I have been so neglectful to this blog lately! I feel horrible as I keep meaning to get on here and write something. Today I finally log onto it and what do I find but a comment that has been waiting to be approved for 2 weeks now! Ack! Bad, bad, bad on me!
I may [...]
Filed under: Dyeing on September 22nd, 2008 | No Comments »
Even though I haven’t been posting and keeping this blog too up to date I have still been working on knitting and other various crafty projects.
The other night I sewed some diapers for Princess A and if I can grab some more spare minutes in the day I will post the instructions for how I [...]
Filed under: Dyeing, Finished Objects on July 25th, 2008 | No Comments »
I was experimenting with natural dyes again this week. This time I used brazilwood and I absolutely love the color I achieved. I am really pleased this time around.I kept everything at a very low simmer, really not even a simmer, and I think that is why I managed to get such clear colors. I [...]
Filed under: Dyeing, Natural Dyes on March 31st, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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 »
Just a really quick post…. but I wanted to remind all the dyers out there that Easter egg dye is now at least ½ off at most stores and it can make a great dye for wool. I got some yesterday and plan to use it to dye some yarn here in the near future.
I [...]
Filed under: Dyeing, Dyeing with Food Coloring, Holidays on March 25th, 2008 | No Comments »
Now that I finally got my posts about the red cabbage yarn and socks re-posted after I thought they were lost for good, I can post an update on them. In a previous post I explained how I was curious to see if they would fade after being washed since I have read that red [...]
Filed under: Dyeing, Finished Objects, Knitting, Natural Dyes on February 19th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I know in my last post I said it had been quite a week but it has actually been quite a month. 2008 is starting with a bang for us. It has been one thing after another in our house. Thankfully it seems everyone is starting to feel a little better.
My blog and knitting/yarn dyeing [...]
Filed under: Dyeing, Finished Objects, Natural Dyes on January 25th, 2008 | No Comments »
This week I had fun experimenting with dyeing some superwash yarn. I wanted to try out a few things with dyeing the yarn with red cabbage. I have read in several places that red cabbage is not a dye but a stain like beets. But then other places I read do not mention it being [...]
Filed under: Dyeing, Natural Dyes on January 4th, 2008 | 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 »
The other day I finished knitting a pair of socks for my husband. I made them out of the yarn I dyed with acorns back in September. I think they turned out really nice. I love the little flecks of white. The acorns gave the yarn such a nice brown coffee with cream color which [...]
Filed under: Acorns, Dyeing, Finished Objects, Knitting on November 18th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
