Llady Llama Fiber Co. Shop is Back Open

We have safely made the move across the state and the Llady Llama Fiber Co. Etsy shop and Artfire Studio are open again. :) 

Shop on Vacation Mode April 18th-27th

 

Our Etsy and Artfire shops will be on vacation mode April 18th-April 27th. We are moving across the state and things will just be too hectic for the week before the move date.

We will be re-opening the shops on the 28th.

Thank you all for understanding, we are very happy to be moving back to my hometown to be closer to my family. The business should benefit greatly from this move as well. Since it is a family business, it will be helpful not to be 4 hours away from each other. :)

Butterflies and Flutterbyes In The Shop

Full-sized versions of the Llady Llama Fiber Co. fiber samples for April's Phat Fiber Box, Butterflies and Flutterbyes are now available for sale. There are limited quantities available so be sure to check them out before they are gone!

WIP Wednesday & Shop Update

It's WIP Wednesday and I've been making more mitered afghan squares from my handspun Phat Fiber Box contributor samples.

I even have a couple I made from the fiber I cleaned off my drumcarder after carding up all the Emperor Dragonfly sample batts for April's Phat Fiber Box. How's that for waste not want not?

I am also working on a Dumpling Bag in Cascade Yarns Pastaza color 054, it's a mix of a deep bluish purple and dark fuschia if you look very closely at the yarn.

I realized after the fact that I photographed this while it was inside out, oh well. :) It's going to be my first felted knit and I am both excited and nervous about the thought of throwing it the washer when it's done.

Shop News:

I just listed some of our new handpainted yarn in our Etsy shop!! I am so very excited for how these new bases are taking the dyes and they are all SO soft. I must admit to coveting the 70/20/10 Baby Alpaca/Silk/Cashmere Llabyrinth Lace for myself, but I was good...for now. :) The only base I haven't played with yet is the worsted and I hope to get to that this weekend.

Fiber Market Monday

Fiber Market Monday is a new Link Party set up by Dutch Hollow Acres for people to market their fiber arts products. I thought I would join the fun and spread the word!
This week in the shop we have our new and improved 2-yard wrap Lleda Niddy Noddies.

The new design features durable metal-to-metal threaded knobs ensuring a snug fit when assembled, adjusted for use or disassembled for storage or travel. These are great for winding your handspun into a tidy 2-yard skein!


I also wanted to include a reminder that our ArtFire Studio yarn clearance sale is still going on. We are switching yarn bases so all skeins dyed on the old bases are 10% off! That's everything in our Artfire shop!

April Phat Fiber Samples

April's Phat Fiber samples are done! They are currently on their way to Phattie HQ, and I'm busy working on May's samples already.

Here is the group shot:

(Clockwise from the back left; Luna Moth batt, Purple Spotted Swallowtail Butterfly combed top, Emperor Dragonfly batt, Rosy Maple Moth sock yarn and Green Scarab Beetle tussah silk top.

 

The Superbox goodies:

WIP Wednesday & Emperor Dragonfly Batt

 

It's WIP Wednesday and I've been working on a couple of projects this week.

I am still plugging along on my Shetland Pi Shawl. I was gifted a 60" cable for my Harmony Circs so it's going a bit more smoothly now as it's not quite so crammed on the cable. Moving it from the 40" cable I can really start to see the size of this thing! I am just getting ready to finish up the final pattern repeat on part 4 and move on to the final increase and pattern repeat section!

Of course at the moment it just looks like a lacy blob on the needles.

Here is this week's progress on my Phat Fiber Handspun Mitered Afghan project. More squares knit up, more samples spun, plied and wrapped into cute mini-skeins. These skeins still need to have their twist set.

In Llady Llama Fiber Co. news I have finished my final colorway for April's Phat Fiber Box. Just a reminder, this month's theme is Butterflies and Flutterbyes.

 

Here is one of my Emperor Dragonfly sample batts. This is a hand-dyed and hand-carded blend of superwash merino, bamboo, tussah silk and firestar. As usual the pillow boxes were also made by yours truly.

Full-sized versions of all 5 LLFC colorways for April's Phat Fiber Box will be in the shop sometime next week. I will post a blog update when they are up.