Hi! How are you this Friday? I'm in a happy mood today, the sun is shining, the sky blue, and I have just submitted my assignment, woohoo!
Sometime ago I entered a
giveaway on
Paula's blog, guess who was the lucky winner? Yep, it was yours truly! A packaged arrived this week and contained these gorgeous skeins:
The yarn is 100% certified organic merino and the colourway is English Lavender, you wouldn't believe how squishy and soft it is, and in my favourite colour! It is a fingering weight and about 396 yards, will need to find the perfect pattern worthy of this yummy yarn.
I didn't do much yarn crafts this week due to my assignment, just a little knitting and spinning but not much for showing. But I did have this stack of handdyed silk hankies to share with you:
I'm calling this Sunset, it was dyed with two packets of Orange KoolAid and dabs of Americolor Violet (food colour) cooked up in my crockpot. The colour came out surprisingly rich.
A lady from my spinning group brought in a dog made from handspun, I couldn't help but taking some photos. So please meet Bluey the red dog:
... here he is wearing a felted coat his owner Frances has made... that's Frances in the background in the photo above giving a demonstration in needle felting :)
I love fibre arts, don't you?
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Those hankies are beautiful, says the sucker for orange. I still haven't figured out how to spin mine so they are something more than a mess. I look forward to seeing what you create. That dog is adorable.
ReplyDeleteI love that purple yarn... with just enough color variation to keep things interesting.
ReplyDeleteI don't know what it is about silk hankies, but I think they look best in orange. Nice dye job!
And the dog? Wow!
You've got two of my favorite colors in your post this week - purple and orange. Those silk hankies are amazing. Well done! Will you actually spin them, or just knit directly from the hankies?
ReplyDeleteThanks! I haven't decided yet, maybe blend it with something else or maybe just knit it on its own? We'll see ;)
DeleteHey you got California yarn! It's even semi-local to me, too bad you won't have time to visit the central coast region when you are here. We might have a local shop carries the yarn tho if you really like it.
ReplyDeleteSilk takes on colors so well. I have a dye-ing project planned, but will have to rip out the sweater first!
Cute doggie :-) he looks little guilty in the first picture, maybe embarrassed he didn't have any clothes on :D
Oh I so wish we could have more days in the Bay Area, all your talk about your LYSs are making me quite envious! What dye job are you planning? Was I responsible to convince you to come to the "dark side"? ;-)
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