10 years later...

Life has happened and Tini and I have moved on from our spinning acitivities to new horizons! I have rarely touched my spinning wheel lately, but "graduated" to sewing and doing patchwork. Knitting is still my favorite hobby, though, and I did some dyeing and have knitted many socks from speckled yarn as well as a forest catouflage cardigan. Catouflage because our little tortie cat has similar colors of fur as the walnut dyed yarn that I have used.

Anyways, there is too much cool stuff to learn and do and not that much time in the end.
I have the great opportunity to have a booth at the American International Women's Club in Geneva this weekend, which is bringing back some memories of yarn fairs (as a seller) and all the cool yarn that I spun in the past.

I have sewed several project bags that are really great for keeping together a fiber project and they are always so much fun to make. I just love to look for fabrics that go well together.

Unfortunately our old website won't be revived anyomre (who likes a zombie website anyways?) and probably in the blog not much will go on either. But you are welcome to follow us around on ravelry (https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/brands/authenticfiction and as users cheshire-cat and impronerd) or request to follow my private instagram account https://www.instagram.com/cheshire_cat_42/. I am not sure if our shop email address is still working, but emails can be sent to cheshirecat191@gmail.com as well.
Happy crafting and best wishes!

Relaunch! Yippieeeeeeeeeeeee! Oh and a present as well :)

Hello everyone, we are very happy to announce that we have battled colds with success and brains are functioning again at normal capacity (I leave it to you to determine what "normal" means in my world ;-)). Therefore we have completed our remodelling of our shop. Which is now open. Ready for you. So have fun! The first batts are online (yes invasion of moving boxes has been battled succesfully as well. They are invading another person's home now. Muahahahahahahahahaha...) as well as some new yarns. Sewn goodies and recycled items will follow in time. So watch out. We hope you'll like them. To celebrate our relaunch we are giving everybody till the end of January 31st, 11:59 p.m., c.e.t. 15 % off on orders. The coupon code is RELAUNCH2013. Hope to see you all there! Take care, Tini

Ihateit, Ihateit, Ihateit, Ihateit etc.

Well, well... I am still sick. The fierce cold has gotten better but my time span for working is still quite short. So yes you can imagine: no relaunch. Wanted to do so much stuff today and had to stop after about 30 % of it. I still need a lot of rest :(. Hopefully this is gonna be over soon. Thus the title. At least I managed to post some yarn this week. Welcome our newest editions to our yarn family: funny snow, colours in a deep dark sky and Persian carpet. Available in our shop!

Happy new healthy year!

We want to wish you all a happy new year! May you be healthy and happy! Unfortunately the new year will not start healthy for me. I am sick and must postpone the shop relaunch to the coming weekend :(. I am really sorry but it just won't work right now... Hope to see you all next weekend! Till then, have fun! Tini

Christmas Eve: celebrating something new

I have now finally moved to my new flat. I had my last day at work on Thursday, took my motocycle and drove to my new and old hometown and am now happily lying on our couch. I am posting this today because yesterday was the first day in A LONG time where did not have to do anything. So I took a day off and decided to post the last part of our shop renewal today. Our last addition to our new shop will be a recycling upcycling eco part. Old stuff will shine in a new light i.e. bottle caps as ear rings or teddy bears out of outdated clothes. We wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Knit, sew, crochet and be merry. Eat and drink (don't drink and drive!). Wear ugly Christmas sweaters. And have fun with your family and/or friends! So long and see you an New year's day for the relaunch!! Tini

Third Advent: My bf is playing the Tetris game of his life

I finally moved all of my stuff into our new flat. But that turned out to be a little tricky: the rental company got us a smaller van than we had ordered (but we give you more free kilometers. That doesn't move my boxes...). So my bf started to play Tetris. And we could move everything. There wasn't space left for a single yarn but hey, I've got it all on one move :-). Let's talk about another new addition to our shop profile. Since Cheshire cat and I are vivid sowers (you might have already seen some of Cheshire Cat's work in the shop) we decided to sell some of our sown goodies. So watch out for some nice pillows, cute monsters or little lavender bags. Hope you enjoyed a nice Sunday! So long, Tini

Second advent: boxes over boxes

The first part of moving is over. My bf moved into our new flat (soooo awesome) and we are now proud owners of A LOT of moving boxes. Part of my yarn has also found its place in our shelves. My drum carder and my spinning wheel will follow on Saturday. Drum carder is a good hint. Form January on you will not only be able to buy art yarn but also batts to make you own yarn. Those will not only be good for spinning but also for felting. And you can choose your style of spinning. Core spun, plied or just a simple single: it's up to you! I wish you a very nice second advent and enjoy some mulled wine and some cookies. See ya, Tini