Bragging on my Bestie

 Some of you have met my Bestie from Georgia, Barbara. She recently made the Pretty Basic Shawl by Janina Kallio . It's a beautiful shawl pattern and I love what Barbara did with it.

 She used one of my favorite hand dyed yarns, in fact it's the yarn that I use for my picture here on the blog.

Please feel free to leave a comment for Barbara!

The Perfect Home for my Hand Dyed/Handspun

 

 

Many of you know that I have a real attachment to this year. I thought for days whether I would list it on Etsy shop or not. Well I did, and after a couple of weeks I am so happy to say that it found a good home. :-) I know for a fact that this yarn will be knitted into something beautiful, and will be well taken cared for. One of the things that makes this purchase so special is that it was purchased as a gift.

Now I have to dye some more roving for me!

Once I shipped the yarn and heard that it had been a huge success, it hit me that I wonder if other hand dyers and spinners out there get feed back about their work. I know I try to let the people that I order special yarns and roving from know how much I appreciate it and sometimes send a photo of a finished yarn or knitted project. Do any of you do that? Ravelry Groups give us a great opportunity to share our appreciation and photos. Next time you finish that special project, drop an email to the designer or dyer or spinner and let them know how you feel about the project. I am sure they will love it. Sometimes a kind word will make someone's day. :-)

Smoky Mountain Colors Has Been Busy

It's been really exciting the past couple of months. I can't tell you how many people has encouraged us and are behind us in this new venture. We recently had a booth at the Old Mill Heritage Days in Pigeon Forge, TN. (9/28/13). It was great. Wonderful sells, good feedback and lots of connections. It was a start, a great start. Below are a few of our set up photos. I am so grateful that Karen was there too. We have both been so busy it was wonderful to spend the day with her. People were starting to come up to the booth so I didn't get photos of the finial set up, but you all get the idea. :-)

 



Now we are listing like crazy some of our new dyed and handspun yarns. The leaves are changing here in the Great Smoky Mountains and it's so inspirational. So keep an eye out for some really new colorways! Come and visit us at Smoky Mountain Colors.

Good Things Are Headed Our Way!

August 8th will be my 3 year anniversary living in Gatlinburg. Since moving here I have found some wonderful friends that are very creative and inspiring. After talking with them about needing some extra income, we decided to put all of our skills together and form a Co-Op of Fiber Artists, Smoky Mountain Colors . Each of us have a passion for the fiber arts, and though our talents over lap, we always end up with a very different and individual result.

Please visit our Etsy shop and our Facebook page to see our new items. We plan on having hand dyed with professional acid dyes, natural hand dyed, including indigo and woad, wet felted items, blended fibers, hand woven garments and accessories and much more. Right now we have some beautiful, hand dyed, handspun and natural dyed yarns.

This is our welcome and what we are about.

Welcome to Smoky Mountain Colors! We are a Co-Op of fiber artists, each with years of dyeing, spinning, felting, carding and knitting experience. We live in the beautiful Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and are inspired by the colors of the mountains, the local people and the legacy of the Appalachian women that came before us.

I look forward to sharing more about the co-op and I really appreciate you taking the time to check us out.

Blessed Be

I've been playing :-)

Sunday I got to spend the day in the Studio at Smoky Mountain Spinnery, playing with color. The yarn is a wonderful merino, cashmere blend. As soon as we make the labels it will be available.

Custom Hand Dyed

1.6 ozs of Hand dyed angora. We are calling this color Bunny Ear Pink.

New Hand dyed

A couple of new hanks of hand dyed. I love all these colors. What do you think?