I seriously scared myself this morning. It dawned on me just this morning that tomorrow is indeed Halloween which means Christmas is less than 2 months away! How can that be?! Wasn’t it just summer? I am not at all ready for it to be approaching the holiday season. I have so many gifts I [...]
Filed under: Cloth Diapers, Dyeing, Knitting on October 30th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I baked up some anise seed cookies today (recipe follows). Anise seed (Pimpinella anisum) is one of my favorite herbs even though it is not commonly used. I like the fact that it has culinary uses as well as having many medicinal properties. It’s actually a very useful herb. A bonus is that it is [...]
Filed under: Anise, Herbs, Recipes on October 26th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’m so excited because some yarn I ordered last week arrived yesterday. I ordered some Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino from Yarnmarket in two shades of purple. I am going to knit them into a sweater for Princess A out of one of my knitting books, Baby Knits Two. It’s such a cute pattern. I can’t [...]
Filed under: Knitting, Recommended Books on October 20th, 2007 | No Comments »
I thought I would post a couple pictures of some of my finished diaper soakers that I knitted. Both were also hand-dyed by me. I dyed them both with Wilton’s food coloring. The purple one I dip dyed and the other one I kettle dyed. The kettle dyed one was a lot of fun because [...]
Filed under: Cloth Diapers, Dyeing, Dyeing with Food Coloring, Knitting on October 19th, 2007 | No Comments »
In my last post, Disaster Yarn Saved, I mentioned that there was dye left over in the pot and I had dyed some yarn with it and was waiting for it to dry. Well, it is dry now and I re-skeined it and it is Beautiful! I really can’t believe I got such a nice [...]
Filed under: Dyeing, Dyeing with Food Coloring on October 15th, 2007 | No Comments »
Well, maybe disaster is a rather strong word but that is certainly what it felt like yesterday, a complete disaster. Thankfully I remained calm.
It started with a vision I have had for some yarn to dye. I have had several successes with dip dyeing yarn using Wilton food coloring gels. I used the article at [...]
Filed under: Cloth Diapers, Dyeing, Dyeing with Food Coloring, Knitting on October 12th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Wow, this past week flew by for me. I have been busy starting several new knitting projects. I’m also trying to plan what my next dyeing experiment is going to be. I have really been getting into knitting wool diaper soakers for Princess A. A few months back I knitted her two of them and [...]
Filed under: Cloth Diapers, Essential Oils, Knitting on October 9th, 2007 | No Comments »
This idea came to me while I was flipping through Last-Minute Knitted Gifts by Joelle Hoverson. In it is a pattern for felted potholders. I got the idea that this would be a good way of using up some of my leftover wool yarn. I had a lot of fun rummaging through my stash and coming [...]
Filed under: Felting, Knitting, Recommended Books on October 3rd, 2007 | 2 Comments »
My last post on elderberries got me thinking about how I should post where I get all of my dried herbs, essential oils, and other herbal supplies from. For over 7 years now I have been a very loyal customer to Mountain Rose Herbs. The quality of their dried herbs is excellent. Their bulk herbs [...]
Filed under: Anise, Comfrey, Dyeing, Dyeing with Herbs, Elderberry, Goldenrod, Herbs, Tansy, Yellow Dock on October 2nd, 2007 | No Comments »
This past week a nasty cold ran it’s course through my household. Thankfully I had elderberry on hand. I was very impressed by just how much it helped everyone get over the cold quickly. As soon as one of us showed signs of the cold hitting I doctored them up with either elderberry syrup or a [...]
Filed under: Anise, Dyeing, Elderberry, Herbs, Recipes on October 2nd, 2007 | No Comments »
