Saturday, December 24, 2016

The Homestead Hobbyist Giveaway

The Homestead Hobbyist sent us this amazing fluff for giveaway. This amazing fluff is called "Suit Up, It's A Mess In There" and part of Ken's Crime Scene Collection. The color is a little off (too much light) in my photos, but you can see his photos HERE:

Superfine 18.5 Micron Merino 37.5%, Shetland 37.5%, Mulberry Silk 25%


This is wonderfully soft and a beautifully dark blend. I think you'll love this. The Savage blends says: Fibers Ruthlessly Blended for your Spinning Pleasure.




I've removed the "mandatory" tick from this tool. If you have trouble enter the giveaways, you can now gain one entry without using the giveaway tools. Go to the contributor shop, find your favorite item, come back here and comment on the blog post about what you found. Then just send me a private email that you want to enter without using the giveaway tool. My email address is crys at polyartgirl dot net.

If you want EXTRA entries, you'll need to use the giveaway tools widget above. If you have trouble, please see our tutorial. FIRST sign in on the giveaway widget above. You'll be given several options to gain entries to the giveaway.

The first entry is that you will go to The Homestead Hobbyist find something you love then come back here and comment on this blog entry about it.

You can gain an additional entry for each of the following: "hearting" the The Homestead Hobbyist Store, tweeting about the giveaway, or pinning a photo of the roving on Pinterest.

You will earn three additional entries for making a purchase in the The Homestead Hobbyistr Store and sharing the transaction ID.

Thank you for supporting our independent artists. They are the only reason we have Phat Fiber to obsess over!

BTW, We will start the next giveaway on Saturday. There will be 8 total before the next box drop.

Blue Barn Fiber Giveaway

These are a fun new product from Blue Barn Fiber. These are called Fluff Stacks.

Holly from Blue Barn says: We will have an exciting shop update in a couple of weeks, with a really fun new product line. I don't want to give too much away, but it will be called "Fluff Stacks" and will include some hand dyed firestar, similar to what we sent for the November box (in addition to a lot of other awesome goodies!).


These gorgeous stacks of 8 oz of color are not yet available in their shop yet. They are soon to be released! You get the first crack at getting one of these amazing fluffy piles of wonderful fiber.


The goodies in this huge sampler are a $50 value. I really really wanted to "forget" to list this giveaway and put it in my fiber stash. I'm in love with the concept as well as the beautiful fibers inside. WOOHOO! We're so LUCKY <3


Entry-Form

I've removed the "mandatory" tick from this tool. If you have trouble enter the giveaways, you can now gain one entry without using the giveaway tools. Go to the contributor shop, find your favorite item, come back here and comment on the blog post about what you found. Then just send me a private email that you want to enter without using the giveaway tool. My email address is crys at polyartgirl dot net.

If you want EXTRA entries, you'll need to use the giveaway tools widget above. If you have trouble, please see our tutorial. FIRST sign in on the giveaway widget above. You'll be given several options to gain entries to the giveaway.

The first entry is that you will go to Blue Barn Fiber find something you love then come back here and comment on this blog entry about it.

You can gain an additional entry for each of the following: "hearting" the Blue Barn Fiber Etsy Store, tweeting about the giveaway, or pinning a photo of the roving on Pinterest.

You will earn three additional entries for making a purchase in the Blue Barn Fiber Etsy Store and sharing the transaction ID.

Thank you for supporting our independent artists. They are the only reason we have Phat Fiber to obsess over!

BTW, We will start the next giveaway on Saturday. There will be 8 total before the next box drop.

Full Circle Artworx Giveaway

Full Circle Artworx sent us this super soft and fluffy braid for our next giveaway.


She has many gorgeous fibers and yarns listed in her shop: Full Circle Artworx


100% Cheviot dyed in beautiful shades of blue




I've removed the "mandatory" tick from this tool. If you have trouble enter the giveaways, you can now gain one entry without using the giveaway tools. Go to the contributor shop, find your favorite item, come back here and comment on the blog post about what you found. Then just send me a private email that you want to enter without using the giveaway tool. My email address is crys at polyartgirl dot net.

If you want EXTRA entries, you'll need to use the giveaway tools widget above. If you have trouble, please see our tutorial. FIRST sign in on the giveaway widget above. You'll be given several options to gain entries to the giveaway.

The first entry is that you will go to Full Circle Artworx find something you love then come back here and comment on this blog entry about it.

