Category: Hand Dyed
100th Post, 2 Year Anniversary of Blog, and a Giveaway!
Edited to Add: The drawing has taken place over here. Congratulations Abi!
Technically, the 2 year anniversary of my blog was February 18th, but for it, and because this is also my 100th post, I wanted to do something special. Recently, I’ve been working on a project designed by Tiny Owl Knits over at tinyowlknits.wordpress.com. I’ve also [...]
New Yarn in Etsy Shop!
Come on over to my Etsy shop and see the five new skeins of hand-dyed yarn for sale! I couldn’t not be blogging this long and not have anything to show for it! (That’s a trick sentence there) Here is a peek of the yarnie goodies:
Please say hello to Ante Bellum. I couldn’t learn about [...]
Post Christmas Boost
Hello blogging world! I’m still here, and now that the holidays have passed (Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years), I’m charged and ready to go! Who all had a great Christmas? I know we did over here! Christmas is always a very busy time, not just because the usual busyness, but also because of the knitting [...]
Last Dye of the Summer
Next Monday, our family starts school. Since we’re moving in September, my mom thought it might be better if we started a bit earlyso we could take off of school when we’re moving. These are the last few days of summer vacation for me. Therefore, I’m ending summer with one of my favorite things to do, [...]
Tutorial: Stove-top Dyeing
You know, dyeing yarn doesn’t always turn out like how you planned it. In my experience, it never has turned out how I expected it to! But most of the time, it turns out for the better. It just wasn’t how I pictured it. When I took blue and yellow and mixed them, I thought [...]
Tutorial: Beginning to Dye
There is one rule to dyeing yarn that must never be broken, lest it cause trouble. Dyeing is refering to applying color to an object in order to change the color of that object. Dying is completely different. They are not the same, so please do not get the spelling mixed up!
Other than that, there are [...]
Mescalero Missions Trip
I’m back! This past week, my brother and I went on a missions trip to Mescalero, New Mexico.
I had a great time, and am glad that I got the chance to go to the Indian reservation.
Before I left, I was busy dyeing some yarn for my etsy shop, and writing up tutorials. I’m sort of sick [...]
A little bit of nothing much
Felici Socks
Because I just finished a huge project, my shawl, I’m now sort of taking a break with knitting. Not to say I’m taking a break from knitting completely, just that I don’t have anything too big on the needles right now. I’m just working on a pair of knee-high socks that I had started [...]
Day five in knitting and crochet blog week: And now for something completely different 2KCBWDAY5
Day Five: 1st April. And now for something completely different This is an experimental blogging day to try and push your creativity in blogging to the same level that you perhaps push your creativity in the items you create. There are no rules of a topic to blog about (though some suggestions are given below) but [...]
