Queers for Crafts

I'm knitting a lacey type scarf and the pattern repeats over 24 lines. Usually I write the pattern out onto index cards so I don't lose my place. Yesterday I suddenly thougth: Hey why not put one line per page on a Word doc and mail it over to my Kindle.  I did and it's sooooo nice!! It displays one line at a time as I knit, and when I hit "next page" there's the next line!. Plus Kindle opens up to the furthest page left, so i'll always know where I left off. Clever me!

Midnightsky Fibers is having a Grab Bag Sale- $10 handspun yarn on Midnightsky Fibers (in the handspun section), or 2 handspun yarns for $15 in our sale section in our etsy store.

Also check out the free patterns for handspun yarns and read about our sustainable/green business practices and natural dye process.

A quick, one day sale- ends June 9th- 40% off orders of $10 or more! Coupon code on my blog.
Shop at: Midnightsky Fibers

Midnightsky Fibers is having a $10 sale! Handspun, handpainted, and fibers are on sale!

Midnightsky Fibers yarns and fibers are naturally dyed using plant and insect based dyes and non toxic mordants. All of my products are carefully handmade using supplies from other small shops and suppliers.

While you are at Midnightsky Fibers don't forget to sign up for the Happily Handmade Giveaway- a giant indie shop giveaway with lots of gift baskets you have a chance of winning!

Hello, I'm new. Here is a piece of lace I've been tatting as a part of a gift for a friend's wedding.
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Newsletter Contest at Midnightsky Fibers!

Midnightsky Fibersis having a newsletter contest with some great prizes!

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Signing up is simple! Simply go to Midnightsky Fibersand sign up for the newsletter on the top of the page. To sign up just enter your email address and my newsletter will send you a quick email asking you to confirm signing up for the newsletter.( Collapse )

queercraft is a group blog for queer crafters to share projects, ideas, inspirations, favorite crafted items, or anything relevant to queerness as it intersects with gender performance and the politics of making/creating.



if you're interested, drop me an email at aionolit at gmail dot com with the email address you use for wordpress.  (if you don't have a wordpress login, grab one first.)

thanks,
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Okay, so I finished the pig I've been working on (the WIP posts are available over the past few days in my knittergoddss ).  He looks a little dirty, but that's only because I filled him with catnip, and it made a mess everywhere and didn't brush off as easily as I expected him to.  Isn't he cute?!  He's from Crafty Alien's "Born In A Barn, Volume 1".  Her pictures of hers on Ravelry are much better.  Perhaps I'll felt the next one longer...maybe that's what I did wrong.  I'm not entirely sure.  But mine's still super cute, if I do say so myself.

Are we allowed to advertise other knitting groups in here?  If so, I'm trying to organize a knit/crochet 2008 Ornament Exchange, and the group name is </a></b></a>ornamentex2008 . If not, can the group leaders please let me know and delete this message?  Thanks so much.

Pssttt! Site update at Midnightsky Fibers!

New in this update- yarns and fibers from local fleeces! There are fibers from local sheep, handspun local yarns, and dk weight yarns spun by a small mill from Clun Forest sheep from Washington. I also set aside some of these in natural form for people who want undyed yarns. Check out the new “local” section at the top of the shop to see all the local goodies!

Also new this week are plenty of new sock yarns and fibers dyed with Indigo, lots of new handspun, and even a few items of spinning equipment that I am destashing in the sale section.