>> My more expensive items are either artisan hand dyed on luxury fibers, or handspun, so yup, I hear ya.<<
I love to look at art yarns.
>> I do have alpaca, cotton and silk too, that all have zero wool, merino or otherwise. }:)
Alpaca is nice. I love silk yarn, and cotton is good too. Silk-angora makes a great blend, I've had sweaters of that.
>> The alpaca is really fine, almost laceweight, more akin to a light fingering weight. Unfortunately, I have to price them accordingly, so they tend to stick around in the shop for awhile before the right person for them comes along. <<
Yeah, the fancy stuff costs more, but in most cases you get what you pay for. At least it's not qiviut, eh?
>> I also tend to hoard specific luxury fibers to use in handmade gifts. (Doesn't everyone who works with fiber? Heh.) <<
Sensible. I've seen references to people collecting art yarn as a sculpture unto itself. I don't see why not.
You might get a kick out of some things I've written about characters who are into fibercrafts. The fiber fair poem took me three days to write, because I was following two people who kept going "YAAARRRN."
>>I like the acrylic and acrylic blends for soft sculptures, stuffies and ornaments.<<
I like acrylic yarn when it's soft. I have some sweaters of that. But some is scratchy and awful.
>> I can price them lower, generally, and they tend to get a lot more wear and tear than the shawls or scarves do. *Especially* the stuffies that double as dice guardians (ie, have a built in pouch).<<
That makes sense.
>>Around here too, the most weaving types that people see are tea towels, wash cloths, or rugs. So scarves or shawls woven on a triangle loom make them think crochet or knitting, understandably.<<
Huh. I haven't seen handwoven tea towels, and the only washclothes were the kiddie kind with nylon loops. Rugs, yes. Around here -- I'm in central Illinois -- the art fairs and Renaissance faires have woven shawls and scarves, occasionally placemats or coasters, belts and similar narrow things are popular too.
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I love to look at art yarns.
>> I do have alpaca, cotton and silk too, that all have zero wool, merino or otherwise. }:)
Alpaca is nice. I love silk yarn, and cotton is good too. Silk-angora makes a great blend, I've had sweaters of that.
>> The alpaca is really fine, almost laceweight, more akin to a light fingering weight. Unfortunately, I have to price them accordingly, so they tend to stick around in the shop for awhile before the right person for them comes along. <<
Yeah, the fancy stuff costs more, but in most cases you get what you pay for. At least it's not qiviut, eh?
>> I also tend to hoard specific luxury fibers to use in handmade gifts. (Doesn't everyone who works with fiber? Heh.) <<
Sensible. I've seen references to people collecting art yarn as a sculpture unto itself. I don't see why not.
You might get a kick out of some things I've written about characters who are into fibercrafts. The fiber fair poem took me three days to write, because I was following two people who kept going "YAAARRRN."
>>I like the acrylic and acrylic blends for soft sculptures, stuffies and ornaments.<<
I like acrylic yarn when it's soft. I have some sweaters of that. But some is scratchy and awful.
>> I can price them lower, generally, and they tend to get a lot more wear and tear than the shawls or scarves do. *Especially* the stuffies that double as dice guardians (ie, have a built in pouch).<<
That makes sense.
>>Around here too, the most weaving types that people see are tea towels, wash cloths, or rugs. So scarves or shawls woven on a triangle loom make them think crochet or knitting, understandably.<<
Huh. I haven't seen handwoven tea towels, and the only washclothes were the kiddie kind with nylon loops. Rugs, yes. Around here -- I'm in central Illinois -- the art fairs and Renaissance faires have woven shawls and scarves, occasionally placemats or coasters, belts and similar narrow things are popular too.