Sara's Texture Crafts Sale on eBay, save up to 20% on selected items!

The place: http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Saras-Texture-Crafts

The discount: 20% off of selected lines, including yarn, fibre and equipment.

Sale dates: 30th October - 12th November

 

Sara xx

Textile Fair, Duchy Sqaure for Creativity 5-6th November!

Texile Fair

Saturday
5th & Sunday 6th November 2011.

Location: Duchy Square, Princetown, Devon. http://www.duchysquare.org/

Admission: FREE.

Demonstrations: Spindle spinning/Knitting.

Stock: Yarns, Fibres, kits and Equipment.

It is also possible to pick up orders during these events, but please order
these by email no later than 3 days in advance to give me chance to cut them.

When	Sat 5 Nov 10:00 – Sun 6 Nov 2011 16:00 London
Where	Duchy Square, Princetown, Devon. (map)

SALE on www.SarasTextureCrafts.etsy.com

Winter is coming and so I thought I would help you stock up on the items you need for you Winter crafting. So I'm having a Sale on Etsy at www.SarasTextureCrafts.etsy.com.

Claim 10% off of every item you buy, by using Coupon code WINTER at the checkout.

Sale ends when stock runs out!

Here's more info on how to redeem your voucher... http://www.etsy.com/help/article/350

Don't forget you can also find other etsy marked down items at http://www.etsy.com/shop/SarasTextureCrafts?section_id=10322575 and you can still use the discount code on these to save even more money!

Happy crafting!

Sara x

www.sarastexturecrafts.etsy.com

Sewing my jumper together today!

Taken at www.sarastexturecrafts.com

KTOG 5!

 

 

• We found ourselves in South Brent on Sunday to show at KTOG 5. A small but very friendly and creative bunch of Knitters and fibre addicts turned up to learn new techniques like spindle spinning and buy some new stash.

  Here's a picture of the stall and D getting ready to play a game on his phone, before we opened... Zombie something he said... I switched off in search of things to buy on the next stall!

  We had a fun day and really enjoyed meeting everyone... Looking forward to a possible KTOG 6, in 2012!

  Sara x
  Www.sarastexturecrafts.com

Tea break and the last sleeve of my Jumper

Taken at www.sarastexturecrafts.com

Some more Yarn for Sunday's Show

I think I'm almost done with stock for KTOG5 on Sunday... Just need to iron a table cloth or two!

October Show Changes!

I have just heard news of some changes to an up coming event this week. So I thought I ought to drop you a line and keep your diary updated. KTOG5 will be held on the 16th of October only, rather than the whole weekend. I am sorry for this misinformation.

So to recap, the shows this month are;

1. KTOG5 - Sunday 16th October 2011 (10-5). Location: South Brent Village Hall, Station Approach, South Brent, Devon. TQ10 9AQ
2. WCE Annual Genral Meeting Saturday 22nd October - private event.
3. Yard sale of the 23rd has been cancelled due to continuing ill health.

Here is a link to my Event Diary which I update as things change http://sarastexturecrafts.com/page/5172-events.aspx.

Once again sorry for the changes.

Sara.

 

Sale!

Don't forget I still have plenty of items available in the sale at http://sarastexturecrafts.com/category/563-sale.aspx

Today I'm prepping yarns and Batts

... For the shows over the next couple of weeks. Both will be much smaller than the national events I usually do, but important in their own way. So, I really want to make sure the stock is right for the audience and the tables.

I'll update you throughout the week and let you know how I get on.

Sara x
www.sarastexturecrafts.com

Cancelled Yard Sales & Royal Mail's Christmas Post Dates

Unfortunately I have had to cancel the remaining yard sales this year. So please cross these dates from your diary;

 

23rd Oct - CANCELLED

20th Nov - CANCELLED

 

This is due to the long running hospital treatment I receive. Unfortunately it has gotten the better of me recently and while D is here to help me with dispatch (so that no delays occur), I cannot continue to run shows and events back to back over the coming weeks leading up to Christmas. I hope you will understand.

 

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It's that time of year again when I need to notify you of the last days of postage before Christmas that aim to arrive for the special day. I'm thinking here particulary of the overseas buyers who's mail takes a longer time in transit. I will release my own holiday dates closer to the time and talk about how this might effect your deliveries, if at all. In the meantime here is news from Royal Mail;

 

 

Last recommended posting services	Service
UK
Wed 14th December	Standard Parcels
Sat 17th December	Second Class and Recorded Signed For™
Tue 20th December	First Class and Recorded Signed For™
Wed 21st December	Parcelforce express 48
Thu 22nd December	Parcelforce express 24
Special Delivery™
Thu 22nd December	Special Delivery™
Fri 23rd December	Special Delivery™ with Saturday Guarantee
International Airmail
Mon 5th December	South & Central America, Caribbean, Africa, Middle East, Asia, Far East (including Japan), Australia and New Zealand
Fri 9th December	Eastern Europe, USA and Canada
Mon 12th December	Western Europe
British Forces Post Office (BFPO)
Fri 2nd December	Airmail to Operational BFPOs
Thu 15th December	Airmail to Static BFPOs

 

Here is the Royal Mail Link: http://www2.royalmail.com/greetings

Autumn and a New Cardi

Look at me posing in the changing rooms!

