Lovely, lovely spinners, you didn’t think we’d leave you out of the fun, did you? Since our last sale was so filled with awesome, we’re having a new one starting today, just for you guys!

Just like last time, for every 2oz bag of our gorgeous, luscious Cormo/Kid Mohair blend that you buy, we will sneak in a 2nd 2oz bag, just for you! This will DOUBLE your order!

If you’re not a spinner, but you know and love a spinner, what a great Christmas gift! I myself am a spinner and what’s awesome about this fiber (aside from the soft, versatile loveliness of the fiber itself) is that it’s sold in small 2oz batches, so you can get exactly as much as you need for your project. You aren’t committed to buying more than you need, and now because of this sale, you can get TWICE as much as you normally would! Now is the perfect time to make that amazing farm fresh spinning project you’ve been wanting to make!

Here’s what you need to know: This offer is only good until we run out of the fiber in the shop. There are only 69 two-ounce bags available for purchase (each one with its own free sibling!) and you can buy as many as you like. For each bag you purchase, we will include a second bag. Because it’s the holidays, we’ll pick up the shipping on the extra bags.

This offer ONLY applies to Cormo/Kid Mohair Roving but feel free to shop for other yarns while you’re poking around.

YAY! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Jenny here! Just a little post to tell the spinners among us to stay tuned. Since our Secret Santa Sock Yarn Sale was such a big hit, we decided not to leave the spinners among us out in the cold (Get it? Cold? Because it’s winter? And spinners work with wool? To make warm things? Okay, fine, it was a stretch!) Coming up soon we’re having an equally awesome sale for you guys, because we love you. But I’m not going to say what it is yet. Susie isn’t the only one who gets to be all teasy! Muahahahaha!!

I have always been terrified of dyeing roving. You hear all these horror stories about all the things that can go wrong when dyeing roving. Things like OH MY GOD FELTING!!! Our roving is super-nice and extremely expensive to produce, so I never want to take a chance on wrecking a lot of it during the learning curve.

But then I decided  it was time to man up and face my fears. Here is my first attempt:

I managed to dye about 12 ounces of our Cormo Top without any noticeable felting. The thing is though, I don’t spin. So I had no idea if I had done a good job with the dyeing or not. Luckily, my friend Kris came to the rescue. I gave her four ounces to spin up last Saturday and on Sunday she gave me this:

Isn’t it lovely?

The moral of the story: don’t let other people’s horror stories keep you from trying new things. I will definitely be dyeing more roving for our shop but I want to celebrate my initial success with a giveaway.

To enter to win 4 ounces of my inaugural roving, just leave a comment on this thread telling me something that you have been afraid to attempt, why, and when you are going to take a stab at it. Two winners will be chosen at random from all comments posted before midnight on Sunday, February 21, 2010. One comment per person please.

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Completely gratuitous shot of Feenat.

As promised, I’m having a giveaway just for the Spinners this week. Why? Because we love our spinners and we don’t do nearly enough to celebrate them!

One of you lucky ducks is going to win one full pound of our luscious, buttery 100% Cormo Combed Top AND one full pound of our absolutely lovely Kid Mohair/Cormo Blend Roving. That’s enough premium spinning fibers to keep you busy for a good, long time.

Here’s the deal: Leave a comment on this thread telling me the best and worst parts of moving. Why? Because I am in hell over here people, and I want to hear stories that are worse than mine.

But there’s one more thing you have to do- tell your spinning friends about this giveaway. I don’t care how you do; email, twitter, facebook, blog, post on ravelry or tell your guild, but somehow you need to let them know that Juniper Moon Farm is giving away a spinners stash.

Entries close at midnight EST, on Sunday, October 11th, 2009. One winner will be chosen at random and the winner will be posted here. The winner has 24 hours to claim his or her (but probably her) prize. Sound good?

Good luck!

Today’s meet-up at my friend Cindy’s farm in Parker, Texas was so lovely. Cindy was a wonderful host and loads of fun people came with their knitting and spinning wheels.

Cindy had name tags and home made drop spindles for everyone.

I brought yarn and did a little dyeing demo.

Everyone was so sweet and I was especially excited to meet Susan (on the right) and Mary (not pictured, darn it!). I feel like I’ve known both of them forever!

Laurie and Joann (please forgive me if I’m not getting the spellings right!) were wonderful spinners and just as sweet as they could be. Laurie’s going to do some spinning for us for the shop.

Anna brought the yarn she dyed on Thursday at our Dyeing Workshop. Absolutely lovely.

Sierra had a great time gathering eggs from Cindy’s laying hens.

Cindy and the other spinners worked hard to teach me to use a drop spindle- they each deserve a medal for patience.

I kind of got the hang of it by the time I had to leave and Cindy sent me home with a spindle and a bag of roving to play with till I go home. I just might become a spinner yet.

Thanks to Suzy for taking all the pics while I visited and did my demo. Somehow neither of us manage to get a picture of our lovely hostess or her handsome husband. 

All told it was a storybook day. Thanks so much to Cindy and Family for having us! 

Guess what? It’s only 23 days till SPRING!!! Let’s celebrate with a little giveaway, shall we?

Have you seen this book? A Fine Fleece is all about knitting with handspun yarns and it’s absolutely lovely. Whether you spin your own fiber or just appreciate the art and craft of handspun you will love this book. There are 26 projects in the book and photographs of each pattern knit up with handspun yarn and with commercial yarn, a great tool for understanding when and where to use handspun.

I am a sucker for beautiful handspun. Some of my favorite skeins are so beautiful that I haven’t ever bothered to knit with them. I just display them in a big bowl on our hearth. My friend Maggie, a.k.a. Little Grey Cat Designs, does some amazing things with texture and color. Here’s an example:

Shareholder Deb is an awesome spinner as well. Check out some of her photos in this raverly thread. Lisa, another shareholder and our very first advertiser on the new site just started a blog with pictures of some of our mohair locks. Do you have any pics of your handspun you’d like to share? Post them in our flickr group so we can all see what you’ve been working on.

Are you a spinner or do you aspire to be one? Is there something extra special about knitting a sweater made from yarn you spun yourself? Or do you find it hard enough to find enough time to knit without throwing spinning into the mix? Post your thought on handspinning in the comments on this post and you might just win your own copy of A Fine Fleece AND your choice of any Little GreyCat Designs handspun skein in our shop.

Entries close at Noon on Saturday, February 27th. One entry per person please. One winner will be chosen at random from all the eligible entries. The winner will be announced on this website on Saturday and must contact us within one week to claim their prize.