I would say "Squee!" but it doesn't even begin to describe my excitement!!
Tactile- the amazing naturally dyed fiber and yarns we all love, is giving away TWO 3 month subscriptions to their fiber club!!
They offer both a natural comfort and a natural luxury club- if you read their descriptions, both sound just mouth watering!
For the natural luxury club they write on their website:
"Luscious luxurious fibers will arrive for your spinning pleasure. You will receive 2-3ozs of fiber total each month. The fiber may include, but is not limited to: Camel, Silk, Angora, Suri Alpaca, Yak, and Pygora."
And for the Natural Comfort:
"Explore a sampling of the many sheep breeds and blends available to handspinners. You will receive 4ozs of fiber total each month. The fiber may include, but is not limited to: Masham, Targhee, Merino-Bamboo, Gotland, Jacob, and Superwash Blue Faced Leicester."
Oh my! They both sound wonderful! Don't they?
I am always in awe at the Tactile alchemists MissyB and Maia. They take natural substances sourced with a keen sense of social responsibility and turn them into really drool-worthy yarn and fiber. Just look at the samples they sent in for the June box! Amazing!!
Join the Tactile group on Ravelry and keep updated on all the clubs and new fibers coming soon!
Ok there will be TWO winners for this giveaway! Just visit Tactile's Website and find something you like. Post about it in the comments section below and we will draw for winners on Monday.
Please help us spread the Tactile love, by using plurk or twitter, or facebook or Ravelry or your blog and let everyone know about this! I'll count your social networking as extra entries for you!
Phat Fiber Loves Tactile!
182 comments:
I want to win this one soooooo badly!!!
I absolutely love the merino-bamboo top in Marigold. GORGEOUS GORGEOUS GORGEOUS
Oh, I love the Rose Wool-Flax Top! I've never head of such a thing but it looks beautiful!
I heart Maia & Brooke muchly! Was SO good hanging out with them at Bizarre Bazaar/Maker Faire.
I love their tutorial on wet finishing luxury handspun yarns:
http://www.tactilefiberarts.com/patterns/wet-finishing
I was actually on the Tactile site about 15 minutes ago oogling the alpaca (namely the Ginko on grey) and loving the St. Blaise Combs.
Twittered and Facebooked
Jacy (shortsleeves)
I'm always drawn to BFL... and her Golden Olive will be mine... oh yes, it will be mine...
I would LOVE this prize!!! How exciting! I got a little lost in the beauty at the site, but I really liked the Dew - Merino-Silk 50-50 Top.
Retweeted and FB'd.
I just can't say enough about the beautiful colors! Oh, I"m crossing my fingers for this one!!
Anaya
I love tactile! I bought 2oz of the Alpaca Merino Tussah blend in Pomegranate, and I'm spinning it on a spindle because I want to savor everything about it. This has got to be one of my favorite blends.
Maia and Brooke are absolutely amazing. I love them to death and what they're able to do with color is thrilling.
Oooh.. I *love* the Merino-Silk worsted. The Kelp and the Slate are lovely! I wish I could afford a few skeins of that.
I love the pomegranate Merino/Tussah, but oh my, the indigo--it makes my heart skip a beat!
I love Camel!
Tangerine - Baby Camel-Merino Top
Wow - what a generous prize! :) I have to say that I love the Merino/Tencel Top in Thunderstorm. The colour is great and I think it would be fabulous (phabulous?) spun up. :)
Ravelry ID - Melanie
What isn't there to like? But if I had to chose, today, I would chose 50/50 Merino/Silk in Pewter.
My favorite (that I don't already have in my stash from Tactile!) is the orchid merino/yak fiber... I have some yarn in th esame colorway and it's beautiful :)
twittered under sockpr0n too!
LOVE LOVE LOVE the superwash merino colors!! YUMMY!!
Followed aija's tweet! :)
I love the baby camel/merino in Indigo!
I love the BFL top in Mist. It's a gorgeous green!
Everything is just gorgeous, but the Pomegranate on White Organic Cotton Sliver just rocks!
cdaniele
Cherry Blossom anything! I really need to order something in that color. Maybe after this weekend's Farmer's Market... Common buyers!
I loves me some silk, and the colors are so amazing!
I absolutely love Flame - Alpaca-Merino-Tussah Silk Top. The colors are so sunny and gorgeous.
The Naturally Dyed Baby Camel - Tussah Silk Top in Indigo looks just amazing.
I love their silk blend fibers and all their colorways!
Their Wensleydale is so nice to spin too!
Those colors are stunning! I just want to kneed it all day :-)
Facebooked!
