i know this is WAY late, but if you love fiber, head down to the ConocoPhillips Atrium at 700 G. St. and check out the vendors at the Fiber Festival. i met some really nice people down there with really beautiful hand dyed fiber and yarn for really great prices. there are booths with other [...]
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attn: fiber lovers!
Posted in alaska, fiber, knitting, other crafts, spindle spinning, spinning, winter, yarn, tagged costumes, fiber, fiber festival, hand dyed, knitting, quilting, sewing, yarn on March 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
cowl update.
Posted in alaska, cowl, fiber, knitting, spindle spinning, tagged cowl, handspun on October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
the cowl is done. and i used ALL 3 skeins! i better get spinning if i’m going to do a pair of gloves to go with it. the cowl turned out a bit wider than i wanted it to – the person i’m making it for is very small – but i think after blocking [...]
My first handspun project!
Posted in cowl, fiber, knitting, mitts, spindle spinning, yarn on October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
this summer stephanie (new mom), dayna (survey friend – and roller derby girl), and dayna’s mother-in-law Victoria and i took a beginning handspinning (on a drop spindle) class from Pamela of Far North Fibers in Anchorage. it was at her house, in her tiny studio that was full of looms, spinning wheels, and a TON [...]
