Winners this week!!

Happy! Happy! Joy! Joy!

Winners step on down! Be sure and email me with your addys and I'll get these out asap!

Tera you just won the Fibro Fibers sock set!!!

Beautyredefined you just won the Rule Out Fiber addiction batt!!!

Sherry (Fre-ja) you just won the Color Bug Yarns yarn!!!!

Sarah Lewis you just won the Blue Mtn Handcrafts caddy sax !!


Looks like we'll be getting 3 inches of rain this weekend- boo!!! On the bright side, this means I will have a good excuse to spin and knit!
More delectable giveaways coming up soon, so check back :)

Fibery Friday

bulky 2ply spun from fiber from http://www.bohemiafibers.etsy.com

I hope you're having a Fibery Friday! I wanted to remind everyone that today is the LAST day to post in the April Superbox incentive thread here: http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/phat-fiber-sampler-box/1099554/1-25

The superbox this month is ginormous- we had to have 3 videos to cover it all!

Check out the interesting discussions we're having in the Rav group while you're there- are you equipped (have enough stash) to survive a zombie apocolypse?
As well as an amazing May box teaser thread with photos!

I'll be posting later with winners this week :)

Blue Mtn Handcrafts Caddy Sax giveaway!

While you're gazing at this lovely Caddy Sax we have to giveaway, I'm going to tell you a little story about why you need one. This week I have been knitting away on a scarf I designed out of sock yarn for the May secret site. Yesterday, I put the knitting down to work on something else and came back to find my little boy happily unraveling it and twisting the yarn around his fingers. When he looked up to see my face contorted with horror, he said "Mom, remember, I'm a good boy." And, come to think of it, he is. You see he understands a very cardinal rule- Never open a woman's purse/bag. If she needs something out of it, simply pick the entire thing up and give it to her to look through. If I teach him nothing else, this simple yet extremely important rule has at least sunk in. I can only blame myself for letting such delicious yarn lay about to be played with. If it was inside of a bag he would have not touched it. Lesson learned? I hope!
Now, Beth of Blue Mountain Handcrafts has come up with a quite ingenious project bag- the Caddy Sax. Why do I say ingenious? Well, the way the bag is constructed, you can cinch it up, have your cake of yarn inside and pull the yarn from the top of the bag, keeping it nice and tangle free. Then, you have all your little pockets on the OUTSIDE so it's easy to reach and you don't have to open the bag again and go digging. The fact that they come in the cutest color combos is the cherry on top!

We're giving away this small caddy sax! Just visit Blue Mountain Handcrafts and find something you like! Write about that in the comments section below and you'll be automatically entered to win. Remember to get extra entries by using facebook/twitter/plurk/ravelry to social network, just let us know you did it!

Color Bug Yarns Giveaway!

Whoooweee! This is GREEN yarn, isn't it? I recently ordered (and received) a gorgeous skein of skinny bfl sock yarn from Color Bug Yarns in Koi- which has the most amazing combination of saturated deep turquoise blue and orange and green- very watery yet bright at the same time.
I think I"ll be making a shawl with it- it's just too lovely to put on my feet!

Ann (the color maven behind Color Bug Yarns) has a unique relationship with color. Not only is she not afraid to use it, she's befriended it and invited it over for tea. If you haven't yet peeked into her shop, look at her beautiful butterfly listings and you'll see what I'm talking about. Brilliant!

We're giving away this gorgeous green skein of worsted weight yarn from Color Bug Yarns. Just visit Color Bug Yarns and find something you love, write about it in the comments section below and we'll draw for a winner later in the week- remember that you'll be rewarded with extra entries for all those social networking (tweets, facebook updates, ravelry posts) you do to help us out.

Thanks Ann for sharing your brilliance with us!

Rule Out Fiber Addiction NOS Batt Giveaway

Emily sent in these amazing black and blue batts for the April All Creatures Great and Small box. I can't seem to find a picture of them- they were featured on the April box video. So amazing! I just had to say ;)

Rule Out Fiber Addiction NOS shop has just blossomed with fiber in the past few weeks. Time to pounce on some delicious hand dyes handspuns, and all those beautiful stitch markers! I find folks like Emily, who work full time in a thankless job and then go fill their shops with goodies the rest of us can enjoy and find pleasure in, very special people.

We heart you, Emily! We're giving away this beautiful "Get Carded" batt to a lucky commenter, just visit Rule Out Fiber Addiction NOS and find something you love. Write about that something in the comments section below and you'll automatically be entered in the drawing. If you use twitter, facebook, ravelry or another social media outlet to let your fiber friends know about Emily, we'll count that as a second entry.

Fibro Fibers Nightfall Sock Set Giveaway!

