Mid-October Update and Events

Mid-October Newsletter - One Planet Yarn and Fiber

We've had a busy, busy first half of the month here. 

Introducing c2knits, Stonehedge Fiber Mill Sheperd's Wool,  Jacquard Acid Dyes, Earthues Natural Dye kits, Thirteen Mile Lamb and Wool Co.

We've had a busy, busy first half of the month here.  All the patterns that I purchased from c2knits are now up on the website.  I've got a few in mind to do myself.  The Stonehedge Fiber Mill Shepherd's Wool yarns are all up except for 3 more colors needing photos.  These yarns are used by many of the patterns from Noni Designs.

I have also added some totally new concepts to the store.  I now have in stock all 40 colors of Jacquard Acid Dyes.  I use these myself and love the versatility and ease of using them.  The only acid required is regular vinegar.   

For the more environmentally conscience and adventurous of you, I have added in 3 different kits from Earthues Natural Dyes.  I love the color that I can achieve from my Indigo bucket, but I did not enjoy all the beetle parts and sawdust that made it's was into my roving for other natural dye ingredients.  Earthues has taken natural dyes to the next level so that they are as easy to use as acid dyes.  I'm thinking of getting one of the complete color kits for myself.

Of course the dyes do not matter if there is nothing to dye.  To that end I have purchased for sale several pounds of Certified Organic roving form Thirteen Mile Lamb and Wool.  The fibers are incredible and I am sure you will love spinning or felting with them, as is, or using your dye pots.  There is also some non-organic fiber from the same source.  a wonderful white Lomard Targhee. 

What else is new?

There are several more Natural Dye Studio yarns colors in stock.  There are also one or two new patterns.  The yarns are so luscious.  I love the BFL sock yarns. 

Coming Soon!

Noni Designs kits will be available later in the month.  The kits will include the yarn and pattern needed to make some of the Noni Designs felted bags.  Some of the kits will also include the hardware needed to complete the bags.  Philosopher's Wool Fair Isle kits will also be posted later this month.  The clubs for One Planet Yarn and Fiber will be posted with details quite soon.  Please sign up for thee clubs as soon as you can as the spaces will be limited.  The first club will be available next week.  It is the "Motif of the Month Club" for crocheters.  I will be my Lanas Puras Fingering each month for the next 3 months.  Each month will be a  different colorway and no 2 colors will be alike.  The first color is dyed and ready to go.  There is a pattern in the works using this colorway.  Please sign up for the One Planet Yarn and Fiber Blog to receive news more than twice a month.  I post there several times a week.

Your input is needed!

One Planet Yarn and Fiber will soon be introducing several clubs to the shop.  The first one will likely start in the middle of this month.   I would also like to start a fiber of the month club, either hand dyed or ecru roving for you to dye.  After the first of the year, The Natural Dye Studio will be dying yarns exclusively for a One Planet sock of the month club.  For crocheters out there, The Natural Dye Studio will be including us in their 2011 Motif of the Month club.  Please let me know if you are interested in any of these clubs so I can get an idea of the amount of supplies I will need.  Clubs will be 1, 3, 6, 9 or 12 months long.  The longer the club, the more little perks will be included as a member.

October Offers

The October offers run through the end of this month.  They do expire on October 31, 2010.

1. Free Shipping on Orders over $ 55.00. Coupon Code: OctShip
2. 10% off all "On Sale" Items - even more savings on items already marked down! Coupon code: Oct10
3. 10% off introductory offer on all The Natural Dye Studio - Coupon Code Oct10
4. 10% of all Lanas Puras Yarns - If you like soft merino yarns like Malagbrigo or Manos, then you will love Lanas Puras Yarns.  There are many great colors!  Coupon Code - Oct10
5. Also
   only for our customers, I will continue to offer 40% off GGH Yarns and magazines as well.  This is an incredible offer
   that we hope you take advantage of.  We are making room for new
   products-these are luxury high quality yarns.  This must be ordered
   separately from other orders using coupon code: 40Offer

**Important-These coupons also cannot be combined with ad coupons you might see.  Discounts are not retroactive.  If you placed an order last week or the week before, we are sorry, we can't credit you now.  Discounts must be taken at the time of order.  Please do not write us after you placed an order and ask us to apply a discount.  We are sorry, but we just can't do it.  If you need help, please email us before you place your order.  In addition, these special offers are only valid for in-stock items.  They are not valid for special orders for new colors or yarns that we might not have in stock yet.

