Archive for February, 2011...
New Pattern: Creations from Chriss: Make your own beads and more!
February 26, 2011
An excerpt from Patterns…
Hi friends, I feel so lucky in the little community of Darn Good Yarn to e-meet so many of you. All of the relationships that have developed through Darn Good Yarn always astound me and it fills me with…
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New Pattern: One-Skein Skinny Landscape Scarf
February 26, 2011
An excerpt from Patterns…
Hi friends! Sam, the owner of Calamity Designs, kicked some major butt on this wonderful pattern I'm now carrying at Darn Good Yarn. This cool knit pattern uses 1 ball of Darn Good Yarn's Landscapes Yarn and size 13 needles….
J’adore Goulet Pens!
February 25, 2011
Bonjour mes amis!
So, if you’re hooked up with Darn Good Yarn then you’re a supporter of non-”big boxed” businesses. Many of us live in communities where these publicly traded companies have bled out the small “mom and pops”. This is why I wanted to bring another great company: The Goulet Pen Company: http://www.gouletpens.com
Go check em out!
xoxo
Nicole
New Pattern: Umm.. Jewelery!
February 25, 2011
An excerpt from Patterns…
Hidi-ho friends, My homegirl Bridgett hit this one out of the park. You know, I bet you have an earring or a pendant that is "Allllll by itself", but it don't wanna be allll by itself anymore. 
So, whatcya…
New Pattern: Ruffle Scarf
February 25, 2011
An excerpt from Patterns…
Happy late Friday friends, It's been a wild and crazy day here but I have to tell you, I am so happy to have the friendships and family in Darn Good Yarn. That includes the very awesome Stacy S….
New Pattern: Lazy Lace Scarf
February 23, 2011
An excerpt from Patterns…
Hi friends! Ah yes, even at the ripe old age of 28 my hands will ache after a day of updating the website, answering emails and just plain ol' typing. I thought it was just me until I got…
Monday 2-21 Update: I am so outta here
February 21, 2011
Hello my sweets!
So, Darn Good Yarn’s site will stay open but orders won’t ship between Feb 26th and March 8 but will resume on the 9th. So if you are about to have a yarn crisis, please put your order in on or before Feb 25th!
xoxo
Nicole
Friday Update
February 18, 2011
Happy Friday everyone!
So, first order of business, amazingly, I had no idea it was Friday today. You should watch the video to hear the story.
And secondly, you gotta see the awesome necklaces I made last night with the new felt balls on the site. Click here to check out the new variety.
xoxo
Nicole
Nicole wears bright pink socks!
February 17, 2011
Hidy ho friends!
Indeed, I do wear bright pink socks. You can see them in this video:
But if you’re interested in checking out the brand new fantabulous multi colored recycled sari ribbon called “At the Bahamas” the you need to click right here!
Aren’t the colors just marvelous. And just to restate how I made the scarf in the video, you need one skein of At the Bahamas Recycled Silk Ribbon, CO 6 sts on size 15′s and then just work up in knit! Woo hoo!
xoxo
Nicole
PS click on any of the pictures to see more!
Oh so worldly
February 17, 2011
Bonjour tout le monde!
That’s what my French teacher said back when I was in 8th grade and she would start the class.
So, how was everyone’s evening? Mine was uneventful until I made glazed carrots….something about brown butter, lemon juice and brown sugar…….mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
This morning though I made a new video:
So here’s a lesson to any budding youtube stars out there…don’t make a video at 6:30am like I did. I kept saying Tibet fabric in the video and I meant to say Thai. Well, you can’t win them all!
But aren’t these new purses just wonderful? I always have my eye out for the unique and hard to find pieces that just get treasured in our wardrobes and I think these new purses for the spring and summer are just perfect.
Click on any of the pictures below or above to see more!
xoxo
Nicole
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