Fiber Mania

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Holiday Yarns July 2, 2009

Filed under: Weaving, Yarn, spinning — megg67 @ 1:57 pm
Banana Soy Wool Roving

Banana Soy Wool Roving

I discovered a new store yesterday, Holiday Yarns.  I was at a quilt store here in town and the woman gave me a card for a new store in one of the disintegrating malls.  I went in yesterday and have discovered a new treasure, she sells hand dyed yarns, socks, bats, looms, spinning wheels and sheep oriented buttons, pins etc..  I bought a small ball of alpaca rovings just to try it out.  I also purchased four oz. of what she calls “Build a Bat”.  For 6$ an ounce you pick out fibers of your choice with wool as the main fiber, and while you are shopping she cards it on a drum carder and gives you your bat of mixed fibers.  I picked some gorgeous undyed soy silk and some banana fibers  to mix in.  I now have two gorgeous soft luxiourious bats of moss green rovings.  I spun off all of my hot pink rovings just so I could try out my green, oh it is so lovely to work with.

 

Fiber Items from Tubac Arizona April 18, 2009

Filed under: Fiber, Quilts, Weaving — megg67 @ 1:45 pm
 

I went on a trip to Tucson and my Mom and her friend Sue took us to Tubac. Tubac is an artisans community in the desert.  It reminded me alot of a similar community that we visited a couple of years ago in Venezuela.  These are some of the many textiles for sale.

Central American style story quilt

Central American style story quilt

 Woven Rugs

Rug Detail

Rug Detail