The other day I finished up yet another batch of hand-dyed yarn. This time I used onion skins. I had been collecting them forever in order to get enough to dye some yarn with! Two ounces of onion skins is an insane amount as you can tell from the picture. I only used yellow onion [...]
Filed under: Dyeing, Dyeing with Herbs, Natural Dyes on March 25th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday I finished knitting this pair of mittens for my youngest son, L-man. He likes bright and crazy colors so these fit his personality perfectly. And I am hoping that considering how bright they are they will be hard to loose! Both yarns I hand dyed. The orange is dyed with annatto seeds. The yellow [...]
Filed under: Dyeing with Herbs, Finished Objects, Herbs, Knitting, Natural Dyes on December 1st, 2007 | No Comments »
Eucalyptus is another herb I really like to have around the house, especially this time of year. It is so good for colds and stuffy noses. I am prone to sinus infections so I like to keep a bottle of eucalyptus essential oil on hand. When my nose is stuffy due to allergies or a [...]
Filed under: Dyeing, Dyeing with Herbs, Essential Oils, Herbs, Knitting on November 28th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I recently posted about dyeing some yarn with pineapple sage flowers from my garden. I wasn’t all that happy with the results but it was an experiment so I wasn’t too disappointed. My next batch of yarn from the garden was going to be done with marigold flowers. I have been wanting to get to [...]
Filed under: Dyeing, Dyeing with Herbs, Knitting on November 13th, 2007 | No Comments »
I have a really nice pineapple sage plant in my herb garden right now. It is really enjoying the mellow fall we have been having. It is blooming like crazy this week.Everytime I eye the brillant red flowers I wonder what kind of dye they would produce. I decided to find out for myself [...]
Filed under: Dyeing, Dyeing with Herbs, Herbs, Knitting on November 10th, 2007 | No Comments »
I can’t believe it has been a week since I last posted. Bad, bad, bad. Time is flying for me these days. I don’t feel like I have been that busy but I guess I must be since the days zoom by anymore.
My knitting list continues to taunt me. It also continues to grow! [...]
Filed under: Comfrey, Dyeing, Dyeing with Herbs, Herbs, Tansy, Yellow Dock on November 6th, 2007 | No 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 »
I had a heck of a time getting a picture that really showed off what a nice yellow this batch of yarn turned out to be. I think keeping the goldenrod flowers just below a simmer while making the dye bath really helped out in keeping the color so clear and bright. I’m very happy [...]
Filed under: Dyeing, Dyeing with Herbs, Goldenrod, Knitting on October 1st, 2007 | 2 Comments »
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 »
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 »