Loved the carnation color in every fiber! And how beutiful is the orchid colorway when mixed with chocolate alpace. Magic.
What a wonderful website! Since I like to wear shawls, I fell in love with the Copper Shawl Pin-D shape with beads. And....the Wisteria-Merino-Tussah Top...
Oh, I LOVE Tactile! I choose Orchid (Half) - Brown Yak-Merino 50-50 Top, although I looked at the angora/merino. I have a friend who is in their luxury club, and she let me touch her recent shipment - it is AMAZING!
Ooo I love that Blue Spruce merino top...everything is so pretty! Amazing that all of the colors are of natural origins!
This makes me want to move....into this shop! The website is incredibly organized and there is so much that I can't pick a favorite. Thanks PF for taking us here!
The colors are absolutely breathtaking! And natural dyes? How cool is that!
I love the Heliotrope and Surf Wensleydale top!
The colors are absolutely beautiful. The merino-bamboo top is calling my name. :)
I'm partial to the superwash BFL in any color but my hands down FAVORITE is the Pomegranate colorway in Baby Camel. YUMMMMY!!!
I've never seen wool and flax top before! I love linen and I'd love a chance to try some! I hope they have some at the BSG next weekend. The Rose and Carnation are my favorites in this!
It's impossible to pick a favorite from Tactile - everything is so lovely! Just to play along I'll choose the Wensleydale top in Dew. :)
Yikes - fabulous!
I wanna win!
I adore the pomegranate colorway in any fiber, but I think my absolute favorite is the "Flame" yak down. Mmmm... yak...
Oops - I hit send to fast I was so excited. I love the Aventurine - Superwash Merino Sport Weight Yarn
mmm, tangerine baby camel.
So much to love - especially the Heliotrope colorway.
Off to blog.
Um, can I just say everything? Especially this black alpaca/silk blend:
https://www.tactilefiberarts.com/store/store.php?crn=248&rn=1023&action=show_detail
I've just blogged about the contest at
http://elaine-knitting.blogspot.com/
My choice is still laceweight, Orchid and Banana are the colors calling my name. The problem with fiber is that I simply can't decide WHAT I'd order first! Then again, that's why I'm so tempted by the fiber club....
How strange, it looks like my previous comment didn't post. Well, if it turns up, please know that I didn't mean to enter twice!
I'm drawn to the camel-merino. So soft, so pretty. Pomegranate is my color of choice. https://www.tactilefiberarts.com/store/store.php?crn=304
Oh my. The Bougainvillea - Merino-Tussah 80-20 Top is so beautiful. I think I NEED it!
All of the fibers are so beautiful, but since I've never done any spinning, I would probably most love the Indigo - Superwash Merino-Bamboo Fingering Weight Yarn. Of course if I win ...
So very much to love. I just noticed the shawl pins and my new fav is Sterling Silver Shawl Pin - S shape with beads
I'm spinning up some Sincere Sheep on my drop spindle, and I have a glorious skein of Blue Faced Leicester that I recently spun up on my wheel. I luuuurrve the colors! Maia got me hooked when I visited their booth at Madrona this last February. :D Totally jonesing for some Merino-Bamboo in Blue Spruce...
Oh what a great prize. This is enough to make me want to learn to spin! I especially love the Rose Wool-Flax Top.
OOO, nothing would be grander then fiber from Maia! I lust after her Pomegranate colorway, in well any fiber she does it in, I am all about red and shades of red. The Merino Pomegranate is WOW WOW WOW!
What do I love? Everything! I think the Coral - Organic Cotton Worsted Weight Yarn is really just what I'd like for summer knitting.
The orchid and the plum colorways are just wonderful. I can't decide which is more beautiful.
The Concord Grape - Baby Camel Top is calling to me. It is gorgeous.
I've been ogling those club memberships for a while now. I love their colors and love that they are arrived at naturally. When I'm a little more experienced I will be buying some of their luxury fibers - like the camel/silk/merino in Dew, or the baby camel/merino in any color. Someday. Soon.
I have to say that the Marigold BFL roving is calling my name...
The Pinot Noir laceweight alpaca is absolutely amazing. Wow!
I'm in love with the baby camel and merino top in Tangerine. It looks fantastic!
Wow, that's some gorgeous fiber. I love the Sky/Brown Yak Merino top. I've never spun Yak before. And the combo of the blue and brown is fantastic!
All of the fibers left me seriously wanting to rub my face on the screen of my mac. However, I really, really loved the colors of the Blue Spruce Sock Yarn
I don't think there's any way in the world I could possibly pick one thing - Tactile's fibers are AWESOME. Especially baby alpaca blends, we'll go with that.
