Thursday, December 24, 2015

New Phat Collaborations are in the works...

We're going to be offering some new collaborative projects. We'll offer these at least quarterly, perhaps more. There will be knitting kits, weaving kits, spinning kits, etc. Stay tuned in to find out more. We will send a newsletter when the first launch is happening. If you're not on the notification list, go to http://phatfiber.com/notifyme.htm to be one of the first to know.

We will start our December contributor giveaways on Tuesday of next week. Look for gorgeous rolags, yarn, and more.  Thanks for joining us for all the fun we have planned.


Monday, December 21, 2015

Winners Chosen!

We randomly selected the winners for all six giveaways last night! Alexzandra B. is the winner of the With Pointed Sticks yarn, Linda R. is the winner of the Willow Fairy Wool handspun, Ulrika E. is the winner of the Edgewood Garden Studios braid, Nicole O. is the winner of the My Mama Knits yarn, Linda R is the winner of the Spinners Cottage rolags, and Chris J. is the winner of the Mama Jude's Plant Dyed yarn. Congrats to all the winners! We'll post new giveaways soon.

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Mama Jude's Plant Dyed - Worsted Weight Yarn - Iris, Goddess of the Rainbow



Welcome to our last of six giveaways of this batch of amazing work from our November contributors.  If you haven't entered the previous four giveaways, go to the first giveaway for a chance at some fingering weight yarn from With Pointed Sticks, our second giveaway for a chance to win handspun yarn from Willow Fairy Wool, the third giveaway to win BFL braid from Edgewood Garden Studio, the fourth giveaway to win a skein of Will 'o the Wisp yarn from My Mama Knits, and the fifth giveaway from The Spinners Cottage: Merino Silk Bamboo Rolags.

For this last giveaway, we have a hand painted plant dyed 4 Ounce Worsted Skein--Wool Mohair Blend--180 Plus Yards-in the colorway Iris - Goddess of the Rainbow from Mama Jude's Plant Dyed Stuff. This beautiful vivid rainbow is just what you need for your next hat or scarf project. Bring the bright colors of summer rainbows into your winter den. Warm yourself while you knit with this sparkly jewel! 

As with our other giveaways this month, we're giving this skein to one lucky random winner. I will draw all winners on December 20th at 6pm. This is the last giveaway from the November Contributors. We will start again with the December contributors in the next couple of weeks.

Enter your information into the entry form ABOVE (at the top of this post). They will automatically keep track of your entries!

For your first entry, you must go to Mama Jude's shop on Etsy: Mama Jude's Plant Dyed Stuff and find something that you love. Come back here and post a comment about what you found.

Earn an additional entry by "Hearting" their shop on Etsy: Mama Jude's Plant Dyed Stuff

Earn an additional entry by tweeting about this giveaway.

Earn THREE additional entries by making a purchase in their etsy shop Mama Jude's Plant Dyed Stuff and giving me the transaction ID. 

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Fifth Giveaway: Hand Rolled Rolags in Frigga's Wheel Colorway from The Spinner's Cottage


Welcome to our fifth of six giveaway of this batch of amazing work from our November contributors.  If you haven't entered the previous four giveaways, go to the first giveaway for a chance at some fingering weight yarn from With Pointed Sticks, our second giveaway for a chance to win handspun yarn from Willow Fairy Wool, the third giveaway to win BFL braid from Edgewood Garden Studio, and the fourth giveaway to win a skein of Will 'o the Wisp yarn from My Mama Knits.



We're heavily in the midst of sharing photos of our December samples that are rolling in. It's time to start another giveaway for our November contributors. Next up we have a gorgeous batch of hand rolled rolags from The Spinner's Cottage. These rolags are not too compact. They are super soft and would be a dream to spin. The colors are rich and vibrant jewel tones tempered by a darker background. As with our other giveaways this month, we're giving batch of rolags to one lucky random winner. I will draw all winners on December 20th at 6pm.

Enter your information into the entry form ABOVE (at the top of this post). They will automatically keep track of your entries!

For your first entry, you must go to The Spinner's Cottage shop on Etsy: The Spinner's Cottage and find something that you love. Come back here and post a comment about what you found.

Earn an additional entry by "Hearting" their shop on Etsy: The Spinner's Cottage

Earn an additional entry by tweeting about this giveaway.

Earn THREE additional entries by making a purchase in their etsy shop The Spinner's Cottage and giving me the transaction ID.

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Fourth Giveaway: Sock Yarn - Will 'o the Wisp - My Mama Knits!


