The Wooly Caterpillar

10/11/2026

10/10/2026

🌅🚀🌾 **A Maine sunset, the Beastie Boys, and a Vermont hayfield walk into a dye studio...**

No, it's not the beginning of a joke. It's the inspiration behind this week's Saturday's Secret Skeins!

Introducing **HEAVENS & EARTH** — three brand-new variegated colorways, each with a story of its own.

🌅 **NORTHERN SKY** — Inspired by an absolutely spectacular sunset we photographed while driving home from Maine last summer. Because sometimes Mother Nature deserves a standing ovation.

🚀 **INTERGALACTIC** — What happens when the Beastie Boys randomly come on the radio and your friendly neighborhood yarn dyer gets a little carried away. Colorful chaos has never looked so good.

🌾 **JIM & JOSIE'S HAYFIELD** — Inspired by the beautiful hayfields of two wonderful longtime Vermont neighbors who've spent years giving back to our community. A little love letter to small-town life.

🧶 **Can't choose?** We've bundled all three together!

**BUT WAIT... THERE'S MORE!** 🌿

We've also added **Earth Tones** to our Reserve Collection! This soft, earthy variegated beauty is available in worsted weight only, and we made just **SIX SKEINS**.

That's six. As in, one more than five. And considerably fewer than we'd probably like.

✨ **ALL FOUR COLORWAYS ARE AVAILABLE TODAY @ 3PM EASTERN!** ✨

🛍️ Shop at **woolycaterpillar.com**

Hand-dyed in small batches, inspired by real life, and made with love in the Green Mountains of Vermont. 💚

09/30/2026

SURPRISE MID-WEEK DROP. 🐻🖤
We usually save the big reveals for Saturdays, but Black Bear had other ideas.
So today at 12 PM ET, we’re welcoming Black Bear to The Reserve Collection — our deep, rich, classic black tonal, available to dye-to-order on your favorite yarn base.
And yes…
It’s black.
We know. Shocking. 😂
But a really good black yarn is one of those stash staples that earns its keep. It goes with everything, makes bright colors pop, gives colorwork gorgeous contrast, and turns even a simple project into something a little dramatic.
Is knitting or crocheting with black yarn occasionally a test of eyesight, lighting, patience, and personal resolve?
Absolutely.
Is the finished project worth it?
Also absolutely. 🖤
🐻 Black Bear releases TODAY at noon Eastern at woolycaterpillar.com.
No limited Saturday scramble — once it joins The Reserve Collection, you’ll be able to choose your base and we’ll dye it especially for you.
Consider this your mid-week yarn ambush. 😆🧶

And if you’re posting right at noon, I’d simply change that line to:
🐻 Black Bear is officially LIVE in The Reserve Collection!

09/26/2026

Playing Favorites is back — and this round is anything but shy. 💛❤️💙🩵

Today at 3 PM Eastern, we’re adding four brand-new colors to our Playing Favorites Dye-to-Order Collection:
🩵 Kat — a bright, clear aqua with cool turquoise undertones
💛 Abbie — a warm golden yellow with honey and ochre tones
💙 Evan — a moody blue layered with smoky gray and subtle indigo
❤️ Tyler — a bold tonal red moving through scarlet, crimson, and deep ruby

Four people we love. Four very different favorite colors. And four more little pieces of our family story, told in yarn.
Every Playing Favorites color is dye-to-order, which means you get to choose the color you love, your favorite yarn base, and exactly how many skeins you need — and we’ll dye them especially for you. 🧶

✨ Playing Favorites: Kat, Abbie, Evan & Tyler
⏰ Drops TODAY at 3 PM Eastern
🎨 Dye-to-order
📦 Please allow 7–10 days for dyeing
Which one are you reaching for first?

09/24/2026

our people. Four favorite colors. And absolutely NO peeking yet. 👀🧶

The next chapter of Playing Favorites arrives Saturday, and this time we’re introducing:

✨ Kat
✨ Abbie
✨ Evan
✨ Tyler

And if you think you can guess their colors from this photo… well, good luck with that. 😏

These four could not have chosen more different shades, which is exactly what we love about this collection. Every Playing Favorites color starts with one simple question:

“What color do you always come back to?”

On Saturday, we’ll turn the color back on and show you what each of them chose. ❤️💛💙🩵

Every color will be dye-to-order, so you’ll be able to choose your favorite color, your favorite yarn base, and the number of skeins you need—and we’ll dye them just for you.

🧶 Playing Favorites: Kat, Abbie, Evan & Tyler
📅 Saturday, September 26
💌 Subscriber early access: 8 AM Eastern
🌎 Public release: 3 PM Eastern
🎨 Dye-to-order

So before we reveal them…

Which one do you think chose the brightest color? 👇

09/19/2026

🚨 AUTHORIZATION GRANTED. 🚨

After a brief period of highly classified yarn activity, we have finally been cleared to show you Ed in full color. 👀

And he was worth the wait.

💙 Ed is a deep, saturated navy with a subtle purple undertone hiding underneath — classic, moody, and just unexpected enough to keep things interesting.

Which means Playing Favorites: Part 2 is now fully authorized for release:

💗 Jenny — bold magenta
💙 Ed — deep navy with a hint of purple
🌊 Eric — clear ocean blue
🌲 Joe — rich hunter green

Two couples. Four completely different favorite colors. One very fun addition to our growing family portrait in yarn.

All four are part of our Playing Favorites Dye-to-Order Collection, so you choose your favorite color, choose your yarn base, and order exactly what you need for your next project.

And today, the general public finally gets clearance. 😏

Jenny, Ed, Joe & Eric are available to order TODAY at 3 PM Eastern at woolycaterpillar.com.

Fall knitting plans: AUTHORIZED. 🧶🍂

09/18/2026

🚨 PLAYING FAVORITES: FILES RELEASED 🚨

Three new colors have officially been cleared for public viewing.

💗 Jenny — bright, joyful, unapologetic magenta
🌲 Joe — rich, woodsy hunter green
🌊 Eric — cool, saturated ocean blue

And then there’s Ed.

His file remains… CLASSIFIED. 👀

We could tell you what color he picked.

We are absolutely not going to.

His full reveal happens Saturday morning — just in time for our subscribers to get first access to all six Playing Favorites colors released so far:

Brian • Vicky • Jenny • Ed • Joe • Eric

🧶 Subscribers shop first Saturday at 8 AM Eastern.

And because Playing Favorites is dye-to-order, this is the perfect time to start plotting those fall projects. Sweater? Shawl? Hat? “I have no idea what I’m making yet, I just need that color”? Completely valid.

We’ve still got more Favorites coming over the next two Saturdays, too… so you may want to keep a little room in that project queue. 😏

Ed’s file opens tomorrow morning.

Any guesses? 👀