Spotlight on Red Barn Yarn Powder River

Unlike other bases, which start out basically a soft white, Powder River yarn starts as a lovely two-ply of soft, natural colors (camel and soft gray). The colorways translate into wonderful gray tones of the Red Barn Yarn colors,  creating a totally different palette  from which to work, and knitters will love the lofty, soft hand of this Mountain Merino and Alpaca blend. … Read more

Skill Building Shawls

In the recent Love of Knitting: Knit Accessories issue, the collection of patterns allows for the knitter to use a small project to learn new skills and techniques. Click here to purchase your hard copy or digital edition of the magazine. Three of the patterns use yarn hand-painted by Red Barn Yarn! These shawl patterns … Read more

Game, Set, Knit

Over the last few years, knitting has been brought up in tennis conversations; did you notice? In 2011, Conor Niland of Ireland, served up a few caps for the innocent hat project. A woman was spotting knitting at a center court match during Wimbledon in 2012. This year, Red Barn Yarn is happy to continue … Read more

Red Barn Yarn Presents Shrugs for Spring

Are you as ready to welcome Spring as we are? Changing out the winter woolens is as refreshing as feeling the sunshine again. Spring can still have chilly moments and shrugs are perfect accessories for this time of transition. Do you have a shrug in your wardrobe yet? Cozy yet versatile as it can be … Read more