Sara's Texture Crafts... HQ Log
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Finally, a finished skein!
This one took a REALLY long time to finish, partially because of the work involved, partially because of how fine I was...
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THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PHOTOSET IN THE WORLD
Here’s the list;
- Batts – Red, Orange/Yellow and Purple options have been added.
- Hand Dyed Blended Tops – I have some new bases to work with on custom order and will have a few ready to go stock items available too. The bases are; BFL/Trilobal, BFL/Silk, Merino/Bamboo, Merino/Nylon (great for socks, not so great for felt making), Merino/Silk and Merino/Tencel. Colours fresh in stock are BFL/Sparkle Bluebell Woods and Merino/Tencel Malachite.
- Knitting Sundries – Stitch Holders to Cable needles and knitting calculators.
- New ZealandCorriedale – New Animal Shades in stock.
- Other Hand Dyed Tops include – Merino in After the Storm, BFL in Tourmaline and Anenome, Falkland in Dartmoor and After the Strom, Jacob in Bluebell Woods and Rusty Gate and finally Shetland in After the Storm.
- Sock Yarn Collection! Yes, it’s finally here and I have two bases to choose from. Other bases will follow later on.
You can find all of these in the shop at www.sarastexturecrafts.comfrom the date above. So mark your diary and come join me.
If you want to see more of the shop update details and see items in the ‘flesh’ so to speak. Check out my next podcast episode at www.dreaminginfibre.blogspot.com
Sara x
Next Update Due: 7th June 2013.
Recent trips to the farms have been fruitful and so there are some real gems to share with you today.
Local sourced tops – I have the great pleasure of introducing my new range of ‘straight from the farm’ tops. These really beautiful and fine tops have been hand selected as fleeces, by me at my local farms to produce tops from. This way I can ensure the very best quality for you in top form and no blending with something sub-standard… and it shows! I have stunning black Wensleydale, which is so fine it would spin lace easily in a bitter chocolate black colour. Then I have four colours of Ryeland; Black, Grey, Oatmeal and Brown. Each of these has a wonderfully easy draft and will make some really wonderful yarns. Did I mention they’d be perfect for felt making too?!
Gotland Fleece– Some new clip fleeces are ready for the website. I have two of medium colour, which has great curl definition and overall shading. These will be available in multiple weight options. Gotland is wonderful to spin or felt. I also have some more dyed Tourmaline in stock!
Dyed Wensleydale Fleece– I have some new stock in new colourways available. These have been dyed on white and black Wensleydale options. This is the last of the clip until the next shear, so grab it while you can!
Prefelt 150g and 400g– I will be selling these natural prefelts in metre lengths and fat quarters. Prefelt is great for backing felted projects and also for using as fabric lengths of felt, once worked.
You can find all of these in the shop at www.sarastexturecrafts.comfrom the date above. So mark your diary and come join me.
If you shop with me on Etsy, you will find a smaller update on the same date.
Sara x
Next Update Due: 5th of April 2013.
Don’t forget to come and see me at my next events! http://sarastexturecrafts.com/page/5172-events.aspx
As I mentioned yesterday I’m very keen to work on colourways for my new yarn collection due out in March at www.sarastexturecrafts.com, so it’s wonderful to be able to show off some more pictures today. This is colour Bohemia;
And these are Heather’s loom knit socks;
Aren’t they fab? I love how different the skein weaves up. I think this will be another colour for the new collection.
I first heard of Heather’s work with my yarn, back at Craft4crafters. Heather showed me her loom made fingerless gloves;
We talked for a while about Heather’s not being able to knit, but understanding the principles of weaving she has taken to knitting looms to produce knitted fabrics, for socks etc. She remarked how she enjoyed the process of using my Bohemia colourway… how the pooling played out and changed on each project. I must admit I was very taken with the idea of tackling socks in this way… I’m not a sock knitter myself, but I would like to try them again at some point. Maybe I should try a knitting loom?