You can gain an additional entry for each of the following: "hearting" the Full Circle Artworx Etsy Store, tweeting about the giveaway, or pinning a photo of the roving on Pinterest.

You will earn three additional entries for making a purchase in the Full Circle Artworx Etsy Store and sharing the transaction ID.

Thank you for supporting our independent artists. They are the only reason we have Phat Fiber to obsess over!

BTW, We will start the next giveaway on Saturday. There will be 8 total before the next box drop.

Monday, December 19, 2016

Luthvarian Fiber Art Giveaway

This yummy giveaway is from Luthvarian Fiber Art. Meagan sent us these beautiful rolags for this round.


These are in the Seasons of Color colorway. This giveaway is for one ounce (4 rolags) of corriedale and bamboo.



I've removed the "mandatory" tick from this tool. If you have trouble enter the giveaways, you can now gain one entry without using the giveaway tools. Go to the contributor shop, find your favorite item, come back here and comment on the blog post about what you found. Then just send me a private email that you want to enter without using the giveaway tool. My email address is crys at polyartgirl dot net.

If you want EXTRA entries, you'll need to use the giveaway tools widget above. If you have trouble, please see our tutorial. FIRST sign in on the giveaway widget above. You'll be given several options to gain entries to the giveaway.

The first entry is that you will go to Luthvarian Fiber Art find something you love then come back here and comment on this blog entry about it.

You can gain an additional entry for each of the following: "hearting" the Luthvarian Fiber Art Etsy Store, tweeting about the giveaway, or pinning a photo of the roving on Pinterest.

You will earn three additional entries for making a purchase in the Luthvarian Fiber Art Etsy Store and sharing the transaction ID.

Thank you for supporting our independent artists. They are the only reason we have Phat Fiber to obsess over!

BTW, We will start the next giveaway on Saturday. There will be 8 total before the next box drop.

Sunday, December 18, 2016

Fairy Tale Wool Giveaway

This giveaway is for a fun little Loopy Lucy tool from Fairy Tale Wool. You can make i-cord until your hearts content with this fun tool. She's included a cute little handmade bag to tote your new Loopy Lucy around with you.


It also comes with two needles and a bit of yarn for practice. Besides the fact that it's adorable, this would be a great addition to your fiber tools. Enter below:


Here is our entry form widget for the second giveaway:


I've removed the "mandatory" tick from this tool. If you have trouble enter the giveaways, you can now gain one entry without using the giveaway tools. Go to the contributor shop, find your favorite item, come back here and comment on the blog post about what you found. Then just send me a private email that you want to enter without using the giveaway tool. My email address is crys at polyartgirl dot net.

If you want EXTRA entries, you'll need to use the giveaway tools widget above. If you have trouble, please see our tutorial. FIRST sign in on the giveaway widget above. You'll be given several options to gain entries to the giveaway.

The first entry is that you will go to Fairy Tale Wool find something you love then come back here and comment on this blog entry about it.

You can gain an additional entry for each of the following: "hearting" the Fairy Tale Wool Etsy Store, tweeting about the giveaway, or pinning a photo of the roving on Pinterest.

You will earn three additional entries for making a purchase in the Fairy Tale Wool Etsy Store and sharing the transaction ID.

Thank you for supporting our independent artists. They are the only reason we have Phat Fiber to obsess over!

BTW, We will start the next giveaway tomorrow. There will be 8 total before the next box drop.

Saturday, December 17, 2016

Winner of our Benefit Giveaway and the start to more giveaways!

Thank you so much. You all warm my heart. My dad is very close to the minimum goal to buy a new scooter for my brother. He will keep the campaign going until he has what he needs. I appreciate each and every one of you. I wish I could afford to send you each a big fluff package. For this fluffy giveaway, typed each name into our giveaway tool to pull a winner.

The lucky winner this time is Margaret S!

I will send her a note now to get her information and send this gift out. Again, thank you all for donating to my brother's campaign. I will share a picture when he gets his new scooter.

Now, let's get started with our next EIGHT giveaways from our contributors.

Willow Fairy Wool sent us this gorgeous fiber for giveaway. This is 100% merino fiber. That means that it's soft. Very soft. If you spin this into a fine two ply, you can make a wonderful winter hat with this roving.


This super soft fluff will bring you pleasure as you spin it up. You can spin it as a long gradient from one color to another or you can maybe do a fractal spin with this colorway. This is beautiful and soft.... win/win.



