We have a Ravelry group! (you may know that already) Please join and let me know what you think of the show!

A very special thanks to Greg & Lori Bean (mostly Lori, thanks dollface.) for donating to the podcast this last week! Lori, you can have that spare kidney any time you need it.

Jessie Booth is my co-host this week, she created and currently runs the Phat Fiber Sampler Box.

Show Notes:

• You can buy the box here, but it is only released once a month on a certain day. You can visit the main Phat Fiber site to sign up for the mailing list which will notify you when the box goes on sale.
• There is a great group on Ravelry for the Phat Fiber box, contributors and customers alike post there and there is a lot of great information shared over there.
• There are several articles about the treatment of sheep for the production of wool. I can’t find the specific one I read several years ago, however there are lots online currently. Please keep in mind however that some of these articles are graphic and very upsetting to read. Also keep in mind that not ALL manufacturers of yarn use the wool that come from these sheep farms, I highly recommend researching the brands you use and finding out where they get their wool.
• Phat Fiber contributors that we mentioned this podcast include NatchWoolie, Moonwood Farm, eXtreme spinning, Critter Ranch, Desert Garden Farm (who I am collaborating on knit alongs with), Bohemian Knitter Chic and WC Mercantile (I bought my Majacraft Pioneer wheel from them.)
• Also, I lied. I do have friends here who own their own fiber businesses, I just don’t see them one on one very often.
• Interested in participating in a Spin-Along (SAL)? Here’s a few I highly recommend: Murder Mystery SAL (from Desert Garden Farm), Semi Precious Stone SAL (from Serendipity Fiber Art) and Alice in Wonderland SAL (from Bohemian Knitter Chic) – I desperately want to join all three of these but unfortunately can’t afford any of them right now. Join so I can spin vicariously through you!
• The knit along (KAL) that Desert Garden Farm and I are collaborating on is for the Mother Earth Felted bag, you can buy the kit here
• You can get gorgeous hand beaded orifice hooks from Dawning Dreams (she also makes lovely shawl pins, of which I own four.)
• One last plug: you can get Dyed by DaniDo yarns in the Phat Fiber shop here.
• BUY THE BUN BUN PATTERN! (really it’s called the Tiny Toys set and the bunny is Bartlett the Bunny)

This weeks discussion question: at what point do you feel accomplishment with your craft? (starting it? finishing it? getting to the half way mark?) Hop on over to the Raverly group and let us know!

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