Sierra Yarn Blog Posts

Winter hobbies cozy evening scene with a knitting basket of Baby Alpaca Pima Cotton Blend yarn a jigsaw puzzle fresh bread and a journal on a table by a snowy window

Winter Hobbies: 10 Cozy Indoor Projects for the...

Every year around late October, the same quiet thing happens. The evenings arrive early, the couch wins more often, and by 8pm you are holding a phone you did not...

Winter Hobbies: 10 Cozy Indoor Projects for the...

Every year around late October, the same quiet thing happens. The evenings arrive early, the couch wins more often, and by 8pm you are holding a phone you did not...

Knitter working stockinette flat on bamboo circular knitting needles showing the flexible cable joining the two needle tips

9 Inch Circular Knitting Needles: What They Are...

Somewhere in your knitting feed, someone is knitting a sock on a needle that looks like a toy. The whole thing, tips and cable together, is barely longer than a...

9 Inch Circular Knitting Needles: What They Are...

Somewhere in your knitting feed, someone is knitting a sock on a needle that looks like a toy. The whole thing, tips and cable together, is barely longer than a...

How to finger knit demonstration with yarn woven over four fingers and a finished knitted cord growing from the hand next to a ball of purple marled yarn

How to Finger Knit (And Why You Should Graduate...

No needles. No tools. No shopping list. If you have one ball of yarn and one hand, you can start knitting in the next five minutes. That is the whole...

How to Finger Knit (And Why You Should Graduate...

No needles. No tools. No shopping list. If you have one ball of yarn and one hand, you can start knitting in the next five minutes. That is the whole...

Woman wearing the crochet mesh beanie and hair kerchief from the Riviera Set 3 piece Crochet Kit for Beginners shown in three summer scenes by the water

Gifts for Knitters: 14 Ideas That Actually Get ...

Buying a gift for a knitter feels like it should be easy. They like yarn. Buy yarn. Done, right? Ask any knitter about the gifts they have received and you...

Gifts for Knitters: 14 Ideas That Actually Get ...

Buying a gift for a knitter feels like it should be easy. They like yarn. Buy yarn. Done, right? Ask any knitter about the gifts they have received and you...

Slow fashion in three scenes: a woman knitting with a video tutorial, wearing the finished Classic V Neck Vest, and living in a green handknit sweater in Baby Alpaca Pima Cotton Blend

Slow Fashion Starts With What You Wear: Why Han...

Open your closet. Find the oldest thing in there that you still love to wear. How old is it? Five years? Ten? Now think about the newest cheap top you...

Slow Fashion Starts With What You Wear: Why Han...

Open your closet. Find the oldest thing in there that you still love to wear. How old is it? Five years? Ten? Now think about the newest cheap top you...

Cloudtouch Baby Alpaca Pima Cotton Blend benefits graphic with Andean Spirit Charcoal Orange skein showing 100% natural no pilling yarn next to a woman wearing the finished Classic V Neck Vest

100% Alpaca Yarn vs Baby Alpaca-Pima Cotton Ble...

In the yarn shop, 100% alpaca yarn wins every time. You squeeze the skein. It feels like a cloud. You hold it to your cheek. Softer than anything on the...

100% Alpaca Yarn vs Baby Alpaca-Pima Cotton Ble...

In the yarn shop, 100% alpaca yarn wins every time. You squeeze the skein. It feels like a cloud. You hold it to your cheek. Softer than anything on the...