Other Important Things

Make sure to visit the "What's New" and "On Sale" section of the site as I add items here regularly!

Join the Facebook Fan Club and be able to chat with other OPYF fans.Read the blog about all of the new companies and products that have been added to One Planet in
the past month-I have many new yarns, fibers, patterns and more from around the world.
Please join the Ravelry group!
If you haven't joined yet, please do and then post an introduction on the thread titled  "Introduce Your Self!".  You might get something special in your inbox!

And please join the mailing list for monthly special offers and news!  I send out at least one monthly newsletter with different coupons each month. I never share your name or private information. I use it only for the
newsletter.

For those of you who have purchased since September 1, 2010, please log in and check your accounts.  Once you are on the “My Account” page, scroll to the bottom.  There you will see a “My Rewards” link.  If you click on that link you will see that you have already received points in the My Rewards program.  You can start redeeming these points 30 days after your purchase.  You must redeem a minimum of 100 points.  The point collection program ends at Midnight on December 31^st and all points must be redeemed by January 31, 2011.  Please make sure to read the terms and conditions for this program.

Best Regards!

Karen

OPYF

Preview

Shepherd's Wool Yarn and Thirteen Mile Organic Roving

I am slowly making my way through my "To Do" list.  I have added several things in to the store this week.

Almost all the colors from Stonehedge Fiber Mill are up.  These are great for using with Noni Designs Felted Bags.  3 more colors waiting for pictures.

I have also added in something that I felt needed to be added to the store.  I have added in undyed spinning fiber to the store.  Thirteen Mile Lamb and Wool has a fantastic herd of certified organic sheep.  I added in 4 types of organic and 1 type of non-organic, undyed roving.  I was in heaven as I opened the box.

Can't have undyed roving with out dye.  I added in Jacquard Acid Dyes in 1/2 ounce bottles.  They will dye up to 2 pounds of fiber.  There are 40 colors.  I've got about 10 up so far, with the rest coming.  All are here in the shop.

All the patterns I have from c2knits and Heritage Fiber are up.  There are new patterns from Natural Dye Studio as well.  New patterns still to come from Noni Designs and Knitspot.

Earthues Natural Dyes are on their way here  I got the bill last week, so any day now.

The kids and dogs are doing well.  Our dog Ranger is loving his new raw diet.  The others are jealous.  Little Bear and I have our Hospice visit in the morning.  My husband is slaving away at our pen shop.  We've got trunk shows there the next 3 Saturdays, so you know where I will be.

Regards,
Karen
OPYF

New Items Added This Past Week

As I sit here in my chair typing and wishing I had more hours at the computer this past week, I am reflecting back on what I actually accomplished.

Added to the store this week-
1.  c2knits patterns
2.  much more Natural Dye Studio yarns and 2 new patterns
3.  added new images in some areas
4.  received 3 boxes of organic roving
5.  received Jacquard acid dyes
6.  washed 5 unwashed fleeces
7.  ordered more inventory
8.  sold more inventory
9.  decided on the color I wanted to dye/dyed for the new "Scarf of the Month Club"
10. Started cleaning up new photos to add to the Stonehedge Fiber Mill page

I also went on my weekly Pet Therapy Team visit to Hospice with one of my dogs, found out another one of the dogs probably has the "C" word, ran errands, and spent time with my family.  Little Bear is the Hospice dog and Ranger is our dog now on a raw food diet.

We had a big storm here Tuesday.  We did sustain some hail damage at the house, but no one was hurt and the dogs were safe inside.  Our son's car has 36 dents in it.

So, next week I am planning on getting more inventory up on the website, including the Jacquard dyes and possibly Earthues if the box arrives.  I will let you all know when it comes in.  The fiber will hopefully be up there too next week.

Don't forget to use your October promotions codes from the October 1st blog.

Regards,
Karen
OPYF

Another Wonderful Pattern-Eva!

I am so looking forward to making this sweater.  I just have to decide what yarn to use.

