August 22, 2008 – 3:14 am
Today’s update of the Tactile store is BIG! We have added Merino-Tencel fiber. It is 50% Merino and 50% Tencel. It has incredible shine. This is a fun fiber to felt. Merino-Bamboo fiber is a wonderful blend of 60% Merino and 40% Bamboo. Often the bamboo doesn’t take the color as well as the wool, [...]
August 18, 2008 – 9:24 am
More fun news from Tactile! Kelly and Laura of The Unique Sheep came up with a brilliant sock yarn club idea and have asked Tactile to be a part of it. A multi-dyer club called The Color Co-op. Six dyers: The Unique Sheep, Sanguine Gryphon, Macek Designs, Mama Llama, Miss Babs, and Tactile Fiber Arts [...]
We had a great time at Black Sheep Gathering! It was so nice to see old friends and make new ones. That is one of the best parts of this business. Yarns on the display rack. Lots of fiber. Michele of Toots LeBlanc made this amazing sock from two of our yarns (one brown and [...]
There are four dyes we use to make reds. Cochineal and lac are insect based dyes, madder and quebracho red are plant based dyes. Lately, I have been dyeing fleece with all four of these dyes. Click on any picture to see a larger version. Cochineal gives a pink to pinkish red depending on how [...]
January 30, 2008 – 10:52 pm
There are a lot of misconceptions about natural dyes. We hear them all the time. Here are a few of the things we hear: Myth: Natural dyes are not light fast. We use high quality dye extracts from Earthues. They have been rigorously tested for lightfastness and are comparable or better than commercially available synthetic [...]
January 22, 2008 – 5:29 pm
February will be a busy and exciting month! We will be vendors at: Madrona Fiber Arts in Tacoma, Washington from February 14-17, 2008 and Stitches West in Santa Clara, California from February 21-24, 2008 with our friend Kristine of A Verb for Keeping Warm. Look for us in booth 840. Both of these events have [...]
January 22, 2008 – 5:07 pm
Welcome to the store blog for Tactile. While we are busy getting the online store together we are also making luscious product, all dyed with organic and earth-friendly natural dyes. Yummy Merino-Tussah roving. Shiny Merino-Tencel roving. We have so much more to show you. There are five different sock yarns, organic merino yarn, alpaca-wool yarn, [...]
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