Category Archives: Reviews

Dallas Stashing

After reviewing the handful of yarn shops in Dallas, I decided that The Shabby Sheep was going to be my one stop during our busy weekend.  I’m so sad I forgot to snap a few pics of this shop.  It is completely adorable.  I walked up the brick steps of this old house to find the...

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A pretty little read

Recently added to my fiber bookshelves is the beautiful book: Harvesting Color: How to Find Plants and Make Natural Dyes by Rebecca Burgess and photographed stunningly by Paige Green.  As a user of acid dyes myself, the idea of using natural dyes intrigued me, but at the same time, intimidated me.  I’d heard the process is...

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Yarn Review: Malabrigo Rasta

I spent an evening earlier this month exploring the historic area of our little town – it houses some of the neatest architecture and cute antique shops and the like.  I stopped in The Rabbit’s Lair, which is 90% a fabric store, not a yarn store.  The last time I visited they had primarily cotton...

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