DesigningVashti YARN

As of January 1, 2014, we've added our first yarn, called Lotus, to the DesigningVashti pattern shop! Doris Chan and I have been designing and writing crochet patterns in a wide range of yarns for almost a decade.

Each ball is 256 yds, 3.5 oz (100 g).
Sport weight blend of cotton and rayon.

"The verdict? This just may be the yarn you didn’t know you were looking for, especially if you make garments.  It’s a pleasure to crochet with, sliding smoothly over your hands and hook, and is wonderful for making next-to-the-skin soft projects. It has just enough body to hold lace stitches clearly while being soft enough to drape beautifully." M.K. Carroll, Things We Love (Knit Edge Magazine yarn review)

Jolimar Skirt by Doris Chan
 in Purple Lotus.

Quick 'n' Direct Links

• Buy Lotus Yarn Online.
• Get a discounted kit of the complete yarn samples plus the Color Chips pattern set
• See Lotus Yarn Patterns in Ravelry 
• See Lotus Yarn Patterns at the DesigningVashti Shop 
• See ideas for Lotus in Ravelry
• For more inspiration, view a self-updating gallery of Lotus patterns by all designers in Ravelry.
• See Lotus Yarn Crocheted in Different Stitch Patterns, wound in Cones, and more.
• I journaled about the experience of becoming a yarn company. Blog posts include: "How My Lotus Yarn Got Its Name," "Creating the Color Cards for a New Yarn," and "On Becoming A...Yarn Company?"
• Crochet Inspirations Newsletter issue #55, "Fun Yarn Tests: Getting a Yarn to Speak."
• My Lotus Yarn Pinterest Board! Includes exquisite images of real lotus flowers. Lotus cookies, even.

Doris Chan's Callisto Top in Pearly Pearl Lotus. 

Lotus in the Media: Reviews and Interviews!

March 2014: Knit Edge Magazine review by M.K. Carroll (Things We Love Giveaway). 

Starpath Scarf by Vashti Braha
 in Lotus Yarn

Transcript of the Crochetville Chat about Lotus! Here's the Facebook page about it. Here's the first of 3 parts of the transcript in Crochetville.

Color Chips and
 Candied Color Charms
pattern sets.

December 2013: Talking Crochet interview by Dora Ohrenstein, Indie Designer Creates Crochet-Friendly Yarn. 

November 2013: Crochet Queen: Royal Ramblings. Guest Blogger Vashti Braha, The Birth of a Yarn.