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!

 

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. ;)

Just in time for our Fall shows, the Labrys Niddy Nøsty!

Introducing our brand new product line! The Llabrys Niddy Nøsty. 

Nøstepinne
Travel Niddy Noddy
Wrap Per Inch Gauge

This is a three-in-one fiber arts tool that is perfect for travel and a must have for spindle spinners! Removable crossbars allow for easy transition between the tool's functions.

Use with the crossbars in to wind sample skeins on the niddy noddy. Remove crossbars to wind center pull balls on the nøstepinne end of the tool. Measure your yarn's WPI with the handy Wrap Per Inch Gauge.

Visit us at the Adirondack Fiber Festival this weekend at the Washington Country Fair Grounds in Greenwich, NY or next weekend at the WNY Fiber Festival at Emery Park in South Wales, NY to see the Niddy Nøsties and all our other wonderful products in person!

November Phat Fiber Box Samples-Wine Country

 

Finished my Wine Country samples and shipped them off to Phattie HQ yesterday.

Group Shot: 

“On The Vine” 
Merino/Silk combed top with loose Mohair locks for the “vines.” 

“One Too Many” 
Blended batt of SW Merino, Silk Noil & Firestar. 

“Mead” 
Blended batt of SW Merino, Silk & Firestar 

“Ice Wine” 
Blended batt of SW Merino, Bamboo, Nylon & Firestar 

“Wine Stained” 
Handpainted silk hankies. I was inspired by the recent silk hankie love and tried my hand at dyeing some up myself. 
I had a lot of fun using a wine glass to apply the dye to these.

Superbox Contribution 
Small “Wine Country” Llayover Tote and “Ice Wine” batt sample. 

Check out more info about the Phat Fiber Sampler Box and how to get your hands on one.

Tussah silk taking a degumming bath before I dye.

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.

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WIP Wednesday-Handspun Mitered Afghan Squares

It's WIP Wednesday and I've been spindle spinning my Phat Fiber contributor box samples while my GF and I watch movies and relax in the evenings.

One of the women on the Phat Fiber Ravelry Group forum inspired me with her own similar project, to knit my little handspun mini skeins into mitered afghan squares.

This is the perfect project for me! I love making small, repetitive pieces that travel easily and give me some instant gratification, but that are assembled into one impressive whole project.

Why did I not think of this myself, and sooner? I grew up sewing scrap quilts with my grandmother, so this definitely touches a special place in my heart. Plus the little skeins and little squares are so cute! 

Sweet Shop Is In The Shop

Full-sized versions of some of my sample colorways from March’s Sweet Shop Box are now up on my shop. Get them while they last!

Turkish Delight:

Ribbon Candy:

Dark Chocolate Covered Cherry:

Ribbon Candy Llayover Tote: