For Fiber Fans

Our next door neighbor is a friend as well as a neighbor, and he is often a guest at our house to share a glass of wine and companionship.  The last time he came over, he had recently been on his annual fall trip to Block Island, and he brought over some items he bought there that he knew I would love to see and touch.  He was right!

 

The first item was a stunning "rug", perfect colors in stripes with fringe at either end.  You see it in the first picture on my couch; I think the color combination is wonderful!  In the second photo, our neighbor holds it so you can get an idea of size (he is over 6').  He said he has no intention of walking on it because it's just too special to "get all muddy" and I agree.  He's going to use it as a wall-hanging.  Won't that be striking! 

 

 

The final picture of a hat and the advertising materials has a special story.  As you can tell from that rug, this fiber source produces products as well as yarns.  Neighbor wanted a warm hat for winter wear and tried on everyone they had on hand.  They weren't big enough.  Usually, that would earn a shrug and a, "Sorry, we can't help you", but not in this case.  The fastest knitter was summoned, his head was measured, yarn and pattern chosen, and he was told to come back later.  He did, the hat was ready, it fit, and he did not have to pay extra for the custom work.  The yarn is an alpaca/bamboo blend so it's as soft as can be.

The following description has been copied from their site (address below):

Block Island Made Exotic YarnsNorth Light Fibers is proud to introduce a new and expanded assortment of exotic yarn blends for knitters, weavers and weavers. These yarns are specially designed and hand crafted from exotic fibers based on our experience and feedback during our retreats as well as from all the knitters and weavers we work with.

For example, our Forever Yarn blend consists of 80% baby alpaca and 20% bamboo to create a strong and soft yarn that has a light hand feel for optimal lace knitting or warp/weft tension. In addition to our exotic yarns, our colors are developed to create unique depth, richness, and surprise. We spend a great deal of time on color theory in order to help you create beauty. Given our approach, we name our handspun yarns and colors as each is "one-of-a-kind" like your knit and woven creation.

All of our yarns have a natural or specialty developed color of blended exotic fibers such as baby alpaca, buffalo, yak, camel, merino, bamboo, silk and soy silk. Our yarns range from lace weight yarns, fingering yarns, sport weight yarns and worsted weight yarns to rug and large super chunk yarns. While baby alpaca is our primary fiber, please look through each of the yarns on the following pages and call us if there is something you would like. We are always making new blends of exotic fibers and unique colors for your knitting, weaving and crocheting pleasure.

http://www.northlightfibers.com/

Did you notice the bit about blends, "Call us if there is something you would like"?  If you're looking for nice yarn for those little gifts you need for the holidays, consider North Light Fibers.