Category: Dyeing

Find yourself in need of a little yarn this week?  *snicker*  i’m having this little yarn stocking party, Thursday at noon, eastern time and I just might be able to help you out a little bit.

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I went sort of gaga this week — I couldn’t stop dyeing.  It’s a sort of something for everyone kind of week.

For starters, not yarn, but I have playsilks.  If you don’t Waldorf or Montessori school your kids, you may not know what these are — big 35" squares of hand-dyed Habotai silk.  Wonderful for play.  But as this time of year, I always try to stock some for Easter basket liners. Nix on anymore of that nasty shredded plastic, um, grass.

I have several colorways in Blue Faced Leicester, including some from the Paintbrush series. And, for all the one-skein wonder devotees, I
have several one skein listings this week as well.

If you want to make baby blankets, mittens, scarves, or pants or a
skirt for a child, I’ve dyed some superwash worsted weight Merino. It’s incredibly soft!

For eco-friendly knitters, there is some organic Merino yarn this week.

And, for the sock knitters among you (c’mon, if you’re aren’t
already one, you know you want to be), two great colorways on Blue Faced Leicester luxury sock yarn.

These pictures are just a sample of all the fun I’ve had dyeing in the last couple of weeks.  You can come by and look at the previews anytime — the yarn will all be available for purchase at noon on Thursday, here.

Honestly.  What was I thinking?  An extra-small?  What delusion led me to believe I was going to stuff my post-fourth baby body into a size extra-small knit?

Aside from the fact that I will never wear it because it is so small my nine year old is only going to get a year or so out of it because it’s a wee bit too tight here and there although I could fit into it if I really wanted to, it’s really pretty and I like it.  All it lacks is the buttons, which I will undoubtedly be putting on for Miss Ellie’s benefit.

Lacking models, I’ve tried laying it out on the floor and hanging it on the door to get pictures, but they don’t really capture this sweater’s charm, so you’ll have to use a little imagination.

Ellie is going to really enjoy this one.  *Sigh*

In less depressing knitting news, due, undoubtedly to the fact that it has no sizing, the knit bowl I worked on earlier this year, but never photographed in its finished state is really one of the wonders of my life.  It’s perfect for holding….yarn.  That’s my Be Sweet stash, to be exact — yarns I’ve been collecting to make Ellie a sweet little skirt from every changing yarns.  She will probably wear it with my the Rowan sweater.  She will probably look adorable and even stylish doing it. *Sigh*

Those of you who are particularly astute will notice that the bowl is in fact sitting on one of the matching pair of bamboo end tables I purchased on sale at Garnet Hill in December.  I explained to the Judge that we really needed something to hold books and kids-stuff, and placed them in opposite corners of the room.  He has yet to figure out that the tops come off and provide…..extra yarn storage.  In the living room no less.  And lots of it.  These tables hold my entire, extensive stash of Cascade 220 for Noni Bag knitting, as well as lots of handpainted yarns.  I smile everytime I walk past them.