Froebe Fibers had a busy weekend! We have a new shipment of yarn heading out to Yarns To Dye For & More in Frankfort, and we have orders heading out tomorrow to Homewood, IL and Virginia Beach, VA.
Looks like we’ve got a fair bit of dyeing to do to get caught up. I love it!
I am exhausted. Seriously. In a fantastic way. I got home around 11 last night from SIFAF in Corydon Indiana. We had such a great time at the festival. We met wonderful people, got to pet llamas and alpacas, sold a decent amount of yarn, and even had yummy fried green tomatoes, fresh from someone’s garden! Life doesn’t get much better than that.
On our way home, Mom found Barking Dog Cafe in Indianapolis, continuing our record of always eating way too well on show weekends. If you are ever in Indy, stop by and try their amazing clam chowder, and whatever the entree special is that day. You will not be disappointed!
So, I managed to get the kids to sleep a little after midnight, and collapsed into dreamland myself.
This morning I’m lazing around, but before you know it we need to get hoping as we have another show coming up this weekend!
Fiber Expo in Ann Arbor, MI is breathing down our necks and we have so much to do. It should be a great weekend, come out and see us!
Did I mention I really love this time of year? Okay, off to find some coffee. I need some kickapoo-joy-juice.
We’ve been incredibly busy at Froebe Fibers, which is no excuse for ignoring the blog, I know, however . . . Okay, I’m ending that sentence before it becomes unreadable!
I just got back from Stitches Midwest, were I had way too much fun partying with so many friends. I personally snagged some great yarn for my stash, lots of nifty new tools, and bags for storing my tools! I also drank more than should be allowed, but we won’t talk about that. No, really, we won’t. You’ll just have to look at others photos from Stitches if you want to see how outrageous we got, but I will say there were Sushi PJ’s and bunny ears involved!
Well, at Stitches I realized that I hadn’t announced all the amazing stores that now carry Froebe Fiber’s Yarns! So, if you want to find us in your neck of the woods, check out:
More to follow, exciting news coming up. Honest this time! Oh, and I’ve missed you all!
Hello hello, long time no see.
I seem to be saying that a lot lately. Well, Froebe Fibers have been busy little bees, and we now have two new yarn colors for you!
Sapphire Martini is my personal favorite. So much so that I snagged the very first skein as soon as it was dry for my own personal stash.
It is mostly blue, but has lovely dark violet variegation and the colors just pop.
I’m debating making socks (of course), or perhaps a shawl.
What do you think?
Of course, Sapphire Martini and Purple Viking (along with all of our other yarns) are available on our website, but we are also now in three, count them, three brick and mortar stores! Art 4 Soul in Homewood, The Fold in Marengo, and Yarns to Dye For & More in Frankfort. See, we have been busy bees!
Oh, what is Purple Viking you ask? It’s our other yummy new colorway!
Just look at all that luscious purple! Each skein of Froebe Fibers yarn is hand dyed individually, so no two are exactly alike. There are several shades and hues of purple in Purple Viking, and while not variegated per se, the yarn does give a nice color variety, without striping for a more “natural” effect.
Can one say a purple yarn looks natural? Well, I think I just did!
So, come into the local yarn stores, or look for us at your nearest Yarn Festival! We’re heading to a bunch of them this summer and fall. I’ll post the list shortly, so keep your eyes peeled!
More goodies coming your way soon!
Chicago’s YarnCon 2008 was a rousing success! We had such a great time, and a huge thank you to everyone who came out and supported us at our very first show! We met some wonderful new people, and saw some old friends who’ve been missed.
Thanks again everybody!
They’re here! They’re here!
The new Superwash yarns are here, and available. Check ‘em out. This is just a small sample.
You don’t want to miss these!
Melon Ball is available. Really.
Our website doesn’t seem to recognize this though.
I’m working on the issue with our service provider.
In the meantime, if you wish to order Melon Ball yarn, please select any other colorway and add it to your cart. Then in the comments section, please let us know that you wish to replace the selected yarn with Melon Ball.
We’ll be happy to make that change.
Thanks.
One should never doubt the Power of the Wendy! One little blog post and the knitting world is at your door.
The orders are rolling in, and we are shipping them out as fast as we can.
Thank you!
Froebe Fibers has been and will continue to be a secure website for purchases.
Our store is hosted through Yahoo, and their security is top notch.
The actual store resides at http://www.k2p2.net To make things easier for our customers, we also set up http://www.froebe-fibers.com to redirect to the store.
There was a problem in how we set up the redirect, and even though the store was secure, web browsers were being tricked into thinking that it wasn’t. (My tech guru can explain this better if you want, but it just gives me a headache).
So, we made a very minor change in how the redirect functions, so now when you go to http://www.froebe-fibers.com you will see that it is redirecting you to http://www.k2p2.net/store. This means that the address bar will show the real address, and everyone can see for certain that we are secure.
Sorry for any misunderstandings.
Again, we are and always have been secure. I gummed up appearances trying to make it all pretty. Lesson learned. 
I haven’t mentioned it here yet, because the website isn’t ready to go live, but I’m starting to sell hand dyed, high quality sock yarns.
I took my samples to SnB tonight, to show off, and I sold two skeins! I wasn’t expecting to sell anything at all. These were samples!
THIS IS GOING TO WORK!
So, watch this space in the next few weeks for the website to go live to see all five of my amazing k2p2 colorways, and have a chance to purchase some of this lovely yarn, which, as my first customer said is "beautiful at a great price".
Damn, I should make that my slogan!
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