Starry Path Quilt

In late 2020, when I was just starting to get deep into quilting, I had a vision. Yesterday, I saw it come true. All three of my girls had, at that point, said blue was their favourite colour. They still all love blue, though their favourites have evolved over time. So I went on Connecting … More Starry Path Quilt

15-a-day

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

Every Last Scrap

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

Dye School Part 8: Triads

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

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 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

Dye School Part 5: 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