Daily Fibre

Been a busy couple of weekends here at the Loft. I've had a very helpful friend with me, and have now managed to dye every undyed item of stock I had left. There will be some new stuff heading Etsy's way soon.

In the mean time, partly due to the time-intensive nature of photographing and uploading everything and partly due to the fact that I'd like to give my fellow Canadians a break if I can, I'm going to start using this blog for sneak peeks, previews, and if you want them - scoop! I'm going to pre-post new items for sale here, and if you catch me before they make it to Etsy, you can purchase the items in Canadian funds. Contact me at LoftyFibres AT Gmail dot com, and if you're the first, you get to scoop!

Here's a couple projects from the latest batch.

Superwash Merino top, approx. 1/2 pound braids, $22







Superwash BFL top - approx. 4 oz per braid (it's really puffy stuff!) but there are two of each - $15/4 oz.




Two yarns I'm hoping will become pretty standard bases. LoftySocks Plus, a Superwash Merino/Nylon blend, is a great deal at $22/hank:




And LoftySocks Luxe, a Superwash Merino/CASHMERE/Nylon blend. Yum! That tiny cashmere content makes this just dreamy. It is a premium yarn, though - $26/115gm skein.




There are many more to come, I just wanted to get some up to show off.

Finally, a little teaser... if you check my other blog, you'll see the new toy I got in the mail. And with several pounds of loose fibre and mill ends around, and more on the way, well, you might guess I'll be going a little batty in the future.

Sock Yarn coming, to a club near you!

Well, today has been long, but productive. I've just finished my first-ever wholesale dye project, for a an upcoming Sock Club installment with a small vendor. I won't give too much away and of course there will be no pictures until the yarn is off to its new owners, but suffice to say I've been thrilled to be picked, and really appreciate that another small businessperson has put enough faith in my work to pick me to do this! I'll be able to spill the beans sometime next month.

A couple more things went in the pots today, as I hate wasting dye, and have discovered that no matter how pale the shade, Jacquard Fuschia really won't exhaust entirely. So once everything's dry I can show off my heap of peachy-pink fleece mill ends, and a skein of something that turned out remarkably purple when all I meant to do was cold-pour a little purple on parts of it. Oh well.

Here, for your yarn-voyeur pleasure, is the result of a little rescue effort recently. A friend was gifted with a yarn which, while very nicely dyed, was in a colour completely not to her taste. So she asked if I could tone it down a bit with an overdye, for it was in fact a brilliant shade of somewhere between bubble gum and pepto bismol. So on sample-day a couple weeks ago, off it went into a pot with a partially-exhausted sky blue.

Stirring the Pot Again, Finally!

Well! A wholesale proposal has now come underway and a selection has been made from a range of samples, which has freed up a few more samples - for sale!

I'll be loading the following up to Etsy shortly. If anyone actually checks here - if I hear from you before they're listed, you can reserve one & I'll see if I can sweeten things for saving me some fees.

Everything below is in a new base I'm trying, 80% New Zealand Merino/20% nylon, and a touch more economical than some of my past experiments. $23 per 110+ gram skein.