2023 Holiday Guide
Crafting and gifting go hand in hand like a cozy pair of mittens. Whether you like to make for others or simply spoil your fellow crafters, the fib...
Project Ideas, Gift Guides & More!
INSPIRATION
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Stash Dive With MFY: Rowan
Welcome to Stash Dive with MFY where we take a deeper look at the brands we carry and the hearts behind them! About Rowan Stephen Sheard and Simo...
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Maker Wellness
At Michigan Fine Yarns, our mission is to nurture the creativity and well-being of all makers through the fibers arts, or healing arts as we call t...
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As schools let out for summer, many of us will be hitting the road (or the skies or the water) and traveling - maybe for the first time in over a year! Traveling with fiber projects is one of the benefits of the craft as they are lightweight, require few tools and tend to be fairly portable. There are a few things to... -
Did you know that we have a KAL at the shop each month? Our fabulous instructor Lindsey leads these sessions, and for June she chose the perfect sweater to kick off the summer! The Derecho Sweater designed for Berroco by Alison Green is a great pattern for beginners and hits the sweet spot of simple design and fun to knit. The sweater calls... -
Summer is here, and for many of us, that means more time with family, more time outdoors and less time with the fiber arts. While it can be refreshing to scale back our project load and focus on other things, we’ve shared some tips below for fuss-free crafting that will help keep your momentum through the summer season! Keep it simple. When it’s... -
If you haven’t tried Schoppel Wolle yarns yet, we highly recommend you do! This is a brand ahead of its time. They focus on color and sustainability with the goal of not meeting today’s standards, but exceeding them and innovating to be able to create beautiful, ethical products for generations to come. We hope you enjoy learning a little more about this bright... -
Fixing mistakes can be challenging for any maker. Fixing mistakes in lace is a whole separate level of challenge. As each repair is unique, we thought it would be helpful to start a collection of links to resources that can help you navigate the situation, rather than try to synthesize the information and images into a smaller blog post. We hope these sites... -
We have so enjoyed seeing the love that the Temperance Shawl has received! Whether you participated in the Malabrigo KAL in April or just saw what a beautiful pattern it was, it has been such a joy to see all of the projects you’ve been working on! So, when we saw these Temperance Mitts we knew that we had to share them with... -
If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a hundred times. Self-striping yarns are magical and a dream to work with. It’s always exciting to get to the next color and projects seem to take no time at all! It can sometimes be challenging, however, to find patterns that highlight these wonderful yarns, but today’s project idea does just that! Stephen West is... -
As we spend some time discussing lace, we would be remiss if we didn't talk about wedding ring shawls. Wedding ring shawls are large, intricate lace wraps that can measure up to three or four square feet, but are knit from thread so fine that they can pass through a wedding band. These magnificent works of art are symbols of their regions and have...
