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I am trying to do some updates on my theme on this website, so please be patient if functionality gets a little goobery, or if things look funny. Please do feel free to comment and tell me about anything wackadoo that happened while I was puttering, though! Here’s hoping I don’t bork everything&#

So if you’ve known me for a while, you probably know that I both used to write/publish ‘zines, and I was an avid pen-paller/swapper back in the 90s. I started out getting names from the back of other Goth ‘zines, and picking up more friends from “fiendbooks” [friendship books] and mutual penpallers. I fell out of the practice because of

So we’re in the new house! Things are still a HUGE mess in my studio, but I will definitely have updates coming to the shop by the end of this weekend. Y’all have waited long enough while I moved! In other – quick – news – congrats to Heather Mann and CROQ magazine for reaching their goal to get the

I love this little ‘zine! It is chock full of neat info about crafting and crafters, and I’ve read and re-read the issues that I own. Not only would you be doing a good thing to help out a small-press publisher & crafter, but you’d be doing something to keep the tradition of small press alive! You can donate as

I’ve been having such an amazing time vending and spinning at Pickles Farmers Market in NoDa – but the time has come for me to take a small break from my Saturday gig, at least through the month of August. Why, you ask? Well, for one thing, August heat, wool, and Xiane do not a good team make… but more

I’m movin’ on up – not to the East Side, but to my own Ravelry group for fans and friends of Threeravens yarn and fibers. Yay! If you’re on Ravelry [and if you're not, you SHOULD be] I’d love to see you there: http://www.ravelry.com/groups/threeravens-dot-net I’ve got a shop update coming up, too – more yarns to start, with art batts

Via CraftZine: Black and white are the safe choices in the design world. The color of luxury is elegant and subdued. Yet, at the same time, even top-tier designers, artists and luxury brands have always used bright colors as well. It is not about either or. It is not black-and-white or color. See more amazing color in the form of

Look what I just put up for sale in my shop today? There are actually three of them – I showed “As Evening Falls” because, well, it is black and purples! C’mon now, you know me. *grin* I should have new yarn listed by sometime tomorrow, too. I have a backlog of yarn to get up for sale, so keep

Here they are, the very first batts made with my Fancy Kitty drum carder! I will be spinning these up tonight, and I’ll post photos of how the yarn turns out, for all to see. The learning curve for using the carder is quite shallow – even a n00b like me was able to make quite passable batts on the

Omg, you guys. O. M. G. It’s here. What’s here, you ask? My FANCY KITTY DRUM CARDER is here! *bounce bounce bounce* What does this mean for you, dear readers/shoppers/XianeFans? It means that soon, oh so soon, I’ll be offering exquisite art batts for sale, as well as upping the overall awesomeness of my own hand spun yarn. Don’t worry,

It took a bit to get things going, but the move is complete, and I’ll be much more apt to update the blog here now – things were hanging and dragging over at my previous server. Now, we’re fast and free and ready to talk yarn and fiber love! I’ve missed updating y’all for a while, but things have been

Pardon the shabby look of my website for the next few days – I’m in the process of moving everything to a NEW provider, Laughing Squid! While I play with a new look and organization, things might get screwy, but I promise it’ll all be over soon. In the mean time, feel free to use this as an open thread