Honesty: I have had a cold for the last week and a half. I’ve gotten to that point where I feel like I’m going to be sick forever. I do not like it, Sam I Am. But I will try to write about this month, because it’s had a lot of good bits. October has … More October 2023 Round-Up: The Weather Changes
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
It’s October 5 and I haven’t posted a roundup yet! The more I make videos and post on Instagram, the less I feel driven to post here. But this is the one corner of the internet that’s really mine, so I shall keep on keeping on here at my own pace. Tea September was really … More September 2023 Round-Up: Belated
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
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