Ooooh - Alpaca/Merino/Tussah Top sounds like it would be an absolute delight to spin. I want some!
Twittered and facebooked this one, and blogged on two different sites, oh yes!
what a great giveaway!! I LOVE this coral: https://www.tactilefiberarts.com/store/store.php?crn=240&rn=1498&action=show_detail
this giveaway is great!! I love the merino-tencel top in the thuderstorm color. So pretty.
I want this one!!!!!
so many beautiful colors! I would love to have any of those amazing alpaca/alpaca blends to spin!
My BF and I are both beginning spinners, we'd love to try some of this fiber. The Wensleydale, in the surf maybe? It's all so gorgeous, it's overwhelming
Wow, some gorgeous stuff! I love the Sky-Gray Alpaca Top here: https://www.tactilefiberarts.com/store/store.php?crn=240&rn=1456&action=show_detail
I fell in love with the Thunderstorm - Merino-Silk 50-50 Top. Gorgeous stuff!
my brain hurts i can't decide between the undyed chocolate alpaca and Handspun Blue Faced Leicester with Silk...the purse say undyed alpaca, the heart says both...i just want to cuddle them.
Oh my what was not to love! I had to bookmark it so I could find it again to order and I will have to go put it on my Ravelry. I love BFL
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i twittered as spvaughan
I'm very impressed by the huge assortment of fibers and products at Tactile Fibers. Some of my favorites are the coral, carnation and dogwood colorways. Although they are all lovely, and I love the fact that they are all natural dyes!
i became a member of in ravelry
i blogged about it.
her coral silk fiber looks amazing!
The Tangerine Baby camel fiber has me cursing my current lack of funds. What beautiful fiber it is and how I wish I were spinning some right now.
i commented on ravelry! (do you think i might want some of anything yarny they would put in my hot little hands!?!?)
I loved the Merino Top in the Bougainvillea and the Heliotrope colorways. Just lovely. I found the info on Earthues.com interesting as well.
I love the indigo baby camel-tussah silk top! And I Facebooked this too. :-)
I like the Lichen - Organic Cotton Worsted Weight Yarn. It's a beautiful green color and it looks so soft.
LOVE this store! They've got such a wide variety of fiber types available in some truly gorgeous colorways. I like "Flame" and would love to try it in Yak and the Merino/Tussah blend :)
WHAT A SITE! I love the sincere sheep fiber...along with most everything else! What an amazing giveaway! I hope I am lucky enough to be one of the two...I sure could use it this week LOL! BEAUTIFUL!
Tami
DesignsbyTami.com
It's so hard to choose, but I love the wonderful colors. Orchid, pomegranate and indigo. In a very yummy yak blend.
I couldn't choose between the Alpaca Lace - Algae and the Brown Yak and Marino - Lichen. Probably because I spent the day preparing our Sun Room to be repainted in Blanched Thyme with Tarragon accents and re floored with a Marbled Tan Tile. Love those colors.
I would lovely to try the yak or yak-merino (which is really beautiful in Orchid). And the alpaca-silk blends look yummy!
What an amazing store. I love everything in it. One of my favorites is their Dogwood colorway. I think I'd like some in the 50/50 merino silk blend
ooo... this one. The colors are so soft in the natural dyes. LOVE!
https://www.tactilefiberarts.com/store/store.php?crn=245&rn=1258&action=show_detail
I will absolutely fall over in shock if I win this one, but the thought of a fiber club is too good to be true! I love so many things on their site, but the flame, dew, pomegranate, viola and sunshine colorways are my favorites. The alpaca-silk blends look scrumptious!
I like everything in their shop, but I especially like the tutorial on the twisted cording. I think it is so well done! This is an amazing prize...I hope I win!
It's a great site, love the shawl pins & the merino-silk lace yarn.
I would love to have this! I love trying new and interesting fibers :)
I can't pick any one thing because they all look awesome so I'll pick a colorway instead. I love the Dogwood colorway, it is so cute!
Wow! That's some prize!
I love the Dogwood Merino Top... lovely! Of course everything there is gorgeous.
I am so impressed with their write up on natural dyes and their ecological responsibility. Their ability to use local fibers and support fiber production is also admirable. Best of all, though, are the lovely colors. Natural dye colors are simply beautiful in their translucency (sp) and lustre. Thanks for making such a great product!
I absolutely ADORED spinning the fiber I have gotten from Tactile. I can't even imagine winning this... but I'll toss my name in anyway because it's too good to not.
