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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

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 · 01/07/2025

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 · 30/06/2025

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 · 19/06/2025

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 · 13/06/2025

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 · 13/06/2025

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 · 12/06/2025

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 · 11/06/2025

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 · 09/06/2025

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 · 04/06/2025

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 · 03/06/2025

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 · 01/06/2025

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 · 31/05/2025

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 · 29/05/2025

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 · 28/05/2025

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.

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

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 · 23/05/2025

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 · 22/05/2025

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 · 21/05/2025

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 · 19/05/2025

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 · 15/05/2025

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 · 14/05/2025

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 · 13/05/2025

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 see Alt text for more

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 · 05/05/2025

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 · 24/04/2025

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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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

PomPom Issue 47: Winter 2023 We love colour so much that often we try and get as much of it into each piece as we can, but for this monochrome-themed issue we wanted to see what could be done with fabrics that used more subtle tonal differences within a single hue, or closely related ones.

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In The Mitten Knits ☑️ @inthemittenknits.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Just to create some interest, these are my colors. @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social

Yarn samples. Five square knitted samples: Lucky Charm, a clear green; Dirty Truce, a yellow green; All The Way to the Bank, a medium teal blue green; Bare Necessities, a white/natural color; and London Fog, a medium gray. On top of those samples sits a twisted mini skein of It’s Cold Outside, a medium blue.

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Watermelon Sugar - Targhee Twist DK Targhee Twist DK is a springy DK weight yarn that is milled exclusively for LMFA! This 3 ply yarn made with 66.6% Superwash American Targhee Wool and 33.4% Non-Superwash American Targhee Wool is a visual and tactile wonder.

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Fishing Sticker Now that’s a catch! Cast your line or just cast on with this yarn-themed fishing sticker. ITEM DETAILS * Resistant to scratches, water, and sunlight so you can put it pretty much anywhere! * 3 inches tall - the perfect size for your notebook, water bottle, or laptop

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

We are proud to bring center stage our April colorway of the month: Stalk to the Hand, RhuBarb!. This colorway artfully layers bright greens with rich pinks.

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Steve’s newest skein of handspun is now available online! This is Maple Leaf Rag dyed by @threewatersfarm and is a 2ply sport weight yarn with 316 yards consisting of 100% Falkland Wool.

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Yarn Treats Designs | Knitting Patterns @yarntreatsdesigns.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

I used yarn from one of my favorite #indiedyer for my pair of Oddie Socks @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social How much do you love that Barbie’s Nightie hot pink???

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Hardicraft Freek Elephant Knitting Kit Freek, in his cool dungarees, is part of a set of four knitting kits with clothes (Frida/ John/ Chloe). He not only looks super cute, but also feels very soft and is looking for a cuddle buddy.

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Today I had the absolute pleasure of visiting the @bestitchme storefront in Moline, IL while driving to Winterset, IA for Heartland Fiberpalooza tomorrow. Brandy was so nice to step away from dyeing fabric to help me select fabric and floss for an upcoming project.

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Festival of Stiches by @malihadesigns was a fun knit with a multitude of stitch patterns to keep my interest. I used 3 skeins of @at.haynes.house.yarns that I picked up several years ago. It was great chatting with @at.haynes.house.yarns in Nashville last weekend and show them my finished object!

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Knitting California by Nancy Bates The 26 beanie patterns in this book range from simple beanie constructions depicting the gold rush, to more challenging stitch patterns such as multicolor tie-dye crossovers. From wine country to orange groves, sea otters to monarch butterflies.

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Nash Yarn Fest opened their doors last night for an early preview. Today is the official day. Join us today from 10-5 at the Fairgrounds in Nashville. Will we see you there?!?

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

We are on the road to Nashville for the first ever Nash Yarn Fest hosted by @modern.daily.knitting We are so excited to be one of over 90 fabulous vendors. You won’t want to miss the market, the classes, the events and of course music! Check out LMFA in Booth 38!!!

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Episode 411 of the Dramatic Knits Podcast is now available to everyone on the Dramatic Knits YouTube channel. Enjoy!

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Have you seen @paperdaisycreations newest shawl pattern Among the Wildflowers that was released today? It’s absolutely gorgeous and I might already have one on the needles. We are thrilled to be one of the participating dyers for the release and we’ve got 3 beautiful curated sets available now.

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Erica @knittingkitten.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

It's finished, blocked, and drying. I just need to decide which buttons I'm adding and the #MarshGrassCardigan by Emily Wood is completed. I'm so in love with how all the little 20 oz skeins from @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social blended.

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Spirit of Flora Large Bucket Bag These bags really do hold everything!! Perfect for big projects, trips to the beach, nights away…. 41cm high x 50cm wide when flat Handy inner pocket to separate your bits and bobs Drawstring to keep everything safe inside Lined with a matching fabric

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Introducing Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light 100% Superwash Merino wool | Fingering weight | single-ply 421 yards | 385 meters | 107 grams Hand-Dyed in Texas from wool ethically sourced in Peru

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Something new has landed in the shop just in time for our Create & Collaborate Club Meeting tomorrow night. Not local, make sure your subscribed to our newsletter, as all will be revealed on Thursday!

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Leading Men Fiber Arts @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

We are proud to bring center stage our March colorway of the month: Good Luck, Babe!. This colorway artfully speckles blue and pink on top of a layered dark pink and light orange background. Don't forget, enjoy an exclusive discount on all of yarn bases if you order by March 8th!

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smallbug @smallbug.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Knitting while having a latte. The pattern is Pride & Progress Cowl by Carissa Browning. I’ve used mixed yarn brands between @leadingmenfiberart.bsky.social and @sweetgeorgia.bsky.social #prideandprogresscowl #knitting #knitters

Hand knitting on circular knitting needles. Rainbow colors with black and brown. In the foreground is a triangle, in the background is a square with two corners folded to the center.
The pattern is Pride & Progress Cowl by Carissa Browning.

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