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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · Jul 3

Tangelo - Box Office

This springy superwash worsted weight yarn is sure to be a Box Office Smash!

Yardage: 218 yards/100 grams
Content: 100% Superwash Merino
Weight: Worsted
Care: Machine Wash Gentle/Dry Flat

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · Jul 1

We are proud to bring center stage our July colorway of the month: Hot Flash. This colorway artfully speckles and layers plum and cayenne red with grey speckles.

Don’t forget, enjoy an exclusive discount on all of yarn bases for the new colorway if purchased during the preorder timeframe.

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · Jun 30

Rumpelstiltskin - Intermission

Intermission is the halfway point in a performance. This half skein of Show Stopper is just that: halfway to a full skein.

Yardage: 231 yards/50 grams
Content: 75% Superwash Merino & 25% Nylon
Weight: Fingering

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · Jun 19

Clean Slate - Soliloquy

Any time you wear a hand knit item featuring our Soliloquy base, you are sure to have all eyes on you. With its 100% Superwash Blue-faced Leicester fiber content, this yarn has excellent stitch definition and is less inclined to pill.

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In The Mitten Knits ☑️ @inthemittenknits.bsky.social · Jun 13

Oh! I almost missed Cowl Week for #ShowMeYourKnits!
Love is Love cowl by me. Pattern on Ravelry. (There’s a sweater pattern with the same colorwork, too.) Cream and rainbow cowl yarn by @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social Brown and pink is local non-superwash. 🧶

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In The Mitten Knits ☑️ @inthemittenknits.bsky.social · Jun 13

Low tech, but fun. 🧶

I don’t know how other designers work, but this is how I create colorway sets for my patterns when I’m working with @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social

(I have about 130 mini skeins that still need to be knit into swatches, too. 🙄)
The Floor shawl coming in July.

Several dozen small knitted swatches in many colors, scattered on the floor. Each swatch has a small tag with the name of its color.

Tropical inspired set: Citrus Splash, Perfection, Bean Stalk, Fierce and Fabulous, Shadows in the Trees, Nacho Cheese

Three knitted swatches and three small skeins of yarn on a white background. The colors are Citrus Splash, a coral-orange; Perfection, teal green; Bean Stalk, bright spring green; Fierce and Fabulous, a red with orange undertones; Shadows in the Trees, a dark pine green; and Nacho Cheese, a light yellow-orange.

Severed Lobby set: It’s Cold Outside, Lucky Charm, Dirty Truce, All the Way to the Bank, Bare Necessities, and London Fog.

Six small knitted swatches spread out in a fan. There’s a tag on each with the name of the color: It’s Cold Outside, a medium blue; Lucky Charm, a shamrock green; Dirty Truce, a yellow green with gray undertones like a green olive; All the Way to the Bank, a deep green that leans to teal; Bare Necessities, off white; and London Fog, a medium gray.

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · Jun 12

Miyuki 6/0 Glass Beads 133 - Transparent Amber

With a reputation for high quality and uniformity, Miyuki Seed Beads are a terrific way to add sparkle, color or interest to any project.

Packages of 6/0 beads weigh approximately 30 grams and contain approximately 360 beads.

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · Jun 11

Absinthe - Show Stopper Gradient Set

Gradient sets contain 6 mini skeins with 92 yards (20 grams) each for a total of 552 yards.

Content: 75% Superwash Merino/25% Nylon
Weight: Fingering
Care: Machine Wash Gentle/Dry Flat

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Misty Granade @misty.granades.com · Jun 9

This project got off to a rocky start last year because my doggo chewed it (you can see the piece she got in my profile pic) but I’m back on it for Pride month. ✨
Pattern by: @carissabrowning.bsky.social
Yarn by: @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social

An old wooden bowl holding small skeins of yarn in the 11 Progress Pride flag colors. One finished square piece of crochet in the original rainbow colors is hanging out of the top of the bowl. The second square is in progress on a crochet hook in the bottom left of the bowl. The bowl sits on my rainbow mushroom notebook on my dark wood dining table. There’s an open can of Diet Coke in the upper left of the pic. There’s two cactus arms photobombing the scene from the top right.

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · Jun 4

Katrinkles Gauge Wheel

With this new Gauge Wheel, all you have to do is hold the windows up to your swatch and get the points to match up between the stitches. Turn the tool until your stitches line up perfectly.

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · Jun 3

Our Pride & Progress Cowl Yarn Sets have been restocked for this year. We even have a DK Mini Skein Set! The Pride & Progress Cowl was designed by the talented @carissabrowning for both a knit and crochet version. PLUS, 20% of the pattern sales will always be donated to the @trevorproject

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · Jun 1

We are proud to bring center stage our June colorway of the month: Transcendence. This colorway artfully speckles aqua blue and rich pink on a natural background. PLUS: $1 from every skein sold through LMFA from June 1st-8th will be donated to the Trans Lifeline.

translifeline.org/donate/

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · May 30

A Modern Guide to Granny Squares by Celine Semaan

A collection of forty creative designs for easy and colorful crochet blocks.