I have had my eye on pretty much everything in the Golden Olive colorway. It's just so pretty.
I facebooked it too. ;)
I love the merino and blue face leicester........then I saw the alpaca and camel. Now I can't decide which I like best. Okay, I like them all best!!! It's the fiber addiction ;)
Maia and Brooke do amazing things with tussah top - I especially love the "Kelp" colorway. Their merino/yak top is fab too - spins like butter!
I think the sorel sock yarn is fantastic. Very subtle color changes (at least it looks that way from the picture)
Drool! I love the Berries and Cream sincere sheep carded roving!
All the fibers were wonderful, but the Angora-Merino Top in Wisteria is just awesome!
~sciteacher@Ravelry
Love the dogwood yak-merino (and everything else they have).
Orchid - Superwash Merino-Bamboo Fingering Weight
Is just super lovely!
Tactile is one of my favorite vendors! Of course the Schacht Matchless DT wheel is top on my wish list, but in terms of fiber, the Tussah-Yak top in Forest is quite enticing.
I LOVE the Pomegranate Merino-Silk 50-50 Top!! So pretty!
~~ Dragomeira
I love the alpaca-merino-tussah blend in flame...that looks like it would be so fun spun up!
What's there not to love! Thought this website was awesome! Fell in love with the Slate Baby Camel - Merino Top blend. Unfortunately, right now my love for fiber far exceeds my actual spinning ability!
Has anyone taken a look at the Dogwood Angora Merino Top? It is absolutely stunning. I'm going to investigate the club membership. I would love to spin this fiber
The Kelp Alpaca Sport Weight Yarn is just lovely.
ooh, love this"
Pomegranate on White Organic Cotton Sliver
Cindy
I love all of the merino/tencel blends! I especially love flame and mandarin! The picture taking quality is just fabulous and makes everything look lucious! YUM-EE
~Emily~
www.dameemi.etsy.com
Mm, the alpaca/silk blends are luscious. All of them. But especially the dark red-purples - orchid/chocolate and pomegranate/chocolate. And black. And birch. And the rest.
I first found out about the incredible people through the Phat Box! They are a credit to my fiber obsession. Keep it up
I'd like to try some of the wool-flax top. Also loved the ditty bag patterns-need to make several!
As a new spinner, not only do I LOVE the variety of fiber she carries, but I think I'm going to have to pick up one of her Spinner's Control Cards. How handy and awesome!
i love the sorrel fingering weight yarn. so gorgeous!
The Black - Alpaca-Cultivated Silk Top is so shimimery, I love it.
The Indigo - Organic Merino Sport Weight Yarn is gorgeous!
I absolutely cannot decide on my favorite. All of the colorways are so luscious. Beautiful yarns!
Love the website! Love ALL the fiber! Love ALL the yarn!
Love it ALL!! Want it ALL !! Why choose?? This is the best website and concept to come along in a long time!!
I love their Pinot Noir - Alpaca Lace Weight Yarn. Such a pretty color!
The Strawberry Linen-Merino Sport Weight sock yarn ... a dream *sigh*
Really, I'd like everything....I love the Dogwood Yak-Merino fiber, it's so gorgeous!!
I'll tweet too :)
I love Algae - Alpaca Lace Weight Yarn. I can so see myself wrapped in a shawl of this yarn.
I love them all. The colors are so classic and dusty. I can't decide!
desertgarden
Well I knew it would happen. Everytime I go to the tactile web site I walk away with something - and this time was no exception. I simply love Forest, the Alpaca-Merino-Tussah Silk Top. And I purchased Dogwood, the Merino-Silk 50-50 Top. Love these fibers! Keeping my fingers crossed for a win!
That subscription looks pretty good for starters!
Jen
Wow! Two lucky people are going to be totally spoiled by this one!
I just love the exotic fiber blends - it would be an amazing experience to play with each one! My favorite is the Pomegranate - Baby Camel-Merino Top - what fun!
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Wow-- that Alpaca/Tussah grey Birch top is just stunning. I just bought a bunch of spinning fibre this morning from some local dyers here in CNY, so you'd think my wallet would be safe, but, uh.... Gorgeous.
Can I get it all? Too hard to choose just one.
So many lovely goodies! I guess I pick the Raspberry Merino/Silk handspun. Yum!
Heather
I love love love the alpaca-merino-tussah fibers, especially the Carnation and the Orchid. I'll bet it spins like a dream and the fiber is sooooo pretty!!!
I love the Merino-Bamboo Top in Dew!!! Great website!! Lots of wonderful goodies!!
