PetuniaLu

Here is how I was all set up at SAFF. It was a novice’s shop at best, but I was so proud of myself I took lots of pictures, which can be seen on my flickr site. I ended up rearranging a few times a day!!!

These were the folks directly across from my side of the tent. They were so awesome! Felted Looms is based in central Kentucky, and they have developed a felting machine that can make individual items safely and easily. They were selling their looms, but they also had all of these beautiful products for sale as well! This shawl was one of my favorites:

Felted Looms Shawls

I was so tempted to buy some stuff from them, but I resisted (I am actually sorry about that at the moment!)

Me and Nancy Hamilton, the natural dye workshop instructor

I also met the lady who has taught the natural dyes workshops, and we talked about methods and dyestuffs… lots of fun things! She is a wealth of information, and I was pleased to be able to show her my stuff!

Hello friends!

I have made it home from Asheville! I had brought my computer and intended to write updates while I was there, but our hotel had faulty internet service, and I didn’t have time to seek a wireless connection elsewhere.

SAFF was quite the experience! I want to say hi to all of the new friends I met! HI! There was so much to see and hear and touch at the festival. So many beautiful yarns. So many lovely fleeces. And any kind of goodies that you could ever want to accompany the yarn and the fleece and the dyed fiber! I am afraid I got myself into a little bit of trouble- I bought two new drop spindles and FOUR beautiful fleeces in addition to some roving and a bit of undyed yarn. My booth was cushioned neatly at the end of a row by a Wendslydale shepherdess, a farmer who has Jacob sheep, Alpaca, and Angora rabbits, and just down the row from The Woolery and the fleece sale room!

Sadly, I didn’t get as many pictures as I wanted to. I have a few that I still need to upload, but I was so cold and so busy most of the time that I forgot about my camera! I will try to post what I have tomorrow!

I only sold a small portion of my inventory, although I did sell completely out of my Indigo braids! Hot ticket item! I have so many ideas about new products, so we’ll see what happens in the next couple of weeks! Meanwhile, you can find a selection of my stuff in my ETSY shop!

I have asked this question, honestly not knowing the answer for quite some time.

I found this quote on a Ravelry thread, and it made sense to me:

“In all object making, that aspect which relates to its conceptual interpretation is art, that which relates the object to an intended purpose is design, and the quality of its execution is craft.” -Hella Basu

what do you think?

Why Knot Fiber Collective Informational Card

So, Heidi put a lot of work into this card, and we are so proud of it! Our lives are suddenly consumed with preparations.

Today, I spent the afternoon dyeing. Monday, I mordanted two  pounds of BFL which had to age for three days. This afternoon, I began my Madder dyebath, which has to soak for 24 hours. After setting that aside, I spent some time dyeing a pound of BFL in lovely yellow fusic! I am so pleased with how it turned out. Tomorrow, I will have photos!

I am also going to try to do some overdyeing! I have a small amount of fiber that has been dyed in Indigo, and according to Jim Liles, I can get a lovely green if I dip it in my fusic dyebath for 15 minutes! Oh, I am so excited!

Okay, I want to talk more about this tomorrow! I am going to finish watching the Daily Show, and then I am going to do a bit of mordanting before bed!