It’s halfway through September, and I’ve been beavering away at a lot of things. I’ve got a new job I’m figure out, a current job I’m trying to workflow better, a secret project that is getting more serious, and a side hustle that is wrapping up. If that sounds like a ton of work, it … More 15-a-day
I am not going to try to sum up our five-week vacation in one blog post. That would be crazytown. We’ve been back home for two and a half weeks, and being deep into forming new school and work routines, it’s already hard to remember what vacation was like. It was hot, it was green, … More Summer 2023 Round-Up: South and Home
Hey folks. It has been ages since I’ve written to you – although you’ve been seeing a steady stream of posts from me on the Dyeapalooza of this spring that I hope you’ve enjoyed, I wrote all those posts back in June, so I’m feeling kinda rusty on writing to you! But I’m glad you’re … More Every Last Scrap
Part 1: DOS TestingPart 2: Carded Approximations of Dye FormulasPart 3: Dye FormulasPart 4: Monochrome colourwaysPart 5: Analogous colourwaysPart 6: Warms, Cools, & Narrower Analogous colourwaysPart 7: Complements & Split ComplementsAddendum: Knitted samples I’ll close out this review of my dyeing experiments with these triads. At this point, I knew I wasn’t going to run … More Dye School Part 8: Triads
Hang on to your skeins, folks. If you thought the last few posts were long, this one is a doozie! So if you’d like to pour yourself a cup of tea and settle in for some deep colour analysis, here we go. Part 1: DOS TestingPart 2: Carded Approximations of Dye FormulasPart 3: Dye FormulasPart … More Dye School Part 7: Complements and Split Complements
Previous posts in this series:Part 1: DOS TestingPart 2: Carded Approximations of Dye FormulasPart 3: Dye FormulasPart 4: Monochrome colourwaysPart 5: Analogous colourwaysAddendum: Knitted samples I had initially skipped some of those analogous colourway experiments from chapter 3, because I ran out of Corriedale top! I ordered Polwarth from YarnCanada because it was what I … More Dye School Part 6: Warms, Cools, and Tighter Analogous Colourways
Previous posts in this series:Part 1: DOS TestingPart 2: Carded Approximations of Dye FormulasPart 3: Dye FormulasPart 4: Monochrome colourwaysAddendum: Knitted samples The handpainting experiments continue with series 2 of Deb Menz’s experiments from chapter 3 of Color in Spinning. “Series 2 – Analogous colors. Choose four colors to paint on each roving. Do fifteen … More Dye School Part 5: Analogous Colourways
Previous posts in this series:Part 1: DOS TestingPart 2: Carded Approximations of Dye FormulasPart 3: Dye FormulasAddendum: Knitted samples Welcome back to my personal record of the dyeing adventure I started back in January! I’ve now recorded a look at my learning process on the Wool Circle, which included a high-flying look at the 53 … More Dye School Part 4: Monochrome Colourways
Previous posts in this series: Part 1: DOS TestingPart 2: Carded Approximations of Dye Formulas What follows is my record of the initial results of my 48 dye formulas, as first mixed. Notes as you read this list: Yellow The yellows – particularly the dull and dark yellows – were some of the most difficult … More Dye School Part 3: Dye Formulas
Today the men arrived at the Champs-Élysées, and the women took off for their first stage. Jared and I are taking a few days of our vacation to get away, just the two of us, so I wrapped up my men’s Tour spinning last night. There’s still another week of biking, and I’m feeling kind … More I Claim My Yellow
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