The merino/silk in sunrise was just gorgeous. But that's only one among many stunning yarns/fibres :)
I love the Alpaca-tussah silk in Sorrel. Abso-freaking-lutely gorgeous!
Oh, my....how lovely! I adore the Merino-Bamboo fingering in raisin. Lovely!
i love EVERYTHING on their site! oh wow i would love to win this one! what i really want to try is some of the 50/50 merino/silk.. mmm! flame is a gorgeous color!
Right, so it occurred to me I should tweet this after browsing the site a while longer and drooling over it all some more (they carry Spindlewoods, but I'm supposed to be on a spindle diet, but oh no), so I did log on to twitter and tweet it.
I love all the fiber but my favorite is the Rose wool flax top.
Everything here is phenomenal! My favorite fiber is the Tangerine - Baby Camel-Merino Top, although all of the fiber choices and colors look superb. My favorite yarn is the Algae - Alpaca Lace Weight Yarn. I think it would make a beautiful fall shawl. I also like the Viola - South African Fine Top, which is on sale for 20% off!
Algemy - I love lichen (brown yak-merino top). The colors are very light and not too dark, just perfect. It is a gorgeous earthly combination.
Love! I can decided which organic sport weight I like best! The dogwood and orchid are gorgeous!
Wow!!! They just have so many gorgeous goodies. One I really want to buy is the SW Merino/Tencel sock yarn in Overcast. I'm drooling here.
I would love some of their Orchid Merino Cross roving, and the fiber club even more!
Yay for Phat Fiber!!!
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I just love the soft natural colors created by Tactile Fibers. What a well named fiber seller!
lol, can i just say i like ALL the alpaca yarns and leave it at that?? smile!
love this give away!
So far I have just looked at the aplaca section and already i'm in love with Dew, Flame and Birch colorways/
I am putting myself in the chance. I have never won The Lottery, but this would be just as exciting.
I have long coveted TFA's yak/merino blend rovings. The natural colors are so so gorgeous; lichen or pomegranate (or both) would have to be my favorite. Beautiful stuff, I save my pennies for fiber like this :P
Concord Grape baby camel top! Too pretty for words, and I'm sure too soft to describe, as well.
Wow! The beautiful selection of fibers could have me spinning for a lifetime - just slide some food under the door on occasion!
Wow...Can I just heart it all? Although the luxury fibers really call me....
The Carnation - Linen-Merino Sport Weight Yarn is simply stunning.
I really love this Alpaca & Silk Handspun: black alpaca sets off a multi-color silk in pink, orange, and gray.
https://www.tactilefiberarts.com/store/store.php?crn=277&rn=1041&action=show_detail
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Um... So I love everything?
But I can't decide whether I like the Dew Wool/Flax top or the Nori Wensleydale top more.
What an amazing giveaway!
Beautiful. I can see the Marigold and Gingko fingerling in a shawl right now!
not sure if there is still time to enter but if so..
I'm loving Heliotrope - Alpaca Sport Weight Yarn so so much!
The Black-Alpaca-cultivated silk top looks fantastic, soft, silky, lucious. I'm sure it would spin up wonderfully!
I love the Coral - Merino-Tussah 80-20 Top.Hugs Darcy
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I love the corals and pomegranate. I guess if I had to choose I'd pick Pomegranate - Merino-Tussah 80-20 Top
or Pomegranate Merino-Silk 50-50 Top.
Beautiful stuff!
The Pinot Noir laceweight alpaca is just gorgeous!
I've been in a really orange mood lately, because the Wensleydale Top in Tangerine is really catching my eye.
- cthulhulovesme on Rav.
oooo I love the Coral Alpaca Merino Tussah blend. 'm only a beginner spinner, but that looks so yummy.
It all looks so lovely! The tangerine Merino-Bamboo calls to me. :)
Wow, what a great giveaway!!!
ohhh LOVE the indigo dyed sock yarn with bamboo in it. Its so pretty.
I love "Thunderstorm" BFL. They have such pretty colors and fibers.
I love so much of what Tactile does! I love that they use natural materials to make such gorgeous fiber! If I had to choose, anything indigo dyed (say, the merino silk, for example) would be my favorite. But it's not fair to ask for a favorite :)
Since I mostly spin for socks (lately, at least), my current favorite would be Gravenstein in the SW Merino... but if I placed an order, I'm sure much more would fall into my cart :)
I love the Adventurine Super Wash Merino! Such a beautiful color.
I would love to knit the Girasole shawl in the Lichen colorway. That would just be gorgeous!
I love the Gingko colorway in laceweight, and I have just the beads to go with it.
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