Box Day Eve -- November

It is Box Day Eve. All of you Phatties know what that means. And all of you who don't know -- well, probably don't exist, because I am fairly certain that almost all of my blog readers, Twitter followers, Rav group members, and customers discovered me through Phat Fiber. But on the off chance there is anyone not in the loop on this, here, allow me to loopify you: www.PhatFiber.com. Go there. Read the homepage. Poke around a little if you want to. No, really. Go. You there, you too. It's okay. I'll wait.

Back? Yes? Excellent. Now you know how awesome Phat Fiber is and how much you want to snag a Phat Fiber Box of your very own. Good news! Tomorrow is the day you can do that! Or rather, tomorrow is the day you can attempt to do that. Every month there are somewhere around 200-250 boxes, and probably about a couple thousand people try to snag one. Good luck. May the Force be with you. Click quickly.

Here is a tutorial designed to offer helpful tips in maximizing your opportunity to snag a box by not making stupid n00b mistakes. And here is the Rav group where all the cool people hang out on the internets and gaze lovingly at each other's yarn and fiber. And talk about spinning and dyeing and knitting and crocheting. It's good times. You should be there. There's a multicolored felted sheep. I mean really, what more could you want in an online colorful fluff community? (His name is Shearlock.)

Okay, so here's the thing. I didn't contribute this month. Because I am a loser. Or rather, because October sucked. A lot. I had Bigger Issues At Hand, which totally threw my life off-kilter, and I didn't get my act together in time to send in samples for this month's Box. Boo. This sucks. Fortunately, I am working towards getting my life back on-kilter, and remain cautiously optimistic that I might manage to succeed at that despite not actually knowing what a kilter is. (Okay, okay. I couldn't stand it. I checked. And it's totally boring.)

So to make up for the lack of Serendipity awesomeness in this month's boxes, I'm taking part in a pretty crazy sale that's going on tomorrow. It was someone else's idea, and several of us Phat Fiber contributors have jumped on the bandwagon. Basically you go here and jump through a few fun little hoops, and get a pretty enormous discount on awesomeness from a wide variety of shops, including mine. But you have to jump through the hoops tonight, and you can only use the discount tomorrow. So go forth! Hoop jump!

ps -- Since I started moderating comments, there have been no comments. This probably has something to do with the fact that it's only been the past few posts (which have been mostly uninteresting) and this blog doesn't actually have, you know, readers. But it's making me wonder if the comment moderation thingy is doing what it's supposed to do. So to give me a chance to practice moderating comments, I will give a 5% discount to everyone who leaves a comment on this post, which can be combined with other discounts. (No, if you comment twice you don't get 10%. Sorry.) So if you have a 15% off coupon floating around, you'd get 20% off your order, or if you rack up a 25% discount from the hoop jumping, you could get a 30% discount. Okay? Awesome. Now go hoop jump. Then give me comments to moderate.

Announcing... Phat Fiber!

Big news... I will be contributing to the April Phat Fiber Box! If you're new to Phat Fiber, check it out here. Basically, it is a box filled to bursting with little bits of fiber joy from dozens of indie fiber folk. Every box is unique, and each month is completely different. Past boxes have included such goodies as mini skeins of handspun, mini carded batts, locks, dyed roving, stitch markers, and hand-carved wood buttons! It's also stuffed full of coupons each month to the various shops contributing to the box. If you want one, you'll need to join the notification list so you'll be emailed when the boxes become available in the Phat Fiber Etsy shop. Phat Fiber is only a few months old, and the whole thing (box packaging, blogging, videos, Etsy shop sales, etc.) is all run by one woman, Jessie, and her husband Marcus. There are never as many boxes as people wanting them; last month they sold out in 90 seconds! So be sure to visit their website and get on the list so you'll have a chance of snagging one. If you aren't quick enough, there is a consolation prize... anyone on the list who doesn't get a box gets access to a secret website filled with coupons to the various shops. Did I mention there are frequent giveaways of full-sized items on the blog? Phat Fiber rocks! Come join us!

I sent in several kinds of samples this month. Here's a sneak peak at what some of the mini batts looked like:

The photo came out a touch too yellow, but you get the idea. 1/2 oz. is a nice size for batts. You can do a lot with mixing and matching them, and they're fun to card, so I think I'm going to make a few zillion more. I hope to have them in the shop by the end of the week.

To that end, I will be dyeing up some of this fabulous fiber:

Plus lots of tussah silk:

So stay tuned for great things hitting the shop later this week!