I hope you had a marvelous Christmas Day! We are still celebrating, and I was not planning on doing anything at all until the end of the year, but I made a last-minute decision to finish out the year with a Solitary Skein Sale! Solitary Skeins are the last skein I have in stock of… Read More Solitary Skein Sale
Good morning and happy Friday! Yesterday we had the last homeschool co-op of the semester, next week is the last gymnastics class, and college finals end in another week too. In one way, that means things will slow down a little as Christmas draws near. In another, they’ll speed up with all the preparations for… Read More Hand-Dyed Top and Some Christmas Gift Ideas
Good morning and happy Friday to you! Today I wanted to talk to you about the often-ignored semi-solids. First though, I want to thank all of you who participated in my Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale. It was a big success! I am all caught up with packaging and mailing your squishy mail as of yesterday.… Read More In Praise of Semi-Solids
Would you prefer to go on a voyage or have a party? Well, this week you can choose either or both as yarn. I have dyed up my my Odyssey sets on several bases and Party Like It’s 2021 on several more. I now have Party Like It’s 2021 on most of my yarn bases.… Read More Would You Prefer a Voyage or a Party?
Good morning and happy Friday! I have so many beautiful projects to share with you for this week’s Show and Tell newsletter! November Club Colorway Before we get started, I wanted to let you know the results of last week’s informal poll. I was having a tough time deciding between two lovely paintings to use… Read More Show & Tell and the November Club Colorway
Good morning and happy Friday! I hope you have had a great week and that the weather there is as beautiful as it is here. We’re finally enjoying real fall weather, and I love it so much. This week I wanted to tell you who won my Spinner’s Advent Calendar Giveaway. I also want to… Read More The Winner of the Giveaway, Two Possibilities for the November Club Colorway, and Some New Colorways on Stained Glass Sock
This coming week is going to be a little bit different. I’ll still be packaging and mailing your orders, homeschooling my kids, and doing a minimum of housework. As much as possible, though, my focus is going to be on spinning as much as I can. I get to play (aka spin) all week long… Read More Ready, Aim, Spin
Good morning and happy Friday to you. I hope you have had a peaceful and productive week. I wanted to remind you that today is the final day of my Mothers’ Day Sale. Just use the coupon code, THANKSMOM, to take 20% off all my in-stock hand-dyed yarn and hand-dyed top as well. Now, here’s… Read More New Colorways and Last Day of the Mothers’ Day Sale
Happy Friday to you! Today I have a new yarn base to tell you about, and I must admit that I’m a little bit giddy about it. It’s called Squiggle Sock, and this yarn base is all about texture. Squiggle Sock is made of 90% superwash merino and 10% nylon. Its construction is similar to… Read More Introducing Squiggle Sock
Good morning, my fellow fiber artist! Over the last couple weeks I have shown you some yarn pairing possibilities for patterns made for a semi-solid and a variegated skein together. This week I will complete the series with DK and Bulky yarn. One Plus One Patterns for DK-Weight Yarn Let’s start with DK, which is… Read More Yarn Pairings and Patterns for DK and Bulky Yarn
