Giveaway Winners!!!

Thank you to everyone who entered our giveaway.  What fun!

Congratulations to the three winners of our giveaway:


1.  Hallie from http://www.ourbrokenroad.blogspot.com/ won The Child's Year book.


2.  Nicole Hume won the Lagoon Fairy handspun yarn.

3.  Ashley won the Naalbinding needle.

We have either emailed or posted to your blog if you won.  Please respond and let us know your mailing addresses.  Congrats!   :)

Syrendell Giveaway!

We are giving away three items to three lucky individuals.  Each person will also receive a coupon worth $10 towards any Syrendell consultation or workshop. 

1.  The Children's Year book, by Cooper, Fynes-Clinton and Rowling.  Used, but in great shape!  Such a wonderful resource to have for your home.

2.  A skein of Lagoon Fairy Handspun Yarn, 33 yards.  Perfect for handwork projects.

3.  A handmade, birch wood Naalbinding Needle (about 3.5 in. long).  Naalbinding is an ancient Scandinavian technique the predates knitting -- a good project for ages 9 and up.  Also works beautifully for weaving projects for ages 5 and up. 

To be considered for the giveaway, post a comment here and we will put your name on a tag that will go into a bag for the drawing.  An additional entry may be earned by adding info. and a link to your blog, Facebook or Twitter (let us know if you did any of these in your comment).  Be sure to include your email in your comment so that we can easily reach you! 

Drawing will occur on Saturday, August 14, at 11pm PST.  We'll post the winners on Sunday!

Dye & Fiber Retreat

Our family attended the annual Griffin Dyeworks Dye & Fiber Retreat this year in the beautiful mountains above Castaic, California.  This was the 4th year for the whole family, and Mommy and Joey's 5th year attending.  Definitely one of the highlights of our year!

Camping on the Hillside

Punch Needle Rug Hooking

Spinning

Naalbinding

Natural Dyeing

Splash Dyeing

Whittling

Soldering a Pebble Dish

Making a Spindle

Embroidery

Tie-Dyeing

Card Weaving

Cross Stitch

Graduated Dyeing

Teaching Tunisian Crochet

Selling our Fiber Arts Tools, Books and Totes

Time out for fun -- basketball, star-gazing and musical improvisation

It was a jammed-pack weekend filled with sweet, wonderful, talented people -- and teaching, learning, sharing and creating.  Thank you to the amazing staff and supporters of Griffin Dyeworks for hosting this event!