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| Leanne's "Habitat" in Sweet Grass Wools Mountain Silk 2ply |
We recently added Sweet Grass and Wolf Creek Wools to the JBW family and couldn’t be more excited!
In fact, Leanne grabbed a sample skein and immediately knit Jared Flood’s “Habitat” out of it. You can see it on the project log here. Patti the owner and dyer behind all of the color magic is just as nice as can be and offered to participate in a blog interview with us! Here is what she had to say about her company:
JBW- Would you give us a brief history of Sweet Grass and Wolf Creek Wools’ and a little info about your yarns?
Patti- I bought Sweet Grass Wool around 2004 from the woman who raises the sheep. She loves the animals and never was a knitter or a dyer, and I was carrying her yarn in the yarn shop I owned at that time, so it was easy to say yes when she offered it to me. It is the Domestic wool side of my business. Wolf Creek Wools is the side of the house that carries imported yarns and fibers.
JBW- How many staff members does your company have?
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Wolf Creek Wools Luscious in "Lichen" |
Patti- I am the only full time person. My boyfriend is the skein and label meister when I need help.
JBW- Do you have a favorite yarn or yarns that you dye? If so, what is it?
Patti- It depends on the day and my mood, if I am calm or antsy. It also depends on the music I am listening to when I am dyeing.
JBW- What was the last crafty project you finished (or are working on) using your yarns?
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| Patti's Mountain Silk DK Sweater |
Patti- I am making a sweater out of the Mountain Silk DK, (out of a batch of yarn that is not a standard color - I grabbed the wrong dye bottle). I am making the pattern up as I go. Attached is a picture of what is done so far.
JBW- As a small artisan yarn company, do you have any advice for those folks out there hand-dying with kool-aid in their sinks on how to make a living doing what they love?
Patti- If you love color, keep at it. Make sure it stays fun - keep blending the colors to see/learn what they do.
JBW- And now for the speed round! Where did you grow up?
Patti- Cheswick, Pennsylvania (too small to be on the map, it is outside of Pittsburgh to the east up the Allegheny River).
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| Sweet Grass Wools Mountain Silk DK in "Nassau" |
JBW- What time do you start working on a typical day?
Patti- What is a typical day?
JBW- Tell us about your previous life—you know, before yarn…
Patti- Many years with the phone company, ended my career with them as an engineer in 2003.
JBW- What is your favorite hobby?
Patti- Knitting and spinning
JBW- A little known fact about you…
Patti- My real hair color - even I don't know it!
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| Wolf Creek Wools Bliss in "Sapphire" |
JBW- Your favorite book?
Patti- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
JBW- What was the last movie you saw in the theater?
Patti- Red Tails
JBW- Biggest accomplishment?
Patti- Beating breast cancer in 2003.
JBW- What inspires you?
Patti- Nature
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| Sweet Grass Wools Mountain Silk 2Ply in "Raspberry" |
Thanks so much again Patti for giving us the inside scoop on Sweet Grass and Wolf Creek Wools! If you’d like to learn more, feel free to check out the Sweet Grass Wools website and Facebook Pages!
Along this this interview, Patti was nice enough to send us a beautiful sample skein of Mountain Silk 2ply in Raspberry to give away to one of our lucky readers! It’s 200 yards of worsted weight wool and silk goodness! To win this skein, please leave a comment letting us know what pattern you will use it for by 11pm Pacific time on Sunday, April 1st. I’ll choose a winner at random on Monday morning and we will announce the winner in Jeanne’s Monday blog post!
Good luck, and happy knitting and crocheting!
Kristen
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Oh, it's beautiful! I would knit my daughter the Hurricane hat. If you were giving away the sapphire colorway, the hat would be all mine!
ReplyDeleteThis gorgeous yarn would make a beautiful scarf with the 198 Yards of Heaven pattern by Christy Verity. I would love it!
ReplyDeleteLove that color. My granddaughter would go nuts over eithr a pair of mitts or a hat out of it. Thanks for the give-away.
ReplyDeleteI would knit the Growing Leaves cowl by Meghan Macko, adjusting the height down (for my short neck!) and adding some length. Or do I mean width? Anyway, so it wouldn't fit so closely around the neck.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely a hat.....and all mine. I'm seeing beautiful cables.
ReplyDeleteI would love to knit a Bandana Cowl with this yummy yarn.
ReplyDeleteLove the color! I'd make a cowl using Ann Norling's Any Gauge Cowl pattern.It would be beautiful!
ReplyDeletei would knit either the zuzu's petals cowl or 198 yds of heaven shawlette! love the color!
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love the color! I have Brooklyn Tweed's Koolhaas hat just waiting for that perfect yarn! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteMittens!! For a pop of winter color that could be seen by the wearer
ReplyDeleteThe Habitat hat looks very nice - wouldn't mind making that! Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteIt's a gorgeous color! I've been thinking about making the Amanda Neckwarmer and this would be perfect.
ReplyDeleteKnitting Raspberry mittens and maybe hat for my granddaughter!
ReplyDeleteThat raspberry color is simply divine! I would make a version of The Ashley Lattice Scarf (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ashley-lattice-scarf).
ReplyDeleteDefinitely the Anna Cowl (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-anna-cowl). I missed the KAL, and Jenny's (Hi Jenny!) is so nice that I am dying to make one of my own!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely love the color. I would make the Honey Cowl by Ann Maria.
ReplyDeleteI would love a pink scarf for myself. Thats a beautiful color!
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful yarn, and in my favorite color! I think I might make Jared Flood's Ptarmigan Lace Neckwarmer out of it.
ReplyDeleteI would knit 198 yards of heaven. I think it would be a good match for the beautiful yarn.
ReplyDeleteI love these interviews! Awesome!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful color and yarn. It would make a great cowl, hat or 198 Yards of Heaven scarf. . . all mine, of course! MTknitter on Ravelry
ReplyDeleteA beautiful hat for my sweet 11 year old daughter
ReplyDeleteI would knit a simple slouchy beanie to wear at the Heaven Can Wait 5K walk/run for breast cancer benefiting Sara's Project.
ReplyDeleteI would knit a rose bud beanie for the little girls i used to babysit, one (4 yrs old) is going through Chemo right now and will need good hats, thy love to wear matching things!
ReplyDeleteThis yarn is beautiful! I would grab my knitting needles and the latest interweave knits accessories magazine and knit away!
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