Your Favorites, Our Thanks!

I always think it's really interesting to hop on Ravelry and see what the yarn rankings are. Did you know that if you do a search of all Malabrigo yarns, and then sort by most projects, you can find out what most Ravelers are stashing? It's just another cool feature, but it was fun to see what your favorite Malabrigo yarns were!

1. Malabrigo Worsted

2. Malabrigo Lace

3. Malabrigo Sock

4. Malabrigo Silky

5. Malabrigo Twist

6. Malabrigo Aquarella

7. Malabrigo Gruesa

8. Malabrigo Seleccion Privada

9. Malabrigo Organic Cotton

10. Malabrigo Rasta

Where do you forsee Rios ending up on the list? I think it'll quickly skyrocket up in the ratings!

Chau, Hannah

Hats off to Malabrigo

There seems to be a sudden rash of Malabrigo headwear in the new patterns on Ravelry! If you're as excited as we are about it, be sure to check out some of these lovely new patterns from various designers on everyone's favorite knitting website (aside from this blog, of course!) Click the linked name of the pattern below to go to the pattern page.

1. Autumn Forest Gnome Hat, 2. Mairead, 3. City Hat, 4. Antelope Hat 5. Nettie Hat, 6. Skid, 7. Owlie Hat 8. Whirlwind

Chau, Hannah

Uruguayan President José "Pepe" Mujica with us.

The president came to the PTI (Industrial Technologic Park ) where our mill is located, to see the building. Because there are many, many companies here that specialize in various types of technological and business production, the building has been selected as an ideal site for a new school of technology, where people can come and learn about various business practices and see first-hand how several around them are run.

No worries - Malabrigo isn't moving, we're just getting new neighbors!



Pictured are workers Vane and Toño from Malabrigo team with the President in the center. We like to think that he thought the yarn was very soft and beautiful, too!

Going to the TNNA, stop by New York

New York was on the way to Columbus, so we have to stop and see such an interesting city. We stopped by the Knitty City store in NYC and said hello. We love to look at the art where we travel, and walking by the street we found this:

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It was amazing and funny because I read that New York City police have responded to many calls in the past few weeks from residents concerned that these life-size body casts gazing down from buildings are real people preparing to jump.

Chau, Antonio

Weekly Color Feature - Verdant

1. Meeting the pregnant princess of the forest, 2. Cool Weird Plant!, 3. making a thing of beauty without too much thought about what it means, 4. 48::365 Blooming Moss..., 5. Hydrangeas, 6. Fat Quarters for Happy Green Quilt, 7. Kermit Funky Carolina , 8. Hostas

Feeling Inspired? Try Malabrigo in these colorways:

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Chau, Hannah

Patterns for Malabrigo

There are a ton of patterns out there designed just for Malabrigo, and one of the best places to find them is in the 'Designing Junkies' thread on the Malabrigo Junkies group on Ravelry.com. Here are a few of my favorites from the most recent additions!

1. Elysium , 2. Vita Cloche , 3. Jay Street Slouch , 4. Wild Growth , 5. Sweet Eleanor Hat , 6. Pettine Shawl, 7. Squiggle Mittens , 8. Cecilia

Chau, Hannah

Antonio on Hello TNNA Blog

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At the Booth:

Melissa Leapma signing Malabrigo Book Two,  Tobias and  Shannon Okey with a Tomato Beret.

Above pictures from Antonio

The crew from Ravelry - Jess, Casey, Mary-Heather and Sarah - have been busy updating their blog with the awesome experiences they're having at TNNA (click the logo above to see the blog). One experience was learning about our new yarn, Rios, at the Malabrigo booth with Antonio! You can watch it here: Hello from TNNA! Rios video -- You have to knit it!

Chau, Hannah