Melting Away The Season’s Dry Skin With A Candle

The knitters are always looking for ways to moisturize their hands (knitting can make your hands worn and dry) without lotion rubbing onto our projects and making the yarn feel greasy. It’s a constant struggle! A few months ago, one of our teachers alerted me to these unique candles. They are lotion and a candle, all in one! 

To use them, light the candle, wait until the wax has melted, dip your finger into the melted wax, and apply the warm oil to your skin. It is a ritual of sorts, with the aroma of the candle being soothing and calming. The candle wax is made from cosmetic-grade soy wax, rosehip oil, shea butter, coconut oil, and grapeseed oil. Each scent is infused with essential oils, and all of the scents are phthalates, sulfate, and paraben free. It is truly a unique and genius idea - one that our yarn loving community has fully embraced. The heated oil has a bigger impact on very dry, cracked, or inflamed skin, and our customers with eczema and other skin issues report seeing huge benefits from using it.

Like many of our vendors, this one is sourced from a woman-owned company in the United States. All of the candles are hand-poured in Asheville, North Carolina. You can purchase these on our site, but we do recommend stopping in to smell each one in person. The scents are beautiful, but subtle!

Danielle Romanetti

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Danielle, owner of the fibre space shop, has been knitting since the age of six or so, when she completed her first project – a Cabbage Patch doll scarf. A Pittsburgh native with a degree in international development, she moved to the D.C. area to find a job and quickly established a career in non profit management and fundraising. For extra cash, she decided to turn her hobby into a job and taught knitting classes in the evening at area shops. With a heavy dose of sarcasm and a tough love style of teaching, Danielle quickly developed a following of students – busy D.C. professionals looking for a creative outlet. In October 2006, she struck out on her own with Knit-a-Gogo, Inc. – offering knitting classes and events all over the D.C. metro area.  Before she knew it, Knit-a-Gogo had grown out of control and Danielle moved to the next natural step – a full service yarn shop. In July 2009 fibre space was born and has been rockin’ ever since. When she isn’t behind the scenes with a mocha in hand, Danielle is hanging with her daughter or lobbying for small business needs at City Hall.

fibre space™ specializes in unique yarns and fibres from hand dyed, independent, local and U.S.-made sources for knitting, crochet & spinning. Enjoy our wide selection of classes, designer workshops, yarn tastings, movie nights & more. Join the community in our comfy lounge, and let the helpful staff at fibre space™ get you started on your next handmade creation!

www.fibrespace.com

1319 Prince Street

Alexandria, VA 22314

703.664.0344


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