May 28, 2009
A while ago I discovered that I have a lot of yarn. A LOT of yarn. All kinds. Commercial, handspun, novelty, etc. Lots of yarn.
And then, when I lamented to this to my boss, who is also of the yarn obsessed sort, we discovered we had the overflow of yarn in common.
From there it just progressed and ended at “Well, I can make that myself.”
And we did.
Hand tied yarn. It’s a time intensive process but the results are worth it if you are into multi strand, sparkly yarns that are constantly changing.
I’ve actually made quite a bit of this in the past couple months, but only started parting with some of it last night. Quite honestly, I like working with crazy/out of the ordinary yarns sometimes so this suits me just fine.
So what can you do with it? Well, I personally have used it as a carry along with two strands of wool in a project that eventually became a felted bag. Lots of pops of color and texture. My boss has made scarves and shawls. One she wove the ends in, the other she left out for a wilder look. Which for some reason reminds me of Helena Bonham Carter. I should totally send her a scarf.
Antiqued-450 yards, sold.
Pinky Lee-105 yards, available at fabulosity.etsy.com
Floofy Greens-125 yards, available at fabulosity.etsy.com
Orange Borange-108 yards, available at fabulosity.etsy.com
Anemone-125 yards, available at fabulosity.etsy.com
This was another skein I made and sold a while ago, it was small enough that you could wear it as a fiber necklace if you were so inclined. I’d love to know what the buyer made with this or if she kept it as a necklace!
Back to the day job, more soon!
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October 23, 2008
O.k. I realize that the pile o’yarn probably doesn’t look like it’s expanded much, but since my last update I’ve added 8 new skeins to the pile! I’m getting really tired! The show in Sheridan is exactly a month away. I was thinking of taking a break from spinning and dyeing yarn this weekend but then my eyes landed on the cones of undyed sock yarn, the huge bag of 8 ounce dyed rovings and the stuff that I might have accidentally ordered onlien in a fit of “OMG I NEED THIS STUFF.”
Ahem. 
In between all this I’ve managed to squeeze in a custom yarn order at Etsy. I am so flattered that I was chosen to create this yarn! The lovely customer wanted roving dyed in shades of silver and brown and then handspun super bulky and thin. It was hard for me to deliberately place huge slubs into the yarn but the results were so nice! Super soft and an amazing texture. I’m really pleased with it, I can’t wait to see what she makes with it!
300 yards. I never formally named it but started to think of it as Sepia.
And with that, I’m keeping my promise to myself to get to bed at a decent hour tonight so off I go. Goodnight!
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October 10, 2008
I’ve managed to spin nearly every night and quite a bit on the weekends. This doesn’t seem like much to me, but when I consider that my store is already well stocked and will likely remain so by mid-November I dont’t worry too much.
The kettles will be running this weekend anyway, just in case! 
It’s supposed to snow tonight, I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that it is snowing now. I will go look before I call it a night. For some reason I feel totally unprepared for this drastic weather change!
Reminds me of being Jacob’s age and when we lived in North Dakota. It was always snowing or blizzarding on Halloween and my mom would never let me wear my mask (which, let’s face it, those masks sucked so hard anyway!) because she was convinced I’d suffocate. So she’d always buy my costume at least two sizes too big so that she could force me to wear it over a winter coat or snowsuit. Good times.
Hopefully the show will be well attended this year. And if not, then there will be a huge update to my store on November 23!
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October 6, 2008
Yet another idea that stuck in my head and wouldn’t go away! Actually, I have to give Jen a lot of the credit for this yarn, I think she thought of it way before I did. Every Halloween you see those bags of spider web material that you can buy and stretch all over the place and then embed the plastic spiders that come with it. To be honest, I’ve never bought a bag! Then this year when Jen was here we discussed what would happen if one were to spin the material and voila, the yarn was born!
I bought purple and green webs and spun each. The green allegedly glows under a black light, but I haven’t tested this theory.
Spooky Kid Smoosh!
The purple yarn is handspun and smoosh plied with a black cotton thread, 30 yards. Bulky art yarn, WPI: 5 to 7.
The purple/green yarn is handspun and plied, 102 yards. WPI: 7 to 10.
Plastic spiders included! They keep startling me so they’ve got to go!
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August 18, 2008
I’ve done it, I’ve reached the point where I’m physically starting to feel the burn out from work. You know, my day job that doesn’t involve anything yarny? I feel like all I do is beg for more time to get everything accomplished, it kind of sucks.
Ah well, the bills have to be paid and until I can figure out how to take over the world with yarn this is my reality.
That said, I had a very productive weekend yarn-wise and am pleased with what I accomplished:
Special Order for Etsian RoaringBravado:
Sea Sea Sea, 465 Yards:
Rainbow Dog! 160 yards, Chiengora from Koda the Samoyed:
Estelle: 150 yards merino and novelty yarn:
Hidalgo 200 yards
Farfalla: 180 yards
Violetta: 164 yards
Grotto: 192 yards
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July 28, 2008
O.k., so I didn’t post every day of the tour, but darn near. However, I did spin every day of the tour, even on one of the rest days so I consider this entire journey a success!
Weekend stuff and wow, I’m pretty tired!
New and exciting things to come soon!
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July 17, 2008
You know, I’m really glad I’m not riding a bike because I’d probably be dead right now. Yarn? Psh, no problem!
See You In The Funny Pages Kid! 62 yards, Smoosh yarn, super coily and bubbly. Plied with pink silk thread.
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July 16, 2008
Spun this last night on day 10, it is probably over 200 yards, I just took it off the bobbin tonight and haven’t counted the yardage just yet. Sorry for the cruddy photo, it was late and the room was dim! It’s a lovely orange with hints of pink though, I loves it.
Untitled-Day 10
July 15 is a rest day for the Tour, I actually hadn’t realized this until about an hour ago. Which is good, it’s been a busy day for me! Plus, I had to bake Amish Friendship bread tonight as the batter/starter I was given by my boss had matured and was ready for the added ingredients and baking. Word to the wise, don’t ever, ever stick your nose in a just opened ziplock bag of fermented bread starter unless you want to feel your sinuses burn for several minutes afterwards. That said, I have four bags of starter, does anyone local want one? Bread in 10 days with minimal effort!
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June 30, 2008
I spun and spun and spun some more this weekend, I feel like I accomplished much! I also managed to get some yarns listed that have been sitting around the last week or so. I should list more often but by the time I get home in the evening I’m usually so tired it’s all I can do to keep myself from slipping into a coma whilst making dinner.
As much as I really don’t like to move my spinning wheel, I’m going to take it with me to Wyoming over the 4th of July so that I can spin during the days while Jacob plays outside at my mom and dad’s place. They have an area of their yard that is in shade for the majority of the day, last year it was the perfect place to set up a little spinning camp and do my thing while keeping an eye on Jacob. I know that if I don’t take it with me I’ll regret it later!
So, without anymore delay, the yarn updates!
Sooper Bedlam Smoosh-170 yards
Berries & Greens-170 yards
Skeinlet Sensation Lot 28 (Already sold by the time I am posting tonight, those things go like wildfire!)
AntiquedSmoosh-60 yards
Happy 4th of July weekend everyone! Eat s’mores! And potato salad! And beer can chicken! And, and, and…
*Makes mental note to avoid dastardly scale next Monday morning*
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February 10, 2008
All new yarns at the shop!
I fell on the ice yesterday, I haven’t tried to spin so we’ll see how that works out. It would of course be my right side to fall on and that’s the foot I use to spin. Ah well, could’ve been worse!
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