Dyeing Yarn Naturally with Herbs!

I've been taking a 4 month long class all about herbs! Its been amazing and this week we had to present our final project. Of course, i had to incorporate fiber, so i experimented with dyeing yarn naturally with herbs. The results were soo cute! Lots of luscious natural colors - all on wool yarn. I used dandelions, eucalyptus, elderberries, comfrey, nettles, hawthorn berries and madder. The dandelions and nettles were used fresh - the rest were dried, only the madder was a dye extract (you can see the difference!) It took a lot of herbs and time to achieve color - the dandelion one was done 3 times!! All of the yarns were mordanted with alum - the safest and least toxic mordant. These special skeins will be available at Fancy Tiger for a limited time. Enjoy!!

New Needlefelting Kits! New Amy Butler patterns!

We have three new Fancy Tiger needle felting kits available! Now you can make a Robin Ball, Fox Ball, and Octopus Ball! You can buy them at Fancy Tiger, or here, if you live far away!




We also just received an order of Amy Butler patterns which includes the new and adorable Birdie Sling bag and a laptop case pattern!

See you soon!

Oliver and S Trunk Show and Mother's Day Celebration!

Stop by Fancy Tiger Crafts this Saturday, May 10th from 12 - 3pm for an Oliver and S Trunk Show and free sewing projects for kids. There will be samples sewn up of the adorable babies and kids patterns from Oliver and S - done up in the neutral palette of Micheal Miller Organics fabrics. While you shop upstairs, we invite your kids to our sewing studio in the basement to make a secret sewn Mother's Day Gift - Free! Save 15% on all Oliver and S patterns and Michael Miller organics fabrics.

Adorable New Knitting Patterns!

We've got lots of new knitting patterns in from Zephyr Style and Mochimochiland! Choose from knitting super-hot sweaters, tanks and cardigans, OR irresistible and weird toys!




See you Soon!!

Fiber Fieldtrip!

Over the weekend i went to the Western Slope of Colorado and visited two fiber farms! One was Suris of the Western Slope in Ridgway - home to 85 Suri Alpacas and 1 Camel! It was baby season so there were lots of adorable and tiny baby alpacas and Cupcakes the camel was super sweet! Next we traveled to Norwood and Pinyon Pines farm to see a herd of Shetland sheep and more alpacas! Peg who owns Pinyon Pines handspins all of her fiber! It was amazing. There were, of course more babies, so we were able to cuddle with some 2 week old lambs! Cute!

Earth Day Sale! Free Pattern!

Come celebrate Earth day with us at Fancy Tiger! From April 19th - 22nd, you will save 15% on purchases of all eco-friendly and sustainable products. This includes all organic cotton, and un-dyed fabrics, hemp yarn, organic cotton yarns, naturally dyed yarns, bamboo yarns and locally sourced products.

We will also be giving away the knitting pattern for this awesome knit market bag, or a pattern for a sewn market bag, free with any purchase over the 4 day period.


Function, Fashion AND Eco-Friendly!!! Yay!!

So Much Newness!!

There are so many great new things in at Fancy Tiger to get you crafting! Check out:

Amy Butler's new fabric collection - Midwest Modern - i am already making spring skirts and tops out of these awesome prints!



New patterns from Sublime Stitching including guest artist Julie West and Forest Friends!


New books! Including Kyuuto! Fuzzy Felted Friends and Kyuuto! Woolly Embroidery as well as Lotta Prints and Aranzi Aronzo's Cute Stuff!







Come check it out!