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Friday, April 27, 2012

Fiber Friday: Stormy Day

It's been rainy lately. Your typical April weather with a bit of a cold snap. Good weather for staying inside and knitting. I like a good rainy day once in awhile an d I love a good hank of yarn any day of the week. Using the weather as my inspiration I have found some amazing yarn on Etsy.

Cloud 9 by SheepingBeauty

Cloud Blue by

Titan's Curse by DyeForYarn

Iridescent Clouds by hoggwildfibers

Clouds and Sunshine By bluecocoonyarn

Friday, March 23, 2012

Fiber Friday: Out Like a Lamb

Falling Star Fibers

The end of March is coming up fast and while the weather hasn't been much of a lion this year, March is going out like a lamb. I took a look around Etsy and found some really fabulous lamb's wool yarn. Here are my Favorites.

Homegrown, Homespun Romney yarn "Hadley"

Falling Star Fibers

Gifted - 5 oz Romney Lamb Handspun Yarn

froggyfibers

Natural Colored Black Romney Lamb Yarn

CoveredBridgeFiber

Legolas - Icelandic Lambs Wool Yarn

mapleviewiclandics

Golden Pear Border Leicester Lamb and Alpaca

SpinnersEnd

Heavy Worsted Shetland Lamb's Wool Yarn, 200 yards

SweetTreeHillFarm

Friday, February 24, 2012

Fiber Friday: Socktastic!

I love sock yarn and I'm not even a sock knitter. I have hank after hank of sock yarn in my stash just wait to be knit into a cozy pair to warm mine or a loved ones feet, or to be knit up into something else warm the options are endless. What does everyone need in their stash...a few great hanks of sock yarn either for socks, shawls or mits. These hanks are all from independent dyers on etsy.

Berry Fingers

NoTwoSnowflakes

Del Mar

twisttwine

Copenhagen, Denmark

Emerald Isle

Merino Cashmere

Dried Flowers

Cherry Blossom

Northern Lights Hand dyed Sock Yarn

dragonflydyeworks

Friday, January 27, 2012

Fiber Friday: Be My Valentine

I am bringing back Fiber Friday to Blue Betty Blog. It was one of my favorites and I hope it becomes one of your's. Today's Fiber is all from independent dyers and spinners found on Etsy, and to celebrate Valentines day here are some hanks, balls and skeins of yarn I wouldn't mind getting as a valentine.

1. A Funny Valentine Art Yarn

AFiberLovesJones

2. Steel Roses Hand Dyed Silk

Shunklies

3. Be Mine Handspun Art Yarn

SparkleShan

4. Bloody Valentine Merino Superwash Lace Weight

Dyeforwool

5. T-shirt Yarn, Valentine

hoggwildfibers

Friday, October 16, 2009

Fiber Friday: Halloween

We are still celabrating Halloween this week with more spooky finds on Etsy. Today on Fiber Friday we were looking for unique fibers that inspire our silly and spooktastic ideas.

Toadstools in a Forest - Handspun Art Yarn in Bright Colours with Fun Beads

By WeirdAndTwisted

Beautiful Bamboo YARN - Halloween Sunset - HandSpun HandDyed Bamboo Single Ply Yarn 112 yards 3.7 oz dk sport

By kittygrrlz

Mr Marleys dredded yarn smaller skien

By SpunnDitzy

SKELETAL REMAINS - handspun yarn (116 yds)

By flawfulfibers

ARACHNOPHOBIA - handspun yarn (96 yds)

By flawfulfibers

Scarecrow - Halloween Art Yarn with GLOW in the Dark parts

By WeirdAndTwisted

Coraline Black Light Handspun Yarn Just in Time for Halloween

By InTheEyesofMarch

Skull Island - Handspun and handdyed Art Yarn with Black Feathers and Bone Skulls

By TreasureAyland

Friday, October 9, 2009

Fiber Friday: Hand Painted

I always find hand painted yarns very interesting, how someone painted dye on instead of kettle dying or just giving it a general dip dye. The look of hand painted yarn is special and it makes for interesting garments. Do certain colors pool, are there so many colors there's no chance of pooling, what if i cast on 20 stitches instead of 30 how will it effect the color pattern, how will certain stitch patterns look. These are all the exciting questions that run though my mind when I pick up a hank of hand painted yarn.

OY, THE KOI -- Hand Painted Superwash Merino Wool Fat Fingering Sock Yarn

By UrbanGypZ

Fields of Green Hand Painted Merino Lace Weight Yarn - 880 Yards - 2 Available

By moonlightbaker

Robin's Nest Hand-painted Sock Yarn

By AlaskanNancy

Neptune Gaia DK Yarn hand-painted in blues and greens

By dragonflyfiberdesign

Hand painted Superwash Merino Wool Sock Yarn VICTORIAN ROSE

By jirbydesigns

Marigolds -- Merino/Alpaca/Nylon Hand Painted Sock Yarn

By moosemanorhandpaints

CORAL MANGO - COTTON Hand-Painted Yarn, NEW - Light-Weight, 250 yds, Gorgeous

By EthnicityGoddess

Stormy Hand Painted Merino Silk Worsted Weight Yarn 250 Yards

By sunriselodgefiberstu

Hand Painted Washable Sock Yarn 462 yd 100g APOCALYPSE

By thehomebody

Friday, October 2, 2009

Fiber Friday: Luxury

I love luxury yarn. It's so yummy and soft. Who wouldn't love something knit up in cashmere or silk, or alpaca, or even a blend of these. In honor of my first knitting pattern, which will be in my etsy shop on Wed. the 7th , here are some delicious luxury yarns.

CASHMERE handspun yarn

By Ozknits

SALE Summertime 3 - Handspun fine luxury fiber and wool yarn

By Alchemyfibrearts

Serenity Lace- Silver Lining

By fiberphiles

Natural Chinchilla Blue Angora Yarn

By Blumzieluxuryyarns

Red handspun pure silk yarn, over 200 yards, 3.4oz

By Snowberrylime

Wool-Camel Blend Sock Yarn-Hand Plied and Dyed-Olive Green-180 yds

By madangelcreations

Cria and Kid Hand Spun Yarn

By ObeliskFiberArts

Friday, September 25, 2009

Fiber Friday: Atutumnal Color

My last post was in hope for crisp temps, so this on is in honor of fall foliage. I think fall may be my favorite time of year, the waves at the shore are better than the summer, I can wear me extensive sweater collection and it is the perfect season for backing and drinking apple cider. Being a fall baby I always look forward to the turning of the leaves, it's a sign that i am soon to be a year older, and I love the color it imparts on my birthday. This is why this weeks Fiber Friday is full of autumnal color palates.