Post Open House News

Hello Everyone! I wanted to do a quick post after our very successful open house/grand opening. We are very grateful to everyone who came to help and those who came to welcome us into the area. "The Barn" is on its way to becoming a wonderful mini multi media arts center. Since the open house we have had some shoppers, a private felting lesson, FAF( fiber arts fridays) and some gals come on by to take advantage of our "open studio" and use our equipment. Ashly and I are both very happy and grateful for how The Barn is taking shape. I have the following updates: We will be open to the public on Wed. and Friday. The hours will be 12 noon to 4:30. All other days please call for an appointment, we can accomadate almost any time.Our studio and equipment is open for your use for a small donation, call to arrange a time if you need to use the equipment. We will be having FAF, fiber arts fridays every friday 12;30-4;00pm. Stop on by, bring a friend, bring some knitting, felting or  your wheel. We have had some wonderful FAF's already. Ashly has recently added an entiring firing of pottery pieces to the potery table. These are wonderful OOAK pieces and made such great gifts or conversation pieces in your own home. Im always adding new handspun yarns, a lot are Out Of The Box but some are traditional as well. The jewelry corner is always growing with Ashlyanns creation. And the OOAK handspun handknit shawls from my custom batts are a continual addition to the studio. Im hoping to add to the custom blend mystery batts this week. Ashly will be displaying some of her work this weekend the 19th at Flanders Nature Center just down the road from The Barn. Its an eventful day at the Nature Center and we will also be open so you can stop on by to see us as well! A wonderful outing day..Dont forget we are located right off the CT Antiques Trail in Woodbury. Just look for" The Barn" sign on the conrner of Flanders Rd and Rt 6. All this being said "The Barn" is turning into a unique studio that you must visit! Another Dream Come True for not only myself but for Ashly as well! I will be listing our class schedule very soon. Please feel free to come on by some Wed. or Friday. The Barn 252 Flanders Rd. Woodbury CT.   XO, Pam and Ashly

 

 

"The Barn" Studio and Class Space

Exciting news from Pamsfiber at Dream Come True Farm

Hello Everyone! Its been a whirl wind of a winter and don't mean weather wise! I did the Vogue Knitting Live Show in January and it was a great success and has open new doors for me. Let me start with a little explanation of my pics I have up loaded here. I'm still spinning my Out Of The Box Yarns and enjoying every fiber, every piece of fabric or lace that flows through my fingers to create this wonderfully whimsical yarn. I have been really busy in the studio with spinning, knitting and needle felting. Pictured is a needle felted wall art that I have framed in barn wood and called Mystical Forest. I enjoyed the process of creating this and once I invisioned it in my head it all flowed and came together. I'm also knitting some grand shawls that you see here., I plan on completing one a month. I am combining sari silk hand dyed ribbon with my handspun yarn to create these wonderful shawls, a real joy to knit and see how each one takes on its own personality. These are for sale and I will have many more to choose from! This is going to be the year of the shawl from Pamsfiber. Below is also a pile of handspun yarns that I plan to make shawls from. Also adding the silk and maybe even some lace? Hmm?
I have shared a few pics of the Vogue Show booth. Let me just say Mike and I enjoyed every minute of it and especially enjoyed our family and friends that came.

If you go to Youtube under Pamsfiber you can view a 25 minute video on fiber preperation that was done by myself and Ashly at the Vogue show. Its very informative, check it out! And a big thanks to Rick for taping and posting it.

Now for the really BIG NEWS:

Tomorrow at 11 am Myself and Ashly Ann will be doing an interview for a talk radio show with Nancy from Black Sheep Yarns in Kent CT. We met Nancy at the Vogue show and spoke briefly about doing the show. It all came together in the last week and we will be sharing facts about our fiber experiences, farms and The Spinner"s Notebook! Nancy was interested in the Notebook when she saw it at the show. So we have agreed to do the interview! How much fun will this be?

Next I want to tell you that Oxford Art Council, my home town asked me to do a fiber arts show in the Oxford Town Hall for the Month of March! I was truly honored and am very excited about sharing my work in my home town. It starts March 1 and goes through the entire month and can be viewed at any time of day that the Town Hall is open. It will be in the main meeting hall. I'll be sharing 15 pieces.

Another wonderful thing that has happened to me is that I met Kim from the new business The Valley General Store in Seymour Ct. The store is an old time general store right from getting your cheese, milk, eggs there to purchasing hand made and recycled items from area artisans. The truly general store part is, that you can pop in anytime and have some good old fashioned chit chat, maybe even some gossip?? Oh and here's the really fun part for me. I will be helping Kim in the General Store on Tuesdays come spring. I will be bring a spinning wheel and spin to demo the art of spinning. How lucky am I?

