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Shop Highlight: Spinnvilt

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Otto

We’re thrilled to have a new shop carrying Strauch drum carders, ball winders and swifts/skeinwinders! Located in Oslo, Norway, we love this beautiful shop! Owners Eirik and Tove are skilled weavers and spinners, with degrees in textile arts.  They have … Continue reading →

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Oh, The Places We’ve Been

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Otto

We’ve traveled quite a bit recently to various shops, fiber festival and retreats; if you’ve missed seeing us, here’s a quick recap of how we spent our spring! On our way to the PlyAway Spinning Retreat in April, we stopped by one … Continue reading →

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A Fine Time With The 100th Sheep

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Otto

Back in April, the Española Valley Fiber Arts Center (EVFAC) held an open house to introduce their new crowd-funded Motorized Double-Wide Finest carder. EVFAC’s member-driven community connects fiber artists, enthusiasts and visitors with educational opportunities, special events, facility and equipment rental, … Continue reading →

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Staff Highlight: Liz Ackermann

Posted on May 26, 2016 by Otto

Today we’re featuring one of our staff, Liz Ackermann. Liz has worked for Strauch Fiber Equipment for more than 10 years assembling drum carders, ball winders, and swifts. In her spare time, she enjoys weaving, spinning, knitting and whatever other … Continue reading →

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Pull Roving from the Drum Carder

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Otto

When we are demonstrating our products we often get asked if it’s possible to make roving instead of a batt. The answer? Yes! It’s easy to use a diz to pull the fiber off as roving. Joanne has demonstrated how to … Continue reading →

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PlyAway 2016

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Otto

We recently returned from PlyAway Spinning Retreat held at the Crown Westin in Kansas City, MO. We had a wonderful time demonstrating our tools and talking with all who attended. For those who could not make it here’s a photo … Continue reading →

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Using Natural Dye on Your Batts!

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Otto

Dyeing fiber and fabric without using commercially-made chemicals has become quite a trending topic. There are lots of tutorials and suggestions for dyeing your fleece and fiber at home using items commonly found in your kitchen: fruit, vegetables, coffee and … Continue reading →

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Featured Artist: Felt Away Designs

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Otto

Today we’re featuring Ruth from Felt Away Designs. Ruth purchased a motorized doublewide Mad Batt’r last December so she could create beautiful blended batts for her fiber art. Felt AwayDesigns is a business out of Howell, Michigan that crafts quality, one of … Continue reading →

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Color Theory, Part 2

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Otto

In our last post we talked about the basics of color theory, and how to combine colors. Today we’re going to show you some examples of batts, and how these follow (and break!) the rules of color theory. Example #1: … Continue reading →

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Color Theory, Part 1

Posted on January 29, 2016 by Otto

Color is critical component of art, and a key to creating beautiful batts. Today we have a primer on color theory, and in Part 2 we’ll be looking at some examples of batts and how they follow (and break!) these … Continue reading →

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