WC Mercantile Texas Fiber Club Giveaway!

The best little wool shop in Texas has generously offered a Texas Fiber Club giveaway here on the Phat Fiber blog!! I'm so excited!! Many of you have had a taste of Stephanie's artisan dyed fiber in your boxes (check out the top picture for a sneak peek at December!) and the response has been wonderful!

We love all of the different fiber options available in the shop! Silk, Wool, Mohair, Firestar, it's really all there. Go look for yourself :) While you're there, feel free to oogle the spinning wheels, the dyes, the yarn, *sigh* this is where I daydream about having a part time job at WCMercantile (quality control, you know, so Steph can put an 'inspected by J' sticker on everything).

So, you want a Texas Fiber Club? Just visit WCMercantile, find something you like, and write about it in the comments section below. Extra entries will be allotted to those who plurk, twitter, facebook, ravelate, or blog about this giveaway/shop. Remember to leave a way for us to find you, but the best way to see if you've won this amazing giveaway, is to check back on Saturday! That is when we'll be selecting a winner.

Thank you so much Stephanie, for bringing us superior products at great prices!

Winners- and water main breakage.

Wahooooooo!

Designs by Tami sheepy knitting needles: Cozyknitting

Wild Hare Lucky roving: PJS (jcloke)

Congrats!!!

The finish carpenters who are supposed to be * drywalling * my studio just broke a water main (head/desk) . Instead of screaming into a pillow, I'm going to try and finish some gift shopping this afternoon. I hope you all have a great afternoon too! I'm sure I'll be posting this weekend, but I did want to remind everyone that we are FAST approaching the deadline for the Fall competition (Dec 20th!) I hope you're all spinning/clicking/poking away!

Shearlock's Choice Award- Light Brown Hare

Our Shearlock is said to be en route back home from Light Brown Hare Headquarters. I do hope he doesn't get caught in a blizzard!

Shearlock had an absolute amazing time this past month, and as you can see from the photos he was incredibly well taken care of- I hope he hasn't gained too much weight or we'll have to put him on that nasty alfalfa sprout diet again.

After discovering the Light Brown Hare crew also enjoys Battlestar Gallactica, Shearlock phoned home to say he wanted to stay a little longer. The food, the wine, the all day dyeing and the cutting up with Dale (Shearlock finally got to use all of his BSG jokes/quotes and references!)- it has been heaven for him.

Dale has already listed some full sized yarn that will be featured in our "Aurora Borealis and Beyond" December box. I am certainly drooling over the 600 yd Nebula yarn. *Sigh* I love it when I can buy a special skein of fingering weight in enough yardage to knit a small shawl. Nebula, you may be mine yet :)

Thank you so much Dale, for taking such good care of Shearlock and for letting us all in on your adventures in dyeing and knitting. We've had great fun peeking in on your artwork!

Speaking of

Wild Hare and Giveaway!

I'm so very excited to be featuring this Phattie today. Wild Hare's shop is absolutely brimming with fiber candy of all shapes and sizes! From the awesome Spinolution wheels and spindles to art yarns and finished scarves this shop has it all!

Wild Hare is a one-stop shop with an artistic flare. Take a look at her new fiber ornaments! So festive and adorable! Melissa is also famous for utilizing local mills and fiber to create unique products like her tweedy roving (ingenious!)

I hope you all have fun perusing Wild Hare today! Melissa has generously offered this beautiful 3 oz "lucky" wool top for a giveaway! Just tell us which Wild Hare product really floats your boat in the comments section below. We'll be drawing for a winner on Friday so be sure and let your other online friends know about the giveaway- twitter/facebook/ravelry.

Melissa, thank you so much for sharing your ingenuity with us!

Designs by Tami *giveaway*

Tami sent in the cutest santa sheep stitch markers last month! Did you know she has matching santa sheep knitting needles? What an adorable gift it would make - or embellishment for the top of a knitting related gift!

I wanted to have a little blogpost on this busy Monday, to remind you that Tami has lots of inexpensive but cute items you can use to stuff your stockings this year! Check out the photo bracelets!

We're giving away this adorable set of Santa Sheep knitting needles! Just visit Designs by Tami, Find something you like, write about it in the comments section below this post and remember to retweet/facebook/blog for extra entries!

Thank you so much for creating these adorable sheepies for us to enjoy, Tami!

Winners!

We have winners this week!

Alisha Goes Around Spark sock- Crystal Rutheford

Blue Mountain Handcrafts batts- Stephanie (nephnie)

Moonlight and Laughter batt- Lilyunfolding


Congrats!!!

And in non-fiber news:
Tonight, Marcus and I will have the exceptional pleasure of learning How to Rob a Bank- No really! My beautiful sister is hosting a house concert for Willy Porter at the Dairy in Metropolis, IL, if you're in the area (worth driving to if not!) it should be an intimate but amazing performance.

Moonlight and Laughter Batt Giveaway!

Oh I've yet to have my first sip of Egg Nog this year, but the November Moonlight and Laughter samples made me crave it! I also look at the yarn and immediately see a little knit dress with embroidery on the bodice for my little toddler. Hmmm. Maybe this yarn needs to be mine?

Marilla is one of the sweetest Phatties there is and her strength and wisdom as a person amazes me. She dyes some amazing yarn and fiber too!

We're giving away this beautiful lilac batt created by Marilla. It's incredibly floofly and delicate looking and would make the lovliest yarn, I think! Please visit Moonlight and Laughter and find something you like, write about it in the comments section below so we can all see! Remember, to always leave a way for me to find you, and remember to use your social networking sites as extra entries- let everyone know about Moonlight and Laughter and what you like!

Thanks Marilla! Your colorways are knitting and spinning inspiration!