Friday, April 28, 2017

Giveaway Winners & March Superbox Winner!

Giveaway Winners:

Handmade Hollows Rolag Giveaway 78 Entries: Shain T.
Fiber Quirks Batt Giveaway 74 Entries: Rachel K.
Luthvarian Fiber Arts Rolags Giveaway 105 Entries: Carla
Story Yarn and Beads Givewaway 53 Entries: Cintia
Plum Crazy Natural Silk Carrier Rods Giveaway 32 Entries: Dawn
Plum Crazy Dyed Silk Carrier Rods Giveaway 54 Entries: Melanie S
Full Circle Artworx Yarn Giveaway 104 Entries: perrin

The March Superbox winner is: TBear994


Thursday, April 27, 2017

Giveaways and super box winner

I will announce the winners in the next couple days. We have many new giveaways to start too. Look for another post in the next couple days.

Friday, April 14, 2017

Seven Giveaways!

Our seven current giveaways are previewed and linked below. Please be sure to enter all 7 for your best chance of winning one of these amazing prizes. Thank you so much for supporting our PhatFiber Independent Artists.












Plum Crazy Fiber Arts Dyed Silk Carrier Rods Giveaway

Our final giveaway of this round is from Plum Crazy Ranch Fiber Art. These are dyed carrier rods. I had no idea how fun these would be to spin!


I found this youtube video that describes how to use silk carrier rods in felting and spinning. It looks so beautiful in the felted pieces they show in the video.



It's so much fun to see what you can do with them, and the yarn seems to be fuzzy and soft looking although still very fine. 





If you'd like to win these colorful little silk carrier rods, enter using the widget below:


I've removed the "mandatory" tick from this tool. If you have trouble enter the giveaways, you can now gain one entry without using the giveaway tools. Go to the contributor shop, find your favorite item, come back here and comment on the blog post about what you found. Then just send me a private email that you want to enter without using the giveaway tool. My email address is crys at polyartgirl dot net.

If you want EXTRA entries, you'll need to use the giveaway tools widget above. If you have trouble, please see our tutorial. FIRST sign in on the giveaway widget above. You'll be given several options to gain entries to the giveaway.

The first entry is that you will go to Plum Crazy Ranch Fiber Art find something you love then come back here and comment on this blog entry about it.

You can gain an additional entry for each of the following: "hearting" the Plum Crazy Ranch Fiber Art Store, tweeting about the giveaway, or pinning a photo of the roving on Pinterest.

You will earn three additional entries for making a purchase in the Plum Crazy Ranch Fiber Art Store and sharing the transaction ID.

Thank you for supporting our independent artists. They are the only reason we have Phat Fiber to obsess over!

Handmade Hollows Rolags Giveaway

For our next giveaway, Handmade Hollows sent us this beautiful set of rolags. She calls this colorway Moss. These are so soft and sparkly!


These pretty little things have Merino, Bamboo, Firestar, Angelina, Banana Silk, Mohair, Suri Alpaca, and silk! Whew! That's a lot of lovely contained for your spinning pleasure. They seem like even will all that, they'd spin into a smooth sort of yarn.


You can spin rolags right from the end for a very nice and satisfying yarn. I'm a pre-drafter. I like to pull each roving out into a nice loose pre-drafted roving. Once the rolag is drafted out, I roll it up into a fluffy ball and spin from the end. I can get a consistently fine yarn from pre-drafting in this way.



If you'd like to win this wonderful set of sparkly rolags, enter using the widget below:


I've removed the "mandatory" tick from this tool. If you have trouble enter the giveaways, you can now gain one entry without using the giveaway tools. Go to the contributor shop, find your favorite item, come back here and comment on the blog post about what you found. Then just send me a private email that you want to enter without using the giveaway tool. My email address is crys at polyartgirl dot net.

If you want EXTRA entries, you'll need to use the giveaway tools widget above. If you have trouble, please see our tutorial. FIRST sign in on the giveaway widget above. You'll be given several options to gain entries to the giveaway.

The first entry is that you will go to Handmade Hollows find something you love then come back here and comment on this blog entry about it.

You can gain an additional entry for each of the following: "hearting" the Handmade Hollows Store, tweeting about the giveaway, or pinning a photo of the roving on Pinterest.

You will earn three additional entries for making a purchase in the Handmade Hollows Store and sharing the transaction ID.

