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Hi,
Sorry I have neglected this blog! I am not much of a writer, I'm more of a social media person than blogger (which is social media, but not like the other formats!).

Anyway, I have a new mailing list I'd love for you to sign up to. I will be sending out newsletters about everything going on here at FF HQ, but also have SPECIAL deals in it. I have decided to only give coupons out to  KAL finishers and my newsletter subscribers from now on.

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2014 club information is going out SOON!

Speaking of knitalongs! I have one, starting NOW, over in my Ravelry group. Fable Fibers Friends - like I said, coupons for finishers, and also random prizes for people using Fable Fibers yarn. More details in the group.

And I hope you've had a great Halloween. I got home from a TNNA Yarn Group planning meeting just in time for trick or treating, thank goodness! I didn't want to miss that.

The planning meeting was held in Las Vegas, and I couldn't help but visit the Bellagio for some color inspiration more than once! I will share more details of the meeting when I can find out what I can share. :)

Introducing... SUNDOWN! And pssst... CLUB subscriptions are back open!

Oh Sundown. How I love your muted, feminine swirls of a sunset sky. This yarn reminds me of the sunsets out where my parents live now, near Taos, NM. Creamy oranges, corals, and subtle plums. What a stunner! Dyed to order on Biography DK. https://www.etsy.com/listing/129272252/biography-dyed-to-order-sundown?
 
AND! Club subscriptions are back open! This time for ~Early Summer~ MAY -  JUNE – JULY.
 Each month you will get a new colorway that has never been seen on the Fable Fibers site. You’ll get something totally unique and special! https://www.etsy.com/listing/126560285/3-month-merino-early-summer-dk-yarn-club?ref=shop_home_active

What I'm chugging along on...

I really regret never meeting Kirsten Kapur of Through The Loops Designs while we were both living in New Jersey, as I think her patterns are incredibly well written and always beautiful. She uses a lot of hand dyed yarn in her patterns, so I thought I would knit her Cladonia in my Folktale sock yarn. I chose these two colors of Folktale, in Electric Turquoise and Tangerine. Don't they just vibrate next to each other?

I'm knitting it on sz 7 needles and have just 6 more repeats of the alternating stripe pattern before I get to the lace - which! Get this! Is in a chart and written instructions. I have no brain for charts, I need my stuff written out. Thanks, Kirsten!

I have one each of both colors left in my shop, but as always, I can dye more if it gets sold. https://www.etsy.com/shop/fablefibers

Colorways for April club members!

Thank you sooooo much to all my lovely club members! If you are receiving yarn, please check out the Fable Fibers Friends group on Ravelry for project ideas pertaining to your yarn.

If you want to wait until you open your mail to find out what color way you received... stop reading!

For my Falkland club spinners/felters, may I present "In Bloom":

4 oz of 100% Falkland wool. Combed top.

For my Folktale sock clubbers, may I present "Peachfuzzy":

100% superwash Merino wool, 400 yds. Rec. needle size: US 1-3.

And for my Biography DK clubbers, may I present "Riot":

100% superwash Merino. 231 yds. Rec needle size: US 6-7

Settling in Charlotte!

So as you may know, we recently packed up and moved from NH ~and~ NJ down to Charlotte, permanently! And as we are getting settled and I am setting up my dye studio, I have begun to offer yarn and fiber club subscriptions.

Sock knitters/small shawls??
Try the 3 months light fingering club!

Love DK weight??

Try the 3 month ~coordinating~ DK club!

Or do you spin/felt? Hello FALKLAND club!!

3 months, 4 ounces each month!

Each month will be a surprise. I know, I know, you hate blue. But that is the fun! What will you get? It's like a present in the mail, 3 months in a row. I'm starting small for now, withe just the three clubs this time... but I am definitely loving the club concept and want to do more. Batt club, 8 oz Falkland club, 4 & 8 BFL or Merino, and what about MCN? Yes!! All planning on it!!

So far North Carolina has treated us well. I'm still neck deep in boxes from two residences, and still trying to figure out where everything from our basement will go. That will take some getting used to... there is nowhere to hide all my boxes of craft supplies or too small clothes! Or the kids' baby clothes that I can't get rid of. But other than that, the kids are adjusting and we're settling in.

Poprocks hat

It's fun being internet friends with talented knitwear designers. Sometimes they let you test knit upcoming patterns in your own yarn, and let you tell them your remarks on their as of yet unpublished pattern.

Like, for example, this gorgeous beanie:

Meet Poprocks, a quick and fun beanie knit from my own Biography DK yarn! The colorway is OOAK, for now. I have one skein left in the shop of this colorway, so go check it out if you are so inclined! It was designed by the talented Olgajazzy (Olga Buraya-Kefelian, http://www.ravelry.com/designers/olga-buraya-kefelian ). Olga is amazing, amazing at cleverly designed patterns that have a geometric twist. They're visually simple, as is the Japanese aesthetic she draws from, but not simple or boring to knit.

Also on the needles: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/lelah/downton-abbey-mystery-kal-with-jimmy-beans-wool The Jimmy Beans Wool DOWNTON ABBEY KAL! I've never knit gauntlets before, believe it or not. The KAL is pretty fun, too.

SANDY RELIEF

UNTIL 12/1 (or until otherwise sold out) ALL PROFITS WILL BE DONATED TO HURRICANE SANDY RELIEF. As some of you know, I have been a resident of central NJ for the past 21 years of my life. We spent our honeymoon on Long Beach Island, and call Manasquan our family's beach. My heart is broken for the beach, I need to help in some way - this is how I can.

When you make an order, I will send your donation to one of the following places:

Jersey Coast American Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/nj/tinton-falls

Food Bank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties: http://www.foodbankmoc.org/

Popcorn Park Zoo (Associated Humane Society): http://www.ahscares.org/page2.asp?page=popcornpark They are collecting/distributing animal supplies for pets of people displaced by Sandy.

I will make the donation in your name, and send you the email receipt to the charity you choose.


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