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Kristen & Sari 🌸 Apple Blossom Yarn @appleblossomyarn.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Also a big fan of these two together!! Left to right: Julia on Worsted and Suri, Ora on Worsted and Suri

Four skeins of yarn on cream tablecloth. From left to right: two skeins that are teal and navy blended together, then two skeins that are a purpley magenta. The right skein of each pair is fluffy Suri yarn.

Kristen & Sari 🌸 Apple Blossom Yarn @appleblossomyarn.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

From left to right: Ink & Blood and Weyward Cottage on DK, Heritage Way on Suri. I put these together for a The Snuggle is Real Cowl, but would make a great Doppio combo too!

Three skeins of yarn on a cream tablecloth. From left to right: a very dark purpley black with pops of navy, violet, and magenta. A pistachio green yarn with brown, gold, ruby, teal, and dark green speckles. A fluffy dark teal yarn.

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Kristen & Sari 🌸 Apple Blossom Yarn @appleblossomyarn.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Our four most popular colorways for the Murder & Magic Collection! So far our most popular base has been Cosmic Sock, but Cameo DK is up there too. I love that it’s two of my books and two (well, three) of my moms books 🥲 🧶💙 #knitsky #knitting #crochet #handdyedyarn #indieyarn

A book and a skein of yarn are laying on top of several unwound hanks of yarn. The yarn is an orangey salmon pink. The book is Holly by Stephen King, and it has a Victorian house with an orangey sunset on the cover.

Two books and a skein of yarn lay on top of several unwound hanks of yarn. The books are Butcher & Blackbird and Leather & Lark by Brynne Weaver. The covers have building silhouettes, skulls, knives, chainsaws, and a couple embracing. One book is hot magenta and black, and the other is bright turquoise and black. The yarn is similar - hot magenta and bright turquoise swirled together, covered in black speckles.

A book and a skein of yarn lay on top of unwound hanks of yarn. The book is The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent. The book has a scepter, a blue rose, brown thorns, an emerald snake, and icy blue drips of water. The yarn is light blue, and looks slightly like worn denim. It fades in and out of white blue and slate gray-blue.

A book and a skein of yarn lay on top of several unwound hanks of yarn. The book is Weyward by Emilia Hart. It is a pistachio green cover with a blue black raven and a lot of foliage and bugs all over. The yarn is pistachio green with brown, ruby, dark green, gold, and teal speckles.

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Kristen & Sari 🌸 Apple Blossom Yarn @appleblossomyarn.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Idk what it is, but I always feel like giving Bluesky more sneak peeks and behind the scenes stuff! We’re in the home stretch for prepping for Purlside Fiber Fest and we will be bringing OOAK minis to make DIY sock/mini sets! 🧶💙 #knitsky #handdyedyarn #knitting #crochet

A hand is holding a bushel of small mini-skeins of yarn that have a sunset look to them - they fade in and out of yellow-orange, orange, fuchsia, and magenta all up and down the skein. There is clearly lots of yarn mess in the blurry background.

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Kristen & Sari 🌸 Apple Blossom Yarn @appleblossomyarn.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Murder & Magic is LIVE!! You can shop the preorder on our site, or come visit us in a couple weeks at Purlside Fiber Fest! 🧶💙 #knitsky #handdyedyarn #knitting #crochet #tunisiancrochet

5 skeins of yarn lay on a cream tablecloth. From left to right, they are yellow, then green with brown/gold/teal/ruby speckles, then teal, then dark purple blended with black and blue, then salmony pink.

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Kristen & Sari 🌸 Apple Blossom Yarn @appleblossomyarn.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

We are excited to announce that 5% of total sales of the Murder & Magic collection will be donated to a local organization very near to our hearts: Spectrum Center! More details about Spectrum’s mission below! @spectrumcenter.bsky.social 💙🧶 #knitsky #knitting #indiedyedyarn #yarn #crochet

A graphic with a maroon background has two logos - Murder & Magic, with swirly lines, moons, and sparkles; and Spectrum Center, with a large pink triangle and large black triangle overlapping to a smaller purple triangle in the middle. The text reads: We are incredibly excited to announce that 5% of total sales of the Murder & Magic collection will be donated to a local organization very near to our hearts: Spectrum Center! More details about Spectrum’s mission below!