More good news:
Myself and Ashly will be displaying our wares March 24th 11 am to 3pm or so at the Black Sheep Yarn Shop in Kent CT. All of our items will be on sale and we will be featuring The Spinners Notebook! Whoop!

My Etsy shop is updated and selling yarns weekly so I'm spinning like crazy again. I did take a little break after Vogue but I'm done with my break and carding, blending and spinning like a crazy fiber women!

AND! Myself and most of my spinning friends are going to Camp Pluckyfluff with Lexi Boeger this June ! I can hardly wait!!

My shop is officially open for all fiber arts lessons. I am allowing more time for teaching all fiber, or I should say most fiber arts. I am doing private or group teaching. I can supply materials and tools or you may bring your own. The shop is up and ready to roll. Ill start opening regular hours early spring but for now its by appointment most anytime.....

More fabulous news!

I am the proud owner of two, yes two pygora goats! OHHH that curly downy, fluffy curly fiber! I am so excited. The unfortunate part is that I have to wait to end of summer for them to come to the farm! They are from Oregon and will be delivered by Hawks Mtn Farm at that time. BUT the good news is one of them is a two years old and I will be getting his fleece this spring when he is shorn.The other pygora is not even born yet! The arrival of the new kids is in April then I will choose from photos....Chip is the name of the two year old... He is adorable.

So there you have the news from the past 6 weeks or so. If I have left something out (I'm sure I have) I guess it will have to wait until the next post!

take care everyone and I hope to see some of you soon. contact me as always at pamsfiber@aol.com

2nd free alpaca yarn knitting kit winner!

We have a second winner!! Signed up as "Penny". Penny, email me your mailing address!! Congrat's on winning.

First WINNER has been drawn.

Lisa Steebberg! You have one an alpaca knitting kit from Dream Come True Farm. Please email me an address and when the drawings are complete I'll mail you your kit! Congrat's. I have a great idea for my next drawing si keep an eye out!!! Email me at pamsfiber@aol.com.

Alpaca knitting kit drawing

Drawing for the knitting kits will be this week. I had some written request for an extension do to folks having trouble signing up as followers. But all is well now, I have. Few names to add to the jar and my grandson will choose the lucky names. Good luck to all!!! And I hope the kits will give you so e joy during winter's end.

Winter Free give away drawing! Join in

Just for some winter fun I will be hosting a free give away from Dream Come True Farm. Just sign up as a follower to this blog and your name will go into a drawing for a free alpaca knitting kit. If your not a knitter and you win I will send you some goats milk soap. Just a little fun to brighten up our winter days, which in truth for us here in the North East can't complain this year! Im thankful for the easy winter. Drawing in about a week or so! Three names will be drawn....

PamsFiber went to Vogue Knitting Live in NYC!

Well, the VKL show in NYC was more then I could have hoped for! The very best thing was all my friends and family that came to help or support me! And the all the well wishes and support from the one's who could not make it. Ill never forget them for that. It really meant a lot to me to have them with me to have the one's that could make it with me. Not to mention the fun and laughs they brought!
Then there were the sales! Yes, I was only 200.00 away from my goal. But the interview with Interweave Press made up for the 200 short of that goal. I also met so many wonderful people that I know from FB! Meeting them in person was awesome. I was asked to do a couple of yarn tasting days at various yarn shops, a talk radio interview and to spin for a designer. So I am one happy spinner/shepherdess!
I feel the the Big Apple was very good to me.
Our booth set up came out just like I imagined, even better, more room then I thought. Our dinner with the group of friends and family was so much fun! Lost of laughs and wonderful food from Ariana's Afghan Kabob house.
Our stay at Carla and Milts made the trip so cozy and comfortable. Ashly and Rick were the wonderful helpful friends that they always are. Liz, rocked the booth with Kelly and Brooke when I did my Fiber Preparation and Spinning Demo. Maryi checked in and kept tabs on everyone, suzy and Leslie arranged our wonderful dinner and Leslie, yes you make a wonderful sign maker! Mom and Dad surprised me when they showed up in the Bog Apple! And Mike was as supportive as he always is. I love you all! Your the best.
I have been hoarding the hundreds of skeins of handspun that I worked on for the show so I will be listing what I came home with in my Etsy shop. Some new yarns spun with a different twist! So much new inspiration for yarns, so stay tuned. Keep checking in at.....www.PamsFiber.Etsy.com
My next blog post will have a free winter give away, 3 alpaca knitting kits, pattern and yarn! A thank you to my followers and for fun during the winter months so stop back in a few weeks! Thanks for all who made the Vogue weekend possible, it was a blast and I think it put me on the knitting road map!

