I’m home with a cold today – something I used to fantasize about, so I could just have a whole day of knitting. But I find I don’t feel like knitting when I’m sick; it’s more fun when I’m healthy and happy. I can, however, catch up on a few little things, like posting these [...]
I’ve been hanging onto this one for awhile, not sure what to think. I spun up Felicia’s pretty August fibre club offering (50% merino, 25% bamboo, 25% tussah silk) using the fractal method, as she suggested, with one ply having long colour repeats and one ply having short colour repeats. But I thought I’d mix [...]
It happened last weekend: lovely local llama spun up with some wool. And then I dyed it this green-turquoise colour. My dye-mixing technique definitely needs some fine-tuning – despite my careful calculations, this wasn’t actually the colour I was hoping for. Still, it may be wearable in small doses. In my daydreams, I will knit [...]
For Christmas, I received a 4oz braid of handpainted bfl. Unfortunately, I’ve since lost the tag so I can’t give credit to the maker. I finally got around to spinning it up last week and was unsure how I felt about the stripiness. The idea was to knit a baby vest because I didn’t think [...]
Finally…the silk and merino has been spun, plied, and washed. I can’t help but ask myself why did I do that? Here are the stats: 50/50 silk & merino, carded by moi. Why? Because I wanted to try. +1.5 hours. 3 ply. Why? Because I wanted to try. +30% more time. sportweight/fingering weight. Why? Because [...]
An update on my remarkably slow progress on the beaded cardigan… This morning I washed and blocked the two front pieces. Two things were immediately apparent: I misread the neck shaping instructions, adding about 15 extra rows. Both sides. Oh well, it could be a lot worse, right? I really need to learn how to [...]
The sun is finally out and my workshop dyeing photographed. It’s about time on both counts, since the workshop was almost a week ago, and the sun’s been gone for about a year and a half. The workshop was great. We did a range of kettle dyeing, hand-painting, and immersion dyeing. I stuck mostly to [...]
I’m very excited about my upcoming workshop with Felicia at sweetgeorgia on dyeing protein fibres. In preparation, I’ve been spinning as much as I can in my scant spare time. As pristine and lovely as they look now, I hope these skeins will look even better after immersion dyeing and handpainting with acid dyes next [...]
Yesterday, my friend Lisa and I went to the sweetgeorgia open house. I am amazed at what Felicia has done in only two months – the studio was filled with bright, beautiful yarns, roving, and weaving. Of course, I couldn’t leave empty handed: I realize that there’s a lot of pink in this blog…I guess [...]