Good morning, my lovely fiber friend. This week has been a little different than usual for me. Other than creating this month’s club colorways, my focus has been on photography. I have been rephotographing all my yarn using a different camera and a different backdrop. As we chat, I’ll show you a few of the… Read More New Photos and a Preorder on Starry Night
Happy spring! I have quite a few things I want to mention to you today. I have some new spring colorways to show you, I’m getting ready for a knitters’ retreat this weekend, and I want to announce the March club colorway too. I’m also opening up a preorder for a very popular colorway. Spring… Read More March Club Colorway and So Much More
Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope you have a beautiful day with the one you love filled with chocolate and roses and, well, yarn. Yarn is soft and warm, right? That makes it perfect for Valentine’s Day! Yarn Giveaway Last week, I mentioned that I was doing a giveaway of these three lovely skeins on Instagram.… Read More Valentine’s Day Sale and the Winner of the Yarn Giveaway
Good morning, and happy Friday! I’m doing a giveaway on Instagram for this set of three lovely skeins: I dyed all three on Super Sport, which is made of 80% superwash merino and 20% nylon. It’s got lovely “squish” and great stitch definition. I think this trio would be fantastic for Andrea Mowry’s Shift Cowl.… Read More Yarn Giveaway!
Happy Friday! Can you believe we are already a month into 2020? Yesterday morning we had some lovely spring weather, and it inspired me to get a head start on some of my spring colorways, so I have been creating some great new colorways and recreating some old ones. You can find them all in… Read More Spring, Super Sport, and Stay Warm Sale with 20% Off Kits and Sets
Good morning! Last weekend, I was one of the vendors at the Arizona Fiber Arts Retreat in Prescott with one of my sons. He was a huge help, and it was a delight to visit with everyone. It was very well organized and very pleasant, and it looked like everyone was having a great time.… Read More Anniversary Club Colorway, Eight Days of Easter Kits, and Art Batts Made to Order
I hope your 2020 still feels as bright as a shiny new penny! This week, we get to have Show and Tell. I love doing these so much. It’s a chance to build up the Purple Lamb community by letting all of us see some great pattern ideas as well as how different yarn and… Read More Show and Tell – January 2020
I hope you have been enjoying a wonderful holiday season and that you’ve found some time to enjoy the fiber arts along the way. As I mentioned last time, all of our bunchkins are home though not for much longer. It has been a delight to sit around in the evening chatting or watching something… Read More Happy New Year!
For the past few months, I’ve been quite busy getting ready for this or that trunk show or festival or dyeing up the things that needed to be dyed. Now, don’t get me wrong. You know I love dyeing yarn, but I have not had a lot of time to just play with new colorway… Read More A Raft of New Colorways and a Preorder Too
Of late, the focus for my newsletter has been mostly related to my hand-dyed yarn. This week, though, I thought I would focus instead on the other goodies in my shop–things I have made that would make wonderful gifts for your friends and family or special treats for you, my fellow fiber artists. Fiber Paintings… Read More Gifts and Goodies from Purple Lamb