Eva is a topdown, seamless, light-as-air sweater that looks as good with long sleeves as she does with none at all...the beaded edge is optional, it’s a great way to ‘dip your toe’ in the beading water!

Here is what I love about c2knits patterns-Just look at the sizes the pattern covers:
sizes: 32-35, 36-39, 40-43, 44-47

All of the patterns I purchased from c2knits are now shown on the website.  I am planning on ordering more very soon.

Regards,
Karen
OPYF

New Pattern from c2knits!

These patterns came in last month from c2knits.  The are all lovely, top down, seemless, easy to knit styles.  There are several that I am planning to make myself.  Abigail is the first one up on the website.  There are several more being posted in the next few days.

All of their patterns are named after dogs! c2knits Abigail Pattern

Regards,
Karen
OPYF

New Pattern in From Natural Dye Studio

I am so in love with Amanda's work  I think she takes crochet to a whole new level.   Just look at this shawl pattern.  It's stunning!  It only uses one skein of yarn.  Imagine the possibilities.  Another Natural Dye Studio creation.

Best Regards,

Karen

OPYF

One Planet Yarn October Update-NEW! NEW! NEW!

October Newsletter - One Planet Yarn and Fiber

I hope all of you are doing well.  I am excited to have made it to my one month
anniversary!  I hope you love the new things I have added to the store.  I have more new goodies arriving all the time.  I will be updating images as I learn how to work with the lighting.

Introducing Lantern Moon, Noni Designs, JULSilver, Heritage Fiber Publications and The Natural Dye Studio.

I am very excited to introduce new products to the store from some of my favorite companies.   From Lantern Moon there are now many types of beautiful Rosewood needles-straights, cable, repair hooks and the new circular needle, Destiny.  There are also stitch markers and the famous sheep measuring tape.  There are new patterns that have been added as well.   11 patterns from Nora Bellows of Noni Designs.  Beautiful felted patterns for bags of all types and some wonderful knitted sweaters.  Yarns that support these patterns are available, plus I will be adding 14 colors of Stonehedge Fiber Mill's Shepard's Wool to the site soon.  The wool is in the shop, just not posted yet.  Noni kits will be posted soon, too.  Noni Designs has a sister company, literally! Laura Bellows of  JULSilver works with artists from the Far East that produce hardware for purses and wonderful buttons.  I have stocked some of their buttons in two sizes from the Seed, Stem and Bark Collection.  The aroma from the cinnamon buttons is heavenly.  I've added in 10 new patterns from Heritage Fiber Publications.  I can't wait for you to see the little booklet they produced to carry along in your knitting bag.  And finally, we arrive at The Natural Dye Studio of England.  I was drooling as I worked at unpacking these fabulous fibers.  I only purchased one of each color, but I have since reordered and there will be more here in a week or two.  There are also 2 patterns from Amanda Perkins of NDS that use their yarns, more patterns coming soon.  Amanda loves to crochet and she has a fantastic eye for color and design.

 

What else is new?

There are 3 new patterns from LaLana Wools using Streakers yarn.  As always, I must constantly be adding in from Fleece Artist and HandMaiden.  There are new colors in Lady Godiva and new Merino spinning fibers in the big balls.  I ordered 12, there are 9 left, each one of a kind.  Artesano Aran yarns are here again and being refurbished on the website.

Your input is needed!

One Planet Yarn and Fiber will soon be introducing several clubs to the shop.  The first one will likely start in the middle of this month.  I will be hand painting some Lanas Puras Fingering each month for the next 3 months.  Each month will be a different colorway and no 2 colors will be alike.  I would also like to start a fiber of the month club, either hand dyed or natural  roving for you to dye or spin.  After the first of the year, The Natural Dye Studio will be dying yarn colors exclusively for a One Planet sock of the month club.  For crocheters out there, The Natural Dye Studio will be including us in their Motif of the Month club.  Please let me know if you are interested in any of these cllubs so I can get an idea of the amount of supplies I will need.  Clubs will be 1, 3, 6, 9 or 12 months long.  The longer the club, the more little perks will be included as a member.

October Offers

Take
advantage!  I hope you take advantage of some
of my offers and that they will help you order something new and
exciting for the fall. 

