Fiber Club - June's Spoiler

My inspiration for this month's fiber colourway was flora and I decided to pick an orchid flower to inspire the colourway which is a lovely blending of pinks and reds. The colourway is Cymbridium and named after the orchid pictured in the card that accompanied everyone's orders. The fiber is a blending of superwash merino and SeaCell and is a fabulous spin! Enjoy everyone!

Fiber Club ~ July's Dyer

I gave you guys an extra day, but it doesn't look like anyone needed it! Indeed, July's dyer is Natalie of The Yarn Yard, located in Scotland. Congratulations to Anne, Mia, and tennismom! Be sure to email Natalie you real name so she can be sure to include your prize. I'll ask her to come over here and post with the preferred way of contacting her, along with any info about adding extras to your shipment.

Temptation!

It's not easy being a wicked temptress. You just have to work so long and hard at it, and you have to confound the poor folks who think you're giving them good pics of upcoming yarn. Good thing I've devious, however, because I'm not giving anything away.

So for your delight and anticipation, here is a pic of some of the July yarn shipment. Betcha can't guess what the colorway is. Mwahahahaha!


Cackles as she creeps away. He he he.

July's Fiber Dyer ~ Final Clue

Ok, and now for the final, easy clue! We're spread out so far, that it's easy to forget that 72% of the Fiber Baristas are located somewhere within the US (it's a big country!) July's dyer has the responsibility or having to represent her country, Scotland, all on her own. Can you guess the dyer now? Last chance!

July's Fiber Dyer ~ Clue #2

Hailing from four countries, the Fiber Baristas can be quite the international bunch. If you love getting packages with little green duty slips on them, you're in luck!

You may not have noticed our international flair when checking out since our cart is based in the US, but when you purchase from July's dyer on her site you are likely to notice a     £     symbol in front of all her prices!

Do you know who it is now?

July's Fiber Dyer ~ Clue #1

Do you have animals? Several of our Fiber Baristas don't. But this month's dyer does. She does not live on a farm, yet chickens can still be found prowling her back garden. Do you know who it is?

Fiber Club - June's Shipment & Teaser

Hello all fiber club members! I am packaging everything up today and the fibre shipments will be in the mail tomorrow! Shipping time from Canada to the USA averages about 5-7 days so if we’re lucky, it’ll be shorter than that and fibre will start arriving the end of this week! Some shipments have been known to reach everyone in 3 days after I’ve mailed so let’s hope for a quick delivery this month!

The fibre this month? Well, I’m not telling! And the theme? Not telling! But then again, from my little teaser photo below you can see that I went with Flora as my inspiration. This fibre is particularly lovely and wonderful to spin - hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

P.S.: Congrats to Mia for choosing me in the contest!

Fiber Club ~ June's Dyer

Mia guessed it, June's dyer is indeed Roxanne of Zen Yarn Garden! I believe she will combine shipping if you would like to order something directly from her at www.zenyarngarden.com. Perhaps she will chime in here with any pertinent details!

I've just got one question for Mia, "Ok, now that Roxanne has gone, who's your first guess going to be next month?" ;) I love that you're chiming in, keep it up!

**Note from Roxanne: yes, if you want to add anything to your shipment for the end of June, just let me know you are part of the Fiber Barista Fiber Club with your purchase and I'll combine shipping!**

June's Sock Club Update

Hey everyone!

It's Catherine from Knitting Notions and it’s my turn to ship you out some goodies if you are a member of the Postcards from Home Sock Club. :)

I have been skeining lots of new yarn to dye for the last couple weeks and I finally got that finished yesterday; so, guess what I did today? Yep, I got the June Postcards From Home shipments all packed and ready to go out tomorrow! Here’s a shot of them waiting for the postal carrier to pick them up. :)

I can’t wait for you to see it. I just love this colorway. :)

June's Fiber Dyer - Final Clue

Located in four different countries, the Fiber Baristas straddles the Atlantic. June's dyer is our lone Canadian!

June's Fiber Dyer - Second Clue

Although one or two of the Fiber Baristas still live near their family homes, many of us have lived "half-way around the world" at some point! June's dyer happens to have grown up on Vancouver Island, more than a hop, skip and a jump from where she lives now. Do you know who it is yet?

June's Fiber Dyer - First Clue

We can't all be couch potatoes... in fitting with the season, June's dyer likes to golf and has been seen gracing both first base and the pitcher's mound for softball. Do you know who it could be?

Postcards from Home Sock Club - May 2009 Spoiler

Here's the colourway for May's sock club! And as you all know by now, my month was themed on the famous Niagara Falls here in Canada and the yarn is named Falls to represent that. In an attempt to capture the blues and greens of the water of the falls, I ended up with a colourway that was a mix of blue and green. For some reason, the digital camera couldn't quite see it properly and erred on the side of blue. I am still not sure I have the colour exactly right but it gives everyone a bit of an idea of how the colourway turned out! I can't wait to see everyone's projects! Enjoy :)

If you are wanting to stash the yarn on Rav, here's the link to the yarn.

Flora & Fauna - May's Dyer

Anne guessed it! This month's dyer is Libby at Northwoods Dyeworks, located along the shore of Lake Superior (literally) in Ashland, WI. Email me at info AT FiberBaristas.com or pm me on Ravelry to make sure that you get your prize tossed into this month's package!

The next clues start the first Wednesday in June! We've got a week until the May shipment goes out. We'll all give you shipping discounts if you purchase regular inventory to be shipped with the club shipments, so we give you at least a week to order before shipment. I plan on posting a few items over on etsy Monday evening so that out of towners can order items to their club shipment if they wish. Our etsy address is NorthernDyes.etsy.com

So Congratulations to Anne, and be sure to watch for June's contest to start in two weeks!

May's Fiber Dyer - Final Clue

Did you know that two of our Fiber Baristas are bricks & mortar Yarn Shop Owners as well? Alongside her dyeing and wheel customization business, this month's dyer owns and manages a yarn shop (by the same name) that is nestled along the South Shore of Lake Superior.

Ok, last clue! Final guesses need to be in by Midnight on Saturday, I'll announce the dyer on Sunday, May 17th. You can feel free to change your guess if you like, the winners are ranked by how early they got it right.