Introducing: Ava

Today is the day!

Are you ready?

We get to tell you all about the new yarn we’ve been working tirelessly on, just for you! It’s something so many of you have asked for, and we are so glad to finally share it with you. We’ve worked with our mill, tested dozens of samples for the perfect twist, weight, bounce, drape, and smoosh. We know how important smoosh is.

We started with your favorite fiber blend: 80% Superwash Fine Merino, 10% Cashmere, and 10% Nylon.

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Don’t you just want to dive into all that fluffy goodness and stay forever and ever? It’s the same blend you’ve known and loved in Cloud, Squishy, Cricket, and For Better or Worsted.

After months of the mill spinning samples, and us knitting and crocheting with them, we finally achieved exactly the yarn we were hoping for.

Without further ado, I’d like to introduce you to Ava.

Au Natural in all of it’s pure, creamy, bouncy perfection.

Ava is the perfect sport weight yarn and is ready to join the Anzula family. It comes in at 330 yards per 4 ounce skein and is available in all of our 115 colorways.

Are you excited to get your hands on a skein, or two, or twelve? Well you can! Ava will be at Vogue Knitting Live this weekend in the Yarnover Truck booth (121-123).

Here are a few of the colorways they will have:

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Ava in (clockwise from top left) Denim, Aqua, Teal, Keola, Temperance, Chiva, Blueberry, Navy, Garnet, and Arizona.

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Ava in Au Natural, Petals, Temperance, Misfit, and Black. 

And a few more, just because:

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Anzula in Au Natural, Gravity, Elephant, and Black.

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Ava in Aqua, Teal, Denim, Navy, Blueberry, and Chiva.

And because we know more is always better, the Yarnover Truck will also have Milky Way, Cloud, Haiku, Luster, Silken, Croquet, and Vera!

Here’s a little taste of all the yarn we’ve been dyeing for VK Live.

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This is just the beginning...

Can’t make it to VK Live? We have good news, more shops will be carrying Ava soon! If you’re like me and you don’t want to wait, you can always place a special order with your favorite Anzula shop. 

We have more new stuff to share with you this week, like patterns for Ava and new colorways!

Introducing the New Anzula Winter 2016 Colorways!

We're a little nutso about color here at Anzula. We'd have to be to navigate the subtle and nuanced differences between say, Bark and Rootbeer. So it should come as no surprise when we announce our new colorways, we're probably even more stoked about them than you are. (However, you should be stoked. You should be very stoked!)

These four beauties are making their debut just in time for TNNA—speaking of stoked. Even if you're not running amok at the trade show you can be among the first to see our new colorways.

Without further ado (drumroll, please.), here they are!

Bubblegum, Opal, Alice, and Lottie

Go Ask Alice

Alice is a crisp, bright blue that evokes big blue saucer-eyes and insatiable, childlike curiosity. Next stop, Wonderland!

It would mean a Lottie

Lottie is a sophisticated gal, smooth and cosmopolitan. Her friends only admit in hushed voices that they are green with jealousy over her richness and complexity. 

It's Opals to Oranges, m'dear.

A sleek gray with different hues of lavender striated throughout, Opal's multi-dimensional effect is elegant and ever changing just like the gemstone. Put this one on the list for every October birthday on your knitting list.

Bubblegum Pop Star

Frenchy from Grease called, she wants her failed cosmetology practicum back. But really, is there anything more nostalgic than a good Bubblegum pink? Gaze into the twisty ply and remember all the Bubble Tape you talked your mom into buying for you. 

So there you have it: the winter 2016 colorway line-up. We hope that if we don't see you at TNNA, we will soon as we embark on another tour! 

Meet the Yarn: Cloud

Over the next couple of months, I will be sharing short posts about each of our yarns in a lead up to our sweater KAL/CAL in October. Many of us at the warehouse will be knitting a sweater during that month, whether from a pattern or the 30 Day Sweater plan, and we hope you'll be joining us!

When Sabrina first decided to start dyeing Cloud, she wasn't sure what to call it. The only thing that seemed fitting was to call it Heaven. It was Chris from Urban Sheep that told her "it's as soft as a cloud," and the rest is history.

Glacier Point by Irish Girlie Knits, shown in Charcoal, Taffy, and Seaside.

Cloud is a light fingering-weight yarn. Although it works well in some lace-weight applications, it is slightly too heavy to be considered a lace-weight, due to its body and bounce. It is a soft two-ply, and unlike most of our other yarns, it is plied for luxury rather than heritage. It is not plied so loosely that it is difficult to knit with ("splitty"), but it is also not plied tightly enough to really resist showing wear over time. 

It has good stitch definition for lacework, and is great for light shawls and sweaters. Sabrina had originally advised against using it for socks, but then Purl Soho released the Perfect Fit Socks. Knit at this gauge, she was impressed with the crispness, and now we are happy to advise that with proper care, you can create incredibly lightweight and luxurious socks with Cloud. 

Perfect Fit Socks by Purl Soho, shown in Seaside. 

Each skein has 575 yards, which will knit a medium-sized shawl. Sweaters can be knit from just 2 or 3 skeins. 

Knit an Anthi in any size written, in fewer than 3 skeins! Anthi pullover by Hilary Smith Callis, shown in Mulberry. 

It is our lightest weight MCN. MCN is our shorthand for our Superwash Merino, Cashmere, and Nylon blend. What's great about our MCNs? Obviously, the inclusion of Cashmere lets you know that this yarn will be soft. Our mill also works to find the highest quality Superwash Merino to supplement that softness. Cashmere has a short staple, so the addition of a high quality Nylon adds more strength to the yarn. 

Find Cloud today at your LYS or online. If your LYS doesn't carry Cloud, or not in the colorway you'd like, be sure to ask them about placing a special order for you!