1. Free Shipping on Orders over $ 50.00. Coupon Code: OctShip
2. 10% off all "On Sale" Items - even more savings on items already marked down! Coupon code: Sale10
3. 10% of all Lanas Puras Yarns - If you like soft merino yarns like Malagbrigo or Manos, then you will love Lanas Puras Yarns.  There are many great colors!  Coupon Code - LanasPuras10

**Important-These
coupons cannot be combined.  Discounts are not retroactive.  If you placed an order last
week or the week before, we are sorry, we can't credit you now.
Discounts must be taken at the time of order.  Please do not write us
after you placed an order and ask us to apply a discount.  We are
sorry, but we just can't do it.  If you need help, please email us
before you place your order.  In addition, these special offers are
only valid for in-stock items.  They are not valid for special orders
for new colors or yarns that we might not have in stock yet.

Other Important Things

Make sure to visit the "What's New" and "On Sale" section of the site as I add items here regularly!
Join the Facebook Fan Club and be able to chat with other OPYF fans.
Read the blog about
all of the new companies and products that have been added to One Planet in
the past month-I have many new yarns, fibers, patterns and more from around the world.
Please join the Ravelry group!
If you haven't joined yet, please do and then post an introduction on
the thread titled  "Introduce Your Self!".  You might get something special in your inbox!
And please join the mailing list for monthly special offers and news!  I
send out at least one monthly newsletter with different coupons each month. I
never share your name or private information. I use it only for the
newsletter.

For those of you who have purchased since September 1, 2010,
please log in and check your accounts.
Once you are on the “My Account” page, scroll to the bottom.  There you will see a “My Rewards” link.  If you click on that link you will see that
you have already received points in the My Rewards program.  You can start redeeming these points 30 days
after your purchase.  You must redeem a
minimum of 100 points.  The point
collection program ends at Midnight on December 31^st and all points
must be redeemed by January 31, 2011.
Please make sure to read the terms and conditions for this program.

Best Regards!

Karen

New Stash for me!

One of my farm share stashes arrived today in the mail.  Wonderful fibers!  2 natural shetland colors, mohair locks, suri alpaca batt, angora batt and large border leichester batt!  Now I just need time to play!

Regards,
Karen
OPYF

September Sale Almost Over!

Hello One Planet Fans,
The First Day of Fall Sale ends on Thursday at Midnight.  See my last blog for details.

Here are some things we did this past week-

Special dye lot of my own handpainted roving in Corriedale X as requested by one of my Sharptalk Handcrafts customers-

Here's what she did with the previous lot on a drop spindle-

On a personal note, 3 in my family participated in the Walk for the Cure 5K run this past weekend.  We really enjoyed ourselves, despite how hot it was.  My husband took second place in his age group.  I am so proud of him!  It was his first ever 5K.

Regards,

Karen

OPYF

First Day of Fall Sale

First Day of Fall Sale

1. 15% off all orders over $ 89.00 - USE Coupon Code: Sept15
2. 20% off all orders over $ 129.00 - USE Coupon Code: Fall20
3. Free Shipping on all USA orders over $ 99.   Automatic - no coupon. New 1st class international shipping option for most countries reduces your shipping in half.
4. First class shipping for single skeins of yarn, patterns or orders that weigh 13 oz or less with packaging materials. Automatic - no coupon code.
5. PLEASE SIGN UP FOR OUR MAILING LIST! We will be having additional special 1 - 3 day sales during the year on various items........
6. ****Make sure to check the "ON SALE/CLOSE OUT" section of our website regularly because we are going to be adding new things each week. 

About the coupon codes:You can use either code but they are not valid with any other discount codes. Codes
valid to 9/30/2010.  Please see restrictions below. We are sorry but there are no retroactive discounts.

(Coupons NOT valid towards LaLana Knit Kits-please do not use these for LaLana items. If you have trouble with a code please email us before finishing your order as we can't do retroactive discounts. Coupons cannot be combined with any other offers besides those in this newsletter. All products in on-sale and close-out sections are final sales -no returns)

New Yarns From Natural Dye Studio!!

IMPORTANT! Make sure to follow us on Facebook, our Ravelry Group, our Twitter posts and our Blog .

Thank You for Shopping At One Planet Yarn and Fiber.

Noni Designs Patterns Being Added This Week

I am in the process of adding Noni Designs patterns to the website.  What wonderful design ideas Nora has.
  