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Kristen & Sari 🌸 Apple Blossom Yarn @appleblossomyarn.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Murder & Magic housekeeping details! I think I’ll just add all the info to the comments. Let us know if you have any questions!

A graphic that says “Murder & Magic preorder details!” There are swirly lines and moons as well as some magical sparkles around the “Murder & Magic” text.

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Kristen & Sari 🌸 Apple Blossom Yarn @appleblossomyarn.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

I posted this over on the other app but it’s kinda cute so I wanted to share it here too 🥰 we’ve added suri to our lineup!! 75% baby Suri alpaca, 25% mulberry silk. 459 (!!!!) yards per 50g skein! 🧶💙 #knitsky #crochet #yarn #indiedyedyarn

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Kristen & Sari 🌸 Apple Blossom Yarn @appleblossomyarn.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Bluesky limits how many photos I can post, so we are just gonna share some fun ones of the different bases for this collection! I’ll try to get a website preview up soon so that you can browse the different options. See the comments for the 4 bases we will have for this collection! 🧶💙 #knitsky

11 books with spine up, surrounded by yarn

Several skeins of yarn with books in the background

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Kristen & Sari 🌸 Apple Blossom Yarn @appleblossomyarn.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

“Ink & Blood” Based on: Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs Read by: Sari, July 2024 More details in comments! 💙🧶 Murder & Magic - open for preorder on February 9th at 2pm PST!

Three skeins of yarn and a book lay on a cream tablecloth. The yarn is very dark purple blended with plum, violet, and navy. The book is “Ink Blood Sister Scribe” by Emma Torzs. It is a black background with a light blue plant that has partially turned into a fountain pen pointing straight down and dripping ink onto an open purple book. The book page trails away and swirls all around the cover.

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Kristen & Sari 🌸 Apple Blossom Yarn @appleblossomyarn.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

“The Orbweaver” Based on: Butcher and Blackbird/Leather and Lark by Brynne Weaver Read by: Kristen, Jan. 2024 and July 2024 More details in comments! 🧶💙 Murder & Magic - open for preorder on February 9th at 2pm PST! #knitsky #knitting #handdyedyarn #yarn #crochet #reading

Three skeins of yarn and two books lay on a cream tablecloth. The yarn is bright magenta and bright turquoise swirled together, with some purple spots where the two meet, and black is speckled all over the whole skein. The two books are Butcher & Blackbird and Leather & Lark, both by Brynne Weaver. B&B is bright magenta and black, with cartoonish knives, chainsaws, skulls, birds, and a couple embracing. L&L is very similarly designed, except it is turquoise and there are musical instruments instead of quite as many weapons (but there are knives too).

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Kristen & Sari 🌸 Apple Blossom Yarn @appleblossomyarn.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

“Finders Keepers” Based on: Holly by Stephen King Read by: Kristen, March 2024 More details in comments! 🧶💙 Murder & Magic - open for preorder on February 9th at 2pm PST! #knitsky #knitting #yarnandbooks #crochet #handdyedyarn

Three skeins of yarn and a book lay on a cream tablecloth. The yarn is a salmon pink that leans orange. The book is “Holly” by Stephen King. The cover shows a large house in mostly darkness, with several windows glowing with light and silhouettes peeking through. The sky behind the house is glowing an unearthly sunset orange, putting the darkness of the house into even higher contrast.

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Kristen & Sari 🌸 Apple Blossom Yarn @appleblossomyarn.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

“Righteous Rage” Based on: The Change by Kirsten Miller Read by: Kristen, Oct. 2024 More details in comments! 🧶 Murder & Magic - open for preorder on February 9th at 2pm PST #handdyedyarn #indieyarndyers #knitting #knitsky #crochet #tunisiancrochet

A book and three skeins of yarn lay on a cream tablecloth. The book is “The Change” by Kirsten Miller. The cover has a background of vibrant violet, with black thistles crisscrossing everywhere. The thistle heads are glowing emerald green and some have fuchsia blooms. The yarn is a similar violet shade, blended with light pink, fuchsia, emerald, and black.

