http://craftyherbalknitter.com Knitting, Dyeing, and Using Herbs Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:19:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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, ... http://craftyherbalknitter.com/2008/09/22/neglectful/ 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 ... http://craftyherbalknitter.com/2008/07/25/not-completely-mia/ Oh my poor little knitting blog! I'm afraid I haven't been the greatest at keeping this blog up to date these days. I have been neglecting it for my new blog that I have been having so much fun with and getting to know so many neat people through. This new ... http://craftyherbalknitter.com/2008/07/01/my-poor-little-blog/ I finished the crocheted sunhats for Princess A about 2 weeks ago. I am finally getting around to posting about them because I have been spending more time updating this site then actual blogging!  :-) The hats turned out so cute and she just loves them. It is really cute seeing ... http://craftyherbalknitter.com/2008/05/25/cute-lil-sunhats/ Last week I felt the urge to pick up my crochet hooks again. (Maybe it had something to do with the post I wrote earlier about knitting left-handed?) I was browsing Etsy and decided to look at some crochet patterns. I found the cutest little sunhat pattern for Princess A. The ... http://craftyherbalknitter.com/2008/05/08/crochetin-again/ I have a confession to make; a knitting confession to be exact. It is something that I am rather embarrassed to admit. It actually has me so embarrassed that I never want to knit in public for fear that a fellow knitter may do a double take because I look ... http://craftyherbalknitter.com/2008/05/01/i-have-a-confession-to-make/ Isn't that how the saying goes? "March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb?" Are they sure they didn't mean April? Well, I would say that the whole month of April has been a lion for us over here in our little neck of the woods. Rain, hail, ... http://craftyherbalknitter.com/2008/04/29/march-comes-in-like-a-lion/ 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 ... http://craftyherbalknitter.com/2008/03/31/from-the-dyepot/ 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. ... http://craftyherbalknitter.com/2008/03/25/onions-to-dye-for/  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 ... http://craftyherbalknitter.com/2008/03/25/easter-egg-dyes/