Thank you for supporting our independent artists. They are the only reason we have Phat Fiber to obsess over!

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Fiber Quirks Batt Giveaway

Fiber Quirks sent us a batt from her Through the Lookingglass series. This one is called Hookah Smoking Caterpillar.


This is super soft merino with some angelina thrown in for sparkle. I'm in love with the whole Alice series that she has in her shop. You can even get sets of punis in the whole Alice collection.

She has tools, fibers, and yarn in her shop.




If you'd love to win this yummy batt, enter using the widget below:


I've removed the "mandatory" tick from this tool. If you have trouble enter the giveaways, you can now gain one entry without using the giveaway tools. Go to the contributor shop, find your favorite item, come back here and comment on the blog post about what you found. Then just send me a private email that you want to enter without using the giveaway tool. My email address is crys at polyartgirl dot net.

If you want EXTRA entries, you'll need to use the giveaway tools widget above. If you have trouble, please see our tutorial. FIRST sign in on the giveaway widget above. You'll be given several options to gain entries to the giveaway.

The first entry is that you will go to Fiber Quirks find something you love then come back here and comment on this blog entry about it.

You can gain an additional entry for each of the following: "hearting" the Fiber Quirks Store, tweeting about the giveaway, or pinning a photo of the roving on Pinterest.

You will earn three additional entries for making a purchase in the Fiber Quirks Store and sharing the transaction ID.

Thank you for supporting our independent artists. They are the only reason we have Phat Fiber to obsess over!

Luthvarian Fiber Arts Rolag Giveaway

This month Luthvarian Fiber Arts sent us this colorway called Time and Space. This colorway was designed entirely by the Luthvarian Fiber Arts weekly Twitch live stream audience.

This is corriedale wool base with bamboo and angelina to add shine and sparkle.


I love the colors in this one. It would be so fun to spin these into a self striping yarn.





If you want to win these beauties, enter using the widget below:


I've removed the "mandatory" tick from this tool. If you have trouble enter the giveaways, you can now gain one entry without using the giveaway tools. Go to the contributor shop, find your favorite item, come back here and comment on the blog post about what you found. Then just send me a private email that you want to enter without using the giveaway tool. My email address is crys at polyartgirl dot net.

If you want EXTRA entries, you'll need to use the giveaway tools widget above. If you have trouble, please see our tutorial. FIRST sign in on the giveaway widget above. You'll be given several options to gain entries to the giveaway.

The first entry is that you will go to Luthvarian Fiber Arts find something you love then come back here and comment on this blog entry about it.

You can gain an additional entry for each of the following: "hearting" the Luthvarian Fiber Arts Store, tweeting about the giveaway, or pinning a photo of the roving on Pinterest.

You will earn three additional entries for making a purchase in the Luthvarian Fiber Arts Store and sharing the transaction ID.

Thank you for supporting our independent artists. They are the only reason we have Phat Fiber to obsess over!

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Story Yarn and Beads Stitch Marker Giveaway

For this giveaway Story Yarn and Beads sent us this beautiful set of stitch markers. These match the ones that Jennifer put in the March Caterpillars and Butterflies boxes.


She has more in her shop. She says: Set includes 1 leader bead with 8mm green goldstone beads and pewter butterfly charm. There are three matching stitch markers for a total of 4 markers in this set. A silver-toned base metal clasp holds your markers, keeping them together until you are ready to use them. A locking stitch marker dangles from the holder on a lobster hook, lending decoration until you need to mark a spot in your knitting project.


These sparkle with lightly faceted round green goldstone beads. They look almost black on the table but when you see them in the light, the beautiful green shines through.


If you'd like to win these lovelies, enter using the widget below:


I've removed the "mandatory" tick from this tool. If you have trouble enter the giveaways, you can now gain one entry without using the giveaway tools. Go to the contributor shop, find your favorite item, come back here and comment on the blog post about what you found. Then just send me a private email that you want to enter without using the giveaway tool. My email address is crys at polyartgirl dot net.

If you want EXTRA entries, you'll need to use the giveaway tools widget above. If you have trouble, please see our tutorial. FIRST sign in on the giveaway widget above. You'll be given several options to gain entries to the giveaway.

The first entry is that you will go to Story Yarn and Beads find something you love then come back here and comment on this blog entry about it.

You can gain an additional entry for each of the following: "hearting" the Story Yarn and Beads Store, tweeting about the giveaway, or pinning a photo of the roving on Pinterest.

