One might think that the hardest part of being a natural dyer is, well… the actual dyeing. (I welcome any and all puns on the subject, though I defy you to come up with one I haven’t heard before.) But really, although it requires a lot of set up and some careful monitoring, dyeing is … More Automation Vacation
And I am coming down to it. I think it is in keeping with “Sock Yarn Week” to take a day to winge a little bit about my poor January socks. This is where they were on Friday: 2/3 of the way through the month and I hadn’t even turned the heel. Appalling. But nowhere … More There is a wire
True confessions: I saved my favorite of my new sock experiments for last. Being a natural dyer, my palette is somewhat more limited than someone who works with acid dyes. I am learning to broaden my horizons, but most of the time my design inspiration springs out of colors available to me; there’s not much … More Fall Inspiration
Today’s experiment is a fun box of insanity. Mom and I have been trying for several weeks now to create yarns that use all of our brightest colors together to make some wildly multi-colored yarns. I had some happy success last week with this sock yarn, which I am calling Crazy Crayons because the cheerful … More Welcome to my Lab
Fresh out of the dyepot is the first of my latest experiments: Black Walnut Brown Sock Yarn: Different immersion times and heats created the different shades of rich natural brown in these skeins. Medium-length color repeats (see bottom picture) mean that the colors will pool in a spiraling fashion around an average-sized sock leg. $22.00 … More Beautiful Brown Beastie
You know about Shark Week? Well I haven’t ever watched it, but I am borrowing the mnemonic at least to declare Sock Yarn Week! In which we talk about sock yarn and sock related issues. I have a bunch of new sock yarns to share with you, and a discussion or two to have related … More Sock Store Beta
Today I have a very special announcement to make. About fifteen years ago, my mom taught me how to knit. I don’t remember much about the experience, but I do remember graduating from making a horrid yellow barbie scarf on one of those round things with pegs to having a finished sweater on my little … More K2tog
Daniel and Joel, two well-baked babes in their mommy-made hats. (The title reference is for their dad.) The goals for our five days away were more or less accomplished. Infants were cuddled. A toddler was coralled. Basic cleaning was completed. Lots of lactation cookies were baked or frozen. And hopefully, a couple of hard-working people … More Baby, Baby, Hold Together
I will be absent from the blogosphere for the next few days, for many reasons, but mostly to ensure the safe delivery of four tiny mittens to their new owners: Have a nice week!
So my Rivendell Smoke Ring in my very own gradiance yarn was clipping along nicely. (Forgive the crappy pictures. It’s early, I’m tired, and I’ve spent the last hour lying in bed trying to figure out how to build myself a swift out of K’Nex.) The second ball blended into the first beautifully, and my … More Cowl Fail
Osborn Fiber Studio 