I am a proud owner of some Nightfall sock yarn by Fibro Fibers (in Lime Green in case you were wondering). This stuff is to be coveted. I am hoarding it, waiting, waiting for the perfect pattern to pop up for this yarn. When I find it, it's going to be wonderful seeing the color change from bright green to black!

Dye diva, Jen Hintz has developed a unique way of dyeing this yarn so that the gradation from black to color is subtle yet bold with a stippled star-like effect. It's quite amazing, which makes this yarn extra special. I'm featuring it toady, while there is still some available on her site- they have previously been hard to snag, so if you're interested in trying it out, my suggestion would be to pounce now!

We're giving away this beautiful Nightfall sock set (yes you can have matching socks!) in WINE (sold out on the website) to a lucky commenter. Just visit Fibro Fibers, find something you love, write about it in the comments section and we'll draw for a winner later in the week. We want to reward your extra facebooking, tweeting, ravelating, plurking or other social networking with extra entries in this giveaway, just let us know where you've done it!

Thank you so much, Jen for sharing your sock art with us!

Winners this week, and lots of them!

I made a mistake and didn't call out a winner for last week, so we add that to this week's winnings!

Please step forward and email me your address:

Christine: You won Kathleen's Spin's Orifice Hook !!

Syeda : You won NH Knitting Mama's Chocolate Bunnies Yarn !!

Melrose: You won Fiber Fancy's Toad's Eye fiber !!

Turtle : You won Froggy Fibers Tree Frog fiber !!

Snaps: You won Fleecemakers Fibers Batts!!

Please email me at phatfiber at yahoo dot com with your addresses. I'll mail them out asap!

More delicious giveaways coming :)

Fleecemakers Fibers Batt Giveaway!

Have you checked out Fleecemaker Fibers lately? It's popping with lots of brightly colored fibers for you!

Liz sent in beautiful Yorkshire Dales and Moors batts for the box this month and if you hurry, you can snag the full sized version in her shop. After looking at her shop this morning, I find I can't stop thinking about those Oreo Blizzard locks- how beautiful! The real Oreo Blizzards are pretty awesome too (too bad I'm not doing sugar anymore!). There is just so much to absorb in the Fleecemakers shop! Go spend some time there!

Ok, I'll give you a little incentive to! Visit Fleecemaker Fibers, find something you love, comment about it on the blog here and you'll be entered to win this full sized 2 oz Yorkshire Dale batts! We're going to count your facebooking, twittering, blogging, and ravelating as extra entries- just let us know you did it. Thanks for checking out Fleecemaker Fibers today!

Froggy Fibers giveaway!

Color Color Color!! That is what I think when I think Froggy Fibers. If you love color, you'll love LaRhanda's work! This month, in honor of the April "All Creatures Great and Small" theme, Froggy Fibers sent in some gorgeous "Tree Frog" roving! I saw a yarn that LaRhanda spun from this stuff and it's truly beautiful! The colors all just work together. Isn't that so often the case with colors inspired by the natural world?

Froggy Fibers has both beautifully dyed fibers and wonderfully artistic handspun yarns- I have been an admirer of LaRhanda's handspun for some time! Her yarn is totally and completely smooshable, so feel comfortable indulging!

We're giving away this beautiful 2oz of Tree Frog Merino from Froggy Fibers. Just visit the shop, find something you love, and write about it in the comments section below. On Friday, we'll be drawing for a winner, so you don't have much time. Be sure and put pings out on facebook, ravelry, twitter, plurk etc to gain extra entries- let us know so we can go check it out.

Thank you so much, LaRhanda, for creating this beautiful tree frog inspired colorway and sharing it with us! It's lovely!

Fiber Fancy's "Toad's Eye" Giveaway!

For April's box, Diana sent in "Toad's Eye" hand pulled batt rolls. This colorway is so beautiful and unique, I felt I needed to feature it right away! I also just learned that it is non-repeatable, so if you're interested in snagging some from the Fiber Fancy shop, please go ahead and do so!

Last time I featured Fiber Fancy, I told you about my Greek Goddess SAL. I still haven't spun those batts! I want it to be just right and I've been pondering on how to spin them. I'll follow my own advice though, and dive in!

One of the things, I'm quite excited about- is Fiber Fancy is now stocking sock yarn! Looks like the Toad's Eye sock yarn is already sold out from her shop, I'm not sure if it is repeatable on the yarn or not. Diana is always open to custom orders though, so feel free to convo her!

We're giving away this 1 oz hand pulled batt roll to a lucky commenter! Just visit Fiber Fancy's shop, find something you like, and post about it in the comments section below. Remember to use twitter, facebook, plurk etc to your advantage and gain a second entry- just let me know where you did it.