Shop Update!

This week's shop update features some luscious handpainted SW Merino/Bamboo/Nylon combed top and our Large Llayover Totes.

Shop Update!

This week's shop update is full of lovely hand dyed superwash merino combed top and handcrafted reversible Llayover Totes for all your WIPs! :)

Shop Update!

Check out today's Llady Llama Fiber Co. shop update. Includes full-sized versions of my March Phat Fiber samples.

Shop Update!

 

Happy Halloween! I have a small shop update tonight with some lovely Tweed Batts and retro kitchen Llayover Totes. Enjoy! :)

Sugar Skull Batt to Handspun

After carding up all the super fun Sugar Skull batts for October's Phat Fiber I couldn't resist spinning up one of my own!! :)

The resulting tweed-style yarn is quite fetching, even if I do say so myself. :) It is really entertaining to watch the multi-colored silk noil pop up as you spin this batt. 

I still have more of these batts available in my Etsy shop, so head on over to pick up one (or more) of your own to play with. ;)

LLFC May Newsletter

Our May Newsletter has been released. It's a bit late in the month for it, but we are still catching up and settling in after our cross-state move at the end of April.

Check out the newsletter here and sign up on the right sidebar of the blog or on our Facebook Page to receive our newsletter by e-mail.

May Phat Fiber Samples-Spice Market

Llady Llama Fiber Co.'s Phat Fiber samples are done and on their way to HQ! Full-Sized versions will be up in the shop next week.

Turmeric: SW Merino, Ginned Cotton.

Saffron: Polwarth, Tussah Silk

Mixed Peppercorn: SW BFL, Domestic Wool, Merino

Cinnamon & Clove: SW BFL combed top.

Ginger Root: 55/45 SW BFL/Silk sock yarn. 

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. :)

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.

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. 

Yarn Clearance Sale

I have moved my yarns over to my ArtFire shop. I am switching yarn bases and the skeins dyed on the old bases are all 10% off!

March Phat Fiber Samples

Here are my samples for March's Phat Fiber Sample Box. This month's theme is Sweet Shop. I also made all the packaging for my samples. This was such a fun theme! I was down with the flu about a week ago and I'm so glad I was able to get my samples finished in time.

"Jawbreaker" batt (SW merino, merino & silk noil):

"Jawbreaker" batt interior to show the layers of color:

"Ribbon Candy" batt (SW BFL, bamboo, llama):

"Turkish Delight" batt (SW merino & SW BFL):

"Dark Chocolate Covered Cherry" combed top (SW merino):

"Green Tea Ice Cream With Nutmeg" sock yarn (80% SW merino/20% nylon):

A ribbon candy Llayover Tote for the Superbox:

Happy Thanksgiving and Other Assorted Content

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I am visiting my parents in Central NY for the holiday and we're having a whole lot of fibery fun! Today is also my 26th birthday so I'm getting a really great birthday dinner!!!

Important Reminder: Today is the last day to enter to win one of my hand carded Lluxurious Batts in a Thanksgiving colorway (pictured above). Entries must be in by 12 pm tonight. See this post for details.

In knitting related news I just finished up these Fetching fingerless gloves for my friend Athena. We've been friends since we were kids and we are both back in town for Thanksgiving. It was wonderful to be able to catch up with her and share a little wool. These were made with my Llegend Worsted hand-painted yarn.

I'm also still plugging along on my Wendy Knits Shetland Pi Shawl; this is in the middle of clue 4. Obviously the KAL is over but it is a wonderful pattern and I don't mind going at my own pace.

I just started a Dumpling Bag(Rav link) too because they are just irresistibly adorable!

In really exciting business news I was recently accepted as a contributor to Phat Fiber. I am so honored and inspired to be a part of such a great group of fiber artists. If you have never checked out their sample boxes I would encourage you to do so. It's a great way to sample new-to-you indie dyers and fiber products without wasting money on a large quantity of something you don't end up liking.

I'm already busy cooking up ideas for my first contribution of samples which will go in the January 2011 box.

I thought I would share some pictures of my undyed fiber that's ready to become hand dyed batts and roving. I am really enjoying working with all these luxury fibers for my Llady Llama Fiber Co. Lluxurious Batts.

Loose cut merino:

Raw mohair locks (the stuff in front has just been washed and still needed to be dried and picked):

Silk noil:

SW BFL combed top:

Domestic wool roving:

SW Merino combed top:

Not pictured here but also in the undyed fiber collection for dyeing and batt making is recycled banana silk fiber, tussah silk roving, loose angora fiber and llama roving.

Hope everyone has a great Turkey Day and don't forget to give thanks for all the wonderful fiber animals who bring such joy to our lives!

Thanksgiving Batt Giveaway!

I am holding a Thanksgiving Batt Giveaway!! Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays and my 26th birthday just so happens to fall on Thanksgiving this year.

Since Thanksgiving is all about being thankful and appreciative, and since my birthday is all about me presents, I thought I'd offer one of my lucky readers (who I am very thankful for) a little present of their own.

I am giving away this hand dyed and carded 3.25 oz. Lluxurious Batt. The fiber content is wool, bamboo and sari silk.

The nitty gritty details:

To enter you must tweet, blog, plurk, facebook, etc. about my contest, making sure to include a link back to this blog. 

After you have done this leave a comment on this blog entry regarding where you shared the contest information. Be sure to include your e-mail!

You may enter more than once if you share the contest on more than one social networking site but you have to leave a separate comment for each one.

Contest starts now and ends on Thanksgiving (aka my birthday) at 12pm EST.

After the contest ends I will use a random number generator to choose the winner.

I will notify the winner via e-mail to get address information.

If the winner does not reply to my e-mail within 7 days a new winner will be chosen.

The prize will be sent out shortly after I receive the winner's information.

Shipping will be paid by yours truly.

You must be 18 years or older to enter.

New Product Line-Lluxurious Batts

Sorry for two posts in one day but I have just debuted a new product line on my shop and wanted to share it with my readers!

Lluxurious Batts are hand dyed, hand carded spinning batts. They are all one of a kind and they can and will contain a wide variety of fibers. All have a wool base and contain some luxury fiber(s) including but not limited to: mohair, silk, bamboo, merino, llama, alpaca, and banana silk.

I am really excited about these batts. They are allowing me to delve more deeply into dyeing and fiber preparation. Some of the included fibers are hand washed and picked by me, some are commercial and only dyed by me. Some fibers are added undyed.

I'm starting to explore fiber reactive dyeing, new fibers (I am hooked on blending with banana silk, it's wonderful stuff!), new fiber prep...it's really a whole lot of fun!

Drum carding these batts allows me to explore my creativity a bit more freely than dyeing yarn or roving does. That is not to say that I will not be keeping up with dyeing my yarn and roving lines, just that the batts are a nice addition.

These batts are available now in my shop. More will be added soon.

 As always custom orders are welcome!