I've got about 4 patterns up, but more are coming.

One Planet Yarn and Fiber Noni Designs

The yarn is on it's way from Stonehenge and the hardware is already here from JUL silver which Nora's sister Laura owns. 

I love family businesses!

Regards,

Karen

Lantern Moon products now available!

Lantern Moon is finally on the website.

Well, it took me forever to build the pages.  First the internet kept dropping out on me and then the cable modem died all together.  So, I finally finished building the pages a few minutes ago.

It gave me such pleasure to add these products to the store.  There will be many more images coming once my daughter can spare her poor mother a few minutes to re-shoot, but please enjoy what we have in the meantime.

Best Regards,
Karen

Have you met the in house mascots?

Here are pictures of my furry gang.  They stay near me when I'm working in the office.   They follow me if I go in search of yarn for an order  Sometimes the smaller ones even end up on my lap while I'm typing.

Hunter

Lady Bug

Ranger

Wee Bear

Best Regards,

Karen

Fleece Artist, Handmaiden and Natural Dye Studio

Fleece Artist

I hope you are all having a wonderful Labor Day weekend.  I took some time away from the shop on Friday and Saturday and I feel refreshed and ready to go.

I wanted to give you a sneak peek at what will be added to the website in the next week.

From Fleece Artist-12 BIG balls of wonderfully dyed merino roving.

Handmaiden Lady Godiva

From Handmaiden-several new skeins of Lady Godiva.











And finally, from the Natural Dye Studio in England-beautiful, natural dyed yarns.  I received many different types and colors.  One skein each.  So when you see them on the website you only have one shot at these yarns.  I will be reordering from them again soon, but this helps me to test the waters.

Natural Dye Studio Angel Alpaca, Cashmere, Silk

Natural Dye Studio Dazzle BFL

I am so impressed with the yarns from Natural Dye Studio that we are going to have a "Sock of the Month Club" starting January 1st.  Each month we will offer an exclusive color and yarn for you.  You'll be able to sign up for the club for 3, 6, 9 or 12 months.  More details to come.

I will also be offering a "Fiber of the Month Club" too.  Again, more details to come as I flesh this out.

Natural Dye Studio Precious Silk

Happy Barbecuing!

Karen
One Planet Yarn and Fiber.

12 balls of Merino sliver arrived today from Fleece Artist.  I also received a refresh on the Handmaiden Lady Godiva yarn.  I'll get this up on the website this coming week along with the Natural Dye Studio yarns.

There is a box headed this way from Urban Gypz with 36! 4oz slivers in fantastic fibers and colors.  I so need to get to photography!

Regards,
Karen

Day 2 and I have added a few new items!

LaLana Wools Streakers! Sad Song Pink

I made it through Day One and I am very happy about that.  I have received 2 shipments from artists so far.  

LaLana Wools sent me more Streakers yarns, including one new color.  I also restocked some patterns and there are 3 new ones!  These are now available for sale on the website. 

I also received my first order from a new company from England-

LaLana Wools- 4 Directions Poncho

Natural Dye Studio uses historical plant dyes which produce an astounding spectrum of beautiful subtle colour.  Their aim is to produce desirable luxury yarns in as ethical and enviromentally friendly way as possible.  They dye using the plants rather than the extracts as its much more fun!  They have an exclusive Dazzle British Blue Faced Leicester is licensed by the British Wool Marketing Board to carry the prestigious British Wool mark. All of their exotic yarns come from a family run mill in Peru.

I'll be posting images from Natural Dye Studio yarns to the website as soon as I have images available.

The yarns that are here from them are-

LaLana Wools-Mellow Yellow Tunic

DAZZLE Sport

DAZZLE HT Fingering

DAZZLE Worsted

ANGLE Lace

PRECIOUS Lace

PRECIOUS Fingering

Regards,

Karen

One Planet Yarn and Fiber

LaLana Wools-Penelope Purple

We're Open!

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Grand Ribbon Cutting! Happy September 1st!

Greetings to all from a very excited new owner-Karen!

One Planet Yarn and Fiber was opened about four years ago by Lis and Jodi. It has been a great success for them since the day they opened the website.  They succeeded in supporting smaller independent fiber companies and designers. 

