There is a large open area up the road from where I live that has quite a large amount of goldenrod in it. The goldenrod has been in bloom for several weeks now and I kept wanting to go get some of the flowers and try them out as a dye. From what I have read [...]
Filed under: Dyeing, Dyeing with Herbs, Goldenrod, Knitting on September 29th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I wrote last week about dyeing some yarn with acorns. I was able to finish it this past Saturday. It ended up being a 6 day process. The results were worth it though.
To begin, I had to first crush the acorns and then soak them in water for several days. After that I simmered [...]
Filed under: Acorns, Dyeing, Knitting on September 24th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It’s been a busy week over here. This past weekend was Princess A’s first birthday party. Of course that was a lot of fun. She really seems to like the knitted spider monkey I made for her which just makes me feel so good. It actually turned out really cute. I didn’t really enjoy sewing [...]
Filed under: Knitted Toys, Knitting, Recommended Books on September 24th, 2007 | No Comments »
Yesterday I crushed the acorns my boys found for me and I now have them happily soaking away. I plan on letting them soak for the remainder of the week. When I added water to them they immediately turned the water a tan brown color so I am very curious to see how this batch [...]
Filed under: Cloth Diapers, Dyeing, Dyeing with Herbs, Knitting on September 18th, 2007 | No Comments »
Yesterday my boys, the sweethearts that they can be, were at their friends’ house and they found a bunch of acorns for me. They had remembered that I was on the look out for some to possibly try dyeing yarn with. They had filled they pockets with them and now I have more than enough [...]
Filed under: Acorns, Dyeing, Knitted Toys, Knitting on September 17th, 2007 | No Comments »
Here are the three skeins I dyed. The top one is the skein that was dyed with yellow dock. The middle skein was dyed with comfrey and the bottom one was dyed using tansy. The camera doesn’t show just how rich the colors really are.
Filed under: Comfrey, Dyeing, Dyeing with Herbs, Tansy, Yellow Dock on September 15th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I mentioned yesterday I would post about my lastest obsession on here. As I already said in an earlier post, the knitting bug bit me again several weeks back. Well, it wasn’t just the knitting bug that bit. I also started feeling the urge to try dyeing my own yarn again. I toyed with just [...]
Filed under: Comfrey, Dyeing, Dyeing with Herbs, Herbs, Knitting, Recommended Books, Tansy, Yellow Dock on September 15th, 2007 | No Comments »
This summer I had a bit of a slump in knitting but that has definately ended. A few weeks back I picked up a kntting book at my local library and I quickly knitted up a couple of simple bibs for my baby. That was when the knitting bug bit me again and bit hard! I’ve [...]
Filed under: Knitting, Recommended Books on September 14th, 2007 | No Comments »
I’m discovering that the first post on a blog is the hardest. So, let’s get this ball rolling. Now where do I start?
How about I start with the name of this blog. Crafty Herbal Knitter. Kinda sorta self explainitory really. But here’s a little bit of an explaination.
Crafty: I like to make things homemade. Be it [...]
Filed under: Herbs, Knitting on September 14th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
