Playing with fiber…

Archive for July, 2009

Getting to Know You

No new eye candy for you this week, however this has been making the rounds and it seemed like fun… What time did you get up this morning? 5:45 AM How do you like your steak? I generally don’t, medium on occasion. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Sex and the [...]

W.I.P. Wednesday – July 29

I didn’t do much knitting this week   Turned out to be kind of crazy week, mainly due to divorce related nonsense.  Thankfully, that’s over for a bit and I have the added benefit of now officially having exclusive use of my house, he who shall not be named’s crap out of it and finally, [...]

Ten on Tuesday

10+ Favorite Sounds my niece or nephew saying “I love you Auntie Kris” Endless giggles and squeals of delight from my niece & nephew playing together or with their grammy and grampy the gentle hum of my spinning wheel the almost imperceptible click of my knitting needles the gurgle of a dye pot boiling away [...]

Help – Opinions Needed!

Before I get to my request for help, I want to show off one of the wonderful things that came out of the dye pot yesterday.  I showed you pictures of my hydrangea, that I used for inspiration for a new colorway.  Here is the result: I’m very happy with the result.  I capturedthe pink-blue-purple [...]

More Eye Candy

Before I started dyeing yesterday, I snapped these pictures of my hydrangea in bloom.  I love the range of colors when they bloom, as the change from white to shades of purple-pink to a vibrant purple blue.  I tried to recreate that on sock yarn last night – we’ll see how I did when I [...]

ECF – One for the Dyers

The dyers out there know that this set up can only mean one thing – dye day is coming!  I’m spending the first part of my day mixing up dyes and winding off skeins of sock yarn.  Later today, its play time! And for those of you who are curious, I’m trying something new — [...]

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