News & Notes From FGF
the joy found in abundance
I told you I was re-reading Joyful by Ingrid Fetell Lee. In her 2nd chapter, she writes about the joy of abundance. I think this is a particular importance to use yarnie and textile pieces. When I think of abundance, I think of sprinkles, candy stores, yarn stores,...
Have you started something new?
As we start week 8 of the quarantine, I feel like people are starting to get antsy. There are more people out and about. There are more people in stores. More people on the street. And we still don't know where this is going, how this is going to end. These times have...
almost viral
WOW! I was blown away the last couple of weeks with pre-orders and dye to orders during the MD Sheep and Wool Virtual show. I was so worried that I was the weird one, the almost blasphemous one. To have a colorway inspired by the Corvid Pandemic, was a crazy...
book I’m re-reading
Yes, it's that good. Actually I'm re-reading it and also listening to it as I work in my studio. What's the book? Joyful by Ingrid Fetell Lee Read this book! Why is this book resonating with me? I think because I can see so many textile, yarn, color, dyeing...
goal attained!
This year one business goal was to widen out my farm yarn line. I have lots of choices in the Worsted weight yarn. I have Synergy: the marled yarn that looks hand spun. I have LiViLy that is from my fine wool Cormo Sheep. I have Trasna made from the long lustrous...
A few crafty things to do while in quarantine
Free Blueprint classes here https://shop.mybluprint.com/a/shop/free-preview Good Housekeeping magazine has a nice list of museums, zoos and even theme parks offering virtual tours here: https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/travel/a31784720/best-virtual-tours/ Our own...
fiber farmer in the time of corvid
First of all, I want to thank all the wonderful knitters, crocheters, spinners and felters who are coming to our online store and finding just the right yarn or roving to express their colorful selves. I hope you are feeling your creativity fill up and overflow. As we...
FO/WIP Friday Sock Edition
9 pairs minus one that I gave away I really love knitting socks, but I don't spend a lot of time knitting. I always think I will spend the time. I'm at the lightning speed of 1 pair a year. I know, I know....most people do 1 pair per month. Still I love my hand knit...
color inspiration in a book
Palette Perfect by Lauren Wager is a book all about color. It's really more of a lookbook. I think it took me less than 30 minutes to read, but I have spent a long time studying the palettes that Lauren has put together. The book concentrates on the moods of your...
viral colorways on sparkly yarn
I'm loving these colorways and so I'm making them in many of my fingering weight colorways. Our Sparkly yarn is 92% Superwash Merino and 8% Lurex (the man-made sparkly factor). There are 414 yards in each 4oz skein. Here is the yarn in Sparkly: Corona Colorway You can...
