Sara's Texture Crafts... HQ Log

Just a quick update to let you know that I have opened a competition for any Ravelry members who want to compete with me in the Tour de Fleece… when I say ‘compete’, I mean a friendly spin-along!

The Tour de Fleece is a friendly spin-along held on Ravelry each year. It follows the Tour de France bike race, with the idea that as they ride we spin; covering yardage, as they cover mileage. There are various groups and prizes you can be involved, with the simplest premise that we spin, socialize and generally enjoy almost a full month at our beloved wheels.

I thought it might be fun to join in and share some offerings from my shop. Here’s what’s up for grabs;

1. A 10% discount on an order at www.sarastexturecrafts.com by adding the discount code: teamSarasTextureCrafts2012 at the checkout.
2. Secondly a prize of 100g of dyed tops to one lucky winner. This I will be dyeing especially for the Tour de Fleece and pictures will follow soon.

Rules:

• Discount – you will receive 10% off of your order, by adding the code teamSarasTextureCrafts2012 at the checkout. This is not redeemable at a later stage and is limited to one order per person. Discounts are open from 1^st of June to the 20^th of July 2012.
• Prize drawing –
  • To enter for the prize you must be a member on Ravelry (free and fabulous!). When you log in, sign up to the official Sara’s Texture Crafts team at
  • Post pictures of your work as you go and generally join in the discussion to meet and spin-along with us. You can also tag your hand spun yarns with teamSarasTextureCrafts2012 as you enter them onto your Ravelry notebook. However, this is not essential, as I will be drawing a winner from the discussion thread.
  • The Tour de Fleece officially closes on the 22^nd of July, but I will extend my closing date until the 6^th of August so that you have time to wash, dry and photograph any yarns made in the final few days.
  • Each member will receive one entry in to the price drawing for posting pictures of their hand spun yarns. However, if you spin and submit pictures of spinning with fibre from Sara’s Texture Crafts you will get a second entry.
  • I will announce the winner on the 10^th of August 2012.

Official team thread and competition is at http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/tour-de-fleece/topics/2160691

Welcome to the next shop update! It’s been a while so I am very excited to upload new stock for you to take home and play with…

Ok, here’s the list;

• Hand dyed tops – these include Jacob humbug blends, Shetland, Falkland, BFL and Merino/Tencel blends.
• More hand dyed yarn – Aran, DK and Lace (more to follow in the next update)
• Fleece – I have my first Romney fleeces here and I picked up a pretty little Hebridean fleece on my travels. Most Farmers up until now have had trouble shearing on time, due to the weather. I’m hoping the past week or so will have helped, however we do rely on only a few shearers in the area. With this in mind please keep revisiting shop updates and following my free monthly newsletters. As soon as I have stock I will let you know.

It seems short and sweet, but there is a lot of choice, some new colourways and updates on sold lines. I have also updated stock levels to reflect Ashford a new Ashford equipment order I have just received.

If you remember seeing something at the Devon County Show and it’s not back in stock yet, let me know and I’ll see if I can make some more.

You can find all of these in the shop at www.sarastexturecrafts.com

Sara x

Next Update Due: 8^th June! This will include more fleeces (depending on the weather for shearing) and a few new free knit patterns.

Don’t forget to come and see me at my next events as I’ll probably be showing exclusive new hand dyed shades! http://sarastexturecrafts.com/page/5172-events.aspx

A big thank you to everyone who came to see me at the Devon County Show… I had a wonderful time!

I’m back now and starting to pack orders and answer emails, ready to work on my next shop update later this week. In the meantime if you need anything the shops are open and ready for you… and I am at the end of the phone, or email!

Shop update Friday 25th May. If you saw something at the show you wanted to buy, let me know and I can get that to you.

Sara x

Devon County Show 17-19th May 2012 at Westpoint, Exeter.

http://devoncountyshow.co.uk/http://devoncountyshow.co.uk/. The show is a great opportunity to learn more about the fibre we spin! There will be plenty of local farmers bringing their sheep to the show, so you get the chance to meet these animals (a huge variety of breeds) and talk to farmers about their fleece. There are also Alpaca, Cashmere and Angora Goats (Mohair) there too… not forgetting the Angora bunnies! This of course is before we even consider the other livestock and events that take place. The Devon Guid of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers, as well as the Devon Lace Guild will also be on hand to inspire!

I will be showing in the West Country Crafts Marquee with my stall. This marquee is specifically aimed at hosting local crafts and businesses, with the idea of promoting ‘buy local’. We have a huge wealth of quality breeds and wool businesses here on our door step that we often don’t know exist, or forget about.

I will have lots of blended tops and exclusive hand dyed tops, solid colours too. I also have spindle kits and needle felting kits, as well as yarns and embroidery/surface textured mini skeins. My demo will be needle felt figures and spindle spinning. So there will be lots of goodies to see.

If you need to pick up an order, please let me know 3 days in advance with full payment. This will ensure I have enough time to process.

If you can make it, I’d love to see you there… support is always very welcome and I would always love to see a friendly face or two!

Special Note: Orders made from the 15th of May and during this time will go out on the 21st and 23rd of May.

Check out these socks…

They are knitted by Annette aka MadameMouton on Ravelry from her handspun yarn… They look so soft and warm!

Annette used my Dusk colourway in Merino/Silk.

I really think I must try knitting socks again…

Thank you for sharing Annette!

Don’t forget, if you have a project using my fibre, or yarn you can post it in the Ravelry Group, or contact me via the website.

Sara x

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The new episode of Dreaming in Fibre is out at http://dreaminginfibre.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/episode-10-knitting-kick-and-noro-fail.html

I talk about knitting, crochet, yarn, noro, Wonderwool Wales, shop updates and the Fleece Club Competition!

I hope you enjoy it!

Sara x

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