This sense of collaboration and community is why I choose to buy most of my supplies from local fiber farmers and handpaint the fiber myself. Sometimes, though, I like to create something in collaboration with even more artists, to work with someone else's painted fiber.
Last week I purchased some lovely fiber from a few Etsy sellers. The small fiber farm, Fleecemakers, raise Romney sheep and sell the roving dyed and blended in beautiful mixes. I ordered Ocean Wave and Tropical colorways (stay tuned to the shop or my Twitter updates to see the yarns this fiber become!)
I've been a fan of Jayne's work for a while, but when I saw the Fabulosity fiber, I couldn't resist any longer. I snatched it up and created some Fabulous! yarn (that's not bragging, that's the yarn name!)
My favorite part of selling handspun yarn is knowing that everything I spin becomes a collaboration with yet another artist - the knitter or crocheter! The fiber that I admired and squished, that flowed through my fingers and twisted into yarn before my eyes; it will flow through a knitters hands and become something warm, useful and squishy.
Have you collaborated with me (or another fiber artist)? Let me know about it in the comments!
3 comments:
I think this idea is what turned me onto handspun yarn in the first place. I was knitting/crocheting with commercial stuff, and then I bought my first handspun (from Folktale, I think!) and the rest is history. I loved the idea that a PERSON made the yarn, and then I get to make something out of it... Or going even further back- a PERSON raises the sheep, a PERSON spins the yarn, etc. The individuality and intimacy of handmade products is unbeatable, especially when they are handmade from the very start. And I love thinking of projects as collaborations- even when people are far away (like Hobbledehoy) I love that connection from using her handcarded batts. It's like we're all connected in one big woolly circle :)
you changed your top!
Just wanted to let you know I noticed.
Well Said!
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