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naimabondart.com Black Fiber and Visual Artist Xennial Alien Trapped on Earth Creator/Dyer/Everything/Anything of Sister Ananse Yarn Chicago, IL USA
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My June/ Juneteenth colorway! A little bit dark and deep, a little bit vibrant and fun! I’m hoping to offer it in some of the shops that carry my yarn. Debating whether to offer it in my shop… #HandDyedYarn #Yarn #KnitSky #Crochet #Knitting

Today is your last day to preorder my Sister Ananse Yarn collaboration with Knit 1 Chicago: the Method and Muse Collection! Follow the link below to go to Knit 1’s website and get yours! knit1chgo.com/products/pre... #Yarn #HandDyedYarn #Knitting #Crochet

Please help my lovely friend if you can! Head to her original post to donate!

Toad wrote on a piece of paper: A LIST OF THINGS TO DO TODAY. Then he wrote: WAKE UP

One of the many artists interviewed in the NEW WomensArt book 'Reframing Women Printmakers' is LaToya M. Hobbs, US artist known for her large-scale portraits of Black women #WomensArt

There are still a few leftovers from my Trunk Show that are available in my shop! And get 15% off at checkout! #HandDyedYarn #KnitSky #Knitting #Crochet naimabondart.com/collections/...

Check out the yarn that’s left over from my Sister Ananse Trunk Show at Firefly Fiber Arts Studio! These are skeins of Ace of Swords on Zebra DK and Zebra Fingering! See what’s left by following the link below! #Knitting #Crochet #KnitSky #HandDyedYarn naimabondart.com/collections/...

Or added my leftovers from t Trunk Show to my website! The colorway below is an oopsie colorway that got over-saturated! It’s also available! Check it out! naimabondart.com/collections/... #KnitSky #Knitting #Crochet #HandDyedYarn #IndieYarnDyer

Check out my new business cards! I’m also working on some new labels as well because I want to try some hang tags! #KnitSky #Knitting #Crochet #IndieYarnDyer #HandDyedYarn

Alison Holt, contemporary textile artist who creates machine and hand embroidered land and seascapes #WomensArt

THANK YOU to everyone who said hello yesterday at Knit 1 Chicago! This collection is currently available preorder or in-shop via Knit 1! Check everything out using the link below! knit1chgo.com/products/pre... #Knitting #Crochet #KnitSky #HandDyedYarn #IndieYarnDyer

Tomorrow April 26th for Local Yarn Store Day! Sister Ananse Yarn Meet and Greet at Knit 1 Chicago! 10:00 to 11:00 am CT #KnitSky #Knitting #Crochet #HandDyedYarn #IndieDyer

I’ll be at Knit 1 Chicago this upcoming Saturday April 26th for Local Yarn Store Day! Come say hello! I’ll be there from 10:00 am til 11:00 am!

Some of the yarn currently available during my Trunk Show at Frefly Fiber Arts Studio here n Chicago! Online and in store! Check it out : www.fireflyfiberarts.com/yarn?categor...

Be sure you check out my Trunk Show A Firefly Fiber Arts Studio here in Chicago! It’s available online and in person!! www.fireflyfiberarts.com/yarn?categor...

“Petal” on organic non Superwash fingering! It’s blacklight reactive! 🌷🌷🌷(three tulip emojis) Sister Ananse Yarn Trunk Show beginning this week April 16th! Firefly Fiber Arts Studio 2052 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

Have you signed up for my Sister Ananse Yarn newsletter? Head to naimabondart.com and tap the little popup in the lower left hand side of your screen. It will lead you to the signup you see below! #Yarn #KnitSky #Knitting #Crochet #HandDyedYarn

Sister Ananse Trunk Show! April 16th-April 31st! Firefly Fiber Arts Studio 2052 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647-9601 These are skeins of organic non Superwash merino fingering! I used an existing recipe but lightened up all the colors! #Knitting #Crochet #HandDyedYarn #IndieYarnDyer #Yarn

Planes, rockets and the spaces in between (2018) by US artist Amy Sherald #womensart #Monday

You’ll never believe what Cassandra just told me…

weed smokers for democracy

Prepping some zebra DK Merino today! I’m dyeing up my Four Aces collection on Zebra Merino DK and Fingering! It’ll be heading to Firefly Fiber Studio VERY SOON along with a bunch of other lovely and bright yarn! #Yarn #HandDyedYarn #KnitSky #Knitting #Crochet

I deserve a Succulent Chinese Meal today so I ordered one. 🥡 (Chinese takeout emoji)

On the train to drop off a load of yarn at Yarnify! in the Chicago loop!

Painter Georgia O’Keeffe by her then partner Alfred Stieglitz, 1918 #womensart

I can’t BELIEVE I didn’t write out the recipe for these minis… I’m usually good at that! I’m gonna try and repeat these colors cus they’d be so pretty as full skeins. #Yarn #KnitSky #Knitting #Crochet

'Magpie Morning' by contemporary UK printmaker Annie Soudain #womensart

HAPPY REX MANNING DAY!

Working on some beautiful yarn for a trunk show at Firefly Fiber Arts here in Chicago! Dropping things off next week! More info to come, but this is a picture of some 5-skein DK mini sets! #HandDyedYarn #YarnSky #IndieDyer #Knitting #Crochet #Yarn

My Bird Collection is heading to AriYarn right now! Inspiration for these are (from left to right) Painted Bunting, Vulture Guinea Fowl, Common Starling, and Mandarin Duck. #HandDyedYarn #YarnSky #Crochet #Knitting #IndieYarnDyer

Yarn inspired by the Common Starling! I absolutely loved making this little collection! It’s for a new shop here in Illinois called AriYarn! They are opening up April 11th at 153 N Northwest Hwy in Park Ridge, IL. 60068 Check out their website here: ariyarn.com

Dyeing up some gorgeous yarn that’s inspired by the Common Starling. Can’t wait to see it dry! #HandDyedYarn #Yarn #KnitSky #Knitting #Crochet

LAUNDRY DAY! I truly appreciate the plant game in Laundromats.