Sara's Texture Crafts... HQ Log
Working on Fleece Club Pack 1, ready for Mondays shipping ;) Time for music and dancing round the stock room!!
July 2012
Customer Photos: Jane's Felted Handspun Bag
I usually see Jane at shows and events… she and her sister are very much the fibre addicts like me, so it was great to see her at the Exeter WSD guild’s fleece day last Saturday (as it was to see Susan, who I told you of yesterday).
Jane showed me her wonderful felted Domino bag… it’s fab isn’t it?!
Here’s a close up…
Jane used a hand spun yarn she made from one of my Merino Silk blends… Strawberry Sundae, along with other hand spuns and commercial wools.
You can find my blend at http://sarastexturecrafts.com/category/598-blended-fibre-for-spinning-or-felt-making.aspx
I love the colour choices for this bag and think it would be a great way to use up those handspun scraps… might have to hunt out a pattern on www.Ravelry.com later!
Thank you for sharing Jane.
Sara x
Dye pots are on today for custom orders… Later I’ll make a start on some sampling for Fibre Club!
Customer Photos: Susan's Berry Cardigan
Susan is one of my customer’s from the Exeter WSD guild’s fleece day on Saturday. She didn’t want to be photographed up close, but did want me to show off her knitting… fair enough and thank you! I spied Susan early on, wondering if the cardi was indeed made in colourway ‘Berry’ and it was great to discover that it was!
Susan was up the night before finishing off, so that she could show me… that’s a dedicated knitter for you!
It was lovely to see how the colours pooled and repeated… it was also very hard to see where one skein joined another, which is tricky when using hand dyed batches. Susan was very proud and so was I… it’s always great to see how my fluff knits up. Thank you Susan!
It’s also great to see how customers wear the fluff they spin or knit with… for example Susan wore her cardigan with a matching top and darker trousers… even her necklace complimented the greens. I loved her style… it really made the knitting sing. I think that’s important when you spend hours on something…
You can find Berry more DK colourways here…. http://sarastexturecrafts.com/category/610-double-knit-weight-yarn-for-knitting.aspx
Sara x
Next Show: wool & Craft Fair at Coldharbour 29th July 2012
Come say ‘Hi’!
Sara x
Phone is out… What up O2?!
If you need me today folks, email me xx
Tour de fleece: finally finished washing and drying the rest of the Manx fleece
Taken at www.sarastexturecrafts.com
With all of the fibre club invoices out I need to get started on stock for Saturday!
Tour de Fleece 2012: Today two bobbins plied and more fleece washed.
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