Wool of Uruguay

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New Hummingbird

We performed some changes on Hummingbird color. It has developed some purples shadows throw it.



Now is closer to real bird´s colors

New Col China

We performed some changes on Col China color. It has developed some Pagoda shadows throw it.




Antonio

International Day of Felt

malabrigo has participated on this event. If you look at this Installation art you can find our colors there.


Gbi Cunha and Siv Goransson, are the artists who created the felted pieces for this work.


You can see the "Puerta de la Ciudadela"; this was the door of ancient fortressed first old city of Uruguay.



In this picture you can see on the background, views of the "Ciudad Vieja"(old city) of Montevideo.

Antonio

Stitches Midwest Junkies Meeting

At the show we had a wonderful meeting with a lot of Junkies, we met at the booth and then some of us had lunch together.
It was a pleasure to meet you all!

Nina

Right before the Stitches Midwest show, Nina, a well knit shop, in Chicago, held a reception for Malabrigo. Lots of people and of course, lots of yarn!

Women's stockings No. 33 by Raumagarn

Look at this Norwegian design knitted in Ochre and Côte d'Azur sock yarn!
Thanks Ann Myhre for knitting this wonderful socks!

The pattern is available on Ravelry here



Antonio

Knits to Fit and Flatter

There is a new book out there with Malabrigo in it, Knits to Fit and Flatter features Malabrigo Worsted in the “Huggable Hoodie” project.

This is the press release:
Designs to make you look and feel fabulous!
A capsule wardrobe of 16 stylish knitwear designs for flattering cardigans, sweaters, tank tops, shrugs and camisoles that truly fit and flatter. Neckline, sleeve length, garment length and fastenings can be adapted to create a garment that will flatter you figure.
The versatile patterns have a truly modern finish, designed specifically to enhance your figure, whether they highlight, disguise or balance your shape. From celebrating curves, to enhancing your best assets, Knits to Fit and Flatter offers the ultimate confidence boost to women for every shape and size.
Jane Ellison is a talented designer who has achieved considerable success in knitwear design and her 2007 title, Fitted Knits.

Glam Knits

There's a new book with lots of Malabrigo patterns out there. Stephanie Japel did a great job with 25 patters full of glamour.

Here's a picture at the last TNNA show of Antonio and Stephanie wearing a coat made with Aquarella Indy



and of course, a picture of the cover

Columbus II

We had a great show, we had the chance to catch up with a lot of friends and see what's new in the market, besides the Twist, of course.
Speaking of the devil, Twist was a great success! lots and lots of orders. Get ready to see it at your local yarn shop starting October!

When flying back we say this great Lichtenstein sculpture which of course I had to add to my collection...

CMH Lichtenstein

Columbus

we arrived (finally) at Columbus for the TNNA show. We had a much longer than expected flight, because there was a thunderstorm in Dallas and the plane had to land in San Antonio, TX to refuel before attempting to land in Dallas.
Of course the airport was a mess, but we were very lucky as our connecting flight to Columbus was also delayed so we did not have to book a new flight, the plane was kind of waiting to us!

It seems that this is going to be a very exciting show, lots of new things, we are introducing the Malabrigo Twist, a new bulky yarn, with several plies in 30 colors.

This Friday night is the Fashion show, where we will be displaying a garment designed by Knitter's Magazine, and tomorrow the hard work begins!

Stitches South

When we went on Thursday to start the show, we saw this fantastic car parked at the front of the convention center parking lot. The Whole Nine Yarns is one of our customers in GA and she surely knows how to make an entrance!

Atlanta II

The next day we went visiting Atlanta, we stopped by Strings and Strands, a beautiful shop in our way to downtown. We met Barbara, the owner and we took a picture of the store:



Driving around we saw an Alexander Calder sculpture, and of course I had to take a picture for my "collection":



After that we went to the Centennial Park and saw a group of high school kids playing with the Olympic fountain:



we did a quick tour, it was very nice, and we look forward to coming back next year.

Malabrigo in Arabia

We just shipped our first order to the United Arab Emirates, it seems that knitting is very hot there!

They have a group of knitters there that get together regularly to knit, called very appropriately Desert Knitters.

As my friend Hal likes to say, Knitting is Universal!

Atlanta

We are in Atlanta for the Sitches South show, yesterday we stopped by Needle Nook, a lovely local yarn shop, to pick some boxes up.

We had the opportunity to lunch with the charming Arlene, (the owner of the store and the "owner" of the Arlene's Purple) at a great Thai restaurant that's right besides the store. Thanks Arlene for letting us ship the boxes to your shop, and thanks for all the industry insights you shared.



Arlene made a fantastic shawl out of the Malabrigo Lace in Natural, it is one of the many garments she knitted with our yarns, the pattern is from the Victoria Lace book and uses less than two skeins.



Antonio and Arlene trying to look businesslike



and of course we could not leave without taking a picture at one of the many malabrigo "hotspots" in the store, this one was for the worsted weight

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Stitches South

We are going to be at the show that starts next Thursday,

We will be in booth # 122

these are the vendors that will carry Malabrigo:

Carolina Homespun - Booth 313
Cast-On Cottage - Booth 430
Fine Points - Booth 516
Fran’s Knitting Boutique - Booth 426
Great Yarns - Booth 300
Krazy Knitz - Booth 133
Mass Ave Knit Shop - Booth 406
WEBS - Booth 117
The Whole Nine Yarns - 336
Yarn Barn of Kansas - Booth 107
Yarniverse - Booth 520
Yarns etc….. - Booth 533

see you there!

Visits from Nevada!

Sharon from Nevada came visiting last week, she was very excited about the yarn and about all the colors that were available at the warehouse.
Mariana from the lab took her to a tour all around the mill and the warehouse, she could see how we dyed and do all the work.
Sharon got a preview of all the new colors in the making and of course before she left she got herself a few bags of yarn.



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She came escorted by a very happy husband who ended up picking up the tab!

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Sharon

Interweave Crochet Spring 2009

Julia Vaconsin did a great pattern with our lace yarn for this magazine issue.

Malabrigo Top, Julia Vaconsin, Interweave Crochet, Spring 2009

this is a link to more pictures of this great pattern using our lace yarn
Malabrigo Top

and this is a link to the magazine

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Sally Melville book and magazine pattern

We just received a copy of the new Sally Melville book, the book is Mother-Daughter Knits, 30 Designs that Flatter and Fit and it has a Malabrigo Pattern on it! a beautiful book using beautiful yarn ;-)



Also I was told that the September-09 issue of Creative Knitting will be featuring Malabrigo Yarn in a project.

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New stores in Switzerland, Czech Republic and Lousiana

We have a new customer in Switzerland, the first store to sell Malabrigo in that country, so if you live there or just visit the country and visit the store please say hello from us!

The store is Wollmobil, in Muhen, this is the store phone number 4179-3797626 and, this is, as Barbara said, the store real owner:

If you happen to live (or travel) in Central Europe don’t forget to visit also Fashion Martina, in Prague (or as they say, Praha) she carries a lot of Malabrigo.

And of course, we always have new accounts in the US, we recently added two stores in Louisiana:

Yarn Nook
321 Oil Center Drive
Lafayette, LA 70503
337-593-8558

and:

The Vermilion Bay Yarn Company
102 Lighthouse Pointe Circle
Youngsville, LA 70592
337-857-9255 / 337 216 4564

Wollmobil

Stitches West

Antonio and Carla came back from Stitches West in Santa Clara, CA.
They had a great time and shared many good moments with the Junkies that went visiting.
Here are some pictures and if you are going to Stitches South please stop by!

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Stitches West