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My name is Stacey Budge-Kamison, the fiberista behind UrbanGypZ Artisan Yarn in Asheville, NC.

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September 9-11, 2011 Greenville, SC

SAFF
October 21-23, 2011
Asheville, NC

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October 19th, 2011

SAFF!!

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Well, It is all labeled, and ready to go. The biggest show I do all year. We set up for SAFF tomorrow. Booth 80 on the floor of the McGough arena, behind the show fleece (not on the platform 35a I mentioned in my Ravelry ad, I was moved to a better spot!!) Here [...]

September 25th, 2011

Looking at the Bright Side

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It is no surprise that I will never get rich selling yarn and fiber. I am really okay with it. The trade off of being able to immerse myself in something that I love after years in a business that made me want to commit suicide is worth the relatively simple lifestyle me and [...]

September 17th, 2011

First WIP complete!

One sweater done!! Just needs some serious blocking. Worked in one piece sleeve to sleeve this piece grew as I got to the end. Either I was way more relaxed while knitting the second half of the sweater, or the weight of the whole thing stretched it quite a bit. Carmelo in UrbanGypZ [...]

March 26th, 2011

Breaking The Rules To Do What I Do

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You know I dreamed of this for years while sitting in my cubicle cranking out graphic design projects. Usually with a fresh skein of hand spun next to my computer. Counting down the minutes until the prescribed lunch hour when I could grab my latest knitting project and head to a secluded corner [...]

March 24th, 2011

Breaking All The Rules About Lace

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Last years 10 shawls in 2010 knit-a-long(which has morphed into 11 shawls in 2011) had me dyeing a new line of lace yarns. I dyed a few awesome solids in some of my signature brights. But I tell you what really made my heart sing was the variegated tie dyed yarns that I made [...]