I couldn’t stand waiting for my analogous braids to arrive, so I took matters into my own hands. I did what I haven’t done in some years: I dyed some fiber. I had a random top from a local friend who is rather giving up spinning. This will make you cringe, but I had actually … More SCS: Analogous-Adjacent Dyeing
Happy February! I am pleased to present the first installment of what I hope to be many sock yarns spun this year. As I have described extensively, the first chapter of studying color in sock spinning is all about analogous colourways. But these first few socks spins are going to be not-quite analogous. You might … More SCS-Analogous: Phoenix Rising 3-Ply
You know how they say, when you have little kids, “The days are long, but the years are short”? This month, the days have been short, but the month has been long. Partly because it’s been in the -30s with windchills in the -50s pretty much all month. Partly because most of the month was … More January 2022 Round Up: Lockdown
So, remember how I started watching cake decorating videos on Craftsy and… it kinda got out of hand? Well, we still love watching cake videos on YouTube, and the whole situation just next-leveled. I got a Kitchen Aid for my birthday. My birthday isn’t till April, but the thing was on mega post-Christmas sale, and … More Cereal and Milk and … Cake?
Studying the spinning of sock yarns, and studying spinning colours, are both pretty enormous worlds. Some people will focus more on one area than another in this study, because we are all at different places in our learnings. I am an analytical person. I like to break things down, figure out all the possibilities. Also, … More Sock Color Study: Making Study Choices
Sorry if you clicked on the link to this post before and it was broken! I spent an hour on this post this morning, posted it, and then the internet ate it. Here’s a new attempt. Analogous colourways come from neighbors on the color wheel. They’re next to each other: like red, red-orange, and orange. … More Sock Color Study: What is Analogous?
OK! So, this is something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time. My friends Rachel and Katrina have published a book together called Unbraided. (You can get it here from Katrina’s shop.) It’s a massive study in spinning colors from hand painted braids. A while after that, Rachel self-published another book, How I … More Sock Color Study
So, I was sitting in bed on December 27th, and this happened. I was making lists of lists, and it sort of…. congealed. The number 9 is arbitrary, but it’s also… pretty. Now, it’s entirely possible that excessive planning is an advance symptom that I am getting a cold. That was definitely the case this … More Make 9 2022
It’s that time again! Time to look back over the year that was, and think about the year ahead. This has become an essential part of the Christmas season for me, part of the celebration. It’s the view from the mountaintop: looking back, I see the highlights, and they make me thankful. Looking forward, I … More 2021 In Review
For the last few days we’ve all been struggling with colds, taking it easy, coming down from the Christmas high. I’ve also been doing some reflecting on the year that’s past, and setting some intentions for next year. In those plans, there were a couple of small unfinished projects that didn’t make it onto my … More Tying Up
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