Good morning and happy Friday to you. I know all of our thoughts and prayers are with Ukraine right now. I don’t know about you, but I feel so helpless in the face of Putin’s terrible invasion. In order to do just a tiny something for the people of Ukraine, I decided to make a… Read More Not Spring Sale, Ukraine, and a Few More Things
Good morning and happy Friday to you! This morning, I wanted to show you a few new things in the shop, most especially this year’s Eight Days of Easter Kit! Eight Days of Easter Kits Several years ago now, I came up with the idea of dyeing mini skeins and packaging them up in an… Read More Eight Days of Easter Kit, A Jane Austen Trio, and Some New Art Batt Colorways
Good morning, and happy Friday to you! I hope you are staying warm in spite of the big cold front. I have a few things I want to talk to you about today. Stay Cozy Sale Let’s start with the sale. To help you stay a little warmer and a little cozier, I decided to… Read More Stay Cozy Sale and Studio Update
Good morning, and happy Friday to you. I hope you had a great Thanksgiving yesterday! Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sale As I mentioned last week, I’m having a big Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale this weekend. That means you can take 20% off almost everything in my shop using the coupon code THANKFUL20, and it will be… Read More Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sale Starts Now!
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
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
Good morning, my fellow fiber artist! A couple months ago, I asked all of you whether you would like me to add a sport-weight yarn or a second DK-weight yarn to my lineup of yarn bases, and most of you said you would prefer a sport weight. Your wish is my command! Today I want… Read More Super Sport & Some Super Patterns to Go With It
Good morning, everyone! I wanted to talk to you about two related things today. First, I have a new yarn base I’m introducing. Second, I am really excited about a new dyeing technique I’m using and wanted to share it with you. First the yarn base… I’ve been searching for the perfect sock-weight yarn for… Read More Introducing a New Dyeing Technique and a New Yarn Base
Lately I have been taking some of my favorite variegated colorways and using the same color combination to dye them in an entirely different way. I call it my Splashed and Speckled method. While traditionally variegated yarns are dyed with blocks of color, the Splashed and Speckled colorways are dyed in a more free-floating way… Read More Some Two-Skein Yarn & Pattern Ideas – Pas de Deux
Good morning, everyone! This week I thought I would share a knitting pattern I made. I wanted to make a light, airy cowl to use as an accessory throughout the year, and since we live in Arizona, that meant it had to be as open and lacy as possible. I also used it at last… Read More Jane Austen Lace Summer Cowl Knitting Pattern
