The original site for Simply Divine Fibers and Spinning Karma has been closed, it just wasn’t working for what I need. Most of my sales are local, either from customers who visit the studio or things I take along to demos or shows, but I will continue to post inventory here.
As I add in items and remove others, I’ll be changing the pages for easier navigation, there may be times the pages don’t look right or have nothing on them…. please bear with me while I work on this.
Some new things I’ll be adding per customer requests, fiber for dyeing, yarn for dyeing, dye mixes and other supplies.
Now… about Simply Divine Fibers….
While at a dog show, a spectator watched me brush my Lhasa as we were getting ready to go in the ring and asked if I saved my dog hair to make yarn.
Curious about the possibility of using dog hair for yarn, I did an online search and found a book on the subject. Within a few weeks, I’d acquired a drop spindle and taught myself to spin yarn.
Not satisfied with using just Lhasa hair, I tried samples from different breeds. Eventually I was being paid to spin yarn for others. Then, one day I was watching one of our Lhasas, Karma playing, jumping and spinning in circles and that is how the name “Spinning Karma” came to be. At the time, the name fit with where my dogs came from (Tibet) and with the chiengora spinning business.
As my interests changed to dyeing and blending all types of fibers in my home studio, I changed the name to Simply Divine Fibers and now use Spinning Karma for custom work involving chiengora fiber.
For comments, questions or to order something from the studio, please use the email link in the sidebar.
Happy Spinning!
Eve
Spinning Karma logo showing Karma as a puppy.
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Eve, I have been of the Spindlers yahoo group for a while, and was happy to see your name pop up again! If you don’t mind, could you just answer a couple of questions about daylily dyeing? I don’t have enough flowers at one time, would you recommend drying the flowers (like marigolds) or freezing them (like oleander)? I would love to give this a try, I have only one color of flowers but if the Stella d’Oro give me any shade of green I’d be happy! (Alum mordant?)
Beverly near Yosemite CA
Hi There! I use Alum & Cream of Tartar as mordant..
I have ony had good color results with the very dark daylilies. I’ve had no success at drying or freezing dayllies, dont know anyone who has… if you try it and get any nice results let me know..
Other things that may still be growing in gardens…
Marigolds, can be used fresh, dried or frozen.
Dahlias you can use just past their prime or freeze for later.
I received a email yesterday telling me that we are expecting a hard frost tonight and could I come to a perennial garden today to harvest all of their dahilia, fennel and a few other blooms for dyeing. The owner of the nursery loves to see what I get from the plants and so he saves everything for me. How cool is that?
Will email you more privately..
Eve