PhatFiber Samples
Since December went by in a whirl of poor internet I thought I'd show you my samples for both December and January.
December's theme was Childhood favorites. I made these adorable roving snowmen with samples of some new spinning fiber in my Etsy Shop. It's such a soft, lovely pindrafted roving! This fiber is the lambswool (1st shearing) from some Corriedale-cross lambs. I made them pipecleaner arms that wrap around a candy cane (what child didn't love that?). Then I packaged them in cute little Christmas tree bags.
I also made stitch markers - Christmas trees! You can't get much more popular with children than that! I made these as a box exclusive, I didn't make them for my shop.
January's theme is Luxe, as in really deluxe or expensive. I thought about the princess who wanted the moon to wear on a chain around her neck. Being winter, I thought about the impermanent nature of snowflakes and decided they were the perfect thing. An unmeltable snowflake! Of course, unlike real snowflakes, these are identical.
These are the ones I made for my Etsy Shop, a little different style, with frosted accent beads.
Continuing the Luxe theme, I also made mini-skein samples of the Corriedale-cross yarn. It's such nice yarn I can't help but think that if people get a chance to handle it, they'll appreciate how nice it is (an maybe buy some!). It was the first time I got to use my mini niddy noddy. One complete wrap is a yard so it really made it easy to make sample skeins that were all the same length! I made about 25 mini-skeins and I don't mind saying it gave me new respect for box contributors who do this every month! The part I disliked was fiddling around trying to tie the skeins before taking them off the Niddy Noddy. What I really needed was a third hand. So hats off to all those mini-skeiners! I salute you!
The yarn is lovely, but those snowflakes are extra special. I will have to visit your shop this weekend when I have a moment to catch up.
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