This is a quick reminder to let you know that I have the Twelve Days of Christmas Mini Skein Yarn Sets available for just 2 more weeks. After that I’ll be dyeing them up and sending them out by December 10th. What is this Twelve Days of Christmas set, you ask? For the first time… Read More Twelve Days of Christmas Yarn Sets – Just Two More Weeks to Order
Good morning! I have something new and wonderful in the shop this week–gift certificates for Purple Lamb! When I was figuring out the details, I thought about what I like and don’t like about gift certificates to make them the best of all possible gift certificates. I hate it when gift certificates expire, so mine… Read More Introducing Purple Lamb Gift Certificates – and a Gift for You Too
This month, I’m especially excited to interview Alexa and Emily of Tin Can Knits. I’m part of several knitting groups on Facebook, and I can’t tell you how many times someone posts a question looking for a clear, straight-forward pattern for a sweater or a hat or anything at all. Almost invariably, someone responds with… Read More Designer of the Month: An Interview with Alexa and Emily of Tin Can Knits
I am doing something new and wonderful this year. I am offering a Twelve Days of Christmas gift set. I’ll be dyeing up a gradient set of 12 mini skeins going from purples to blues to a sea foam green. There will be tonal yarn, speckled yarn, and variegated yarn, and each skein will be… Read More Twelve Days of Christmas Gift Set
For several days now, I’ve been thinking about today’s blog post and just drawing a blank. If you do any blogging or regular writing of any sort, I’m sure you understand. I finally decided that I would “interview” myself the way I interview pattern designers each month so that, if you are interested, you could… Read More In Which the Crazy Yarn Lady Interviews Herself
Good morning, my fellow yarn lover! It’s time for another Choose Your Yarn Adventure yarn giveaway. I’ve chosen three of my favorite colorways on three different delicious sock-weight yarn bases. The winner will receive his or her favorite skein. You can enter to win your favorite skein on my website here: https://www.shop.purplelambfiberarts.com/pages/yarn-giveaway/ The giveaway ends at… Read More Yarn Giveaway!
Happy weekend, everyone! This week it was like someone flipped a switch and changed the weather from summer to late fall or early winter. From what I’ve heard, that isn’t just Arizona but most of The United States. It’s sunny and cool now after several dreary days–perfect for pulling out our warm woollies and making… Read More Two Free Knitting Patterns
I am having a tremendous sale now through Sunday on solitary skeins–skeins where I just have one left in a certain colorway. When you buy 2 solitary skeins, you’ll get the third one free! Yes, free! I’ve never done this before, but I’ll tell you why in a minute. First let me tell you how.… Read More Solitary Skein Sale
This month, I’m really excited to be interviewing Dana Gervais. Dana lives in Ontario, Canada, and is well known for her sock patterns. Her patterns have been published widely, and she even has her own book of sock patterns coming out soon! Make sure to read all the way to the end because Dana has… Read More Designer of the Month Interview with Dana Gervais
Today I wanted to talk about how the same colorway can look significantly different depending on the type of yarn or yarn base it is dyed on. I took photos of a few colorways I have dyed on several bases so you can see what I mean. What makes the difference? There are a several… Read More Same Colorway, Different Yarn Base
