Giveaway Winner 11/22-11/30 Saus!

Saus is the lucky winner for the SilkVibes yarn giveaway..please contact me either at my etsy shop or my email to give me your color preference and shipping details.  =)  

As for the next giveaway...I am going to post-pone it because I am moving my blog to a new site!  I am working on a new site which I am not going to release to all of you quite yet because it is still in its beginning stages.  I will update you all with more info where to find me at my new site within the couple weeks.  =)

Shop Update

New Texture Spinning Packs just listed in the shop!  =)

Hello all, this is just an update to let you know I'm have a flash sale from now until midnight for 30% off everything in the shop...=)  Use code:  LASTCYBERMON

Bi-Weekly Giveaway 11/22-11/30

Hello all...I apologize for the missed giveaway...I have been very busy!

Introducing SilkVibes 100% silk lace-weight kettle-dyed yarn!

I have just been able to include kettle-dyed, 100% silk lace-weight yarn in the shop!  To celebrate, I would like to give away a skein of it!  I am really happy to finally get some dyed yarn in the shop...I only have 3 colors in the shop currently, although more will be on the way which I'm hoping to have listed by tomorrow some time.  

The name of the yarn is SilkVibes and it is 50 g and at 545 yd each skein.

Winner of this giveaway will be able to choose any color skein I have up in the shop at the time.  Good luck!  =)

Winner 10/18-11/1!!

Hello all, I just want to say sorry for the extreme delay in posting the winner for my contest..I am now in NY for vacation!!  and getting ready for this trip took a little longer than expected.  

As for the winner, Alphagam5 who placed an order in my Etsy shop is the winner, congrats!  =)  

Thanks so much everyone who participated!

Also, due to my vacation, I will be posting the new contest when I get back by the 12th this month.  

Yarn Wench

Hello all...first I want to start by letting you all know I will be announcing the winner for my giveaway later this evening or tomorrow morning..things have been a bit hectic around here..=)  

As for this post, I would like to take some time to recognize Lynn Wigell whom I have found to be extremely talented with fiber.  Her shop is Yarn Wench on Etsy; she offers some very cool art batts, top, and the yarn she spins is just oh-so-pretty!!  Here is some of the yarn she has spun...

As you can see with this yarn, she has all kinds of coils going on in there and locks peeking out all over the place!  The turquoise she uses is actually that electrifying in person, trust me, I have had the chance to spin up some of her batts with that color in it!  

This is another very cool yarn which if you look closely, you can see all kinds of things going on with it from silks and locks to sequins!  I really love the variation in this yarn which is part of what makes an art yarn I suppose because it is anything but consistent as you would typically find with machine-spun yarn.

All I have to say is check this out!  This yarn is entitled, "Flying Spaghetti Monster Dread Yarn."  How's that for intensity?  Lynn also does a wonderfully creative description for this yarn...

"What to do with the Flying Spaghetti Monster when your not stroking him and listening to his sweet purr? Well, he likes to hang around on pieces of furniture looking mysterious. He's into hanging out on walls and he'd be pleased to live in your hair at Burning Man. He's also not opposed to having his various parts worked into a new piece all together. FSM is one adaptable guy!"

-Lynn Wigell

Here are some of her luscious batts which allow you to make your own creative yarn!

Her batts typically have so much color variation involved and lots and lots of beautiful locks!  As you can see with this last batt pictured, she has included silk cocoons!  I have purchased a batt from her before which had gold silk cocoon strippings I believe..along with all the locks of course.  If you are looking for a good art yarn spin, you definitely can't go wrong with these batts..she gives you plenty of interesting material to work with...also, if you ever find you are interested in one of her batts, make sure you grab them quick because they are sure to go fast!  =)

PicMonkey.com

I just discovered PicMonkey!!! =D

Shop Update

Couple of new batts...

and new dizzes now in the shop! =)

Shop Update

Hi all; I know it has been a while since I posted on here; I have been super swamped with a couple of major deadlines lately and therefore haven't been able to do much of anything with my blog/shop.  

Here is some of what I have been up to...

First, for anyone in the area of where SAFF will be, a friend of mine, Stephanie, will be selling a bunch of my batts at her booth, Lunabud Knits!  I have been making batts like crazy for the past 5 or 6 days in order to get them ready for her to take there with her.  I made 16 batts over the past few days, and have also made 9 more batts just yesterday for my shop!  Here are some pics of the batts I have been making..most of which will be at SAFF, and some of which will be in my shop...

