Wednesday, February 9, 2011

My Shop- Arachne Fiber Arts!

I wanted to let you guys know that I finally got around to opening up a shop on Etsy for my hand spun yarns and hand painted fiber for spinning or felting. I'm not hoping to make a living out of this shop. But, I'd like to make a little money to support my crafting :) I love spinning, felting, dyeing and knitting. I pretty much love all things to do with fiber. Please take a look and tell me what you think. Get free shipping or 15% off your entire purchase when you mention my blog. Find my shop here

Here's a peek of the some fiber and yarn available in the shop:
VampireGirls
Vampire Girl 1 and 2- Merino and Tencel yarns

VampireGirl2c
Vampire Girl 2- Merino and Tencel yarn

SeaFoam3
Sea Foam- Merino and Tencel yarn

Rose Garden2
Rose Garden- Merino and Tussah Silk fiber.

Oceania1
Oceania- Wensleydale Fiber

Fairy Wings2
Fairy Wings- Merino and Tussah Silk Fiber

Aurora and Northern
Aurora Borealis and Northern Lights- BFL Fiber



I would love to make a banner and logo for the shop but I haven;t a clue what to do for the graphics. The name sake of my shop is, of course, Arachne. This is what Wikipedia has to say about her... "Arachne was a great mortal weaver who bhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifoasted that her skill was greater than that of Minerva, the Latin parallel of Pallas Athena, goddess of wisdom and crafts. Arachne refused to acknowledge that her knowledge came, in part at least, from the goddess. The offended goddess set a contest between the two weavers. According to Ovid, the goddess was so envious of the magnificent tapestry and the mortal weaver's success, and perhaps offended by the girl's choice of subjects (the loves and transgressions of the gods), that she destroyed the tapestry and loom and slashed the girl's face."

6 comments:

AlphaBetsy said...

Wow... all your fibers and yarns are beautiful. Makes me wish I could spin or knit/crochet. *sigh*

I'm thinking for your banner you should have a spider, a spinning wheel and a fiber between them. I hope you can visualize that, because I can not draw very well. :)

Good luck with your shop!!

Faery Chaos said...

If you want, I can ask my hubby to help create you a banner and logo...he does that type of creative stuff with the computer when asked ;)

Love love love you yarns! I might have to go and buy some because I do crochet and those would be awesome!!!

AlwaysInspired said...

Congrats on your shop! I love the yarn you made for me and just handed it over to my Mom so she can crochet me something awesome from it! I asked for hand warmers!

The Blue Faerie said...

Awesome yarn! It looks like it would be perfect for some crazy hair falls. :)

Róisín said...

Congratulations on opening your store, the best of luck with it. Your yarn is lovely :) Oh, and as for your banner, have you thought about using some really old vintage images? Try googling either 'vintage printable' or 'liam's old books'. As far as I remember there's some wonderful images that might be suitable on those pages. I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

Illustrated Ink said...

These yarns are GORGEOUS! If I were skilled in any needle arts/knitting - I would be all over it! I hope you are enjoying your Etsy shop! :)