Intermission at the Re-arrange

I'm taking a much needed time out from my spring interior re-design (it's definitely a seasonal kinda thing) to bring you a few fiber tidbits and treats.

Initially, here's a sneak peek of my design using that lovely Blonde Chicken Boutique laceweight:

 

I know, I know - it's not much, but a gal needs some super top secretz.

Next, I received the following great fiber recently in a swap. I love, love, love this color combination:

Since I haven't been willing to buy this particular line from Debbie Bliss (there's a labeling dispute), it's been great petting it. And the Schulana has a little bling in it - just my cup of fiber.

Finally, we're just a little more than a week away from the 3rd annual Knitting and Crochet Blogging Week, and I thought I'd provide a link to the list of topics. Even if you can't blog every day, I'd urge everyone to post on those days that the topic particularly moves you. I'm looking forward to a blog-reading frenzy - I found several blogs last year that I still read (albeit on a more limited basis these days).

Speaking of blogs to read ... now head on over to Andrea's blog to see what fiber topics have moved everyone else this week. And hey - enjoy your fiber responsibly.

Yarny Revitalization

Blonde Chicken Boutique hemp laceweight yarn in the foreground -
625 yards of slightly rustic awesomeness

While I wasn't thinking about the current season when I wrote last Friday's post about the ebb and flow in energy once a project is completed, it is appropo. Just as there's an energy ebb once a project goes out the door, there's also revitalization in receiving yarn for a new project: the buddhist principle of birth and death - continuous change - in action. 

I am just about ready to send out the completed project using the above yarn (and I am hooked on the finished project far more than I expected, truth be told), I have also received a box of yarn for my next commissioned project. It's in a very spring-like color and it has filled me with hope and a smiling optimism.

Whether you celebrate Easter or Passover or Beltane (or some other holiday not named) - one can't be in a better frame of mind than that of smiling optimism. And we won't even discuss the yarn that's also been delivered for my next personal project - it's one of my favorites - Drops cotton light.

Skip revitalization - go directly to yarny love.

Definitely don't skip your trip to Andrea's blog to get your yarny fix before this holiday weekend. I wish each of you an abundance of smiling optimism - or at least awesome stash enhancement + yummy chocolate.




It's coming, it's coming!

A Little Bit 'O Blonde This Fee-Fi(ber)-F.O. Friday

I received a really great package in the mail this week. It contained this lovely laceweight hemp yarn.

I'm a big Blonde Chicken Boutique fan; I met Tara Swiger (yes, she's the Blonde Chicken!) during last December's Urban Craft Uprising event; I purchased some of her fiber - and of course, blogged about it at the time.

I'm happy to report that Tara is sending me yarn for a specific purpose - I'll be creating one of my designs, using her wonderful hemp laceweight, for the Fresh Designs Crochet Home book that is slated to be published sometime in the second half of next year. Yeah Cooperative Press for having the good sense to accurately interpret the crafty tea leaves: more households crochet than knit. Yes, folks, it's true according to the most recent Craft and Hobby Industry research.

It's fun to get yarn in the mail - especially when given to design with!

If you should ever have the opportunity to purchase Blonde Chicken Boutique yarn, I would urge you to go for it. Tara strives to be a responsible environmental steward while creating her wonderfully colored yarns, and she's probably got a story or two from the local fiber-producing farmers in her area.

Ok, everyone: you know the drill! Check back with Andrea's blog, and make certain you leave your bloggy footprint with everyone else this Fiber Arts Friday.