Phat Fiber Box giveaway!

I'll be working on a video today featuring the March Phat Fiber artists- I'm telling you, this month is astounding me! So while I'm tinkering in the background, please hop on over to the Ravelry group and post your favorite Element in this thread: http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/phat-fiber-sampler-box/1043826/1-25 and we'll draw for a winner next week.

Thanks for joining in the fun!

Galia Spindle Designs and Giveaway!

I have been just itching to tell you all about a new Phattie we have this month! Galia hails from Israel and makes the most beautiful polymer clay spindles!

Galia's craftswomanship is in a word: exquisite. She's sent in a beautiful spindle for us to giveaway here on the blog and if I didn't already know it was made from polymer clay, I would have puzzled myself wondering how she carved a spindle out of stone!

In this month's box, I'm excited to be able to include some adorable polymer clay buttons, handcrafted by Galia, so you can get a taste of her amazing abilities.

As for the spindle itself, it has a delicate appearance, but has a substantialness (I think I just made that word up!) about it in hand- perfect for spinning on the go!

As mentioned before, we're giving away this gorgeous "Horizon" spindle from Spindle Designs. All you need do is visit Spindle Designs, find something you love, write about it in the comments section, and we'll draw for a winner later this week. Be sure and use twitter/facebook/plurk/ravelry to gain extra entries!

Thank you, Galia for sharing your beautiful work with us!

Sheeps of Egyptian Cotton Giveaway!

For the February Box, Betty of Sheeps of Egyptian Cotton sent in some amazing mini facial scrubbies in her Isis Cotton.

I love Betty's shop! She's always coming up with new ways to make yarn. I'm especially intrigued by the "Sheep's Clothing" yarns. She takes pre-loved sweaters and hand-plies the threads to create new, unique, earth friendly yarns.

We're giving away this beautiful handspun hank of alpaca (128 yds 3 ply) spun by Betty to a lucky commenter. Just visit Sheeps of Egyptian Cotton, find something you like, and write about it in the comments section below. We'll draw for a winner later in the week. Remember, I like to award extra entries to those of you who plurk, twitter, facebook etc about this giveaway!

Betty, thank you for going above and beyond with your samples in February!

Gale's Art Butterflies giveaway!

I simply couldn't wait to show you what Gale's Art has cooked up for the March box! Her element of choice was "air" and being the creative person she is, made butterflies! Silk ones!

In the month of March, every $10 you spend at Gales Art will get you a silk hankie butterfly!
You know you wanted to get some of her BFL swirl roving anyway, so go ahead and indulge and snag some of these ethereal samples while you're at it!

We're giving away a delightful jar of butterfly hankies to a lucky commenter here on the blog. Just visit Gale's Art, find something you like, and write about it in the comments section below.
Extra entries will be allotted to those of you who make the extra effort and twitter, facebook, plurk and ravelate about this giveaway.

Thank you so much Gale, for amazing us with your creativity again!

Craft Cultre Podcast Interview

So, I mentioned I had a fun evening recording a podcast interview with Daniella Cortez of the Craft Culture podcast.
I want to first apologize for saying "Like" and "Ya know" 10000 times. I do that when I'm a little nervous (my first podcast interview!) and I promise I get better ( I hope!) as the podcast goes on. What you couldn't see was Marcus (the husband) gesticulating in the background with whatever agenda he had going on and so I hereby publicly blame him for the long pauses I took to collect my thoughts. Next time, he'll be locked in a room somewhere or I'll do it with my eyes closed or something.

Ok enough self abasement and finger pointing- the podcast! It's about an hour long, so grab some knitting/spinning while you listen.


http://craftculture.danido.com/episode-5-phat-fiber-love/



Thanks Dani!

Winners this week, and Fiber Friday!

Congratulations winners!

The Critter Ranch- ED

Rocky Horror Desert Garden Batt- Perennial Girl

Fleecemakers Fibers Romney- Aria

Please email me your addresses and I'll mail them out to you!
phatfiber at yahoo dot com

I wanted to mention that every Friday in the Rav group we have a Fiber Friday thread where you can show off your fibery creations every week. Come join us!

I've had a fun evening recording a podcast with Phat Fiber contributor Daniella Cortez of Goddess Tea/DanidoCrafty fame. I had such a good time talking with her, I hope she asks me to come back on her show! I'll be posting the podcast as soon as it's available for you to listen to.

More fantastic giveaways too! Have a wonderful day!

2 Superboxes, 2 Videos, 2 winners!!

Fleecemakers Fibers and Giveaway!

New to the box is Fleecemakers Fibers! This month, Liz sent in some really beautifully dyed Romney fiber in deep jewel tones. Now, I don't usually automatically think soft and Romney go together, but this stuff is pretty nice! Maybe it's all the tender loving care the Romney lambs get from Liz!

Fleecemakers Fibers has an abundant shop full of fiber for the tasting! I think I must have some of the "melon patch" Romney roving- the colors just look delightful! And the locks! How cute!

We're giving away this richly dyed Romney roving to a lucky commenter on the blog. Just visit Fleecemakers Fibers and find something you like, write about it in the comments section below, and we'll draw for a name later in the week. Be sure and twitter, facebook and ravelate about it for extra entries!

Thanks Liz, for sharing your beautiful fiber with us!

Rocky Horror Batt Giveaway and I've named the wheel

Recently spun "tumbleweed batt" Fly Agaric

Congrats Saskia! She named my new wheel "Meadow" and I think it fits her really well!

I had Jennifer at Desert Garden create some wonderful batts for the Phat shop recently. If you haven't had a chance to spin her "tumbleweed" batts, you really should! The resulting yarns always come out so textural and earthy. I just adore her batts.

We're doing something a little different today. You can find go window shopping at either the Phat Shop where several of the Desert Garden Batts are, or you can pop on over to Desert Garden and tell me what you like over there.

Mention the giveaway on twitter, facebook, plurk or ravelry and we'll give you an extra entry.
We'll draw for the winner later in the week, so let's get shopping!

The Critter Ranch and Giveaway!

Sue from the Critter Ranch is always cooking up creativity in her shop. February, she sent in this gorgeous Llama, Alpaca, linen and bamboo braid based on one o her favorite paintings. It's so delicate and beautiful! If you missed it in your box, there is some listed in her shop right now.

While you're in The Critter Ranch Etsy shop, you might notice a new listing for a "Llama momma" adoption! How cute is that?! You can adopt a pregnant Llama mother and follow her through until her baby is born, getting pictures and during shearing time, 6 oz of raw fleece!

We're giving away 2oz of this beautiful "Cradle" fiber to a lucky commenter! Just visit The Critter Ranch, find something you like, and write about it in the comments section below, twitter, facebook about the contest and we'll draw for a winner later in the week!

Thank you so much, Sue for sharing your artistry with us!