Author name: The Twisted Purl

28 Days until College Football starts and one of our Retail Stores, LilyBeth’s, in Georgia is getting ready! The owner recently custom ordered these 7 SEC college teams represented in her next Felted Soap order. SEC colleges included were Alabama, Georgia, Auburn, GA Tech, Florida, Clemson, and Tennessee. She left out my favorite SEC team,

Living the handmade life is a fun experience.  As an artisan, I balance being a full-time mom and running a full-time handmade business all with crafting the life I want for my family.  This got me thinking about why more people should buy handmade.  Here are my personal Top Ten Reasons for Buying Handmade. 10

Here’s the fiber from yesterday’s basket posted being turned into a textured handmade yarn on my spinning wheel. The fiber is from Namaste Farms. Interested in seeing the basket of fiber from yesterday’s post then Click Here. It’s been a fun spin so far.  It’s going to be hard to let go of this one! 

Here’s a picture of spinning fiber I plan on spinning through my spinning wheel and turning into a couple skeins of textured yarn. After  a great day at Wordcamp Fayetteville yesterday, I came home to find a package of gorgeous fiber from Namaste Farms in my mailbox. This is a full pound of fiber.  It