Monday, June 22, 2009

Etsy Shop Luv

Spun Right Round, yes I did. I spun right around and made sure I took a closer look at this shop. So much to luv. So much to buy. Lets see, she carries handspun, fiber batts, a fiber club, and mystery batts. Just amazing stuff. She even offers the option to spin your batt for you. And I'll admit it, I already bought one. I couldn't help myself. So you'll be seeing her stuff again on this blog after I start spinning it up for the Tour de Fleece. Can't wait to get my hands on the lovely squishy batt. Go shop and get your hands on one also.




Saturday, June 20, 2009

Phat Fiber Rocks!

I've been waiting for this day. I received the June Phat Fiber box. I'm now going to take all these fibers and card them up into rolags and corespin them. This should be some crazy fabulous yarn.

April Box



May Box

June Box

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Tour de Fleece - should I?

Ahem. Should I join? Should I commit? Oh man, this really shouldn’t be as stressful as I’m making it for myself. It just looks like so much fun, and I really do love to spin. What could it hurt?

**sigh**

Here we go…I’m in. I’m spinning for the Tour de Fleece. Commitment made. You wanna spin too? Here are the links. Ravelry group and Flickr group.

For my fellow tour spinners, up until the last day of the tour (July 26th), if you purchase spinning materials from my shop and enter the code: “spin it up” you will receive 10% off your purchase price.

Here come the lists, I have a thing for lists. Lists allow me to clear my brain of all the clutter. So I make lists. Just sayin’.

The guidelines:
see them on the Ravelry group


Preparation (for myself):
1. Free the bobbins. This will give me 7 bobbins to rotate through. Also need to fix one of my bobbins, I accidentally dropped it and part of the wood split a wee bit. Just need some wood glue to fix it, no biggy.
2. Post a note on the etsy shop to let everyone know that I will not be dyeing for these 2 weeks. I’ll continue to ship any orders received, but no new listing will be posted.
3. Gather up all the materials, give Stella (the wheel) a cleaning and good oiling, card up the sari silk with the silk noil, and set up a comfy spinning area.

Commitment to spin:
1. Hand carded silk/silk noil rolages – I’ll mix up some sari silk threads and black merino roving and spin from this. I’m considering this my challenging project.
2. Core spin Batt from Spun Right Round – pics to come soon. I’m going to core spin this batt. With the skills I learned from the Sit and Spin DVD I should be able to tackle core spinning again with more success than the first time I tried. I just don’t want to screw up a lovely batt.
3. Handdyed nymph roving – I’ll dye this colorway for myself. Not sure of the colors, but this merino/seacell roving is amazing I just can’t resist the opportunity to spin some up for myself.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Etsy Luv

I'm showing Luv today to the LHogan etsy shop. As you can see by this fabulous batt this shop carries wonderful fibers. Not only batts but handspun and some handdyed yarns. And there's also items that are currently on sale. wonderful color + sale + fabulous fibers = Luv! Go see for yourself and shop while your there.

Etsy Shop Luv

Here's the thing, every time I make a sale from my etsy shop I feel so grateful. I also feel unworthy, humbled, and honored. So, I wanted to make sure I shared the luv to other etsy shops. I've been thinking of doing a post on a weekly basis to highlight etsy shops for a long time. So every Monday check this blog for some wonderful etsy shops.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Another Etsy Update...seriously!

This is a BFL 4-ply fingering weight yarn that I will only be able to offer occasionally. So snap it up while you can.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Etsy Update

Etsy updated with Allure roving a merino/silk blend. It's super nice. The merino gives the this roving nice and fluffy