Etsy Shop for $3.50. Go check it out and make yourself a Porg….then share the cuteness.
Star Wars Double Knit Scarf by Jessica Goddard
Double knitting!!! Oh my! This scarf is absolutely a show stopper. Jessica’s description on the pattern’s Raverly page is too perfect not to share:
“The double knitting technique is great. It has a light side, and a dark side, it binds the scarf together… you can see where I’m going with this can’t you.”
Best yet, this pattern is FREE! I know right. Don’t know how to Double Knit? We recently had a class from the phenomenal Sara Ray and will have another one very soon. You can find this Star Wars Double Knitted Scarf here. Make it, wear it, love it!!!
Yoda baby bottle cozy by Gabrielle Theriault
Talking about the perfect gift for that Star Wars loving ‘parent to be’ geek in your life. You know the force is strong with this one. This is a Yoda Baby Bottle Cozy. So stinking cute!
I wonder if it could double as a beer bottle or water bottle cozy? Hummmm…try I will.
If you make this one for a bottle of any kind let me know, or if I make it first I’ll totally share. 😉
You can find this pattern as a free Ravelry download here. Be careful to note there is a pattern ERRATUM
on Step 4 in “Body and head” should read: k2,k2tog 8 times. It’s always good to know going in of any corrected errors exist to save yourself a headache.
May the Fourth be with you!
Again, if you make something from our post be sure to share with us on Instagram @TheTwistedPurl or on Facebook.
Local Yarn Shop Day is April 21st
Join The Twisted Purl in celebration of the first Local Yarn Store Day
We love our customers and want to celebrate the first LYS Day with a huge Sidewalk Sale. Come browse through our $1, $5, and $10 yarn tables. There will also be great deals inside too.
This brick-and-mortar yarn shop appreciation day is designed to bring together our unique community of knitters, crocheters, weavers and spinners to drive awareness and celebrate the craft. Yay go yarn!
Not in the area but still want to get your hands on some yarn? We have you covered! Join our Facebook Group for a live sale on Monday, April 23rd, at 7:00 PM CST.
Looking forward to seeing you soon.
-Cyndi and the crew at the Twisted Purl
Day One DFW Fiber Fest On the Road
Day one of the DFW Fiber Fest is now behind us. Gail and I survived and arrived! We visited several local yarn shops and had a great time! First part of the road trip was not our friend but we powered through.
Our first stop was Knit Unto Others in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. This store is precious y’all!!! The owner is the absolute best and the selection is to die for! Did a bit of stash enhancement and picked up a skein of self-striping sock yarn hand dyed by local dyer Colored by Kristi. This yarn is the bomb!
Back on the road, we drove through just a bit more of bad weather and then stopped in Texarkana (on the Texas side) at the Yarn Garden. I didn’t have the chance to meet the owner but chatted a bit with a friendly local spinner. This shop had a lot of Madelinetosh and Hedgehog. My stash enhancement from here was a beautiful skein of Tosh Merino Light in the Gemini Twins color, and La Jolla in California Coast.
Our last stop of the day was at Texas’s largest yarn shop, the Fiber Circle. It lived up to it’s name y’all! Maybe it was the weather and being frazzled from the road trip but we were overwhelmed. It was crazy! Two stories bursting at the seamed with yarn. Did I say crazy? It was freaking insane. I’m sure I walked around with my mouth wide open the whole time. Honestly, I couldn’t even focus. Yarn for days, y’all, FOR DAYS! I found one yarn I couldn’t leave without. It was a hand dyed BFL yarn from Feeederbrook Farm. They carried a couple local dyers but both are at the Fiber Fest so I held off buying those.
After that we arrived at the hotel, after several missed turns…it was a day!
DFW Fiber Fest
Cyndi and Gail journey to DFW Fiber Fest
Shall we call it a twisted takeover of the DFW Fiber Fest? HA! Whatever we call it, it’s happening THIS WEEKEND! I’m so excited I can barely stand it.
Gail and I are hitting the road Friday, April 6th, and meandering our way to Dallas. (insert all the ‘blondes getting lost jokes’ here) We also plan to stop at a few yarn shops on the way and throughout the weekend. Wait yarn shops? But of course!
What is the DFW Fiber Fest? “DFW Fiber Fest is the premier annual fiber event in the Dallas–Fort Worth community. Held each spring, DFW Fiber Fest is a locally focused non-profit organization that offers both vendors and classes.”
Although normally when I do things like this, I’m a vendor, not this time. No pressure, just browsing, chatting, shopping, and sharing every bit of it with you through social media. Woo woo!!!
We are using the hashtag #TwistedPurlGirls if you want to follow our journey on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.
You’re invited to attend our VIP event, on Thursday, April 12th, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm, located at The Twisted Purl. We’ll bring back a taste of DFWFF for you to experience. The cost will include yarn…lots of samples of glorious yarn, a pattern to use with mentioned glorious yarn, stitch markers, and an experience you will NOT want to miss! Click here to reserve your space.
The shenanigans start Friday. Dallas, you’ve been warned…this will be one big twisted journey!
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