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Kristen & Sari 🌸 Apple Blossom Yarn @appleblossomyarn.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

“Ora” Based on: A River of Golden Bones by A.K. Mulford Read by: Sari, Jan. 2024 More details in comments! 🧶 Murder & Magic - open for preorder February 9th at 2pm PST

A book and three skeins of yarn lay on a cream tablecloth. The book is “A River of Golden Bones” by A.K. Mulford. The book has a long undulating wolf snaking over the cover, shifting in color from gold to pink to magenta to purple to indigo. The yarn is a bright jewel tone magenta, that toes the line exactly between pink and purple.

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Kristen & Sari 🌸 Apple Blossom Yarn @appleblossomyarn.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

“Nightfire” Based on: The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent Read by: Sari, Jan. 2024 More details in comments! Murder & Magic - open for preorder on February 9th at 2pm PST! 🧶 #knitsky #crochet #tunisiancrochet #handdyedyarn #indiedyers #knitting

A book and 3 skeins of yarn lay on a cream tablecloth. The book is “The Serpent and the Wings of Night” by Carissa Broadbent. The book cover has a silvery scepter, an emerald snake, a dark blue rose, and brownish thorns all woven together with some icy looking water dripping around. The yarn is overall an icy blue, blending softly from almost white to a darker slate blue.

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Kristen & Sari 🌸 Apple Blossom Yarn @appleblossomyarn.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

“Heritage Way” Based on: We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer Read by: Kristen, Aug. 2024 Murder & Magic - open for preorder on February 9th at 2pm PST 🧶 #knitsky #yarn #indieyarn #bookyarn

$A book and three skeins of yarn lay on a cream tablecloth. The book is We Used To Live Here by Marcus Kliewer. The cover shows a house with blue siding and pastel pink trim, but the image is refracted, almost as if you are looking at the house through a prism. The yarn is a deep teal blue.$

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Kristen & Sari 🌸 Apple Blossom Yarn @appleblossomyarn.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

“Weyward Cottage” Based on: Weyward by Emilia Hart Read by: Sari, July 2024 More details in comments! Murder & Magic - open for preorder on February 9th at 2pm PST! 🧶 #knitting #knitsky #crochet #handdyedyarn #indieyarn

3 skeins of yarn and a book lay on a cream tablecloth. The yarn is pistachio green with brown, gold, orange, burgundy, teal, and dark green speckles. The book is Weyward by Emilia Hart. The book cover has a background that is pistachio green, and is covered in foliage, flowers, mushrooms, bugs, and birds. In the center, a raven perches on a branch and looks outward rather ominously.

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Kristen & Sari 🌸 Apple Blossom Yarn @appleblossomyarn.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Still trying to figure out the best way to share collection reveals here on Bluesky! I didn’t like how yesterday’s reveal was all tiny in my feed. So here’s today’s: “The Light in the Window” based on Starling House by Alix E. Harrow! Preorder opens Feb 9th at 2pm PST. Details in comments! 🧶 📚💙 📚🪐

A book and three skeins of yarn lay on a cream tablecloth. The book is Starling House by Alix E. Harrow. The cover has many starlings swooping around, several with rings of skeleton keys in their beaks, as well as teal foliage and orange-yellow flowers. The yarn is a glowy golden yellow.

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Kristen & Sari 🌸 Apple Blossom Yarn @appleblossomyarn.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Let's kick off reveals for Murder & Magic! For each colorway, we will share who read the book, why they liked it, and color development details. Without further ado... “Julia” Based on: Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter Read by: Kristen, Feb. 2024 and Dec. 2024

3 skeins of yarn and a book lay on a cream tablecloth. The yarn is a dark midnight blue blending into a greener teal blue. There are darker and lighter sections that fade in and out of each other. The book is Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter. The cover shows a golden locket sinking beneath the surface of ever darkening water, with beams of light shining down from above.

