Two friends drawn together by their love of fiber and color, Gail Alsdorf and Jacki Vance-Kuss founded Ohio-based Cider Moon in 2005, quickly expanding from their fabric lines into hand-dyed roving and yarns — even chainmail jewelry.
Their yarns have names like Adagio, Champagne, Icicle, Haiku and Whisper, with each representing a particular weight, style and blend. For instance, Adagio is a bulky mohair boucle that knits up on size 13 US needles. In contrast, Haiku is a soft, lovely silk merino destined for use by size 1 US needles. And what do I have above? These are 4 skeins of Glacier, 100% Extrafine DK weight merino, cheek-soft and oh, so squishy:
A. Habanero
B. Prickly Pear
C. June Carter
D. Sweet Potato Pie
Heads up, all you Loopy Groupies: a selection of Cider Moon yarns will also be available through The Loopy Ewe. Way to go, Ohio!
I’m trying so hard to NOT buy yarn (nothing as drastic as a yarn diet! Just a need to save money), but the Prickly Pear is prickin’ my finger. I have an urge to click!
As an Ohioan, I’ve known about Cider Moon… finally broke down and ordered! LOL
You’re killing me, you know? 🙂
Ooooh, you enabled me again! Had to have some of the prickly pear. Terry 🙂
ps-sometimes I think when I read your blog I might be at an online store 🙂 such pretty things to see
Yummy! Especially that Habanero.
Yummylicious!
Hey, thanks for the kind words! We’re looking forward to seeing what you knit up. And the photo turned out really well – you should hear the stream of profanity I can emit when I don’t get accurate colors in photos. 🙂 Drives me batty!
Yes, but how do they SMELL?
gorgeous, and it even looks so squishy! 😀
I was just at their website & loving the colors. Plan to order soon – my Dad’s family is from Ohio & the Buckeye color way could make some fun items for my OSU alum cousins 🙂