Good morning and happy Friday to you! I have a few things to talk to you about today. * Thank you! First and foremost, as the year draws to a close, I am looking back over the past year for Purple Lamb, and I just want to tell you how grateful I am for all… Read More A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That and a Very Merry Christmas to You
Happy Friday to you! I hope you are doing well. It’s getting positively chilly here in North Texas. I know those of you in the North are laughing at me as I say that, but that’s okay. In light of the cooler weather, I decided to create some new colorway combos for 3-skein shawls using… Read More Colorway Combos and Patterns for DK Shawls
Good morning and happy Friday! I have so many beautiful projects to share with you for this week’s Show and Tell newsletter! November Club Colorway Before we get started, I wanted to let you know the results of last week’s informal poll. I was having a tough time deciding between two lovely paintings to use… Read More Show & Tell and the November Club Colorway
Good morning and happy Friday to you! Last week I mentioned that I would love to share some of your businesses in my newsletter, and I had two people take me up on the offer. One is an author, and the other is a member of a weaving cooperative, so I have the pleasure of… Read More Two Artists and a Free Knitting Pattern
Good morning and happy Friday to you! Today I want to show you some yarn pairings I put together on my two newest bases–Stained Glass Sock and Squiggle Sock. I also wanted to show you a scarf I wove using After the Rain, and if you are still in need of a Mothers’ Day gift,… Read More Some New Yarn Pairings, a Handwoven Scarf, and a Last-Minute Gift Idea
Happy Friday to you! Today I have a new yarn base to tell you about, and I must admit that I’m a little bit giddy about it. It’s called Squiggle Sock, and this yarn base is all about texture. Squiggle Sock is made of 90% superwash merino and 10% nylon. Its construction is similar to… Read More Introducing Squiggle Sock
Good morning and happy Friday to you. You know, it is a real blessing when your work and your stress-relief are one and the same. That truly is the case for me. We are in the midst of trying to buy a house, and there are definitely some major stressors involved. How do I handle… Read More Kits and Top and Yarn, Oh My
Good morning and happy Friday to you! This week, I wanted to show you the new Be My Valentine colorway and a few others, and I also wanted to tell you about Splendid Sock. Valentine Yarn Every year, Valentine’s Day sneaks up on me, so I never think of making a Valentine’s Day colorway until… Read More Valentine Yarn and How I Made It Plus a New Sock-Yarn Base
Show and Tell Today I get to do show and tell! It is always such an honor to get to share the beautiful things that you make from yarn and fiber that I make. I feel like there’s a connection that goes from the shepherd (and the sheep of course) to the mill to the… Read More Show and Tell – July 2020
Happy Friday–or whatever day it is today. I hope you and all your loved ones are safe and well, and I hope that the fiber arts are helping to keep you sane! I have a few new things to tell you about today and some new colorways to share as well. Searching by Color First… Read More Purple Lamb Gift Cards and Searching by Color