You will earn three additional entries for making a purchase in the Story Yarn and Beads Store and sharing the transaction ID.

Thank you for supporting our independent artists. They are the only reason we have Phat Fiber to obsess over!

Monday, April 10, 2017

Plum Crazy Fiber Art Natural Carrier Rods Giveaway

For this giveaway Plum Crazy Ranch Fiber Art sent us some Natural silk carrier rods. I had to look up how to use these fun little things. Apparently silk carrier rods are a by-product of the silk industry. These particular rods are undyed and they still contain the natural sericin.



I found this info online: Silk carrier rods are formed during silk reeling, which is the process of unwinding silk from cocoons to make yarn. The filament that is being unwound passes over a rod called the ‘carrier rod’. During the reeling process filaments get wrapped at high speed around the carrier rod, to which some stick. As they still have sericin (the natural gum that was holding the filaments together in the shape of a cocoon), they get attached to neighboring filaments. When the build up of filament becomes too thick, the silk tube is cut with a knife and removed from the rod. The result is a slit tube 13 to 15 cm long made of criss-crossed filaments of silk. They are great for creating texture in your art work. They are easy to use in silk paper making and make an unusual addition to felt making.


Another page said that you can layer these in a criss crossing fashion and iron them into an interesting silk paper. You can also degum them in a process described in this website.


We will also be giving away a set of dyed/degummed carrier rods this round. If you'd like to win these fun little bits of silk, enter using the widget below:


I've removed the "mandatory" tick from this tool. If you have trouble enter the giveaways, you can now gain one entry without using the giveaway tools. Go to the contributor shop, find your favorite item, come back here and comment on the blog post about what you found. Then just send me a private email that you want to enter without using the giveaway tool. My email address is crys at polyartgirl dot net.

If you want EXTRA entries, you'll need to use the giveaway tools widget above. If you have trouble, please see our tutorial. FIRST sign in on the giveaway widget above. You'll be given several options to gain entries to the giveaway.

The first entry is that you will go to Plum Crazy Ranch Fiber Art find something you love then come back here and comment on this blog entry about it.

You can gain an additional entry for each of the following: "hearting" the Plum Crazy Ranch Fiber Art Store, tweeting about the giveaway, or pinning a photo of the roving on Pinterest.

You will earn three additional entries for making a purchase in the Plum Crazy Ranch Fiber Art Store and sharing the transaction ID.

Thank you for supporting our independent artists. They are the only reason we have Phat Fiber to obsess over!

Full Circle Artworx Giveaways

Stacie from Full Circle Artworx sent us this yummy yarn for our giveaway this month. It's fingering weight yarn and she calls this colorway Periwinkle.



This is a merino/nylon blend so this yarn would work great for a shawl or for socks! The color just makes me smile!


Stacie uses professional dyes. You'll love checking out her shop too! Enter below to win this awesome yarn.


Enter using the widget below:


I've removed the "mandatory" tick from this tool. If you have trouble enter the giveaways, you can now gain one entry without using the giveaway tools. Go to the contributor shop, find your favorite item, come back here and comment on the blog post about what you found. Then just send me a private email that you want to enter without using the giveaway tool. My email address is crys at polyartgirl dot net.

If you want EXTRA entries, you'll need to use the giveaway tools widget above. If you have trouble, please see our tutorial. FIRST sign in on the giveaway widget above. You'll be given several options to gain entries to the giveaway.

The first entry is that you will go to Full Circle Artworx find something you love then come back here and comment on this blog entry about it.

You can gain an additional entry for each of the following: "hearting" the Full Circle Artworx Store, tweeting about the giveaway, or pinning a photo of the roving on Pinterest.

You will earn three additional entries for making a purchase in the Full Circle Artworx Store and sharing the transaction ID.

Thank you for supporting our independent artists. They are the only reason we have Phat Fiber to obsess over!

Sunday, April 9, 2017

Two winners and New Giveaways Starting soon!

We ended two giveaways yesterday. We have 3 winners for the Fairy Tale Wool Giveways:

For the Fairy Tale Wool Yarn Giveaway, our winner is: Chris

For the two braids of Fairy Tale Wool Fluff our winners are:

DebbyG
Kara

Woohoo! Thank you so much for playing.

Now we have 7 new giveaways that I will start over the next couple days. Here's a preview: