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Category Archives: Fiber Preparation
Spinning and Dyeing BFL
I love Blue Faced Leicester wool. It has a long staple, it’s easy to spin and it has a bit of a sheen. Wonderful against the skin… it’s just one of my favorites. I haven’t done a lot of spinning … Continue reading
Mystery Wool… Kool Aid Dyed
Finally beginning to feel more like myself after surgery on the 2nd. Yippee! Had some mystery wool lying in my closet that I finally got out my spinning wheel and made short work of… but then had surgery so the … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, Fiber Preparation, Handcraft, handmade, Handwork, Historical Textile, hobby, Spinning, Weaving
Tagged dye, dyeing, kool aid, orange, spin, spinning, spinning wheel, variegated, wool, yarn
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DFW Yarn Crawl, y’all… It’s Almost Here!
This will be the 3rd year for the DFW Yarn Crawl, y’all. Interest and participation is growing each year and this year presents as a great opportunity to get out and find new yarn and fiber merchants and meet and … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Card Weaving, Classes, Crochet, Cross Stitch, Dye Works, Embroidery, Felting, Fiber Preparation, Handcraft, Handwork, Inkle Weaving, Knit, Naalbinding, nalbinding, Needlework, Quilt, Rugs, Sewing, Shops, Spindling, Spinning, Tablet Weaving, Teaching, TX, Weaving
Tagged Dallas, DFW Yarn Crawl, fiber, Forth Worth, LYS, merchandising, shops, y'all, yarn
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Apple Leef Farm.. New Calendar of Events for November
Leef of Apple Leef Farm of Van Alstyne, TX has just posted her new events calendar for November. There are always several classes a month that I would love to take, but alas…can only do so many. There are 2 … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Dye Works, Fiber Preparation, Handcraft, Handwork, Historical Textile, TX
Tagged class, classes, crafting, Crafts, create, dye, dyeing, groups, handmade, Handwork, suppliers
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In Case You’re Wondering…
I decided that I wanted to give my blog a face lift. So I did the thing called “Try it! You’ll like it!” Well, I didn’t like it and when I came back to this look all my widgets were … Continue reading
Posted in Dye Works, Fiber Preparation, Weaving
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Ingram Arts Show, Tupelo, OK
I have an aunt and uncle (twins) who turned 80 years old this year. My aunt has wanted to have an art show in honor of my grandparents for years. There is a lot of talent in the family and … Continue reading
Posted in Card Weaving, Crafts, Embroidery, Felting, Fiber Preparation, Handcraft, Handwork, Historical Textile, Naalbinding, nalbinding, Needlework, Sewing, Spindling, Weaving
Tagged craft, crafting, Crafts, create, handmade, Handwork, Sewing, spinning, Weaving
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Make Your Own Yarn Swift…
Back in the previous incarnation of Fabric Follies Two … called Fabric Follies .. I posted a link to Crafty Diversions . At the time I was just learning to spin and was so fascinated with her free tutorial for making … Continue reading
Posted in Backyard Projects, Crafts, Fiber Preparation, Free Patterns, Handcraft, Handwork, Historical Textile, Spinning, Textile Tutorials, Tutorials
Tagged craft, crafting, Crafts, create, Free Patterns, handmade, Handwork, patterns, spinning, tools, tutorial
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One Million Hits.. How Can I Ever Thank You? !
A SALUTE TO YOU! Sometime this evening or late tonight, this blog will have its ONE MILLIONth hit. I have to say that I am overwhelmed with gratitude for all of you who have visited over the nearly 5 … Continue reading
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Hopefully Heather
I knew the mystery roving of yesterday had felted a little… but when I started working with it last night it was not anywhere as bad as I thought it was going to be. As it turns out, there was … Continue reading
Red River Fiber Arts and Kool Aid Dyeing
Yesterday a few of “us girls” from the RRFA gathered at my house and we had a “Dye In”… ;o) I had some Blue Faced Leicester spun up and some mystery wool roving so we proceeded to dye it. What … Continue reading
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Fabric Follies Two 