Welcome to our fourth giveaway of this batch of amazing work from our November contributors.  If you haven't entered the previous three giveaways, go to the first giveaway for a chance at some fingering weight yarn from With Pointed Sticks, our second giveaway for a chance to win handspun yarn from Willow Fairy Wool, the third giveaway to win BFL braid from Edgewood Garden Studio.


















It's Thursday so it's time to add another giveaway to the mix! This yarn was also featured in our November Phat Fiber Sampler box. We've got 100% superwash merino sock weight wool yarn sent to us all the way from Scotland from My Mama Knits! This yarn is in the colourway: Will o' the Wisp.  It's a lovely combination of dark greens with a bright blue spark. This is a full skein of 437 meters of soft yarn with a slight sheen. This will knit up beautifully! I hope the winner shows us what they do with this lovely yarn. As with our other giveaways this month, we're giving this skein to one lucky random winner. I will draw all winners on December 20th at 6pm.



















Enter your information into the entry form ABOVE (at the top of this post). They will automatically keep track of your entries!

For your first entry, you must go to My Mama Knit's shop on Etsy: My Mama Knits and find something that you love. Come back here and post a comment about what you found.

Earn an additional entry by "Hearting" their shop on Etsy: My Mama Knits

Earn an additional entry by tweeting about this giveaway.

Earn THREE additional entries by making a purchase in their etsy shop My Mama Knits and giving me the transaction ID.

Monday, December 7, 2015

Edgewood Garden Studios - BFL Roving 4 oz - Anshar - Sumarian God of the Sky



















Welcome to our third giveaway of this batch of amazing work from our November contributors.  If you haven't entered the previous two giveaways, go to the first giveaway for a chance at some fingering weight yarn from With Pointed Sticks, and our second giveaway for a chance to win handspun yarn from Willow Fairy Wool.














 For this third giveaway, we're going to make a handspinner or felter very happy!  This beautiful squishy roving from Edgewood Garden Studio looks like it will spin up very nicely. Ilga handpainted this roving in the colorway "Anshar - Sumarian God of the Sky" with stormy greys, bright blue, and other soft blues that lean toward violet at times. The fibers are not compacted or felted at all. It's soft and shiny. We're giving this braid to one lucky random winner. I will draw all winners on December 20th at 6pm.















Enter your information into the entry form ABOVE (at the top of this post). They will automatically keep track of your entries!

For your first entry, you must go to Edgwood Garden Studio's shop online: Edgewood Garden Studio and find something that you love. Come back here and post a comment about what you found.

Earn an additional entry by "Hearting" their shop on Etsy: Edgwood Garden Studio

Earn an additional entry by following Ilga on Twitter: @EdgewoodGarden

Earn an additional entry by tweeting about this giveaway.

Earn THREE additional entries by making a purchase in their online shop or on Etsy and giving me the transaction ID.


Thursday, December 3, 2015

Next Giveaway - Willow Fairy Wool Handdyed and Handspun Yarn

This is the second of six giveaways that we will run in December. We have a gorgeous skein of handdyed and handspun yarn from Ulrika at Willow Fairy Wool. This yarn looks to be a worsted or heavy worsted weight yarn. This yarn was her contribution to the November Phat Fiber - Mythology Sampler Box. The fiber content is 82% wool (BFL, Chevoit, Falkland) and 18% Kid Mohair. It weighs in at a hefty 175g and 360 meters!  Absolutely a gorgeous yarn that I wanted to accidentally knit up for myself. We're giving this skein to one lucky random winner. I will draw all winners on December 20th at 6pm.

 Enter your information into the entry form below. They will automatically keep track of your entries!

For your first entry, you must go to Susan's shop on

Etsy: Willow Fairy Wool and find something that you love. Come back here and post a comment about what you found.

Earn an additional entry by "Hearting" her shop on Etsy: Willow Fairy Wool

Earn an additional entry by tweeting about this giveaway.

Earn THREE additional entries by making a purchase in her shop and giving me the transaction ID.


Monday, November 30, 2015

We're going Giveaway Crazy! Starting today...

December is the month of Giveaways! You're busy buying gifts for others, perhaps you'll find a gift for yourself. For the next three weeks we will be adding two giveaways a week with all giveaways ending on Dec 20th at 6pm. These amazing items were donated by our contributors!!  Support them and show them your love!
















