Good morning! I hope your neck of the woods hasn’t been quite as hot as my neck of the woods, but if it has been, then I wish you the best of air conditioned bliss in which to spin, felt, knit, crochet, weave, or all of the above. I am getting ready to introduce a… Read More Buy 2, Get 1 Free Summer Sale
Are you oiling up your spinning wheel and getting ready to spin like mad for the Tour de Fleece? If you haven’t heard of it, it’s a fun opportunity to get in some extra spinning time with a friendly competition during the Tour de France. Here’s a link to it on Ravelry: https://www.ravelry.com/groups/tour-de-fleece. In honor of… Read More Tour de Fleece Fiber Sale
Last weekend, I was a vendor in the Flagstaff Wool Festival for the second time, and it was exhausting but wonderful. Two years ago when I was there last, I was 8 months pregnant with our youngest son, which definitely made it challenging and made me extremely grateful for the help of my husband and… Read More 2018 Flagstaff Wool Festival
I wanted to let everyone know that I am participating in Etsy’s big sale this week from today through the 28th. I have 37 different items on sale, including art batts, handdyed yarn, and handspun yarn. There’s a wide variety of colorways on sale, and I tried to make sure there was something for everyone.… Read More 20% Off Sale!!!
I wanted to mention that I’ve divided my art batts into two different sections in my shop–the repeatable ones that I intend to keep making and try to keep in stock and the limited edition batts that I probably won’t be repeating, so if you see something you love there, you should probably snap it… Read More A Change in My Shop and a Few Old Batts
One of the things I have noticed over many years of working with fiber and yarn is that colors tend to soften with each step. In other words, if I make an art batt or dye a braid of top and then spin it into yarn, the yarn has softer colors than the art batt.… Read More An Experiment in Color: How Colors Soften with Each Step
I thought I would take this week to show you guys a few things I have been knitting and weaving recently. Some are going to be Christmas presents, and some are gifts I have already given for other occasions. I’ll tell you about the pattern as well as the yarn I used, and I would… Read More What I’ve Been Making
I wanted to let you know about something new in my shop. I am starting an Art Batt of the Month Club. I’m offering a 3-month subscription, a 6-month subscription, and a 12-month subscription. The 6-month and 12-month subscriptions come with substantial discounts. Each month, you’ll receive an art batt that is entirely new in… Read More Announcing the Art Batt of the Month Club
I’m working with a friend to create a new line of handspun, handwoven handbags. I’ll be doing the spinning and weaving, and my friend will be doing the sewing, putting the handbags together. I warped my rigid heddle loom at 10 ends per inch. The warp yarn is a commercially spun wool yarn that came… Read More Weaving Handbags
I love spinning from batts. They’re fluffy and light and full of color and texture, but when I received my very first art batt, I wasn’t quite sure how to proceed. In case I’m not the only one, I thought I would go through a few different ways to spin from art batts: 1. If… Read More Spinning from Batts