Because I have similar interests and 30 years of business experience, Lis and Jodi felt I was a good match to take over the helm. 
My husband and I have been self-employed since the day we were married.  In our first business, we were Bureau of Indian Affairs licensed Reservation traders.  We traveled 5 states and did four trade shows a year.  We worked directly with Native American artists and crafts people.

Our next business we worked directly with artists and crafts people in the custom knife business.  We bought and sold handmade pocket knives from artists around the globe.  We attended 12 shows a year to purchase product. 

The business after this we owned a retail fine jewelry store.  Again we worked directly with artists and crafts people to create product for the store.

For the last three years my husband and I have run our own fine pen store.  The store is called Scottsdale Pen.  We are the only store of its kind in the Phoenix metro area.  Again, we work with artists and crafts people,  as well as manufacturers to supply the store.  The store is doing great.

My husband has always asked me as we are getting ready to start new businesses what I would like to do.  Since I always worked with him I told him that I would know when the right thing was when it happened.

Since I was a child, I watched my grandfather, who was a professional tailor, and my grandmother, who spent ALL her time knitting and crocheting.  It seems I inherited their passion.   I started crocheting and knitting as a small child.  I learned to sew in middle school.  I learned to needlepoint in high school. 

I continued these things until my time was taken up with other things.  Recently, because of my 18 year old daughter, I started to knit again.  Then I decided to learn to weave and bought a rigid heddle loom and learned to use it.  I posted what I was doing on Ravelry while I was weaving a beaded shawl and was asked to teach that to the rigid heddle group there.  Pictures and all appear there.  Then I decided to learn to spin.

Now I am in trouble.  I had a wonderful teacher.  She taught us to spin from the ground up.  No kidding.  I started with dirty fleece off the sheep.  I learned to wash it, tease it, hand card it and spin it.  So now I wanted to learn how to dye it.  Natural dye class, very messy.  I learned to use acid dyes.  Lots of fun. 

So now I have 2 fleeces and several pounds of sheep and alpaca that still need cleaning, dye pots and lots of yarn.  I own three farm shares and help support and Alpaca rescue in Southern Arizona.

In come Lis and Jodi.  They see that I really love this art form, have the experience to run and grow a business, and a husband who loves to see that I have such a great passion for the subject.

I have placed several orders in the last week or so.  I just received my first box from LaLana Wool.  I have ordered from Fleece
Artist/Handmaiden and Urban Gypz.  I have placed inquiries with more of our current vendors to see what’s new.

I am adding in new vendors too.  I have orders coming in from Lantern Moon.  I just love their needles and notions.  The Dye Studio from England is sending me some yarn.  I also ordered from Philosopher’s Wool in Canada.  If anyone has read the book “Fair Isle Sweaters Made Simple”  you will know that Eugene and Anne have been a driving force in Canada to restart the Canadian  sheep fleece industry for small farmers in that country.  How could I resist ordering some of their product.  There are several sweater and shawl kits arriving soon as well as beautiful wooden buttons that they import to support craftspeople in Africa.

Melissa is staying on as Artistic Director.  Lis and Jodi are hovering in my background to offer support to me.
I am happy to be cutting the virtual ribbon today to reopen the store.    One Planet Yarn and Fiber has a Facebook fan page, Twitter, a Ravelry page, and blog site that I try to update a few times a week.

The website is open 24/7 as usual, with an added benefit.  You can reach me by phone 10:00am to 6:00pm Monday through Friday.  480-250-0188.

New features for the store include an MCommerce site.  If you have an iPhone or Droid, you can use those devices to view the website, optimized for those devices. 

I am happy to announce the One Planet Yarn and Fiber My Rewards program.  From now until December 31, 2010 for each purchase you make, excluding tax and shipping, you will receive one point for each dollar spent.  There is nothing that you have to do to participate in this program.  Every dollar counts as a point.  After 30 days the points will be released into your account for you to use.  Once you reach 100 points you can begin to start redeeming points against purchases.  You can let the points build up or you can spend them every time you reach 100 points.  There is no limit to the number of points you can accrue.  Once the program ends on December 31, 2010 for accrual, you will have until January 31, 2011 to use them up.  After that point, any unused points will expire

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Best Regards,
Karen