We will start off with a beautiful skein from With Pointed Sticks in her Glitter Gel Pen Base: SW Merino/Nylon/Stelina in the vary same colorway that she created her samples "Siren."  Beautiful blues with dark red on a sparkly base, what more could you ask for? We're giving away this skein to one lucky random entry.

Enter your information into the entry form below. They will automatically keep track of your entries!

For your first entry, you must go to Susan's shop on

Etsy: With Pointed Sticks and find something that you love. Come back here and post a comment about what you found.

Earn an additional entry by "Hearting" her shop on Etsy: With Pointed Sticks

Earn an additional entry by tweeting about this giveaway.

Earn THREE additional entries by making a purchase in her shop and giving me the transaction ID.

Thankfulness Giveaway on Ravelry, winner chosen


http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/phat-fiber-sampler-box/3324956

Look for two giveaways a week to happen starting today or tomorrow until the next Phat Fiber Sampler box sale.

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Desgins by Tami Giveaway!

Tami sent us one of her handcrafted designer crochet hooks. This one has a little angel sheep topper with tiny halo and wings. She creates these by hand without any molds. She can make matching stitch markers (like the ones in the November Phat Fiber Sampler Box), knitting needles, and custom orders. Let her know what you think of her beautiful work! Sign in to the giveaway, it will verify your entries automatically, this giveaway will go until Monday November 30th at 1pm Denver time.

Monday, November 23, 2015

October Superbox Giveaway!



Ex Libris - October - Buy Phat Incentive Giveaway! on Ravelry


That means that Ganmomma won the October Superbox giveaway.  Thanks for joining us!


Jessica M. won the plying spindle!

WOOHOO!!!

Thank you all for playing!

Stay tuned.

We will have another giveaway starting this week!

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

The Dancing Goats Giveaway!


Robin over at The Dancing Goats has generously sent in several spindles for us. While, we will be dropping some some of these lovlies in unsuspecting November box recipients,this one is up for grabs as a giveaway!

This is handmade with love from antique furniture. He says that they're a little heavy but they will be great for plying.

The giveaway starts today 11/17/2015 and goes to Sunday 11/22/2015 at 10am MST.

To enter, input your email and name below (this helps me I know who you are if you win).
  • For your first entry you must go to The Dancing Goats shop, find your favorite item, then comment about here. 
  • You can gain additional entries by going to his Retreat Website and checking out his retreats and then commenting about those as well. 
  • You can get another entry for favoriting his shop. 
  • You can also get another entry for tweeting about the giveaway. 
The giveaway app will count all of your entries automatically!

Let's send Robin some love for sending in such beautiful work for us to enjoy!

Saturday, November 7, 2015

Giveaway winner! Susan Delafield with her Twitter comment

Susan won the batt from Comfed Out Kaiser, but everybody who commented is eligible for a small batt sample (while supplies last)!  Send me your address to crys at polyartgirl dot net. Claim your comment (I will verify) and then you'll get a battling in the mail!

**Almost all available prizes have been claimed.

I love when everybody wins!!

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Comfed Out Kaiser Batt Giveaway

Dawn sent in this super soft and lovely confetti batt for our pleasure. When photographing I was forced to touch and pet this gorgeous batt. It has lots of bamboo with firestar, alpaca, mohair, and silk.


If you would like to win this fluffy batt from Comfed Out Kaiser, just visit the shop, find something you love, and write about it in the comment section below. We'll count  your social networking shares as entries- let us know where you did it!

PS, I will close this giveaway out on Saturday. Then I will have an additional surprise added to the mix!

Monday, May 11, 2015

Giveaway Winners!

Long time no post giveaway winners! I'm so sorry about that! Sometimes life gets in the way! I will be posting more contributor giveaways on Instagram- follow us @phatfiber to play along!

Congrats winners! Please pm me on rav (phatfiberlady) or mail the yahoo @phatfiber with your name and address where to send to.

Winners:

Beth Jillette- You won the RJ's QTs Barn on the Web giveaway!

ThePendragonsEye- You won the Three Waters Farm giveaway!

Lelsey58- You won the Northstar Alpacas yarn giveaway!

Bellasocks and Emma Nicholson- You won the Garilynn potato dizs!

Stephanie Ann- You won the Mama Jude's batt!!

KEM- You won the Porpoise Fur Fiber!!

A. Hiscock- You won the Kinfolk Yarn and Fiber!

CitySlingers- You won the Kitty Mine Crafts giveaway!

Rebekah Evelyn- You won the Bitsy Knits giveaway!

Marilyn aka Merry- You won the Gloria Patre Giveaway!