January 2023 Vendor Program

Palette of the Month

Annie Morton

Photo by Carolyn Greenwood of Greenwood Fiberworks

AriBo Arts

Cozy Colorworks

My Terra Mia

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VENDOR INTERVIEW

with

RACHEL POST

by TeDi Jansen

How did your business get started?

I have always been a creative soul. I gravitated to studying art at a very young age. While attending college I focused on photography and two dimensional art receiving a Bachelors degree in Art. Two years later, a Master's degree in Art Education B A , 1992, I studied metalsmithing and photography M A , 1994, my abstract thesis focused on Multi-Cultural Art, focusing on Indigenous art. In the early 2000's I started my creative business. Back then it was so difficult to have your art seen. During this time I was represented through art galleries. In 2005, Etsy came on the scene as a Beta version and I opened my shop within the first month they went live Amazing how times have changed.

What Is your business mission?

I enjoy creating and sharing what I love to do. I believe in quality of craftsmanship and individual artistry through each piece I create. I strive to create one of a kind creations that can not be mass produced. I focus on using top quality fiber and materials. I believe the act of creating should be fun and inspiring. My main goal is to offer beautiful blended fiber batts and yarn that will keep your love of creating fresh and new

Was there someone who inspired you in your fiber arts journey?

My grandmother was a seamstress back in the 1940's. She was a tough New Yorker and a Rosie the Riveter She enjoyed crocheting and knitting She taught me how to crochet when I was a very young child. We were very close and spent many hours at yarn and fabric stores. I learned from her my grit and the calmness of creating.

I love Merino wool! My main go to for spinning and using in my batts. I also love Merino/Tencel blends when dyeing. I love the pops of shine and how the variations of color how it takes dye.

What are your other interests/hobbies outside?

Oh my.... I have many. I love rock hounding. I cut and cab(polish) my own stones for my jewelry. Antiquing. I love to hunt for antique buttons, sewing notions, and anything fiber related. Illustrating and watercolor

When I retire from teaching special education in a few years, I plan to weave (I have a Saori loom), printing on my 1900's printing press, stain glass, leather working, and, sewing.

When I was 15 years old, I worked out at Jane Fonda's studio doing aerobic classes with Madonna, David Hasselhoff, and Brigitte Nielsen. I have been teaching students with moderate/severe disabilities for over 15 years. I was teacher of the year 2021-2022 for our school district

Published artist:

Lark Crafts publications - jewelry making tutorials.

Fiber: Tiny Studio Creative Life and Uppercase

I had a mohawk in high school.

What makes WAFA special for you?

The community! I love how positive, encouraging, helpful, and inspiring everyone is. I found WAFA during the pandemic, at a time that I know many people needed it.

Thank you so very much for embracing me to be apart of the creative, fibery, community.

Do you have a favorite base/ blend/ fiber? What is special about it?

Tell us something folks would be surprised to know about you.

Blazing Star Ranch

Blazing Star Ranch is a full service yarn and fiber store, specializing in home grown alpaca and other natural fibers. We love helping folks select the right spinning wheel and/or loom for them. There is something very special in taking a raw fleece and turning it into something you love! www.Blazingstarranchonline.com

Goats Angora Goats Pygora Goats Cashmere Goats Angora Goats Pygora Goats Cashmere

Timber & Twine Annie Morton Designs

White Fireweed Farm

Hidden Pasture Luxury Fiber AB Farm & Gardens

AB Farm & Gardens

Melissa's Yarn Barn

My Terra Mia

White Fireweed Farm

Cedar Hill Fiber Farm

Liongate

Natalie, Liz and Mary, the fiber divas of Hidden Pastures Luxury Fiber Farm, specialize in raise angora, cashmere, llama, alpaca, Teeswater, mohair and Tibetan yak fiber. They create luscious batts, rolags, roving, locks, and yarn from the farm for fiber enthusiasts, as well as beautiful finished products.

AriBo Arts is Iowa fiber artist Erika Lindgren. She specializes in One-of-a-Kind batts for spinners and felters as well as unique hand dyed apparel. In addition, she makes other hand processed fiber from small US farms, spindle kits, handspun yarn, stitch markers, fiber themed jewelry, hand-dyed project bags, along with knitted and woven items.

1 0FunScrapYarn Ideas

compiled by Erika Lindgren of AriBo Arts

Is one of your Fiber Resolutions for 2023 to use up your stash? For some people, that stash includes leftover yarn from previous projects. Or perhaps projects that didn’t work out. These “scraps” might be a hundred yards or just a couple. No matter what you have for scraps, one of the projects suggested below just might be what you need to use them up. You can Google instructions for most activities listed here. And finally make room in your stash for new yarn!!

Use a pin or zoom loom to make small squares of fabric that you can use to create a larger piece (scarf, shawl, vest, and if you have enough, a blanket).

Roll scrap yarn into balls and needle felt them as dryer balls or felted figures. Do not use plant fiber yarn for this- wool or alpaca are what you need.

Make pom-poms (either single color or mixed).

Tie short runs of yarn together to make a skein of novelty yarn. Fray the loose bits that escape the knots to create texture. Use this reclaimed yarn in weaving, crochet, or knitting.

Scrap Projects

Sweater

Scrappy

by Lisa Wonderly of Creative Ripples by Lisa

WindsorFarms Rabbitry

A new drum carder means we can now offer angora blend batts. Our fiber is always gently harvested by hand. We dye in small batched in my kitchen. We are now able to complete the blending process here at the farm to provide you with the finest spinning experience. Treat yourself! You earned it!

P a l e t t e o f t h e M o n t h

Stitched by Mama Witch Natural Cycles Farm

Rachel M Post Gritty Knits

Opalessence Fiber Studio Four Hearts Farm Mainely Fiber Sheepishly Made

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fiber, garments,

A Virginia fiber farm raising Finnsheep, laying ducks & bees.

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Exquisite E Yarns "Functional Art for Everyday Life."

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Fresh Lotus

Unique fiber blend yarns made with locally crafted wool grown on our small family farm

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Jubilee Farms is a small farm located south of Clinton, IL

Liongate Farm

Blue Faced Leicester Sheep

Marge Sundholm Designs

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Creating handmade fiber art from the fibers humanely harvested from our animals.

White Fireweed Farm

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Wool-E