Life (for a fiber fiend) doesn't get much better than swapping for fiber!!! I took on two partners for a fiber swap and got to play with my drum carder and hackle! For VS, along with the fiber bits, I sent a bit of sewing as well...
Sea Nymph II (merino roving)
Masquerade (alpaca/wool batt)
Orleans (wool/silk batt)
Sea Glass (100% merino worsted weight yarn)
Drawstring Project Bags
And for MM, all I sent was fiber, and more fiber!
Flame I & Flame II (wool/angelina batts)
English Garden (alpaca/wool batt)
Purple Mist (dyed BFL pieces)
Crazy Roving (wool/firestar/mohair)
Raspberry (wool/nylon fingering weight yarn)
July's Installment of L2E's Baby Batts Club!
Summer Days I (wool batt)
Summer Days II (wool/alpaca batt)
Now that I'm done with the fiber for my partners, it's time to card more batts and make more rovings for me!!
Calm (Fingering weight wool/nylon blend)
Bliss (Fingering weight wool/nylon blend)
Shock (Worsted weight 100% merino)
I've been so busy dyeing fibers, that I've not dyed yarn in ages! Well, this batch is for my STS swap! Another batch is drying in my laundry room (which is beginning to resemble a dyeing room...)...waiting to be wound into skeins and photographed! 
One would usually find, erm...dirty laundry? This weekend, the room was filled with dyed fiber! 
Apparently, quite a bit! The wonderful SH (i.e. my partner for the swap) and myself were obviously on the same wavelength!!
Here's what I sent her...
and here's what she sent me!
That's right. We both decided to send card wallets!! It's uncanny, no?
Yes, a hackle! Yet another fiber-related tool that I've realized that I need...erm, want...so that I have a way to produce rovings!! After a bit of researching, I built one for $9, using this tutorial as a guide. It's not the prettiest thing, but it works!
I think my drum carder will be pleased to have someone to share her fiber processing workload!
I took a one-on-one 4 hour grungeboard/paper class today and learned a few new tricks. Papercrafting is a new interest of mine, so I figured I should nurture it while it lasts! In the class (and for the class project), I worked on:
* Distressing
* Antiquing
* Photo transfering
* Crackle finishing
It was my first experience working with Tim Holtz's grungeboard, and I love this material! I haven't quite figured out what it is exactly, but something tells me it's a polymer blend of rubber and paper fibers *ponders* 
Are great for making pretty little card cases! I needed a new card case, and decided to make a bunch to choose from.
A couple of obligatory close-up piccies of the the exterior and interior bits of the card cases! The case is wee, but comfortably holds ~ 10 debit/credit/gift-type cards.
And this is my pick! I love the colours and design...it's sooo me! 
As for the rest, I'm sure they'll find good homes with a few unsuspecting friends and STS swappers!
Because I'm making an effort to be a good swapper in the current round of the STS swap! Both bags are experiments - inspiration for these came from a couple of catalogs and doodles. As always, I'd rather draft a pattern than use a ready-made pattern! 
Another dye job! Clockwise from top, I named these mini batches Swamp Monster, Bell Pepper, Sea Nymph and Bruised Ego. 
Another attempt at crochet. This was the class project for the crochet workshop held at last weekend's fiber festival. I'm not quite sure why I've always been intimidated by crochet...but I think I'm finally beginning to get over the fear of the hook!
Inspired by all the pretties that I saw at the fiber festival, I've been playing with my food-safe acid dyes again! This time round, my goal is to work on producing small batches (hmmm, about 1 oz or so for each colour) of dyed fiber for future drum carding experiments!
