Bamboo-Merino Sample
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007I got a sample of the Bamboo Merino Top from Paradise Fibers in Spokane this week. It’s very clean, very soft, high-luster bamboo-merino top. Shown in picture spun to 17 WPI (sport weight), two-ply. It needed a little more twist than merino-alone does, but plied very nicely to a yarn that hangs well. The bamboo [...]
Levi bar Alpheus – Yarn from Yarns Line
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007Handdyed Columbia/Dorset blend wool that moves in large self-striping from the purple heavens with topaz glass stars to the skys with merino clouds to the green grasses of the earth, with five small, brightly dressed people and silk thread grasses. . Approx. 110 yards 3.7 oz 0380813815 -01 $45 Levi Tapestry: knitted art yarn tapestry
Ella – Yarn from Yarns Line
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007Technically, Ella runs into ogres, not trolls, and manages to keep from being eaten, but Pablo the Alpaca is still very happy that Ella is safe. Handdyed Columbia/Dorset wool in a rainbow of troll flavours, with a dozen trolls pied in throughout. Created using a quill head attachment, at considerable risk to the Angry Spinner. [...]
Navajo Churro Fiber
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007Approx. 1 oz. of Navajo Churro wool in a rich tweedy grey. If you look closely, you’ll see black, white, and grey fibers in this wool. Woolinated in the Woolinator 3000, and drum carded by the Angry Spinner, this wool spins easily, and has good strength and wear. 01-CHURRO-06 $3
Jerry Renault- Yarn from Yarns Line
Sunday, March 18th, 2007Jerry Renault is a two ply, handspun, natural (not dyed) skein of mahogany alpaca. Sponsored by Fudgy the Alpaca. Like Fudgy, this yarn has heft and strength, warmth and softness. Approx. 108 yards 7.4 oz Item 0375829873 -01 Available at Harmony Yarn Studio in Coeur d’Alene, ID.
Lily Servero – Yarn from Yarns Line
Sunday, March 18th, 2007Lily Severo is a luxurious mixture of black alpaca and blood red sari silk, punctuated with nine glass skull beads, to warm the hearts (and heads) of the dead and undead alike. Two ply, handspun, natural (not dyed) black. Sponsored by Pablo the Alpaca Approx. 50 yards 6.5 oz Item 0060590270 -02 Available at Harmony [...]
Super Small, Super Light Sock Stitch Markers
Sunday, March 18th, 2007These Super Small, Super Light Sock Stitch Markers are perfect for big or small projects on tiny needles. Made with glass seed beads and super light alphabet beads, these markers will keep track of your increases, decreases, or rounds. SSSLSS Markers come in sets of five, spelling fun fiber related words, or sequencing: K-N-I-T-S | [...]
The Peter Rabbit Skein
Thursday, March 15th, 2007While I like to spin all kinds of yarn, thick, thin, thick-and-thin, textured, smooth, and in all kinds of colours, perhaps my favourite thing to do is to find something really unique. Currently, I have a dozen yarns that have different glass beads spun in, including the Abby Normal and Lily Servo yarns in black [...]