Meet Julia! Listen. I love to read, but I find I have less and less time to do so. Therefore, I am an audiobook fan. Audiobooks and crochet are two of my favorite things to do together. So when we decided to choose our 2024 favorite reads as our inspiration for this collection it was really hard to narrow it down. Firstly, because there were a lot of books, and secondly, because I sometimes have the memory of a gnat once I’ve moved on to my next great story. But I actually ended up listening to Pretty Girls twice this year, and I loved it both times!

It’s a pretty brutal/graphic thriller, so please heed the trigger warnings. It’s about three sisters - one who disappeared when she was a teenager, and the other two who have been estranged ever since. I found the relationships and the character development to be very compelling, and if you’re in a mood for a book that says “f*** the patriarchy” then this could fit the bill.

Julia is a midnight blue and spruce green blend, with very dark sections and softer sections fading in and out. The cover drew my eye right away - blue and green have always been my jam. I really wanted to recreate the fluid transition of color with some light spots shining through, and I feel like we captured it! I’m currently using Julia to make grandbaby number 7 a hat and it works up so beautifully (we will show it soon!). I hope you love this colorway just as much as I do!

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Kristen & Sari 🌸 Apple Blossom Yarn @appleblossomyarn.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

We’ve been keeping ourselves very busy, and here’s a little sneak at what we got up to tonight 😈 🧶 📚💙

A person’s hand holds up a book, titled “The Serpent and the Wings of Night”, which has a snake, sword, blue rose, and scraggly thorns on the cover. In the background you can see several mason jars filled with dye, in preparation for pouring on lots of yarn!

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Kristen & Sari 🌸 Apple Blossom Yarn @appleblossomyarn.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Now seems as good of a time as any to officially announce our next collection! Preorder will open for our Murder & Magic collection on February 9th at 2pm PST! Based on our favorite reads of 2024. Stay tuned for color reveals, pattern ideas, and color combos in the next couple of weeks 😈 🧶 📚💙

A graphic with a gradient background of dark purple-ish maroon fading into black. Swirling text reads “Murder & Magic”, with crescent moons and magical sparkles intertwined with the text.

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Kristen & Sari 🌸 Apple Blossom Yarn @appleblossomyarn.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Phew! Might need to rethink our bare yarn storage 😮‍💨

All of the bags of bare yarn from the previous photo have been shoved in a cabinet in a semi-organized fashion

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Kristen & Sari 🌸 Apple Blossom Yarn @appleblossomyarn.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

No kids at school today, so I’m knitting while I work through some trainings! I’m in the home stretch on my Doppio - just the body and hem left! Although I might redo my folded collar too. 🧶☺️ #knitting #wipcheck #doppiosweater #handdyedyarn

The foreground shows a hand holding up a hand knit sweater in progress. The yarn is purple, various shades of pink, and dark green marled together. In the background, a computer and coffee cup sit on a desk, and a yarn minder hangs from the edge of the table.

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Kristen & Sari 🌸 Apple Blossom Yarn @appleblossomyarn.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Our January newsletter is going out tomorrow morning, with the first official reveal for our new collection coming in a few weeks! 😈🧶📚🩵 appleblossomyarn.com/pages/newsle...

A black and white photo of a single skein of yarn in a tray, in the process of being dyed. In its current state, it looks more like a mess of wet noodles than yarn. The yarn has various dark and light spots, indicating a variegated look.

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Kristen & Sari 🌸 Apple Blossom Yarn @appleblossomyarn.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Hi!! We won’t be removing our other pages (yet), but we aren’t pleased with the direction that other social media sites are heading. We are also working on setting up a newsletter. Thanks for joining us here! Here’s a progress pic of my #doppiosweater wip just for funsies!

A partially completed sweater lays flat on a table with knitting needles still attached. The sweater is made up of dark magenta, light pink, and dark green yarn held together, creating a marled effect.

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