Monthly Archives: April 2008

Tiger find!

Here is my tiger approved find for this week!  LivingGlassArt makes these amazing stained glass suncatchers. Of special note are this Tabby Cat, an amazing ‘Gone Fishing’ sign, and this great Iris, which I had to feature because my favorite colors … Continue reading

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Sock Club and Pre-Orders of Striping Yarns now open!

Thank you, newsletter subscribers who have already joined the sock club or ordered striping yarns!  They are now available on my website to the general public.  Pre-orders of the striping yarns will be taken until May 4, after that they … Continue reading

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The first newsletter goes out tomorrow!!

As you can see in my sidebar, I have newsletter that you can receive in your email once (or maybe twice) a month.  Why should you sign up? Special discounts not offered elsewhere. First dibs on special yarns and sock … Continue reading

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Stitch Markers

Being the recipient of my mother’s beading tools and goody box of jewelry that needs reworking, I have decided to try my hand at stitch markers.  Here are two sets for your appraisal! Auntie Z’s Reclaimed Turquoise Stitch Markers   … Continue reading

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Front Page!

Yup, there was April Showers, on the front page of Etsy on Sunday night! Thanks, WHSKR , for catching the screen shot for me!   Which transistions nicely into a new feature I’d like to bring you…..ThePaintedTiger ‘finds’.  Whskr has … Continue reading

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Fiber Friday, April 18

I got in a new brand of dyes this week, so I don’t have bunches to show you, but I hope you’ll enjoy them none-the-less!! This is April Showers, which is a thick and thin art yarn I hand spun … Continue reading

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A Slice of Heaven and Earth

I made 8 sets of these, as this colorway was selected as the signature yarn for Pam at Yarny-Goodness. Hopefully they will be in the mail and in her shop very soon!  They are shipping tomorrow.  Don’t ask me to … Continue reading

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Stormy Rovings

This month’s April Challenge for Etsy’s Fiber Arts Street Team is Storms, so I am working on some hand dyed and hand spun yarns for that. This is a pale blue – gray roving with some bits of pink/purple here … Continue reading

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Fiber Friday, April 11

My Partly Cloudy with a Chance of Showers lace yarn sold out within 5 minutes on Etsy last week, so I made 2 more.  One will go up later today on Etsy, the second to follow when the first sells. … Continue reading

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It’s roasting in here!

Here’s this week’s yarn a cooking away in my new roaster oven.  This is a new thing for me, since I’ve been zapping my yarn in the microwave.  The story of why I’d like to get away from that deserves … Continue reading

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