Good morning! If you have been following the news, you’ll have heard about all the power outages here in Texas. The weather got down to right about 5 degrees, and I guess none of the power generation plants were prepared for cold that only occurs every 30 years or so. That meant that we spent… Read More Surviving the Cold
Happy Friday, my friend. First of all, I want to say thank you to everyone who took part in my Black Friday through Cyber Monday sales. There was a tremendous response, and I am grateful to you! I got the last dyed-to-order package out this morning, and I have been dyeing up some lovely new… Read More My Thanks and a Few New Things
Happy Friday! I just did something that has been on my to-do list for months–I uploaded my Knit and Chat Infinity Scarf and Cowl pattern to Ravelry. You can get a free copy of it by using the coupon code FREEKNITANDCHAT through August 3rd. Here you can see my daughter modeling the infinity scarf along… Read More New Alpaca Lace Cloud Colorways and Sets
Happy Friday, my friend. I hope you are doing well. As you know, I’ve been making quite a few new colorways of late, so I thought it was about time I showed you some photos of what I like to call “yarn pairings”–different colorways that would work well together. Each colorway is available on its… Read More Yarn Pairings and Pattern Ideas
I hope this newsletter finds you healthy and strong and not too lonely. I decided to send out my weekly newsletter a day early rather than sending it on Good Friday. Time is running so strangely in our home with faster-than-usual days but very slow weeks as we await the return of “normal,” whenever that… Read More The Return of the King, the Return of the Handspun, and a Creative Explosion of New Colorways
So much has changed in the last couple of weeks, hasn’t it? We are all struggling with adapting to changes in our daily routines, worry over the coronavirus, concern over our own personal economies, and plain old loneliness for so many. Here are a few things that might help you or someone you know: Homeschool… Read More Adapting
I hope you are having a joyful Christmas season! I wanted to say thank you for such a fantastic year at Purple Lamb and share my own happy news. On a personal front, all seven of our children are home for Christmas, and nothing could be better than that. On the business end of things,… Read More Thank You Sale!
Happy Labor Day weekend! I always think of Labor Day as the official beginning of “yarn and fiber season”–when it’s finally cool enough to start wearing our wonderful woollies–or at least to start making new ones in hopes of wearing them soon! I know for a lot of us, it’s also the time when we… Read More Labor of Love Big Labor Day Sale
One of the things I love most about what I do is that I get to play a small role in YOUR creative work. Today, I thought we could celebrate together some of the things that you have made using yarn and fiber from Purple Lamb. I asked if you could send me some of… Read More Show and Tell
Today I’m introducing a new yarn collection that I’ve been pondering for quite some time. I have created six different colorways based on six characters from Victor Hugo’s masterpiece, Les Misérables. Choosing which characters to include and which ones to leave out was difficult, and as always, the part I love and yet the most… Read More Introducing the New Les Misérables Collection
