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Get Your Fiber Tools Ready for Fall!
Once or twice a year, we recommend taking a close look at your fiber tools and equipment to see if anything needs a tune-up. Just a few minutes can help you spot problems before they happen, which means that your creativity doesn’t … Continue reading
How to Blend a Winter Inspired Batt
Winter is here, and we’re closing out our 2017 series of seasonal batt projects with this project inspired by a familiar winter sight: icicles. You can find our previous project tutorials by clicking here. Here’s what you’ll need: A Strauch Drum Carder (we used … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017 seasonal batts, batt, batt blending, batts, blending, color inspiration, drum carder, drum carding, Fiber, fiber art, fiber prep, How to, strauch, strauch drum carder, Strauch Fiber, strauch fiber equipment, winter, wool, wool blending
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Fantastic Fibers and How to Blend Them: Your Guide to Art Batt Additives
Art batts are fun to make, and the magical yarns they create are one of a kind. In this post, we’ll introduce you to a few add ins, and how to best integrate them into your batts. Fiber and Yarn … Continue reading
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Tagged batt, batts, carder, carding, drum carder, Fiber, fiber prep, How to, inspiration, strauch, Strauch Fiber, strauch fiber equipment, tips, wool
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How to Blend a Candy Corn Batt
A Halloween favorite, candy corn has been an iconic October snack for decades. In this post, we’re sharing a sweet tutorial with you so that you can make your very own candy corn batt for spinning this fall! Supplies: Strauch Drum … Continue reading
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Tagged batt, batts, blending, candy corn, carding, drum carder, Fiber, fiber blending, fiber prep, Roving, strauch, Strauch Fiber, strauch fiber equipment, wool
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How to Blend a “Fade” Batt
Fades are all the craze in the knitting community, and the number of patterns popping up on Ravelry is astounding. Spinners who love working with multiple colors can also “fade” – just grab some colorful fibers and follow these easy … Continue reading
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Tagged blending, carding, drum carder, fade, petite, strauch drum carder, strauch fiber equipment, wool caring
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How to Blend a Summer Inspired Batt
Our last post on how to blend a spring inspired batt was pretty popular, so we decided to do another seasonal tutorial to celebrate summer! Previously, we chose a photo of an iris for our inspiration; this time around, we’re using … Continue reading
Posted in Carding, Fiber
Tagged 2017 seasonal batts, drum carder, drum carding, fiber art, fiber blending, strauch fiber equipment, strauch petite
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3 Ways to Beat the Heat with Yarn and Fiber
It has been swelteringly hot in the US recently and most fiber lovers want to do something with yarn or fiber – the challenge is finding something that isn’t so toasty. That’s where we come in! Just because you don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Fiber, Knitting, Strauch Products
Tagged ball winder, drum carder, felting, stash busting, stash management, Strauch Fiber, summer, swift, yarn management
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How To Blend a Spring Inspired Batt
We were so energized by our recent featured fiber artist post about Nicole Frost from Frostyarn, that we decided to card a batt from an inspiration picture! Our source image came from Pinterest; a picture of purple bearded irises. The … Continue reading
Posted in Carding, Fiber, Strauch Products
Tagged 2017 seasonal batts, art batt, carding fiber, color inspiration, drum carder, Fiber, fiber art, green, How to, iris, strauch fiber equipment
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Fixing “Failed” Fiber
It happens: the fiber that dyed didn’t come out exactly how you planned, or perhaps your online purchase has some “surprises” hiding within the braid. Even if the fiber in question is full of colors that seem to go well with each … Continue reading
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Tagged drum carder, petite, strauch, strauch fiber equipment
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4 Ways to Fix a Busted Stash
Often we go through our stash at the end of the year and try to “stash-down,” using as much spinning fiber as we can before the new year. Then at a certain point, the horrifying realization sets in: I have nothing … Continue reading
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Tagged blending, camaj fiber arts, drum carder, Fiber, strauch fiber equipment, tips
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