Wednesday, November 4, 2009

More Super Explosive Deals!


Catclaw Theatre Company has a brand-new eBay store which now features another chance to get the Jeffrey Scott Holland's Appalachian Voodoo Fibers Super Explosive Intergalactic Grab Bag!

Click here to git 'em!

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Krampus


Meet Mr. Krampus, our quality control manager.


Saturday, September 19, 2009

Hot Dyepot Action!


The old JSH dyepots are a-cookin' again. Here's a step by step pictorial of the process. Above we have an antique enamelware/graniteware oval roaster, filled with alpaca soaking in water.


White vinegar and pink dye are mixed together in a mason jar, then that mixture is poured directly on the alpaca. It's deliberately left haphazard, so that a desired mottled effect will occur on the finished fiber.


Then a vinegar-blue dye mixture is poured on the other half. Again, it's left uneven, knowing that some parts will end up bluer than others. Also, the blue and the pink are not separated, allowing the colors to run together slightly.


The fiber is soaked in water, drained and hung up to dry, awaiting the drum carder. The final colors of this batch were more vivid than it appears here; the colors were washed out somewhat by the camera's flash.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Set of four Mini-Batts


#1: Dark Green/Red/Orange: 1.3 ounces, merino, corriedale, firestar

#2: Purple/Gray: 1.1 ounces, merino, angelina

#3: Yellow/Green: 1.1 ounces, merino, punta, bamboo, angelina

#4: Brown/Tan: 0.7 ounces, llama, alpaca

Four is the happiest number that you'll ever do...

Monday, September 14, 2009

Ketchup & Mustard


Weight: 2.4 ounces

Contents: Merino.

Gobble it up!

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Maharishi


Weight: 2.9 ounces

Contents: Merino, Alpaca, Corriedale, Firestar, Icicle, Angelina.

A simple, effortless batt that anyone can spin and enjoy

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Return of the Grab Bag!


The Super Explosive Intergalactic Grab Bag, offered on Etsy back in February and on eBay in June, is back!! Just look what a mere Ben Franklin gets you:

  • You get one dozen (TWELVE!) tasty fiber batts, each guaranteed to be 2.0 ounces or more, for a total of over 24 ounces!

  • I'll also fill out the package by throwing in a choice assortment of mini-batts, fiber samples, locks and fun stuff to help dress up your projects. These bonus goodies alone will keep you happy and occupied for some time, and raise the combined value of the entire kit to around TWO HUNDRED dollars!

  • For a limited time only (I could snap back to sanity any day now!), I offer this spectacular cavalcade of delicious fibery goodness with FREE SHIPPING in the United States!

    It is your destiny.
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