Here is our "entry form" for our first giveaway.


I've removed the "mandatory" tick from this tool. If you have trouble enter the giveaways, you can now gain one entry without using the giveaway tools. Go to the contributor shop, find your favorite item, come back here and comment on the blog post about what you found. Then just send me a private email that you want to enter without using the giveaway tool. My email address is crys at polyartgirl dot net.

If you want EXTRA entries, you'll need to use the giveaway tools widget above. If you have trouble, please see our tutorial. FIRST sign in on the giveaway widget above. You'll be given several options to gain entries to the giveaway.

The first, and only mandatory entry, is that you will go to Willow Fairy Wool find something you love then come back here and comment about it.

You can gain an additional entry for each of the following: "hearting" the Willow Fairy Wool Etsy Store, tweeting about the giveaway, or pinning a photo of the roving on Pinterest.

You will earn three additional entries for making a purchase in the Willow Fairy Wool Etsy Store and sharing the transaction ID.

Thank you for supporting our independent artists. They are the only reason we have Phat Fiber to obsess over!

BTW, We will start the next two giveaways tomorrow and Monday. There will be 8 before the next box drop.

Sunday, December 11, 2016

Giveaways Soon and One More Benefit Giveaway

I'm going to do one more giveaway to support the fund raiser for my brother. When I was cleaning out the studio for the End of Year Studio Sale I found my stash of an Indian Wedding Fluff Box! I purchased this one for me to spin up, but I haven't gotten around to it so let's give it away.

This kit is a $55 value and has over 10 full ounces from our collaborators. It's absolutely beautiful.



This box is just fluff, and it almost doesn't fit in the boxes!

Blue Barn Fiber - 1 oz rose fiber & 1 oz milk fiber
Luthvarian Fiber Arts - 2 oz rolags
The Wooly Witch  - 2 oz rolags
The Golden Threads - 2 oz locks
not shown in the pic:
Wonderland Fiber - 1 oz hand-painted lincoln locks & 1 oz fluffy small farm wool batt with Angelina

For this one, just comment on this post that you donated. Even $1 helps. We're hoping to get his wheels by xmas, and we are half way there (more than half depending on which scooter my dad goes with). You can also email me directly that you donated if you'd like to keep your donation more anonymous (crys at polyartgirl dot net) Donate here: https://givetaxfree.org/campaigns/daniels-life/ I will end this giveaway on Saturday morning the 17th so that the box can arrive at it's new home by Christmas.

We will start the remaining giveaways at the end of the week when this one ends. To give you a nice little preview of what our contributors sent in to give away:

A Willow Fairy Wool Hand Dyed Roving:

A Fairy Tale Wool Loopy Lucy Tool and soft Travel Bag:








Thanks so much for joining us!!

Friday, December 9, 2016

We will soon kick off a new round of Giveaways!

To give you a nice little preview, we'll be giving away:

A Willow Fairy Wool Hand Dyed Roving:

A Fairy Tale Wool Loopy Lucy Tool and soft Travel Bag:







I've linked to shops above. When the giveaways start, I will come back here and link the images to the individual giveaways. There so much fun and beautiful stuff here. Look for these to kick off starting next week. 

Also, we will allow entries that do not use the giveaway tools widget. More info on that with the first giveaway. 

Thanks so much for joining us!!

Saturday, December 3, 2016

Our Winner! Daniel's campaign update

I wanted to take a moment to thank you all for donating. We are so lucky to have such wonderful customers and contributors. We decided to send Brittany a box because of her wonderful little classes contribution to the cause. They raised $121 for my brother.

Dad has been doing some research and he found a new electric scooter for a lot less than the one he originally purchased. He's more than half way to being able to purchase a new scooter for Daniel. As I write this his campaign is at $906. His new scooter will be $1995 so he only needs to raise $1009 more. That is a lot better than when we started. 

I really appreciate all the warm thoughts and the donations. Like most siblings, my brother drives me a little nuts sometimes, but knowing he won't be stuck at home when there is so much more world to explore is a joy. 

Okay, for our winner! We did a random generator:
That means that Cityslingers is our winner! Please send me a note with your email and mailing addresses so that I can drop your Phat box in the mail ASAP! 

