Fainting Goat Fiber Arts

04/29/2016

Came across this on pinterest early.

05/03/2015

It's all part of the creative process.

03/20/2015

Trying my hand at designing patterns. I'll let you guys in on the shenanigans soon! Also got to go to the New England Aquarium last weekend with some friends! Got seriously inspired by colorful fish. Now want to try my hand at acid dyes.

Can't wait for warm weather again for solar dyeing! Cmon spring! Let's get this show on the road!

01/31/2015

Two of the loveliest folks I know just launched their new shop, The Dreaming Bat! They offer a myriad of spiritual goodies, and they're the sweetest people you'd ever meet. Check 'em out! You'll even get a free meditation tutorial to download!

Come see what we have to offer. Our services range from lessons and pathfinding to tarot readings and reiki, and everything in between.

12/29/2014

Guess who was gifted two skeins of this gorgeous 2-ply merino wool yarn? Guess who is also going to try her hand at hand-painting yarn? Guess who also has two thumbs? This lass right here! Stay tuned!

09/20/2014

Cabbage purple domestic alpaca from The Yarn and Fiber Company!

09/20/2014

2 oz/60g of domestic alpaca from The Yarn and Fiber Company and 400 some odd yards of merino sock from Funky Monkey Sock Yarns hit the dye pot yesterday! Got all this done using one batch! Pokeberry is crazy potent. By far the best red I've gotten to date!

My roommate's mother has a boatload of pokeberry in her yard, so expect some variation coming soon! If anyone has any requests, drop 'em here!

09/07/2014

Results from last night's dye pot: PURPLE! a proper purple! finally got the cabbage to stop doing wonky things (it's sensitive to pH balance: acid = red, alkaline = green, neutral = purple). 3 pounds of red cabbage and a pint of blueberries was successful! downside? apparently you can't really put wool top and soy silk top in the same pot without them getting friendly, and the wool fulled thanks to an unexpected spot of boiling. Can you still spin slightly fulled top? It came apart pretty easily when i pulled it back into its normal shape. I'd hate to sell this to a spinner who can't actually spin it.

09/04/2014

Hold onto your pants, folks!

Preparing some alpaca top for kettle dyeing tonight! Watching OUAT while it soaks.

08/22/2014

Soy silk dyed with red sandalwood! I made little tea bags and placed then strategically throughout the fiber in the jar, and didn't stir it for a month. The water was yellow but where the sandalwood touched turned a pinky peachy red. My roommate said to call it S*x on the Beach. Another friend suggested Sunstone.

07/31/2014

Just got an ounce of baby camel into jars with beet juice! Holy Mother Nature, beet juice stains really well! Good, seeing as the baby camel is a light brown in color, not white. We'll see how this goes.

07/30/2014

just so this will show up properly. so four jars ready so far. i'm stumbling a little this time around. 2oz soysilk latte with red sandalwood and 2oz of tussah silk sliver with wild indigo.