Friday, September 2, 2011

Fiber Indie eXperience Co-op Artfire Shop

Exciting news!  The Fiber Indie eXperience Co-op Artfire Shop is now open!  We have our first set of sampler boxes available.

This is the fiber goodie box:
Spinning Goodie Mix: a F.I.X. Co-op Spinning Fiber Sampler


And here is the yarn goodie box:
Yarn Goodie Mix: A F.I.X. Co-op Hand Dyed & Handspun Yarn Sampler

Boxes sell for $18 each (plus shipping), and your purchase is one more way to enter the September FIX drawing.  This month's prize boxes are worth a total of $155 each!

Here is the yarn prize box:
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And the fiber prize box:
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We are also giving away a special anniversary box to the person who purchases from the most FIX shops this month!

So come join the FIX Ravelry Group, go shopping, and hopefully, win great prizes!

Thursday, September 1, 2011

My First Rectangle Loom Project!


Well, here it is, my first completed project on my new rectangle loom!  The scarf is made from one of my early handspun yarns, with a black ribbon yarn added.  I am really pleased with it!

Now, for how it was made.  This was fun from start to finish!

Early stages on the loom:


After just a few hours, I started to see some real progress:


And finally it was finished!  I added some fringe before I removed it:


Because it is completely bias, it drapes beautifully!  I have a feeling there will be many scarves made on this loom!