I very much love the idea of functional art. I can really get into the beauty of tools and the art of the everyday. This is what I love about this wpi gauge that Jessie of Stashenhancement has made.
This wpi tool was crafted from a solid silver half dollar coin (1944) and strung on a handspun bombyx silk cord. Would you be the envy of everyone at spin night with this? Yes! Is this pretty enough to wear all the time, even when you're not spinning? Yes!
Take a little time today and visit StashEnhancement's shop, find something you love, and come back and write about it here. We'll be drawing for a name very soon, so don't forget to use twitter or facebook to help spread the word and gain extra entries!
Oh wow! I so want this, it's beautiful! I've just had a look at the shop and if I ever manage to save enough money, I'll go for the diz/WPI pendant http://www.etsy.com/listing/47970240/diz-wpi-dollar-pendant-silver-plying
ReplyDeleteI have two favorites the Diz Plying Pendant and Softer than Soft Handspun Merino Yarn
ReplyDeleteI covet the Qiviut Angora Luxury Yarn...
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I love the dime buttons!
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ReplyDeleteI love the WIP coin and really really love the diz plying pendant
ReplyDeleteOMG...that is beautiful! After checking out the shop, I feel that really must have some of those Dime Buttons!!
ReplyDeleteThe Lucet is really cool, but I love all the coin tools. I wish I had a couple extra hundred to get them all! Great job!
ReplyDeleteFacebooked and Twittered because this is just too cool!
Very pretty stuff! I like the Seaweed colorway of the qiviut angora blend yarn, so luxurious.
ReplyDeleteMy favorites are all the fiber tools she makes out of coins. They are very unique. Beauty and function all in one lol.
ReplyDeleteI love the diz/wpi tool. http://www.etsy.com/listing/47970240/diz-wpi-dollar-pendant-silver-plying What a great idea! I tweeted/facebooked about it too. :D
ReplyDeleteScraptacular hand spun yarn is pretty!
ReplyDeleteThe qiviut angora yarn would be wonderful to work with.
ReplyDeleteso many neat things but this is something I 'd love to try spinning:
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That wpi is by far my fave in the shop, but I am sure I would enjoy the Emerald Sea sock yarn as well. ;) And I do very much like the silver dollar diz, but as I still haven't found much use for them myself, I can't say it's my favorite.
ReplyDeleteEverything in her shop is so amazing! I picked up some of her quiviut/angora yarn last month and it's so yummy. Right now? Am totally drooling over the lucet made from a silver dollar. :-)
ReplyDeleteI just spread the word on Facebook. ('cause wow - that's just gorgeous) :-)
ReplyDeleteI love the coin tools and the Granny Rug pattern. I can't wait to make one of her rugs for my dinningroom!
ReplyDeletei adore the little 'vicuna in a tin' so cute and fluffy, everyone should have a pet vicuna!
ReplyDeleteScraptacular Handspun Yarn Silk Merino Love that!!! I love the fun funky stuff!
ReplyDeleteHave to say - the giveaway is one of my favorite things in her shop! I LOVE old coins, and little things of beauty for everyday use. :) Also love the rich jewel tones in all the luxury yarns, they all look so sumptuous.
ReplyDeleteI love pure-silk-mountains-majesty-circus. The colors just pop.
ReplyDeleteI also twittered about Stashenhancement.
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ReplyDeleteI love the Pure Silk Mountains Majesty Circus Handspun Yarn
ReplyDeleteWow qll the tool made from coins look great! And the Caramel Vicuna Angora Silk Ultrafine Merino Exotic Luxury Batt looks really yummy.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh! That is beautiful! I would love to have one :)
ReplyDeleteLove the Pure Mulberry Silk Rainbow Handspun Yarn!
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Great shop and great items! I absolutely love, love, love the Diz WPI Dollar Pendant Silver Plying Fiber Tool!
ReplyDeleteI adore her July Phat Fiber yarn of qiviut and angora in Seaweed. I got a tiny sample when I bought some yarn from her, and I could just pet that little skein all day.
