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Our Mission Statement...
Terrific Fibers offers the highest quality products available, for the fiber arts community. From novice to expert, we offer something for everyone, at affordable prices.
The person behind the Terrific Fibers company, who are ewe?
When she lived in Baltimore, she first visited The Mannings in Pennsylvania, and began spinning in 1989. It goes without saying that she fell in love with the craft of spinning her own yarns, making the whole fiber arts experience even richer. Once she explored the world of hand dying her fibers, the whole colour spectrum came alive in yarn for her. She has worked for several well known shoppes around the country, and is an accomplished teacher of the craft. She is also an internationally known editor and is a published author in fiber arts magazines. Here you see a spinning wheel which a neighbor of Joanne's Mom's was going to throw away, years ago. This friend, named Doris, gave it to Joanne with the proviso that "...it will never work again." Nothing like a challenge in the hands of a strong willed child (being Joanne's husband J ). Since bobbins, maiden bar, uprights, pedal, crankshaft and distaff were all missing, they ordered the parts as if they were rebuilding an Ashford Elizabeth, and then custom crafted them to fit. Now Joanne has a fully functioning "Doris" (everyone names their wheels something - and Doris is a fitting and loving name for this beauty) which has the interchangeability with all of her other Ashford wheels.
What project did you do, to start spinning?
Joanne's first handspun project. Cotswold, a rare-breed sheep's wool, purchased from a dedicated-to-the-breed farmer in the Baltimore area. Joanne cleaned, carded and then spun on her first wheel, an Ashford Traditional, hand finished in Tung Oil - which she still has. She then plied, and knitted the yarn into a lovely sweater with her own embellishments. Cabling down the front, an open collar, a nice twisted ribbing stitch framing the cuffs and hip-length edge, with exquisite detailed-grain wooden buttons. Still a special sweater to this day - nothing like your first, for memories.
After Santa brought the Oh-So desirable Ashford Knitter's Loom & book for Christmas... What do you get for your favorite Ashford distributor who has everything, for her birthday in January? JJJ ANSWER: "Crayon." That's what Joanne's husband did. After experimenting with several materials, he came up with this variation on a favorite Ashford wheel, and you can see why its name is Crayon.
What affiliations & associations are you part of? Ñ Texas Twisters - North Dallas Spinning Guild Ô Dallas Hand Knitter's Guild Ó Dallas Handweavers & Spinners Guild, Inc. Ò The 2006 Winter Knitting Olympics
The Finished Project The Gold Medal
Do you link to other fellow craft friends? Yes, and here's a link to a page for you to see all of them.
What national craft meetings have you attended? Tyler Wildflower Festival Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival Houston Livestock & Rodeo Texas State Fair - Fiber Arts Pavilion The National Needlework Association
What have other craft enthusiasts said about you? "Joanne is one of the first spinners I met, and encouraged me to learn to "Bah, bah." Black Sheep, Three Bags Farm, Maine "Joanne really knows her stuff--she's a wealth of information and so willing to share! And her products are gorgeous and reasonably priced. I'll be back to shop with Terrific Fibers again." Cindy T., Treasures 4 Spinners, Texas "Bah, ram, ewe." Babe, Hoggett Farm, Australia "I am one happy customer. Joanne was very helpful in answering all of my questions so that I made the right decision in my purchase. She is a lovely person and I enjoyed our email conversations. She handled my order promptly and my wheel came so quickly!! I am very glad I ordered from Terrific Fibers. I will order from Joanne again that is for sure!!!" Debra G., Oregon "Bah, Humbug." Ebenezer Scrooge, London, England "Blah, blah blah." Gary Larson, Farside Ranch, Oregon How do we pay? PayPal is the service we utilize to make fast, easy, and secure payments for all of your purchases! If you are not a PayPal member, you can still fill up your shopping cart, and simply pay with a valid credit card, or sign up with them at the end, when it's check out time.
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Joanne Pohlman has been a practicing
fiber artisan since she was a little
girl growing up on Long Island, knitting and crocheting clothes for her Barbie® dolls.