What is your prefered sock method?
Thank you for sharing Heather.
Sara x
I have been planning my new hand dyed yarn range and working on colour options… I had decided in my mind to work with sock yarn frist, as it’s the better selling base for me. As luck would have it, at the very moment I pencilled down colourway ‘Dartmoor’ to feature in this range, Ann one of my long standing customer’s sent me some pictures of her latest socks.
It’s great toi see how Dartmoor might pool on a sock and I think you will agree it has to be one of my featured colourways… it just has too!
Thank you so much for sharing Ann.
Sara x
www.sarastexturecrafts.com (new yearn range due in in March).
A lovely day for hand dyed, the sky is clear and bright and it’s time for some colour in our lives!
Here’s the list of new product in this month’s shop update;
- Batt Club – Batt club opened on the 7th of Feb and already I have a few customers. Thank you! There are still spots available so feel free to grab a spot.
- Merino Shade Packs – I have put some new colours together that are inspired by some of my hand dyed colourways. You can buy from these, or use them as inspiration to make up your own selections from my solid Merino range.
- Knops – I had people ask me to list knops in a natural shade, so that they could have a go at dyeing some up for themselves. Well from today this listing is now available for you.
- Semi Solid hand dyed colourways – I dyed up the new shades on BFL and I think you will agree add some of the necessary greens and blue/purple that the original shade card missed. I am working on new colour options behind the scenes, so if you happen to be on Ravelry please post a comment on the ongoing – Colour wish list thread. Alternatively you can email me too.
- Variegated colourways – I have a few braids left from the show, so these have been put on for the sale price of £4.75. Please grab these while you can.
- Texture Boxes – if you saw me at Craft4Crafters then you will have seen these. They did very well for all of those felt makers and embellishers out there, as well as a few art yarn spinners. Admittedly there aren’t many left, but I am making the plastic boxes for some new packs over the next few weeks. I hope to have plenty more choice in the March update.
- Finally, but by no means least I have Custom dye listings! These are a great opportunity to buy any colourway on any of the offered bases. The minimum order is 100g per colour, which is why you will have found the semi solids more expensive… normally I sell from stock in 50g batches. Please use these as your go to listing when I am short of hand dyed stock on the website. I dye every Tuesday and Thursday unless something crops up, so there shouldn’t be too long a turn around time frame. If I do get overloaded, or close to a big show I may take these out of stock for a short while, but they will be back as soon as I am more settled again.
You can find all of these in the shop at www.sarastexturecrafts.comfrom the date above. You will see a selection of these on the home page for this update.
Sale– I have new sale items, mostly discontinued fibre bases, like Suffolk. Do come grab what you can!
Sara x
Next Update Due: 1st of March 2013.
Don’t forget to come and see me at my next events! http://sarastexturecrafts.com/page/5172-events.aspx
Sara’s Texture Crafts Variegated colourways for 2013.
Sara’s Texture Crafts Semi Solid colourways for 2013.
The colours will feature in my ETSY SHOP UPDATE 7th Feb 2013 @ 5:30pm www.sarastexturecrafts.etsy.com
Sara x
A much bigger update today, I have a few new ranges to present too!
Here’s the list;
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Hand dyed Tops
- BFLSemi Solid Range– NEW!
- BFL variegated braids
- Shetland variegated braids
- Merino variegated braids
- Merino/Tencel Blend variegated braids
- Massam variegated braids
- Cheviot variegated braids
- Teeswater fleece
- Prefelt/needlepunch - NEW!
- Recycled Sari Silk fibre NEW!
- Variety Threads for weaving, sewing, embroidery and embellishing felt work.
You can find all of these in the shop at www.sarastexturecrafts.com. You will see a selection of these on the home page for this update.
Sara x
Next Update Due: 4th of January 2013.
Don’t forget to come and see me at my next events! http://sarastexturecrafts.com/page/5172-events.aspx
