october sample of the month
October Sample of the Month: Mohair Gallant Sweater
Our tenth EKF Sample of the Month for 2026 is the Mohair Gallant Sweater by Caidree.
I originally knit this one up for Rhinebeck last year in an attempt to mimic the breathtaking changing colors you'll find in upstate New York in the fall, and it's safe to say I immediately fell in love with this one! Size US 7 needles, two strands of suri...this one TRULY flies off the needles! 🏃🏻♀️
Rooted, Freshwater Mussels, + Forage are all from our Farmers Market Collection back in 2023, Thingvellir National Park is from our Iceland Collection in 2023, You Do Not Yield is from our Throne of Glass collab with Witchfire Fibers in 2024, and Upstate is from our Middle of the Map Collection in 2025.
EXCITING NEWS! In addition to having all 6 colorways available as single skeins on Suri Alpaca Lace, we are offering these six colorways on ALL of our variegated yarn bases this month!
We know we haven't had a ton of variegated offerings lately and thought there was no better way to bring them back than with this moody, rich, jewel- and earthy-toned crew 🤩
October's Sample of the Month launches Monday, October 12th at 7pm Mountain Time. Sample of the Month, our 2026 Club, will be a monthly offering that has a turnaround time of four weeks.
Say hello to October's SOTM: the Mohair Gallant Sweater ✨
Meet the coziest/best/most-loved sweater I’ve ever made: the Mohair Gallant Sweater by Caidree 💃🏻✨
I knit this perfectly shaped, flowy sweater up for A Woolen Affair last year and let me tell you, it is without a doubt the sweater I grab for the most all year round 🥹 Not only are variegated yarns my true love and what made me fall in love with yarn dyeing in the first place, but variegated yarns on SURI?!?! And mixing TWO variegated yarns on suri?! I think we all know by now that that is my true happy place.
There is something so truly magical about the way that the layers of color show up on our Suri Alpaca Lace base, really showing you each and every color that made its way onto the skein. And then, getting to show you how blended and beautiful it can be to pair two seemingly opposite colors together?! It doesn’t get better than that.
We will be offering three color palettes for this release, including the palette used in our original sample and two others that I just couldn’t get out of my head (take a peek at my post from yesterday for a hint) 🥹 That’s six variegated colorways total coming to the shop for October’s SOTM, launching this Monday, October 12th at 7pm MT! 🎉
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