Featuring: The Critter Ranch

So, I decided to start showing off some fiber friends and fellow artists. The first one had to be the Woman who started it all... for me that is.

My sister-in-law and one of my best friends, Sue at The Critter Ranch. I started by helping her with some little projects, painting mostly and it kind of ballooned from there. There is no stopping it now and she is right there with me... couldn't give up fiber if we wanted to.

She currently has.... uhmm... A LOT of Llamas, somewhere around 20 and a couple/few alpacas too. See, keeping count is tough as she boards animals as well as having her own. She even owns a National Grand Champion Heavy Wool Male, he's a nice looking guy! Which brings to to a fun fact... in the last 3 days there have been 2 of his babies born... aren't they cute???

She also has an Etsy Shop... http://thecritterranch.etsy.com/ where she specializes in locally grown fiber. Of course she uses her own animal's fiber, most of which is incredibly soft and silky, and she also obtains other wool, alpaca and llama fleeces from other local farms. Oh, did I mention that she also runs a shearing service?

Anyway, she has gorgeous fibers, batts and handspun yarns so make sure to check out her shop! Oh, and she also just started a blog that has some more fabulous baby (cria) photos so go peek... http://thecritterranch.blogspot.com/

Next time... maybe I'll show more of her fibers and not the babies.... yeah right!

Yart Sale... Gotta Love it!

The 2nd Annual Yart (Yard & Art) Sale is going on in lots of shops throughout Etsy through this weekend! There's an article about it here... http://www.etsy.com/storque/how-to/ya-gotta-yart-4049/

I am participating in the sale and have even put up a bit of new fibers and colors to start off the sale! I will be adding more this weekend as well!

There is 10% off all fibers and 15% off all yarns... so swing over and check out the new items and get the details on the Yart Sale! Here's a few of the new ones...

Need More Hours in a Day

I feel as though I've been running around working but get nothing done... if there were more hours in the day, I could do more and still get nowhere *giggle*

So, thought I'd post some samples of what went up this week but also decided that I'm going to start some other posts as well. So, keep an eye out for posts about other fiber artisians as well as other things that may catch my eye! Here are those samples though....

Busy but Still Posting New Stuff

As the end of the school year approaches, the garden goes in, the spring cleaning gets done and in the midst of it all... I'm still adding new items to the shop. Being in the kitchen with the dye pans really has become my get-away and my art, all wrapped into one, at least that's what it feels like for me. Not too much to say for now, other than here's a sampling of some of the newest....

Memorial Weekend

So, it is Memorial Weekend and I pretty much expect that everything in the shop and such will be dead but I'll be periodiacally listing and renewing anyway. No shipping until Tuesday though so I'm not in a huge rush.

We are going to a cookout with the family but I'll be checking in as usual!

Just wanted to post and show off a few things that have gone up this week.... There's more too so remember to go check em out! Lots have gone and will be going up as the show at the end of the month is now cancelled :S

Living in the Kitchen

I have been living in the kitchen most of this week. Dyeing all sorts of fiber! Most of it will show up in the shop but had to start preparing for the show at the end of the month. I'll post more details about that soon!

Also, will be contributing to the PhatFiber Sampler Box for June and July at least so give that a peak as well... http://www.phatfiber.com/

It is late and I'm exhausted, had a teenager with prom tonight, so alas, I'm still awake!

Did want to make sure to post some samples of some of the newest items to hit the shop though... and don't forget to peek at the sidebar for a discount code for this weekend only, if you are planning on doing any shopping....

New Fiber Here and More Coming!

So, I'm all sorts of excited! I received one of my wool orders yesterday and there is also another on the way here.... so make sure to keep a watch out for new fibers and colors!

I also got to order the Jumbo Flyer for my spinning wheel!!! More yardage on the handspuns without making seperate skeins!

Okay so back to the shop stuff! There is a sale on some of the older fibers as I gotta make room for what got here and what is still coming! You can search "sale" in the shop and see what is left. I may even reduce some more over the weekend so make sure to check it out!

Here's a few things that are new this week though.... a new dye lot of the Earthy Rainbow plus some other pretties too!!!









.....And an all new.... Handspun Superwash Yarn too!