Btw, I have no idea how to align these pictures so they are smaller and sit next to each other in a grid type layout...if anyone knows how to do this, I would very much appreciate this knowledge!  =)

I also would like to take a moment to recognize Hello Purl for those of you who may not be familiar with them.  Hello Purl is another shop on Etsy owned by two people; they make some phenomenal batts which I have had the opportunity to try.  Here's some fiber wire I spun with a couple of their batts recently...=)

Also, finally, I just wanted to let all of you know coming up within the next couple weeks, hopefully by the 15th/16th of Nov, Stephanie and I plan to get together and make some videos for our blogs!  The first video we plan to make is one which shows the process we each use for making batts.  =)  I'm really excited about doing this as this will be the first time I am able to make a video showing some of how I create what I do with my fiber.  

Mailing List/Weekly Giveaway 10/18-11/1

*After some consideration, I have decided I am going to change the contest to a bi-weekly event.  I have found it is a bit difficult to keep up with having one every week so I think this should be a happy medium.  

I have also decided to start a mailing list for those interested in being notified when I have a new giveaway and for when I announce the winner/s.  That said, anyone who is interested in being notified regarding the giveaways on my blog, please let me know  by sending your email address to my email at myspinculture@gmail.com.  I will send you an email twice a month letting you know about the contests I am having which will of course be at the same time after which the winners of the previous contest have been announced.  I will no longer be sending out messages in Etsy, so please be sure to let me know if you are interested in being notified.  Thanks!  =)

For this contest, I am giving away 3 oz of these luscious locks I have had in my shop!  These are soft, lustrous Border X Cotswold locks with 6-8 in. staple.

The winner may choose from colors I have dyed at the time; I will either have them listed in my shop or if not, I will send pics to choose from.  =)

How you can enter:

1. Each item purchased in my shop counts as an entry.
2. Follow my blog.
3. Comment on my blog-(only one comment will count as an entry per week)
4. Spread the word about my blog/contest-(each outlet you use, i.e. facebook, twitter, etc. will count as one entry each)

*Make sure you post in here if you spread the word so I know where to look and be able to count that entry!  

If you win:

I will be posting the winner here on my blog on the last day listed in the title of each weekly giveaway.  Be sure to check back on that day to see whether you have won.  If your name is listed, email me at myspinculture@gmail.com to let me know your contact information so I can get your prize out to you.

This Week's Winners

Hey everyone, here are the winners for this week...Please make sure if you are a winner, you contact me via email with your shipping info so I can get your prize out to you! * myspinculture@gmail.com*

1. Saus
2. Llabbott
3. Chrissa Rohlfing
4. Victoria Barton
5. Ester D. Puente
6. Tammy
7. Genea
8. Beansproutmomo
9. Katherine Elizabeth
10. Hpaisan40
11. Mary/May
12. Rebekah Morgan
13. Chaoticbeth
14. Courtney
15. Mairedodd

Congratulations everyone who won! =)  Remember, if you want me to spin your sample, let me know and I am happy to do so!

Shop Update

Hey everyone, here's some new batts I just added to my shop.  =)

Locks now up in my shop as well!

Weekly Giveaway 10/11-10/18

Mini Day of the Dead Phat Fiber Art Batts or Fiber Wire!  (Your Choice!)

Normally I contribute to a group known as Phat Fiber; each month I make approx. 50 samples of a fiber which goes along with a particular theme.  This month's theme was Day of the Dead.  As it turns out, I was not able to get my samples done in time for the box this month, therefore, I will be giving out samples to 15 winners of this next giveaway.  I currently can't take pictures of the samples because of some camera technicality issues I've been having, although I can show you the batt which I am giving samples of...

Here's what this fiber looks like spun up on some fiber wire...=)

Also included will be a sample of some of these beautiful, soft Border x Cotswold locks which have an avg. staple length of 6-7 in. and get up to 8 in. long...

I will be posting more pics of the actual samples tomorrow; all of these will be listed in the shop as well tomorrow afternoon some time.  I will be choosing 15 winners at random who enter in one of the ways listed below.  =)

*I am changing rules slightly by adding a 4th way you can enter to win:

How you can enter:

1. Each item purchased in my shop counts as an entry.
2. Follow my blog.
3. Comment on my blog-(only one comment will count as an entry per week)
4. Spread the word about my blog/contest-(each outlet you use, i.e. facebook, twitter, etc. will count as one entry each)

*Make sure you post in here if you spread the word so I know where to look and be able to count that entry!  

If you win:

I will be posting the winner here on my blog on the last day listed in the title of each weekly giveaway.  Be sure to check back on that day to see whether you have won.  If your name is listed, email me at myspinculture@gmail.com to let me know your contact information so I can get your prize out to you.

I'm hoping to keep this going and have lots of fun with this...I have lots of ideas for things to giveaway! =)