Here’s an update filled with colorful wool, ready to spin! All of these, plus a few more are in the Shop!
The full complement of fibers can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/11847654@N06/sets/72157622159563382/
There’s Superfine Merino Top in Wagashi:
Superwash 80/20 Merino/Bamboo Top in Downtown Dusk (with a side of beer):
Downtown Dusk is fun for me, because I took all [...]
Yet another fantastic Sock Summit related event! Ravelry is running a Dye for Glory contest for vendors at Sock Summit. Check out the details here… or here, and here.
I’ve created two colorways that I’ll have in my booth for sale at the Summit. I’m going to take pre-orders for pick up at my booth (Booth [...]
It’s Shop Update time!
This post is a big ol’ explosion of handpainted fiber and hand-dyed yarn that will be going up in my Etsy shop over the next few days. As always, if you see something you’re interested and want to pounce before it’s in the shop, email me (handy Contact link right up at [...]
This is the story of two yarns. Very different in character and colorway, but sisters nonetheless.
Meet Earthenware.
and Taffy
(Okay, so Taffy is still roving. Not quite yarn, yet. She’s waiting patiently in the Shop for someone to take her home and turn her into the yarn she longs to be!)
These two seem so different, don’t they? [...]
I love my mother-in-law. I know, right? I’m so lucky. She’s amazingly energetic and enthusiastic and fun. She wanted to be my first customer, so the night I launched, she called Tobin at work to ask him to help her buy some yarn online (she doesn’t shop online much). She picked Pie! –yet again, a [...]
Tobin and I just got back from spending Christmas week in Tucson with his mom and brother.
Since we were there for the entire week without many plans but to hang around the house and relax, I brought Lacey and about a pound and a half of fiber along with me.
Lacey and I were insanely productive. [...]
Hot ovaltine, Silk Garden Sock and Rowan Felted Tweed: a recipe for happy:
This year, I’ve been so wrapped up in dyeing and spinning that I’ve gone back to my knitting roots. I’ve really been enjoying the beautiful simplicity of basic stockinette socks, knit from the toe-up with amazing colors. And the nubby texture of a [...]
I’m spending today recovering from a two day Thanksgiving cooking marathon. Don’t get me wrong — I love to cook, and cooking for fourteen people for my favorite holiday was a blast. Still, cooking for fourteen people for two days straight is exhausting. But dinner was delicious, the company was delightful, and now we have [...]
I was a little… nervous about this one when it came out of the dyepot. It looked a big scraggly and muddy, but I rinsed it and gave it a little soak in some kookabura to soften it up, and now I’m SO happy with it.
Chocolate, Pistachio, and Strawberry, with spots of dried fruit and [...]
I’ve been so busy lately knitting:
and dyeing:
and spinning:
that I haven’t stopped long enough to blog about everything I’ve been working on!
I’ve made a promise to myself, though, that I’m going to blog every single day, and what better day to start than a Monday?
