Geocaching, Crafting, and The Twisted Purl Traveler

Do you go Geocaching?  Geocaching is one of the most fun outdoor family friendly activities you can do.  All you need is a GPS device (most cell phones have them now a days) and the will to get out and find stuff!

I'd love to get more into Geocaching at a later time, for now...you want to learn more?  Please go to www.geocaching.com

We are excited to be releasing a Travel Bug today!  This is The Twisted Purl's first ever Travel Bug.  A Travel Bug travels between geocaches worldwide and most work to fill a mission.

Current Goal:
On a mission to see your projects made out of yarn and visit as many local yarn shops as possible. I'd like to travel as far and as long as possible, so please keep me moving! I'd love to make it to a yarn shop in every state of America and then travel worldwide.

 Anytime our travel bug moves or gets update we'll share the information here.

We are heading out now to put it in it's first cache so it can start it's journey!

Travel Bug's Official Site: http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=487833

The Twisted Purl now has More than Yarn...

The Twisted Purl is proud to announce the expansion of our online shop to now include Patterns for You and Supplies for You.
In our Pattern Section you will find a mixture of Older Knitting, Crochet, and Crafting Magazines, Vintage Pattern Books, and more.

Supplies for You will have Knitting Needles, Felting Kits, Spinning Kits, and much more.


On top of all this we will always have plenty of Handspun or Hand Painted Yarn, Felted Soaps, and Weaved Scarves.
Our Facebook Page is the best place to stay connected.  Twitter is always good too!

New Year New Yarn New Beginnings

The Twisted Purl has started fresh and new with the New Year.  The yarn is flying off the wheel and back into our Etsy Shop.  I know....it's about darn time!

I took about a year off of the yarn production.  Tried to enter the real world and work a real job.  PSH!  You know how yarn can call to you?  Well my yarn was SCREAMING!  Why did you leave me?  Where have you gone?  You are the crazy yarn lady....not this other crazy lady!  So, I give in.  Here I am, back and ready to rock n roll!!!

A few new yarns are now listed in our online shop.  Please check it out!  Let me know what your hopes are for 2011.  Mine is to stay committed to what is important.

Hope you are having a crafty day!

Bert the Bunny

This is Bert.

Bert is an English Angora Rabbit.

Bert will get as big, if not BIGGER than the average house cat.

Bert is the beginning of our newest line of Angora Yarn.

Bert's the Bomb.

My wonderful sister and her adorable hubby, have invested in Angoras and you my dear friend will benefit! Bert is now 2 and a half months old. His first shearing will be in October. Look for a line of Bert yarn coming in November, just in time for Dazzle Daze. Bert will be making an appearance at all upcoming events.

 

Come out to our next event and you too shall behold the beauty that is Bert.

Bert Haiku

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Bert the Angora

Silky Fantastic Fiber

Makes Sweet Yarn for You

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Mardi Gras, Valentine's, and Yarn oh my!

With January shortly coming to a close, there are several Holidays knocking on our doors.  I already told you 2010 will be the Year of the Yarn, well hold onto your freshly knitted socks and check out this new handspun yarn. 

I have been on a bit of an art yarn kick. I know, art yarn may not exactly be what you will knit up to wear as socks or sweaters, but let me tell you, they would make one fantastically interesting hat, purse, or embellishment for a scarf.

It is my pleasure to introduce Mardi Gras:

Mardi Gras is February 16th this year. This yarn was handspun from painted purple, green, and yellow roving (pictured below) and then plied with a green thread and metallic Mardi Gras steamers. It looks like a big ole mess of Mardi Gras fun.

Some of this hand painted roving will be on sale in the good ole Etsy shop.  The Mardi Gras art yarn will also be in the shop, so keep an eye out.

The Yarn of the Month club this month was filled with lots of love, early enough for your Valentine's Day pleasure.

The freebie was a little metal mailbox filled with your yarn.  Hope you enjoy!  I got a lot of strange looks when I entered the post office with a huge box full of Priority boxes decorated just for you.  As I put them one by one on the counter, I heard a few chuckles.  But hey!  Gotta love the yarn decorations, no?

For more Valentine's Day fun, I felted up three new soaps, in shades of pink and a touch of white.  I am in the process of plying some yarn out of this same colorway and it is turning out spectacular. 

Of course, these soaps will be listed in the Etsy Shop, as soon as I get off my bottom and start listing!

So, there you have it!  I hope you are all having a wonderful New Year and are enjoying the Year of Yarn.  ♥

Craft Along 2010

 Craft Along with us this year.  Stay motivated to get those creative projects finished.  Just by participating, you can win supplies for more crafting projects and other goodies. 

Don't you just hate it when Christmas time rolls around and you still have a list a mile long of people you would love to make an item for? Then there is that dreaded last week of crafting crunch time, where you mad dash to finish projects. Let me ask you, do you enjoy mad dash craft time? Wouldn't you rather just finish up the touches on a couple gifts and enjoy the Holidays with your friends and family?

I adore my craft times and hate it when it's time constricted. It takes the fun out of it and makes it more like a job. So my proposal to you, if you choose to accompany me on this journey, is to make one item a month for the next 12 months. That way, come Christmas time, you will have at least 12 handmade items completed.  12 items made by you to give or sell, or keep and treasure.  You can look back on 2010 as the year of crafting accomplishments.

Whether you crochet, knit, spin, weave, sew, glue, glitter, or use a blow torch that is entirely up to you! Just join me in creating, in crafting, in being one with your artistic self. Feed the little crafty monster inside of you with at least one project a month and see how fulfilled the rest of your life becomes!

MOTIVATION??? Yes, yes, we all need motivation. There will be the satisfaction of creating a handmade item. There will be the bragging "I took this nothing and made it into this something! What have you done?" And if that is not enough, how about freebies and goodies?

So, here's the deal: Every month, when you have finished your project, please upload a picture to the Event: Craft Along 2010 on The Twisted Purl Facebook page or on Flickr, you can also email the picture. Each month, one of the participants will win special crafting supplies or goodies.

QUICK BREAKDOWN:

What?  Craft Along...make one item each month now through Christmas 2010

How?  Anyway you like!

Why?  To stay motivated to craft year round, to get a jump start on gifts, or to feed your little craft monster.

Did you say prizes?  Yup!  Once a month, share a picture of a completed craft item and you'll be entered.

Where to send pics?  Facebook, Flickr, or Email

Sound like fun?  If you are on Facebook, please RSVP to the event, if not, please leave a comment here so we know you plan to Craft Along!  Happy Crafting!  ♥