Techniques, and working with naturally dyed fiber
My mom has a thing about color: she loves it. Has to have it. Many of them, preferably at the same time. (You can imagine how much I understand now that she loves me, since when she first asked if I wanted a sweater, the only one I wanted was a pitch black sweater with … More Send Color Revival
Blogging from the trenches here! The flooding is under control, and we have the green light to move all the non-flooded rescued stuff from the basement into the new house. Now we just have to find time to do that tomorrow and still finish final papers, whee!! We’ll be fine. I’ll just be really glad … More Sheep & Wool: Orderly prizewinning
So we’ve been a little blog-light here lately, because it’s that time of year. You know, that magical time when the Osborns *always* find themselves finishing the school year AND preparing for sheep and wool AND looking for a new place to live. That time. But we are ready. We are so set. I’ve got … More Submissions
You might be able to tell by the time you finish reading this post, but I’ve spent the last week listening to a book tape with very dry and precise prose. I love books on tape, and when I become particularly absorbed in one, I begin writing as if I can hear the reader voicing … More Secretly More than a Swatch
I always feel a little bad doing a bunch of “work-y” posts in a row – this blog is primarily a form of self-expression, not a marketing tool. But… it is also a marketing tool. We’ve been working our little tushies off trying to do justice to the new Kirby Meritime yarn, and the fact … More Gooseberry
What do you get when you take a Mondrian, chuck all the blacks and whites, and add some curves? Honestly, I have no idea. But that is what Mum thought of when she gazed upon her new completed design, which we are calling Mondrette! (pattern now available on ravelry; kits with pattern included available on … More Mondrette – New Pattern & Kit!
Thanks for yinz’s votes; you definitely helped me narrow down the selection for the tri-color hat I hope to produce shortly. At least, you helped me narrow it down a little. By which I mean almost none… so I did the only reasonable thing one could do; I skeined up all twelve colors and went … More Swatchfest ’12
I have a bag of Kirby Meritime samples – one of each, to be precise. What would you do, if you had a bag of colors sitting by your side, and a paper to avoid writing? You play, of course. My idea: A hat, big and slouchy, with a loud combination of three colors, definitely … More Way Too Much Fun
It’s time? It’s time? Did she just say it’s time?! The launching of a brand new yarn is a freakishly exciting thing, especially when you’ve been working on it as long and hard as my dear mother has. If we were a big name brand, we would have a widely published newsletter, a whole team … More Kirby Meritime for Sale
This is a big one, you guys – a big reveal that we have long been waiting to share with you. Mom has been dyeing her little heart out in the Maryland branch of Osborn Fiber Studio, and now I can show you what’s in store for this spring. During my few years of exposure … More Eleven Brand New Colors
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