I will start our regular giveaways for the month of December in the next few days. We have some beautiful fluff, yarn, and tools to giveaway. Thanks again for joining me in this little holiday gift. Sending you all lots of love and warm thoughts, 

Monday, November 28, 2016

Giveaway to benefit my brother.

Hey all,

My brother Daniel has been in a wheelchair since 2005. A few years back my dad bought him an electric scooter to get around town and see the sights. Unfortunately, somebody took his scooter from in front of their apartment recently. I'm trying to help him raise enough money to buy a new one (or maybe a used one!)

I do a lot of giveaways around here because I love to send fibers and yarns to fiber lovers. For this one, I will pick a Phat box from my stash for the winner of this giveaway.

If his campaign goes over $1000, I will pick two winners, $2000 and I will pick three winners, etc. We will close the giveaway on Friday December 2nd at 2pm MDT (Denver Time). Also, I will include extras in the phat boxes. I have sparkly angelina, yarn, and fluff to make the Phat Boxes FATTER & PHATTER!

Seriously, any amount helps, even $1 because that's one less dollar that my dad has to find to help my brother. Y'all are my favorite people. Thanks for the help.


To enter the giveaway just post a comment here that you have donated. We can keep the info anonymous (if that's what you want) that way. Here's the link to his campaign. It will also give you a bit more info about my dad and brother.


Thank you all so much,

Edited to add: Handmade Hollows is sending fiber to amp up the first winner. 



Saturday, November 26, 2016

Giveaways and the Super Box Winner!

The winner of the Homestead Hobbiest Giveaway: Savanna A.

The winner of the Full Circle Artworx Giveaway: Vicky

The winner of the Kitty Mine Crafts Giveaway: Karla

The winner of the Knarwhal Knits Giveaway: Barbara S.

The winner of the Fairy Tale Wool Giveaway: Michelle W.

The winner of the Broadway Creations Giveaway: Linda R.

The winners of the Shiny Briny Giveaways: Kate B. & Aleina G.

The winners of the Designs by Tami Giveaways: Nicole O. & Dovile

The winner of the Luthvarian Fiber Arts Giveaway: Stacey

The winner of the Fiber Quirks Giveaway: Cara

The winner of the Hippie Homemaker Giveaway: Kyndyl

and finally!

The winner of this months Super Box Giveaway: amydjb10


Saturday, November 19, 2016

The Hippie Homemaker Giveaway


Our last giveaway of this round is from the Hippie Homemaker. Claire likes to enable those fiber lovers who have yet to dive into spinning from their knitting, crochet, and weaving obsessions. If you've never spun your own yarn, it really is a rewarding and beautiful opportunity to create the exact yarn you're interested in working with.


This spindle is of average beginner weight. That means that you can spin a fairly think yarn with the fluff or if you are a fast learner, spin something finer. If you are a wheel spinner but you've never tried the spindle, this is a good way to start as well. Claire says: "These spindles have a whorl diameter of 3 inches, and are approximately 13 inches long from the hook to the bottom of the spindle."

I'm a terrible person and I forgot to take a photo of the fluff that comes with this spindle. It's a soft green, but we'll let it be mostly a surprise. When you go to her shop, you'll see that any fiber you receive will be gorgeous!


How do I win?! FIRST sign in on the giveaway widget above. You'll be given several options to gain entries to the giveaway.

The first, and only mandatory entry, is that you will go to Shiny Briny find something you love then come back here and comment about it.

You can gain an additional entry for each of the following: "hearting" the Shiny Briny Etsy Store, tweeting about the giveaway, or pinning a photo on Pinterest.

You will earn three additional entries for making a purchase in the  Shiny Briny Etsy Store and sharing the transaction ID.

Thank you for supporting our independent artists. They are the only reason we have Phat Fiber to obsess over! Be sure to respond if I send you an email letting you know that you've won!

If you are having trouble entering, please see our tutorial HERE

Shiny Briny Giveaway


This time Christie at Shiny Briny sent us two sets of rolags to giveaway. One has sparkly angelina and one is without angelina sparkle but with a beautiful teal blue. We will have two winners from this giveaway. I will give winner #1 their choice of rolags. Winner #2 will get the second set.


These yummy little rolags are called tentacles rolags in her etsy store. She has great reviews because her fluff is super sparkly and soft. These are bright and beautiful. I'm in love. These are Merino and Bamboo (and angelina on half of them).


How do I win?! FIRST sign in on the giveaway widget above. You'll be given several options to gain entries to the giveaway.