ReplyDeleteI just love your multi-color combinations of homespun yarn!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to try the July PHAT Qiviut/Angora 50/50 Seaweed 2 Hand-Dyed Exotic Luxury Yarn.
ReplyDeleteThe qiviut/angora fingering yarn in Seaweed is divine, and so is the Flawful Fibers merino yarn. Yum!b
ReplyDeleteThat's gorgeous! I love the dime buttons, and the plying pendant, and the Qivut Angora yarn! Mmm.... Luxury!
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So many beautiful pieces and yarns! Aside from the offering, I am in love with the Autumn Fire handspun yarn - on a sock kick atm. =)
ReplyDeleteI love this yarn .Pure Silk Mountains Majesty Circus Handspun YarI will face book and tweet also.
ReplyDeleteI like the colors in the Pure Silk Mountain Majesty Circus Handspun Yarn. I also like the Natural Australian Opal Beads Gemstone Bead Strand (98 carats).
ReplyDeleteReally beautiful stuff. I love the pet vicuna in a tin, luxury yarn and I'd love to try spinning it. Also a fav is the gorgeous jewellery but the Diz WIP Dollar Pendant just wins because of its functionality and beauty.
ReplyDeleteOh my! The seaweed colorway she made for the July PHAT box is gorgeous!!!
ReplyDeleteSo love the pendant but it would never fall into my funding range. Very unique! I also love their loom, felted bear pattern and coin buttons.
ReplyDeleteI'm so in love with the Diz WPI Dollar Pendant Silver Plying Fiber Tool; that is simply an amazing work of art--all of it is is unique. Beautiful work and beautiful fiber!
ReplyDeletewow! I just love gadgets, spinning gadgets, cooking gadgets. The combination WPI and Diz is just fabulous. It would definately function as well as a necklace for me.
ReplyDeletegot to say that all the coinage wpi tools are pretty darn cool.
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love the photos of them too.
I think the Caramel Vicuna Angora Silk Ultrafine Merino Exotic Luxury Batt would be a dream to spin.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty...I love things that combine beauty and function. I'm also lusting after the quiviut/angora blend in natural!
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ReplyDeleteI have drooled at a bunch of those silver fiber tools, but being a green fiend I have to say my favorite is the Quivit Angora yarn. If I had enough money I'd by multiple skeins of it.
I am longing over the VICUNA 100 Percent Luxury Handspun Exotic Yarn
ReplyDeleteOh! I love the Pure Mulberry Silk Rainbow Handspun Yarn.
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I would love the Ashford rigid heddle loom!
ReplyDeleteI especially liked the Quiviut/angora blend in the yummy deep greens. I've not seen that blend before.
ReplyDeleteI am loving the Diz WPI Dollar Pendant and her destash yarns are so beautiful she has great taste.
ReplyDeleteI am loving the Diz WPI Dollar Pendant and her destash yarns are so beautiful she has great taste.
ReplyDeleteWell lets see honestly I would LOVE to own the native Australian opal necklace, but if we are talking about things I could actually afford then I would have to say the Purple Blaze handspun is really pretty and my daughter pointed it out and said she thought it was pretty. : )
ReplyDeleteI love the Qiviut/Angora "seaweed" yarn. So very pretty!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful site! I absolutely love the Diz WPI Dollar Pendant Silver Plying Fiber Tool Handspun Yarn Roving Top Batt Spinning.
ReplyDeleteI love the vicuna batta. And I especially love the wpi gauge.
ReplyDeleteI went a little bit crazy in Stash Enhancement's shop, buying 3 skeins of the qiviut/angora seaweed yarn, some "pet" vicuna in a tin, plus some of her blends. Such fast and friendly service! And she's how I discovered Phat Fibers. :)
ReplyDeleteOh, Stash Enhancement, you had me at "vicuña," specifically the vicuña fiber in the tin.
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