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No, not the kind you eat. The kind I play with. I have been working on my spinning skills lately, getting prepared for a custom order from my shop that has me incredibly excited… So, I am working on single ply yarns lately. I adore single ply. I love the smoothness of it, the simple twist of it.
Conn modeling single ply “Lime in the Coconut” from my shop. I am working on a hat using this yarn and loving the way it is knitting up. I have just a little more decreasing to do before I can show a picture of it. The thing with single ply hand spun yarn is the self-striping! Every row that I knit, I am amazed with how the striping is working out. So neat!
And, I got to play with dyes this weekend. Working on the custom order and a teensy bit of autumn inspiration to go in the shop later this week.
Peace.
Fist things first, I have updated my shop with a few new things…a custom spinning service, and a new SALE hand spun yarn. I am spinning my little heart out, working on getting examples up of how some of my colorways spin up. Then it will be getting them knit up so you can see how they look when knit.
Now, for the giveaway…
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. As many of you know, breast cancer has touched my life in ways I never thought possible. I lost my Mom (that is her up on the very top on the left sidebar) 25 months ago to breast cancer. My Grandma and my Great Aunt are breast cancer survivors.
This year, I have a special edition colorway in honor of breast cancer awareness month. It is called “Second Base“. Right now I only have the roving in my shop (which I would love to spin up for you!) because I am giving away one full skein of my handspun yarn to one lucky reader! I do have another giveaway in the works for spinners out there, so stay tuned!
“Second Base” Special Edition hand dyed hand spun yarn by A Tree Hugger’s Wife.
127 yards
100% Merino Wool (this will felt so hand wash & air dry)
3.7 ounces / 105 grams
Dyed with professional acid dyes
Want to win it? Well, just leave me a comment telling me what your favorite color combination(s) is/are. I am looking for 2 or 3 colors. I might even name a colorway after you! I will draw a number on Saturday and announce the winner then. Your comment post is your number.
Peace.
But this time, it could be yours! I made another one of my pillowcase bags (unlined) and a coordinating pouch. I just listed it in my etsy shop: green coconut
Ch-ch-ch-ch-check it out!
Peace.
Sorry this is late…I know I said 7 PM CST, but guess what… Our power was out for the majority of the morning, so no computer for me. I am beyond sick of it.
Anyway, you don’t care about that, now do you? I appreciate all of the entries and the thought that went into them. Please don’t kick me, but I decided to go with a totally different idea, kinda.
Green Coconut
Kind of kitschy, with a nod to the eco-ness, and it will forever remind me of our time here. I have a lot of work to do to get things ready. I am going to head out tomorrow to take pictures of aforementioned coconuts and try to figure out how to play around with the image and come up with a banner and a button. If you have creative ideas, I would love love love to hear them.
And, the winner is……Elaine. As per the random number generator. Thank you again everyone and look forward to the shop opening up later this week! YAY!
Peace.
For the past few weeks, I have been mulling over the idea of opening an Etsy shop. I think it is time. I want to sell my hand crafted items. Little things that I knit or sew.
The hardest part seems to be coming up with a name. I want it to be connected to the blog (with its very unoriginal name) somehow, but I think that “A Tree Hugger’s Wife” is a bit long. Especially when you have to type the name in, it would be www.atreehuggerswife.etsy.com…not the most user-friendly. I thought about just going with it and making the actual shop name be “ATHW” (first letters of blog name)…then it would be athw.etsy.com. What do you think?
Here is the contest part. Shoot me some names (and themes if you are super creative) and I will see if we can come up with something that I love. If you submit the name that I love, you will win this (If I don’t love any of them, then I will enter all of the participants into a drawing):
A reusable shopping bag! Made by me!
Front:
Back:
The realy great thing about this bag is that it folds up into itself, you can just throw it into your handbag, diaper bag, glove compartment…where ever.
These things are so awesome, they hold a ton of stuff. I filled it up to take a picture of it all nice and full:
This was everything that was inside of it:
So, help a girl out, wont’cha?
For inspiration, here are some things that I like / associate with me:
Tree Hugging, being a wife / mama, the colors pink, lime, brown, turquiose (not necessarily all together), knitting, sewing, crochet, thrifting, recycling, frugal living, simple living, vintage & retro fabrics, botanical prints… See how I had issues?
Please let me know via comment by Sunday, 7 PM CST. I will choose a winner then or do the drawing. If you don’t have ideas of your own and like my “ATHW”, let me know in a comment and you will be entered in the contest in the event that I don’t like any of the ideas.
Thanks everyone!
