A spotlight on Tributary Yarns!
We have a LOT of Tributary Yarns in the store right now. I thought it would be fun to feature our different yarn bases and give you some pattern ideas for them.
First up is our River Silk and Merino base. This yarn is our most popular base when we go to yarn festivals. It is a single ply, fingering weight blend of merino and silk. It takes dye beautifully and has that gorgeous silk lustre. This yarn is perfect for shawls but it also works well for tops and sweaters. Check out all of the gorgeous colors we have in stock right now.
The Tide and Slough shawl by Andrea Hilton was designed for this yarn. It is an elegant crescent shaped shawl that combines simple stockinette with a slipped stitch pattern. This shawl gets so much attention when we take it to yarn festivals. It's a perfect pattern to show off this beautiful yarn.
The Tiny Windows shawl (designed by me) was also designed for River Silk and Merino and a silk/mohair blend yarn. This is a fun shawl that has very simple colorwork using the mohair. We have kits available in the store or you can put your own colors together.
Our Stream Sock base is a bouncy 85% Superwash Merino and 15% nylon blend. It's perfect for socks but you can also use it for shawl, hats, tops, sweaters and baby projects.
I've made the Love Your Sweater (LYS) by Becca Anderson twice! I used Stream Sock for both of them. This is a quick and fun knit. It fits well and looks great in this yarn. The photos show me wearing the sweater with Fresh Start as the main color and Cathy wearing the sweater in Azalea without a contrast color.
You can use Stream Sock for any single skein shawl but I'll recommend my Humboldt Fog Shawl because it's easy and enjoyable to knit. Fans of this pattern will be happy to know that I finally added it to Ravelry!
Tidal DK is our 100% superwash Merino DK weight yarn. It is soft but has a nice twist, so it has great stitch definition. We have lots of pretty colors of this yarn in stock right now.
Our Tributary DK is a non-superwash Merino that is absolutely a joy to knit with. The patterns I'm recommending below would work well for either of these yarns - you just get to decide if you want superwash or non-superwash yarn.
Our friend Kaycee made the Arco Iris sweater by Joji Locatelli in Tidal DK and it turned out so well. This is such a pretty v-neck sweater. I love the cable details on the collar and cuffs. It would work equally well in the Tributary DK.
My Mt. Shasta Mitts are a simple design but the all-over texture works well in a variegated or tonal yarn. They make great gifts for teachers or as holiday gifts.
Tributary Worsted is a super soft and squishy, 100% superwash Merino yarn. This is a heavy worsted, so it's perfect for projects calling for 18 stitches over 4 inches.
Woolly Wormhead designs the most interesting hats. Muratura would be gorgeous in Tributary Worsted. You could choose a variegated or tonal for this hat, either would work.
If you are looking for a cozy sweater to wear all winter long, the Kallias sweater by Isabell Kraemer would be beautiful in Tributary Worsted. You can do this sweater in one color or add some color block sections to the bottom of it.
Add a shimmery halo to your project! You can use Mountain Mohair on its own or held with a strand of another yarn for sweaters, tops, shawls, hats and more.
The Community Shawl by Andrea Hilton was designed for this yarn. This shawl is an easy way to dress up any outfit. I love the delicate stitch pattern on a section of the shawl. This pattern only takes 1 skein of our Mountain Mohair.
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