The first, and only mandatory entry, is that you will go to Shiny Briny find something you love then come back here and comment about it.

You can gain an additional entry for each of the following: "hearting" the Shiny Briny Etsy Store, tweeting about the giveaway, or pinning a photo on Pinterest.

You will earn three additional entries for making a purchase in the  Shiny Briny Etsy Store and sharing the transaction ID.

Thank you for supporting our independent artists. They are the only reason we have Phat Fiber to obsess over! Be sure to respond if I send you an email letting you know that you've won!

If you are having trouble entering, please see our tutorial HERE

Kitty Mine Crafts Giveaway


We have a full skein of the yarn that Barbara from Kitty Mine Crafts sent in as samples for the October Phat Fiber Sampler Box. She sent us this gorgeous yarn in a fingering weight called Gothic Sorceress.


She says, "Dyed in bold shades of crimson red, black and blue/purple with shades in between, this colorway conveys the power and majesty of the mystics. The merino/nylon blend in this yarn makes it a sturdy yarn with a good stitch definition."


This is about 430 yards of gorgeous Merino/Nylong sock yarn.

How do I win?! FIRST sign in on the giveaway widget above. You'll be given several options to gain entries to the giveaway.

The first, and only mandatory entry, is that you will go to Kitty Mine Crafts find something you love then come back here and comment about it.

You can gain an additional entry for each of the following: "hearting" the Kitty Mine Crafts Etsy Store, tweeting about the giveaway, or pinning a photo on Pinterest.

You will earn three additional entries for making a purchase in the Kitty Mine Crafts Etsy Store and sharing the transaction ID.

Thank you for supporting our independent artists. They are the only reason we have Phat Fiber to obsess over! Be sure to respond if I send you an email letting you know that you've won!

If you are having trouble entering, please see our tutorial HERE

Friday, November 18, 2016

Giveaway Tutorial

If you've had trouble entering the giveaways, here's a little "How-To" to help you out. I'm still searching for a better way to do the giveaways. I'd like the process to be more intuitive, but for now, this is the best way to give you multiple chances to win.

Here's the widget on our Luthvarian Fiber Arts Giveaway. To start, click on the title of the blog post. That will put you inside each individual giveaway post.
Here, I entered my Email address and my name in the boxes on the widget, and then I clicked "begin!" This is the link right above Terms & Conditions.


Once I click begin, it offers the Mandatory Entry. This entry is a comment on the blog post that you are trying to enter the contest. All you have to do is go to the shop, find something that you love in the shop, then come back to the blog and comment about what you loved. You would click on "comments" on this post as seen here:


Once you've done that, go back to the widget and below Mandatory, click on "Click to begin" and tell it what name you commented under. It will auto-verify! 


Once the widget has auto-verified your mandatory entry, you will be able to see all the other ways that you can enter. For each entry, the widget will auto-verify each entry. 


I hope this helps clear things up a bit. If you're still having trouble, let me know. Maybe we can figure it out together, and I can clarify things here on this post as well. I want these things to be easy and for everyone to be able to enter to win!


Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Luthvarian Fiber Arts Rolag Giveaway

Entry-Form

This time, I've got the right entry form with the right giveaway! We've got a perfectly yummy set of rolags from Luthvarian Fiber Arts.  These are the vary same rolags that she sent in for the October Phat Fiber Sampler box. They are titled Vamp, and they are made of Corriedale and silk.


I had the pleasure of spinning up a few of these for our handspun stitches only boxes. The gradient flowed beautifully from the dark red to the dark purple with the soft luscious silk making an appearance now and then along the way. They spun up beautifully, and now I want to see the set spun up.


It looks like there's about 2 oz of rolags here. Spun fine they'd give you more than enough yarn for a warm winter Vamp hat!

How do I win?! FIRST sign in on the giveaway widget above. You'll be given several options to gain entries to the giveaway.

The first, and only mandatory entry, is that you will go to Luthvarian Fiber Arts find something you love then come back here and comment about it.

You can gain an additional entry for each of the following: "hearting" the Luthvarian Fiber Arts Etsy Store, tweeting about the giveaway, or pinning a photo on Pinterest.

You will earn three additional entries for making a purchase in the Luthvarian Fiber Arts Etsy Store and sharing the transaction ID.

Thank you for supporting our independent artists. They are the only reason we have Phat Fiber to obsess over! Be sure to respond if I send you an email letting you know that you've won!