£29.99 H&M (www.hm.com/uk)

I'm in love with the colour and patterning... Liking the boho look in the stores right now!

FLEECE FIRST, an exhibition at the Devon Guild of Craftsmen

I received a message from the lovely Claire Crompton and I thought I ought to share the Devon exhibition she mentioned, so that you can pop by and see it.

 

Fleece First features the work of several contemporary textile makers whose raw material is wool as well as exhibits from the South West wool industry, past and present.

Exhibition photos, by Devon Guild of Craftsmen

Venue: Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Riverside Mill, Bovey Tracey, Devon. Google Map to Devon Guild of Craftsmen

Dates: 24th September to 13th November, 10am to 5.30pm every day. There will be demonstrations of weaving every Saturday and handspinning every Sunday.

 

Images from the opening day can be viewed here, featuring some very relaxed Ryeland sheep: Fleece First Album

Ryeland... aren't they beautiful?!

I'm hoping to go myself quite soon... maybe I'll see you there?

Sara x

www.sarastexturecrafts.com

www.sarastexturecrafts.com Stock Update!

Here are the details of my latest update;

 

Products

- New batt options, including custom made batts at http://sarastexturecrafts.com/category/593-batts.aspx

The option pictured is the Custom ART Batt at £3.25 per 30g. These are unique hand carded batts, made by me here in the studio with my carding machine. These are made to your Colour and Blend specification. You can choose; one base fibre, up to 3 highlight colours and a choice of several surface options, including; silk, bamboo, sparkle... Blended batts like this are great for feltmaking, spinning or weaving and can be used in different ways each time to create a multitude of blend options in your yarns, weft weaves or felted art.

- New hand dyed Fibres at http://sarastexturecrafts.com/category/709-hand-dyed-fibre.aspx

The option pictured is Shetland Humbug in 'Malachite' at £4.99 per 100g.

- Pick n mix yarns at http://sarastexturecrafts.com/products/14459--pick-n-mix-30g-balls-of-yarn-hand-dyed-and-hand-spun.aspx

A mix of hand spun and hand dyed yarns... these use fibres and yarns from my range, or discountinued products. As each of the yarns are a differing weight they differ in length, so I would recommend that they are used only for trimming, or patchwork knitting. They would also be great for tapestry and weaving, or surface embellishing.

 

- New knitting Equiment Pieces at http://sarastexturecrafts.com/category/632-equipment.aspx

Knitting gauges (as pictured) are £1.15 each.

 

 

Sale - http://sarastexturecrafts.com/category/563-sale.aspx

- Natural Fibre Company yarns are now in the Sale, along with several felting kits and some hand dyed fibres.

 

 

Features

- updated terms and conditions that relate to the new help details on the Contact page and new currencies - Euro €, USD $, AUS $, CAN $. Now you can buy in each of these currencies as well as the standard GBP £.

Stash I bought at Exeter's Stitch and Craft Show

I managed to grab a couple of bags of yarn at a reduced price, Sidar's Click range. Some wonderful metallic sewing threads, that I'll use for plying my hand spun single yarns against. Then a hand made button, with a ceramic finish and a novelty 50g ball of yarn I might try to use for plying.

Did you go? What did you buy?

Sara x
Www.sarastexturecrafts.com

Photo from the Stitch and Craft Show, Exeter Sept 2011

The lace work was amazing!

Photos from the Stitch & Craft Show, Exeter Sept 2011.

The Lace and Clothing exhibition... Loved every piece!

Loom ready... Now to prep weft yarn!

Phew, that took a few hours (4!) to finish. Now the loom is set up I'm ready to weave.

I'm going to start prepping the yarn I'm using for the weft now and call it quits for today.

Hope you are enjoying your weekend,

Sara x
Www.sarastexturecrafts.com

Setting up the Heddles

So how's the weaving going you ask? To be honest today is the first day I've had chance to sit down to the Loom. This has meant that I haven't had chance to ask D to help me wind on my warp for threading. The meds I'm on have my brain and body all over the place today, so sitting quietly is the perfect opportunity to do this.

I'm not sure if I'll get chance to actually weave today, but if I can finish the threading that will be the perfect place to stop.

What are you up to today?