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Uniquities Fiber Farmer’s Market

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Otto

Uniquities is a destination knitting, crochet, and spinning shop in northern Virginia not too far from Washington, DC. They hold a bi-annual market, called the Uniquities Fiber Farmer’s Market, and we always enjoy packing up our equipment for this day … Continue reading →

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Joanne’s Locker Hook Rug

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Otto

One of Joanne’s long term projects is a giant locker hook rug. She’s been busy dyeing, carding, and of course hooking the rug, doing each step herself to create what will surely be a show-stopping rug! Joanne is pulling fiber … Continue reading →

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Christmas Crafting Inspiration

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Otto

Joanne has made this beautiful beaded tree to add to our Christmas decorations, so today we’d like to share some of our other favorite Christmas crafting ideas that we’ve found around the web. First off, here are some photos of … Continue reading →

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Featured Artist: Elysa Darling

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Otto

Today we’re excited to feature a wonderful fiber artist, Elysa Darling from 222Handspun. Elysa creates and sells beautiful art batts and art yarns through her Etsy shop, and blogs on her website, 222Handspun. Today we’re sharing photos of Elysa’s batts … Continue reading →

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A Weekend with Jazzturtle

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Otto

A couple of weeks ago we went down to North Carolina to visit Esther Rodgers from Jazzturtle Creations! We had a lovely time visiting and we also filmed some great tutorials, which we’ll be posting on the Strauch Youtube Channel … Continue reading →

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UK Part II

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Otto

We have more photos to share from our trip to the UK! One of the best parts of traveling is meeting new people, and we shared many great times with new friends on this trip! First, some more photos from … Continue reading →

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UK WoolFest Trip

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Otto

Today we’d like to share some of the photos from the first part of our trip to WoolFest and the UK! We also got to visit our exclusive UK vendor, The Threshing Barn! We’ll be posting more about our time … Continue reading →

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The Mannings

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Otto

Last weekend we traveled to East Berlin, PA and spent the weekend at The Mannings for their annual Spinning Seminar. There were lots of artists and students, and we had a wonderful time meeting lots of new people, enjoying the … Continue reading →

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New Ways to Use Strauch Products

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Otto

It’s no surprise that since we create tools for creative people they also come up with new and unique ways to use our tools! Today we’re sharing two new ways to use Strauch products. Do you have another idea, please … Continue reading →

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Maryland Sheep & Wool Re-ca

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Otto

We had a wonderful time at Maryland earlier this month, and we wanted to share some photos from our trip. We had nine dealers vending at the show, so we were quite busy!          

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