This week, I’m having a sale on art batts for the first time in almost a year. Not only are art batts fabulous for spinning, but they are also great for felting and even framing and hanging on the wall. You’ll get 15% off all the art batts and other fiber between now and Monday night. You can see everything in the sale right here, and the coupon code will be applied automatically. About Art Batts Art batts are my favorite fiber preparation to spin. I know lots of people just spin top or roving, but the texture and softness and variety of art batts are so much more fun! Dance of the Gypsies ..read more

This week, spring is in the air, so I wanted to share some beautiful 2-skein shawl patterns that are perfect for spring along with some yarn pairings to go with them. Let’s start with the patterns. I did a deep dive on Ravelry and found eight crochet patterns to share and nine knitting patterns. They all use two different colorways of fingering-weight yarn. Most have beautiful lacey stitches or fabulous slip stitches, and a few “create” a new colorway by combining the other two. I included the names of the patterns so you can find them on your favorite pattern website if Ravelry isn’t your jam ..read more

This week I have several freshly dyed semi-solid and tonal colorways to share with you including one that is completely new. I dyed up Lilac on lots of different yarn bases this week. Lilac is so perfect for the coming of spring. The main colorway is a very light purple, and I add a dusting of dark purple speckles. Here it is on So Silky Sock: …and here it is on Squiggle Sock for the very first time: How fun is that? I also dyed up Regal for the first time in a very long time. It’s a deep purple colorway with some tonal variation. Here it is on Sparkly Merino Sock: Doesn’t the sparkle look ..read more

Good morning and happy Friday to you! This week, I want to tell you about this year’s Fiber Advent Calendar and also show you some yarn pairings and patterns for using Suri Lace Cloud and Squiggle Sock together for some amazing, soft texture. Around the Color Wheel Spinner’s Advent Calendar In addition to the yarn Advent calendars you have heard so much about, I’m offering a spinner’s Advent calendar this year! The theme is “Around the Color Wheel.” The kit includes 24 boxes of soft fiber. Each day, you will get to open a box with half an ounce of soft merino, silky bamboo, or baby alpaca. Th ..read more

Good morning and happy Friday to you! I hope my newsletter finds you safe and well. Today I have a few new goodies in the shop to show you, and I’d like to get your opinion on something as well. I have been dyeing fall colorways as well as the all-year-long colorways. The Butterflies are Back! I dyed up five butterfly colorways on Stained Glass Sock. All five together make a great butterfly fade, but you can also pick any combination of colorways. They all go together. I listed some individually and some as a set. From left to right, the colorways are Zebra Longwing, Indian Jezebel, Quino Che ..read more

Good morning, and happy Friday to you. Today is Show and Tell day where I get to share some beautiful projects to inspire your next project. These are always my favorite newsletters to write because it’s so exciting to see and share what you have created! Show and Tell The first project is from Andrea. She used my Bedecked colorway to make these darling socks. Here’s what she said: “I used a basic toe-up sock with a modified shadow wrap heel and a diamond pattern cuff that I made up because I was tired of ribbing.” The next project is Debbi’s Eight Days of Easter Kit. I love the way she used ..read more

Good morning, and happy Friday to you. This week, I dyed up a new yarn base called Suri Lace Cloud, and I want to tell you all about it. At the end of May, I was considering a few new yarn bases and decided to ask all of you which ones you were most interested in. The one that got the most votes by far was this one–a fuzzy, soft lace-weight yarn that is similar to mohair but so, so much better because it has all the wonderful texture and none of the itchiness that mohair can have. I used to carry one that is very similar called Alpaca Lace Cloud, but the new one–Suri Lace Cloud–is even better ..read more

Good morning, and happy Friday to you. I’m going to keep the newsletter short and sweet today. First of all I want to give a HUGE thank you to everyone who has taken part in my Mothers’ Day sale this week. It is a very big help to our family, and I am so grateful to all of you! Second of all, I want to remind you that the sale is still going on through midnight Texas time on Sunday. Take 20% off all my in-stock hand-dyed yarn, yarn sets, art batts, silk hankies, and knitting patterns. Basically everything except the club colorways and dyed-to-order yarn is part of the sale. Just use the coupon ..read more

Good morning and happy Saturday! I’m a day late sending the newsletter, but I have a very good reason for it. My oldest daughter had her first baby a week ago Friday, and I drove down to help. I’ll tell you the rather dramatic and beautiful story at the end of the newsletter, but first I want to tell you about the silk hankies and a new colorway in the shop. Silk Hankies After several years of not being able to source silk hankies, I was finally able to order some. Joseph and I had a blast dyeing these up. If you have never used silk hankies, they are so much fun to play with. You can spin the ..read more

Good morning and happy Friday! This week, I have the honor of showing you a number of beautiful projects made by others using Purple Lamb yarn and fiber. Before we get started, I wanted to mention that there won’t be a newsletter next week because I will be at the DFW Fiber Fest. In light of that, I’ll also be telling you about the October Club colorway a week earlier than usual. Show and Tell I’m so excited about what all these “yarn babies” and “fiber babies” grew up to become thanks to the wonderful fiber artists who created with them! I’m including links to all the patterns on Ravelry when ..read more