Not your usual granny squares! Celine Semaan has designed more than contemporary and colorful 6″ x 6″ blocks to get your creativity flowing.

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · May 29

Rumor Has It - Mini Skein

Show Stopper is the perfect sock yarn. It has your basic composition of sock yarn with Superwash Merino and Nylon, but there is nothing basic about it! This base is so soft you won’t be able to not have it next to your skin.

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · May 28

Cocoknits Tape Measure

The metal tape inside measures both inches and cm/mm (78 in / 2 m long), and has a metal tab on the end to keep it from retracting into the body of the tape measure.

Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · May 24

Gatsby - Mini Skein

Show Stopper is the perfect sock yarn. It has your basic composition of sock yarn with Superwash Merino and Nylon, but there is nothing basic about it! This base is so soft you won’t be able to not have it next to your skin.

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · May 23

Mountain Sunrise - Soliloquy

Any time you wear a hand knit item featuring our Soliloquy base, you are sure to have all eyes on you. This wonderful fingering weight yarn is perfect for garments and accessories alike.

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · May 22

Kelbourne Woolens Perennial

Perennial is a blend of vibrantly dyed superwash merino wool, soft Suri alpaca, and nylon. The superwash merino and suri alpaca create a soft and strong yarn that is a modern take on an easy-care superwash staple, and the nylon adds strength and durability.

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · May 21

Beginners Bookmark Cross-Stitch Kit

This kit contains everything you need to stitch and finish your very own bookmark:
Hand-dyed fabric (14-count Aida),
Hand-dyed 6-strand embroidery thread - one yard each in five (5) colors,
Embroidery needle,
Felt backing,
Infusible web,
Ribbon,
Instructions.

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · May 19

Moody Blue - Intermission

Intermission is the halfway point in a performance. This half skein of Show Stopper is just that: halfway to a full skein. Please change yardage and skein weight on individual stash pages.

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · May 15

Crushed Velvet - Dramaturg

Dramaturg is a springy superwash DK weight yarn! This 4 ply yarn made with 100% Superwash Merino is a treat for your hands to work with, and with it’s springy nature, it is sure to be great for garments, textured stitches, cables, and anything else you mind could imagine!

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · May 14

How adorable are these Lucky Jonquil Yarn Ball Wood Embroidery Kits that we snagged at @hhamericas last week? We have a limited number in store and online now.

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In The Mitten Knits ☑️ @inthemittenknits.bsky.social · May 13

Looking for a couple of test knitters for a #Severance inspired shawl. I cannot offer monetary compensation, but you will have my undying gratitude.

🧶: @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social
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Empty set of elevator lobby on Severed floor from Severance. Mid-century aesthetic furniture. Area rug is concentric shades of green, with deep green leather armchairs sitting on top. The walls are off white panels with silver vertical strips between them. The ceiling has frosted light diffusing panels with an overlaid dark grid.

Shawl uses fingering weight yarn to recreate the mood of the lobby picture above. Colors and yardages are as follows:
Color 1: It's Cold Outside (blue), 70 yards
Color 2: Lucky Charm (green), 187 yards
Color 3: Dirty Truce (bile green), 200 yards
Color 4: All The Way to the Bank (teal green), 53 yards
Color 5: Bare Necessities (off white), 388 yards
Color 6: London Fog (medium gray), 173 yards
Please enjoy all colors equally.

Shawl is worked from the center out (innie to outie) and therefore requires a long circular needle: US5 (3.75 mm) 60" long. The first 2 sections are most easily worked using the Magic Loop technique, until the stitch counts fill out and make it easier to turn corners.

See alt on second pic for continuation.

Testers will receive the pattern this week (May 13-17) and will have until the end of June to complete knitting. I'm mostly looking for confirmation that my pattern is written in such a way that it makes sense. Testers will not be required to post pics on social media/Ravelry, though I do appreciate that.

Communication will be via Discord.

I will send codes for a free pattern from my Ravelry pattern shop as a thank you.

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · May 5

Golden Hour - Mini Skein

Show Stopper is the perfect sock yarn. It has your basic composition of sock yarn with Superwash Merino and Nylon, but there is nothing basic about it! This base is so soft you won’t be able to not have it next to your skin.

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · Apr 23

Are you planning on attending the Midwest Fiber Festival this weekend in St. Louis? If so, make sure you’re subscribed to our newsletter as we will be announcing tomorrow morning something fun we will be doing in our booth at the festival this year!
#scavengerhunt

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