I am doing something new and wonderful this year. I am offering a Twelve Days of Christmas gift set. I’ll be dyeing up a gradient set of 12 mini skeins going from purples to blues to a sea foam green. There will be tonal yarn, speckled yarn, and variegated yarn, and each skein will be… Read More Twelve Days of Christmas Gift Set
For several days now, I’ve been thinking about today’s blog post and just drawing a blank. If you do any blogging or regular writing of any sort, I’m sure you understand. I finally decided that I would “interview” myself the way I interview pattern designers each month so that, if you are interested, you could… Read More In Which the Crazy Yarn Lady Interviews Herself
Good morning, my fellow yarn lover! It’s time for another Choose Your Yarn Adventure yarn giveaway. I’ve chosen three of my favorite colorways on three different delicious sock-weight yarn bases. The winner will receive his or her favorite skein. You can enter to win your favorite skein on my website here: https://www.shop.purplelambfiberarts.com/pages/yarn-giveaway/ The giveaway ends at… Read More Yarn Giveaway!
Happy weekend, everyone! This week it was like someone flipped a switch and changed the weather from summer to late fall or early winter. From what I’ve heard, that isn’t just Arizona but most of The United States. It’s sunny and cool now after several dreary days–perfect for pulling out our warm woollies and making… Read More Two Free Knitting Patterns
I am having a tremendous sale now through Sunday on solitary skeins–skeins where I just have one left in a certain colorway. When you buy 2 solitary skeins, you’ll get the third one free! Yes, free! I’ve never done this before, but I’ll tell you why in a minute. First let me tell you how.… Read More Solitary Skein Sale
This month, I’m really excited to be interviewing Dana Gervais. Dana lives in Ontario, Canada, and is well known for her sock patterns. Her patterns have been published widely, and she even has her own book of sock patterns coming out soon! Make sure to read all the way to the end because Dana has… Read More Designer of the Month Interview with Dana Gervais
Today I wanted to talk about how the same colorway can look significantly different depending on the type of yarn or yarn base it is dyed on. I took photos of a few colorways I have dyed on several bases so you can see what I mean. What makes the difference? There are a several… Read More Same Colorway, Different Yarn Base
Good morning, my fellow fiber artist! A couple months ago, I asked all of you whether you would like me to add a sport-weight yarn or a second DK-weight yarn to my lineup of yarn bases, and most of you said you would prefer a sport weight. Your wish is my command! Today I want… Read More Super Sport & Some Super Patterns to Go With It
I hope you are as excited as I am about the coming of cooler weather! I have a great fondness for small projects where I can have the satisfaction of actually having something lovely and DONE in fairly short order, especially because I don’t have as much time to knit as I would like, so… Read More Palate Cleanser Projects with Mini Skeins
I have come up from my dye pots long enough to list several colorways that were previously sold out as well as several new colorways that I hope you will love as much as I do. Included among them are some colorways dyed on my newest base. It’s called Super Sport, and it’s a lovely… Read More Shop Update!
