Believe it or not, I haven’t fallen into a fiber-induced coma and vanished off the face of the earth. I’m still here trying to make time for spinning and fiber in a rapidly filling schedule. (While juggling a change of work, vacation plans, writing, and getting ready for a friend to come visit.) Every single [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Wool Gathering
Posted in Fiber, In the Wash Pot, Walking Wheel, tagged cochineal, drum carder, fleece, indigo, knitting, pattern, sock yarn, vegetable matter on July 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Socks and Fluff
Posted in Fiber, Project Progress, tagged dust, indigo, knitting, natural dyeing, sock, soysilk on July 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I have one whole sock now. It’s quite comfy, but a little baggy around the toes. It’s quite possible that I knit it a size too large. And the second sock is visible. I’m about an inch into it. All the indigo dyed fiber is carded up and turned into roving.
Hobo Toes
Posted in Fiber, Project Progress, tagged charity, cochineal, hand carded, indigo, knitting, natural dyeing, roving, sock on July 9, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Look! Look at that. I almost have the entire foot covered in stripy material. Whoo-hoo! I took it along to work, and the best part was a small friend’s conversation with me while babysitting. Sam: “Why does that have so many needles?” Me: “That’s just the way they need to be to help me knit [...]
What Color Do You Call That?
Posted in Dyeing, Yarn, tagged hand paint, Jacquard Acid Dyes, lace weight single, skein on July 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I love it when I get to post about dyeing. The pictures are always so colorful! As I hinted earlier, I did some regular acid dyes while getting the indigo pot ready. The plan was to handpaint the lace weight single in emerald, purple, gold, and blue. Ha ha. My first mistake was not premixing [...]
Indigo Dyed Yarn
Posted in Dyeing, Fiber, New to me, Yarn, tagged angel blue, blue, cochineal, denim, indigo, natural dyeing, over dyeing, purple, red, skeins on July 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Prepare to feast your eyes on the myriad of blue shades I got out of the indigo pot. Gorgeous! This is the skein of heavy worsted I spun on the drop spindle. I have no idea what I’m going to do with it, which is unfortunate because I love the color. I dunked it in [...]