So for now I'm going to work on building my Etsy shop with awesome handspuns and getting my farm shop in order. I have loads of creative yarn ideas that I will be working on. And I'm taking a Pluckyfluff Camp class with Lexi Boeger in June so that should be the icing on the cake for my creative handspun yarns! So keep an eye on my etsy shop, and of course you can always make an appointment for the farm shop. And don't forget, follow me on FB for all my spinning and farming ventures. Friend me under Pam Mike Blasko. Love to see you there.

You can also find me on the new " Knitting GPS" App available for iPhones right now and Droid in the near future. It's an awesome tool for vacation or sitting at home surfing through all the yarn shops, their locations, blogs and websites. Brought to you by: Jonelle Beck from SWTC. Awesome App idea.

I hope your winter days are bright, and bring you only the best! XO

FREE give a way in about two weeks!!! Details above. Join in. Tell your friends. If your not a knitter and you win I'll send Goat Milk soap instead. Your choice.

Pamsfiber goes to the Big Apple!

I have been a little neglectful in posting on my blog. It's been with good reason. Back in October I was invited to participate at the Vogue Knitting Live show in New York City! I will be displaying my handspun yarns and doing a fiber preparation and spinning demo. Dream Come True Farm and Pamsfiber now has a signature yarn. It's called "Out Of The Box" it's what I guess I would call an Artful spun yarn, using many different fibers all blended together and an aray of colors. All bold, all whimsical. The date of the show is January 14-16. I will be in booth 1502 and my demo will be on the second floor on the fashion show stage at 12:30 pm on the 15th, Saturday. I have been so darn busy getting ready for the show the time just flew by and my postings here didn't get done. But I'm sure I'll have some great pics from the show and will share when I return home and settle in. Meantime my new "Out Of The Box" signature yarn can be seen in my Etsy shop at www.pamsfiber.Etsy.com take a peek. Wish me luck!

Come Join Me In the "Spinning Lounge" and Sit a Spell

Welcome to my "Spinning Lounge" where I create my handspun yarns. My last post was in October, shame on me! I do have a good excuse. I have wonderful and exciting news. I have been invited by Vogue Knitting to be in the Vogue Knitting show in NYC January 14th, 15th and 16th with my handspun yarns! I am also doing a demo at a scheduled time it will be on Spinning 101! Yes, I may be getting the BIG break that I have been working towards, to get myself out there! Our wonderful friends Ashly and Rick (www.Ashlyannshands.com) will join us to help Mike and I (yes my awesome husband is coming to help) in the booth, as well as my daughter Brooke, my Niece Kelly and my good friend Lizzy from Short and Sweet Farm. I have so many offers from so many of my good friends who are so happy for me and encouraging that it warms my heart and inspires me to work very hard at this to make them all proud! Thanks to all of you! My days are now full, very full. I sit I spin, I sit I spin, I stretch my back, I sit and spin some more! I wash and pick fleeces, I dye fleeces and pick or card more. I knit samples with the yarn Im spinning to sell. This is truly a full time job for me right now. And I love every minute of it. You will find me in the "Spinning Lounge" daily and part of the late evening hours. The room is located in my house and it is dedicated to my fiber. All though I do over flow into other parts of the house. My wonderful husband gives up and realizes he lives with a wool hound and that's that! So my lounge is cozy, has all my tools, smells of wool,lavender and ptchouli. It is full of color and looks out over the barnyard! So my animals can be seen through out the day. The energy is awesome. My hand knit dolls who are my fiber friends sit on a shelf, my collection of spindles sit on the the same shelf where I can enjoy them all. My fiber over flows in baskets and I have my wonderful cozy sitting area's where I spin or knit. Country, classical or folk music plays on my radio or I tune into animal planet and enjoy an episode or two. Where else would I want to be. Its of course my favorite room. Most of my wheels (or the one's I'm using at the time) are in the lounge, the others are on the balcony of the stairs, just waiting for their turn to be used. The reason for the different wheels is they all do something different, they all have their own tune they hum, they all spin a particular yarn suited best for them. They are all my friends! So if your in my area and have the time come sit a spell, maybe do some spinning, knitting, or whatever your fiber choice may be and feel the wonderful energy in Dream Come True Farm and Pamsfiber's "Spinning Lounge" I'd love to have you. So this has been a day in my life as it will play out for the next 7 weeks until the Vogue show....Check out Vogue Live 2011 NYC on the web. Maybe you'll do a field trip. Its going to be awesome! Be sure to find me and visit us at the show if you go!