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Meet Chrystee I’ve had Play at Life Fiber in my faves on Etsy for a really long time. You see, dyeing long repeats is really time intensive to do. (you can read my blog post about my attempt, here) So, not a lot of indie dyers do it… but Chrystee does. Her ‘maki’ (like a […]

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Meet Kate I spotted Kate one day when I was browsing around on Etsy, and I was instantly drawn to her funky range of handspun and batts. She blends crazy colors and textures together into beautiful works of art. And, she lives one town over from my hometown! I knew instantly she’d be awesome! Review […]

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Meet Stephanie Stephanie is the head space cadet of Space Cadet Creations, and she makes beautiful handdyed yarn and fiber (for spinning). This is the part of the interview where I get to tell personal stories, so I’ll tell the story about how I met Stephanie. I had been following Stephanie on Twitter (she’s @SpaceCadetCreat, […]

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Meet Eling I met Eling at Stitches East last year. I was just wandering through the aisles, when some amazingly colorful yarn caught my eye. It was so interestingly textured! And colorful! And like nothing I had seen before! And Eling was a sweetheart! I’ve been a fan ever since! Eling is both a spinner […]

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Meet Mercedes I’m not quite sure how I happened across Kitchen Sink Dyeworks… I know I’ve been a facebook-stalker and lover of it for a while, now. So, when Mercedes posted that she needed a Ravelry helper- I leaped at the chance. Since then, I’ve been helping to moderate the Kitchen Sink Dyeworks Ravlery Group, […]

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Meet Tami Happy Monday, everyone! I’m delighted to kick off Indie Yarnie week with Tami Klockau, the bright and bubbly chick behind Candy Skein. I ‘met’ Tami on Ravelry, where we discovered we had a shared passion for crocheting amigurumi. Before I knew it, I had joined in on the Work-in-Progress Wednesdays and Finished Object […]

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I get a lot of questions from budding designers wondering, “how do I get started designing?” or “how do I break into getting published?”. I’m a designer, but since I mostly self-publish and write books, I don’t have a lot of experience (or wisdom) about submitting to magazines or ‘getting published’. So I thought, “who […]

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Larger-sized amigurumi make lovely presents for babies… but you’ve got to make sure they’re safe for the little ones! Today, I’m going to give you the pattern for crocheting baby-safe eyes (to replace the plastic eyes often called for in patterns), and show you a technique for attaching the eyes so you’ll end up with […]

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Happy Tip Tuesday! Last week, I talked about how to crochet with 2 colors of yarn, using a technique called stranding. This technique works wonderfully when there are only a few stitches between color changes. I get a lot of questions about how to handle the color changes for the body of Nelson the Owl. […]

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Today, I’m going to tell you all about a Craftsy online course that I took (taught by Linda Permann) called ‘Crafty Crocheted Embellishments). If you haven’t heard about Craftsy, you might want to read my blurb about the site in this blog post. And, if you think this blog post is too long and want […]

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